By GRACEY WAKARI Associated Press MANADO, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano erupted Tuesday for a second time in two weeks, spewing ash almost 2 kilometers (more than a mile) into the sky, closing an airport and peppering nearby villages with debris. The alert level of the volcano on Sulawesi Island was again raised
Continue ReadingBy JOHN CARUCCI and JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ralph Lauren has been known for many a grand fashion show over the years: taking over Central Park for a sumptuous anniversary celebration, for example, or staging a runway show amid his eye-popping classic car collection. But for his Fall/Holiday 2024 collection, he
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Hanna Ziady and Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom does not feed itself, relying heavily on the European Union for fresh fruit and vegetables. That dependency has changed little since Britain left the bloc in 2020, and could now mean more pain for consumers and small businesses. Tuesday marks the
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says his governing party’s major defeat in last weekend’s by-elections was largely due to a political fundraising scandal and that he will not resign or replace party executives to take responsibility. Kishida said Tuesday he will instead push anti-corruption measures and political
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Changpeng Zhao, founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, was sentenced Tuesday to four months in prison for looking the other way as criminals used the platform to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking and terrorism. U.S. District Judge Richard A. Jones credited the
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court has rejected a request by Nicaragua to order Germany to halt military and other aid to Israel and renew funding to the U.N. aid agency in Gaza. The International Court of Justice said Tuesday that legal conditions for making such
Continue ReadingBy RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Around 30 men are crammed into a Kabul classroom, part of the debut student cohort at a Taliban-run institute training tourism and hospitality professionals. It’s a motley crew. One student is a model. Another is 17 and has no job history. The students vary in age,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La autopsia realizada a los restos de una mujer de Colorado que desapareció mientras daba un paseo en bicicleta en 2020 y fue hallada muerta tres años después determinó que murió por homicidio y que tenía en su organismo un cóctel de drogas que se utilizan para inmovilizar animales. Suzanne
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An immigrant from Laos who has been battling cancer won an enormous $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot in Oregon earlier this month. But Cheng “Charlie” Saephan’s luck hasn’t just changed his life — it’s also drawn attention to Iu Mien, a southeast Asian ethnic
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JOSEPH B. FREDERICK and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police officers carrying zip ties and riot shields stormed a Columbia University building being occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters, streaming in through a window late Tuesday and arresting dozens of people. The protesters had seized the administration building, known as Hamilton
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANY MATAT Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Vassallo is lukewarm about casting her first presidential ballot for President Joe Biden in November. But when the 18-year-old senior at Jupiter High School in Florida thinks about the things she cares about, she says her vote for the Democratic incumbent is an
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Democratic state Sen. Timothy Kennedy has won a special election for the upstate New York congressional seat vacated by Democrat Brian Higgins. Kennedy defeated Republican Gary Dickson for the seat that Higgins left mid-term in February to run a Buffalo theater. Kennedy benefited from a 2-to-1
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two Broadway shows celebrating the spark of sonic creativity — the semi-autobiographical Alicia Keys musical “Hell’s Kitchen,” and the play “Stereophonic” about a ’70s rock band recording a star-making album — each earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, a list that also saw
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money
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By Tara John, CNN (CNN) — A showdown between Mexico and Ecuador begins on Tuesday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the culmination of weeks of recrimination over an incident that saw Ecuadorian forces raid Mexico’s embassy in Quito in April, to arrest a former vice president who had been seeking asylum. Mexico is suing
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump will make his most concentrated effort yet to turn his criminal trial into a political asset in the next two days, heading from the courtroom to the campaign trail and back again. The former president’s hush money trial resumes in New York on Tuesday as prosecutors
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Game three seems to be the problem for No. 14 Mizzou softball in 2024. Once again, head coach Larissa Anderson and company had No. 18 Mississippi State right where they wanted them. The Tigers won two-straight to clinch the series win on Saturday and Sunday, however, on Monday night the Bulldogs mounted
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No injuries were reported after a fire broke out Monday evening at Total Health and Rehabilitation Center in Fulton, the business confirmed on its Facebook page.
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) — El encargado del Ministerio de Energía de Ecuador, Roberto Luque, dijo que prevén que se reducirán los cortes eléctricos en el país, debido al restablecimiento de la interconexión con Colombia que permitirá retomar la compra de electricidad al país vecino, misma que se había suspendido a mediados de abril por
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a proposal that would expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands more people, but it includes a work requirement that might not win federal approval. The state House and Senate passed separate expansion plans earlier this
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