By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Thunderstorms have dumped heavy rains that caused significant flooding in parts of West Virginia. Gov. Jim Justice issued a state of emergency in at least five counties Monday. That enabled the National Guard to activate swift-water rescue teams and use helicopters in areas hit by significant
Continue ReadingBy SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A top European court says Bosnia’s political system set up under a U.S.-brokered peace deal amplifies ethnic divisions and undermines elections. The European Court of Human rights verdict published Tuesday says Bosnia’s power-sharing arrangements have turned it into a country in which ethnicity, and not citizenship,
Continue ReadingBy Robert Buan Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KTBS) — The Tibbotts are Maui residents who also have have a popular vacation rental in Wailea. Since the Lahaina fires they haven’t been able to get many takers – And they aren’t alone. “My friends have gotten cancellations on their vacation rentals all
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — La Copa Libertadores de América ya tendrá esta semana a sus cuatro semifinalistas, que seguirán con el sueño de llegar a la gran final en Río de Janeiro. Y, claro, el torneo de clubes más importante del continente promete emocionantes definiciones. De los cuatro partidos de ida que se
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (KTBS) — Schools across Louisiana received bomb threat emails Monday, causing school closures and delays. Livingston Parish Public Schools, Ascension Parish Schools, Baton Rouge Foreign Language Academic Immersion Magnet, and Assumption Parish Schools all reported that they had received threats they did
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El Tribunal Supremo Electoral de Guatemala oficializó los resultados del balotaje y confirmó el triunfo de Bernardo Arévalo y Karin Herrera, el binomio del partido Movimiento Semilla. Según el acuerdo firmado por los magistrados, el partido Movimiento Semilla obtuvo el 60,91% de los votos válidos, mientras que el partido Unidad
Continue ReadingBy STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers made a move to acquire wide receiver/returner Ihmir Smith-Marsette from the Kansas City Chiefs in a deal involving a swap of conditional 2025 seventh-round draft picks. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound Smith-Marsette is coming off a strong preseason in which he was second in
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By Michael Nam, CNN New York (CNN) — California-based Farmers Insurance said Monday it is laying off 11% of its workforce — or 2,400 employees — in a bid to restructure itself for long-term growth. The jobs being cut are from across all areas of the company, according to a statement on its website. “Given
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — More than a half-dozen leading tech CEOs will be among those attending a highly anticipated artificial intelligence event hosted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer next month, according to the senator’s office. The September 13 event will involve Google CEO Sundar Pichai and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt; Meta
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Yates Click here for updates on this story SYLVA, North Carolina (WLOS) — It’s no secret that there have been many changes in Western North Carolina over the past few decades. Lloyd Green would agree. “It’s changed a bunch, that’s for sure,” he said. Green, who has spent almost his life in Jackson
Continue ReadingOpinion by Sara Stewart (CNN) — Editor’s note: Sara Stewart is a film and culture writer who lives in western Pennsylvania. The views expressed here are her own. View more opinion on CNN. Imagine, if you will, seeing this headline: “Jon Hamm is happy as a man without kids: ‘I’ve had a great sexy-ass life.’” Sounds vaguely ridiculous, right? Aside
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations human rights office says at least 183 people have been killed in clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region since July as Amhara fighters resist efforts by the federal government to disband them. The U.N. office also says the human rights situation in Ethiopia is
Continue ReadingBy Kimberly King Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A new state law gives police more latitude when it comes to publicizing a juvenile’s photo in order to find them and make an arrest in violent crimes like murder. The change comes as cities report increasing teenage crime. The
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A 127-year-old water main under New York’s Times Square gave way early Tuesday, flooding midtown streets and the city’s busiest subway station. The 20-inch (half-meter) pipe gave way under 40th Street and Seventh Avenue at 3 a.m., and quickly delivered a wet reminder of the perils of aging infrastructure beneath the
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A plane carrying Israelis home from the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles has made an emergency stop in Saudi Arabia before flying back to Tel Aviv. The incident was praised by Israel as a sign of goodwill as Washington works to establish formal relations
Continue Reading By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — 3M has agreed to pay $6 billion to resolve roughly 300,000 lawsuits alleging that the manufacturing company supplied faulty combat earplugs to the military that resulted in significant injuries, such as hearing loss. In a release, 3M said the agreement is “not an admission of liability” and
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A veteran Los Angeles politician has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for a scheme involving his son and the University of Southern California School of Social Work. A judge sentenced former City councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas on Monday for convictions that included conspiracy, bribery and fraud. Ridley-Thomas was a
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A team investigating sexual assault allegations against the late founder of a talent agency for boy bands says it has found the charges credible and is calling for financial compensation for the victims. The investigation concluded Johnny Kitagawa sexually assaulted teen boys as far back as the
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Noah Lyles, the fastest man in the world at the moment, has caused a stir and appeared to irk some of the NBA’s biggest stars by questioning why basketball players call themselves world champions after winning the NBA Finals. The US sprinter won both the 100m and 200m world
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police in Nigeria say they detained at least 67 people celebrating a gay wedding. It is one of the largest mass detentions targeting homosexuality, which is outlawed in the country. A police spokesman says the suspects were arrested in southern Delta state’s Ekpan town at about
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