By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A renowned Sherpa mountain guide has scaled Mount Everest for record 30th time which was his second trip to the top of the world this month. Kami Rita reached the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) high summit at 7:49 a.m. local time Wednesday. This was his second trip to
Continue ReadingKATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The owner of Nepal’s largest news organization has been arrested for allegedly violating the country’s citizenship laws over an issue with his citizenship card. Kailash Sirohiya will be presented before a judge in a district court in south Nepal on Wednesday where a case has been filed against him. He was
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford, Joe Sutton and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — The destructive tornado that ravaged the town of Greenfield, Iowa, on Tuesday has left four dead and at least 35 injured, the Iowa State Patrol said in a Wednesday evening news release. Two residents, Dean Wiggins, 78, and Pamela Wiggins, 77, were killed when their home
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s African National Congress rose above politics for years. It was a movement dedicated to freeing Black people from the oppression of white minority rule and to the principle of democracy, equality and a better life for all South Africans. It was widely
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader and representatives of militia groups he backs in the Middle East prayed Wednesday over the coffins of the country’s late president, foreign minister and other officials killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week. Hundreds of thousands of people later followed
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Para quienes se han reunido a lo largo de los siglos en Stonehenge —el imponente monumento prehistórico que domina la llanura de Salisbury, en el suroeste de Inglaterra, desde hace unos 4.500 años—, probablemente estaba claro cómo el Sol pudo influir en su diseño. El eje central del círculo de
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press As Texas wildfires burned toward the nation’s primary nuclear weapons facility, workers hurried to ensure nothing flammable was around buildings and storage areas. When the fires showed no sign of slowing, Pantex Plant officials urgently called on local contractors, who arrived within minutes with bulldozers to dig trenches and enlarge
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Two mushroom farms in Northern California agreed to pay more than $450,000 in back wages and damages for dozens of employees stemming from a federal work- and living-conditions investigation that started after seven people were fatally shot there in 2023, the US Department of Labor said
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By Edward Szekeres and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — French President Emmanuel Macron is on his way to New Caledonia, a government official has said, after a week of deadly unrest in the Pacific archipelago. Macron was leaving Paris on Tuesday night and will “set up a mission” in the French territory, government spokesperson Prisca
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Tom Brady is coming into the booth of Fox Sports top NFL team with seven Super Bowl rings. Greg Olsen is leaving it with another Sports Emmy award. After being named Outstanding Emerging On-Air Talent last year, Olsen was named the top Event Analyst during the three-hour ceremony at
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — A North Korean propaganda song extolling Kim Jong Un as “a great leader and a friendly parent” has gone viral on TikTok, with mashups and dances racking up millions of views, leading to South Korea banning the tune due to “psychological warfare.” Seoul’s media regulator on
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Five people died and at least 35 were hurt as powerful tornadoes ripped through Iowa, with one carving a path of destruction through the small city of Greenfield, officials said Wednesday. The Iowa Department of Public Safety said Tuesday’s tornadoes killed four
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Five people died and at least 35 were hurt as powerful tornadoes ripped through Iowa, with one carving a path of destruction through the small city of Greenfield, officials said Wednesday. The Iowa Department of Public Safety said Tuesday’s tornadoes killed four
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Zhang Zhan has been released from a Chinese prison after serving four years for charges related to reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. Zhang was charged with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and served her full term. But on the day of her release a week
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden and his guest of honor at a White House state dinner chew over foreign policy, a female chef duo takes care of the culinary diplomacy. Cris Comerford is the White House executive chief and Susie Morrison is the executive pastry chef. Both are
Continue ReadingBy NAPAT KONGSAWAD Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Singapore Airlines says most of the passengers who were on one of its jetliners that was battered by severe turbulence have been flown to Singapore from Bangkok. The airline says 143 passengers arrived in the city state shortly after 5 a.m. Wednesday. Airline CEO Goh Choon Phong
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hunter Biden is scheduled to stand trial on federal tax charges in September after a judge granted his request to delay the trial that had been approaching next month. President Joe Biden’s son is still scheduled to stand trial beginning June 3
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii court has ordered the manufacturers and distributors of the blood thinner Plavix to pay the state a combined $916 million after finding the companies failed to disclose the efficacy and safety of the medication, the state attorney general said Tuesday. The judgement was issued against
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs fue acusado de agresión sexual en una nueva demanda presentada este martes por Crystal McKinney, una exmodelo y ganadora del programa de concursos Misión Modelo de MTV en 1998. Según la demanda, presentada en Nueva York y obtenida por CNN, McKinney afirma que fue “drogada y agredida
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump’s personal valet took aim at the conduct of prosecutors in the classified documents case in a heated hearing Wednesday, the first since a judge indefinitely postponed the trial. Stanley Woodward, a lawyer for Walt Nauta, said prosecutors
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