ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has struck southern Greece off the coast of the western Peloponnese. Minor damage but no injuries were reported from the quake, which was also felt in the Greek capital and as far away as the southern island of Crete. The Athens Geodynamic Institute says the quake struck
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Five people who took a Japanese health supplement have died and more than 100 have been hospitalized as of Friday, a week after a pharmaceutical company issued a recall of the products, officials said. Osaka-based Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. came under fire for not going public quickly with
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By Jessie Yeung and Hassan Tayir, CNN (CNN) — China’s sprawling security apparatus has a far-from-cuddly reputation, but the country’s most popular new police officer is making waves on social media with his stubby legs, wide grin and wagging tail. Fuzai the corgi puppy, whose name means “Lucky Boy,” is a reserve police dog in
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill into law that blocks cities from enacting some local police reforms, including a lauded Memphis traffic stop ordinance created after the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols. The Republican-controlled Tennessee legislature previously passed the bill, which bans any city from
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Los equipos que trabajan para despejar la estructura de acero del puente Francis Scott Key y el carguero que lo derribó se enfrentan a “un trabajo increíblemente complejo”, esencial para reabrir el puerto de Baltimore y recuperar los restos que puedan yacer bajo los escombros, dijo el jueves el gobernador
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Thousands of people will hit the polls in Mid-Missouri on Tuesday to vote in local elections.
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — “Oppenheimer” has finally opened in the nation where two cities were obliterated by the nuclear weapons invented by the American scientist at the center of the film. Japanese filmgoers’ reactions understandably were mixed and highly emotional. A Hiroshima survivor said he has been fascinated by the story
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE and MARIAM FAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The nun stood in front of a group of young students at a Lebanese Christian school and asked them to pray for the “men of the resistance” in southern Lebanon who she said were defending the country. The men to whom nun Maya Ziadeh
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CNN By Michael Williams, MJ Lee and Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden went after Donald Trump at his New York City fundraiser on Thursday, where he was joined by former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton at a star-studded event that was at times interrupted by protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. “We
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia bill that aims to require local jailers to work with immigration authorities is headed to the governor’s desk for his signature. Georgia’s House of Representatives voted Thursday to accept changes to House Bill 1105 by a vote of 99 to 75. Under the measure, local law enforcement agencies would risk
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Un análisis genético arroja luz sobre un antiguo misterio que rodea el destino del hermano menor del presidente George Washington, Samuel, y sus parientes. Dos de los descendientes de Samuel y su madre fueron identificados recientemente a partir de restos esqueléticos encontrados en entierros anónimos que datan de la década
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press International Transgender Day of Visibility aims to show “trans joy.” Buildings will be lit pink, white and light blue to mark the event on Sunday, which features rallies and panels. The idea is to bring attention to a population that’s often ignored, disparaged or victimized. The event stands in contrast
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Holly Yan and Aditi Sangal, CNN (CNN) — The largest crane on the East Coast will soon try to lift the treacherous, colossal wreckage that has hampered search crews from finding victims of this week’s catastrophic Baltimore bridge collapse. The Chesapeake 1000 – a gargantuan floating crane – arrived Friday near the
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — They say you can take the girl out of the country, but you apparently can’t take the country out of the girl. Houston native Beyoncé dropped her eagerly awaited album “Act II: Cowboy Carter” Thursday night, and it will definitely take some time to digest. Part of the
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia could join other states in requiring children younger than 16 to have their parents’ explicit permission to create social media accounts. Lawmakers on Friday gave final approval to a bill that would also ban social media use on school devices and internet services. It would require
Continue ReadingBy KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s first generation of migrant workers played an integral role in the country’s transformation from an impoverished nation to an economic powerhouse. For decades, they have come from farming villages to find work in the cities, toiling in sweatshops and building apartment complexes they could never afford
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A journalist on a reporting trip in a Ural Mountains city. A corporate security executive traveling to Moscow for a wedding. A dual national returning to her hometown in Tatarstan to visit her family. All of them are U.S. citizens, and all are
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Defensores de los derechos de las mujeres han criticado la decisión de las Naciones Unidas de nombrar a Arabia Saudita como presidente de un foro sobre igualdad de género. La Comisión de la ONU sobre la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer (CSW) nombró por unanimidad a Arabia Saudita
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Nuevas pruebas de la ONG londinense Dossier Center sugieren que los propios servicios de seguridad del Kremlin estaban al tanto de una amenaza del ISIS a Rusia días antes del mortal atentado en el Crocus City Hall de la región de Moscú. Según documentos de los servicios de inteligencia rusos
Continue ReadingBy CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — The late Joe Lieberman on Friday was remembered by political allies and even a former foe as a “mensch” who both bridged and defied partisan political divides, during a funeral service for the four-term U.S. senator. Former Vice President Al Gore, who ran for president on
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