By Sara Smart and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A University of South Carolina student was fatally shot early Saturday after he tried to enter the wrong home on his own street, the Columbia Police Department said – the latest case in which someone in the US was shot after apparently approaching the wrong home.
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spanish media reports say about 170 migrants rescued in the Atlantic Ocean have been stuck for days aboard a Spanish Civil Guard boat near the African nation of Mauritania because authorities there refused to let them disembark. Leading Spanish newspaper El País says the Civil Guard rescued the migrants Thursday from a
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By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Regular users of Google Flights might notice a new feature the next time they go to the site to check out airline schedules and compare flight prices. The new feature officially announced on Monday morning in a news release is Google guidance on the cheapest time to book a
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CNN By Rob Picheta, Heather Law, Xiaofei Xu and Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — France will ban schoolchildren from wearing abayas ahead of the upcoming academic year, the government has said, the latest in a series of contentious restrictions in the country on clothing associated with Muslims. French Education Minister Gabriel Attal said the long,
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By Rob Picheta, Heather Law, Xiaofei Xu and Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — France will ban schoolchildren from wearing abayas ahead of the upcoming academic year, the government has said, the latest in a series of contentious restrictions in the country on clothing associated with Muslims. French Education Minister Gabriel Attal said the long, robe-like
Continue ReadingOpinion by Katharine K. Wilkinson (CNN) — My most beloved neighbor is a rangy octogenarian who’s lived in our Atlanta neighborhood for her entire life. I nicknamed her QN after her Latin name: Quercus nigra. Pronounced “queen,” it feels like bare minimum recognition of her royalty. Imagine QN, if you will, as a dendro-grande-dame —
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — NATO members Poland and the Baltic states say they will seal off their borders with Russia’s ally Belarus if there are any military incidents or a massive migrant push by Minsk. The countries’ interior ministers said Monday they were seeing growing tensions on NATO’s and the
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By Olesya Dmitracova London (CNN) — If you drive an older, polluting car anywhere in London, starting Tuesday you’ll have to pay a princely charge of £12.50 ($15.70) per day. In 2019, the British capital became the first city in the world to introduce a round-the-clock Ultra Low Emission Zone, inside which cars and other
Continue Reading By Barry Neild, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, Catherine Nicholls and Ben Brown, CNN London (CNN) — Air passengers across Europe faced delays on Monday on one of the summer’s busiest travel days after the UK’s air traffic control system suffered a “technical issue” resulting in restrictions on flights. Many travelers were left stuck on the ground desperately
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) A 2-year-old boy from Illinois drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks Sunday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the call at 9:45 a.m. near the Grand Glaze Arm. According to Troopers, the boy wandered away from his family and was later found in the water. The
Continue ReadingBy LAURA BARGFELD Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida residents are evacuating from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as forecasters predict that Tropical Storm Idalia will hit the state as a major hurricane by Wednesday. Idalia would be the first storm to hit Florida this hurricane season and a big blow
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says France’s ambassador is staying at his post in Niger despite being asked to leave by the ruling junta. Macron spoke out firmly against the coup leaders while insisting Monday that France is not Niger’s enemy. The junta has been exploiting grievances among the population toward former colonial
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Nordstrom closed the doors of its five-story department store in San Francisco on Sunday, ending a 35-year run as the city suffers a retail exodus. The retailer announced the closure in May, saying that the “dynamics of the downtown San Francisco market have changed dramatically over
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KGO By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Nordstrom closed the doors of its five-story department store in San Francisco on Sunday, ending a 35-year run as the city suffers a retail exodus. The retailer announced the closure in May, saying that the “dynamics of the downtown San Francisco market have changed dramatically
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A senior United Nations official says the U.N. chief is paying very close attention to the situation on war-divided Cyprus and will use all means at his disposal to help reach an agreement to heal the Mediterranean island nation’s ethnic split. U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — A judge on Monday refused to dismiss the case against a father who helped his son obtain a gun license three years before authorities say the younger man fatally shot seven people at a 2022 Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago. Illinois prosecutors charged
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El huracán Franklin, que se convirtió en el primer gran huracán (categoría 3 o superior) de la temporada de huracanes del Atlántico en la mañana de este lunes, continúa fortaleciéndose y ahora es un huracán de categoría 4 con vientos máximos sostenidos de más de 200 km/h. Los cazadores de
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the U.S. Catholic Church, saying they have replaced faith with ideology and that a correct understanding of Catholic doctrine allows for change over time. Francis’ comments were an acknowledgment of the divisions in the U.S. Catholic Church, which has been split between
Continue ReadingBy ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The nightmare repeats itself every year: A towering wall of flames devours forests, farmland and homes, forcing animals and people to flee for their lives. With their hot, dry summers, Greece and its southern European neighbors experience hundreds of devastating wildfires each year. Last week alone,
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Florence Welch, the lead singer of Florence and the Machine, has revealed she underwent life-saving emergency surgery, forcing her to cancel live shows. “I had to have emergency surgery for reasons I don’t really feel strong enough to go into yet, but it saved my life,” the 37-year-old wrote
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