CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Facts The group’s aim is to impose its interpretation of Islamic law on Afghanistan and remove foreign influence from the country. Taliban, in Pashto, is the plural of Talib, which means student. Most members
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some homeless adult immigrants in New York City will no longer be offered shelter after their first 30 days in the city under an agreement between the mayor and city human rights advocates. The compromise announced Friday stems from Mayor Eric Adams’ request
Continue ReadingGOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man who was placed on life support after he was bitten by his pet Gila monster died of complications from the desert lizard’s venom. An autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press on Friday also found that heart and liver problems were significant contributing factors in 34-year-old Christopher Ward’s
Continue ReadingBy Shimon Prokupecz, Samantha Guff, Rachel Clarke and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — School employees and victims of the Uvalde mass shooting began giving testimony Friday before a grand jury investigating the failed police response at Robb Elementary School in 2022, according to several people familiar with the proceeding. Investigators who responded to the scene
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration has agreed to provide a $2.26 billion conditional loan for a huge lithium mine in Nevada. The money will help Canadian-based Lithium Americas cover construction costs of a processing facility at its giant mine in the works in northern Nevada near the
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for his role in the shooting death of a federal security guard and wounding of another. Robert Allen Justus was convicted last year of murder and attempted murder for driving a van while his accomplice opened fire at a federal
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Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected commonplace chemical ingredients found in vinegar, ant stings and even margaritas around two young stars, according to NASA. The complex organic molecules they observed using the space observatory’s Mid-Infrared Instrument included acetic acid, a component of vinegar, and ethanol —
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CNN From CNN Staff (CNN) — The prosecutor leading the election subversion case against Donald Trump and his allies in Georgia stepped down following a scathing ruling from the Fulton County judge overseeing the criminal case, according to a letter obtained by CNN. Nathan Wade wrote in his letter to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis that he was “proud
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles home of model and actor Cara Delevingne was destroyed in a fire Friday. One firefighter was taken to a hospital in fair condition with unspecified injuries, and one unidentified person from the house suffered minor smoke inhalation, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer This winter’s record warmth provided the key ingredient for a Midwest outbreak of deadly tornadoes and damaging gorilla hail that hit parts of the Midwest Wednesday and Thursday, tornado experts said. At least three people were killed in Thursday’s tornado outbreak in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas, which came
Continue ReadingBy MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a state government agency that sought to charge a news organization nearly $45,000 for public records on water pollution. The high court ruled that state law allows special fees to comply with records requests that take
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN Christchurch, New Zealand – (CNN) — Sitting side by side in the mosque’s meeting room, Temel Ataçocuğu and Imam Gamal Fouda hunch over in laughter. To an outsider, they look like two old friends bonding over an inside joke. Beneath the table, though, Ataçocuğu’s knees bounce nervously. His hands shake. His
Continue Reading By Jeremy Diamond and Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A senior Hamas official told CNN that he cannot provide any assurances about the wellbeing of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, but rejected a United Nations special representative’s finding that there is “clear and convincing information” that some of them have been sexually abused. “I cannot now reassure
Continue ReadingHAMBURG, N.Y. (AP) — State environmental offiicals say an 11-foot alligator was seized from an upstate New York home where it was being kept illegally. State environmental conservation police officers seized the 750-pound alligator on Wednesday from a home in Hamburg, which is south of Buffalo, New York. The state Department of Environmental Conservation says
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El G7 emitió una firme declaración conjunta en la que advertía de que la respuesta de la comunidad internacional incluirá “nuevas y significativas medidas contra Irán” si el país sigue adelante con el envío de misiles balísticos a Rusia para que los utilice en su guerra contra Ucrania. “Estamos extremadamente preocupados
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Internet gambling revenue continues to soar in New Jersey, where online casinos are accounting for a growing share of the betting pie. Atlantic City’s casinos and their online partners won $182 million in internet bets in February. Sports betting also did well in a month
Continue Reading From CNN Staff (CNN) — The prosecutor leading the election subversion case against Donald Trump and his allies in Georgia stepped down following a scathing ruling from the Fulton County judge overseeing the criminal case, according to a letter obtained by CNN. Nathan Wade wrote in his letter to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis that he was “proud of
Continue ReadingOpinion by Dana M. Peterson and Erik Lundh (CNN) — US consumers are seeing some relief from price increases. Inflation rates have cooled considerably over the last year. But because grocery bills and rent prices are unlikely to return to where they were just a few short years ago, the psychological scars from the war on inflation
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged on Thursday with several child sex crimes. Gary Owens, 58, was charged with two counts of first-degree child molestation, first-degree sodomy, first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and incest. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. On Sunday, the victim
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