ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s defense ministry says the country has carried out a new round of airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq. The ministry says warplanes struck suspected positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region and reportedly killed 16 militants, including some commanders. There is no immediate
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milwaukee’s election leader has been ousted by the mayor in a surprise move that comes just six months before Wisconsin’s largest city will be in the spotlight in the presidential swing state. Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson announced Monday that he would be replacing Milwaukee Election Commission
Continue ReadingCLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a Texas man has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two New Mexico women, the wounding of a 5-year-old girl and the kidnapping of an infant. At a news conference Monday afternoon, Clovis police said the 26-year-old man from the Houston area was taken into custody
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — King Charles III’s coronation anniversary has been marked in London under soggy skies with ceremonial gunfire. A 41-gun salute by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery in Green Park rang out next to Buckingham Palace at noon on Monday. It was followed an hour later by the Honorable Artillery Company cracking off
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Hospital operator Steward Health Care has filed for bankruptcy protection, but pledged to maintain the eight hospitals it operates in Massachusetts. Company officials said Steward took the step Monday as a necessary measure to allow the company to continue to provide necessary care to its patients. The
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By Amarachi Orie and Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — Baguettes are a notable component of France’s culinary scene. Now, French bakers have taken the record for the longest baguette ever made. At 140.53 meters long (461 feet), it trumps the previous Italian record of 132.62 meters (435 feet and 1 inch), held for almost five
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CNN By Sara Tonks, CNN Meteorologist, Joe Sutton, Paradise Afshar, and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — The body of a 4-year-old boy was recovered from floodwaters near Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, as search and rescue teams statewide continue to patrol streets and neighborhoods inundated by rainfall. The death is the first reported fatality following
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday urgently warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against launching an offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah as the divide between the two leaders continues to grow along with the mounting Palestinian death toll. The call between Biden
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA VALLEJO, RUBÉN ROSARIO Click here for updates on this story DANIA BEACH, Florida (WSVN) — Rescue crews took a 14-year-old boy to the hospital after he was injured by the propeller blades of a fishing pier in Dania Beach that prohibits the use of drones. Speaking with 7News on Sunday, James said he
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish prosecutors have ended an investigation into skeletons found at a site where German dictator Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders spent time during World War II because the advanced decay made it impossible to determine the cause of death. The remains were found Feb. 24
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Alzheimer’s disease may be inherited more often than previously known, according to a new study that paints a clearer picture of a gene long known to be linked to the common form of dementia. The authors of the study, published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine, say that this
Continue ReadingBy ALEXA ST. JOHN, SEAN MURPHY and JIM SALTER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tornadoes touched down Monday evening in rural Oklahoma and large hail pelted parts of Kansas as an outbreak of dangerous storms brought the possibility of strong twisters staying on the ground for many miles. Forecasters have issued a rare high-risk
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By Anna Chernova and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian forces to rehearse deploying tactical nuclear weapons, as part of military drills to respond to what he called “threats” by the West. Since invading Ukraine in 2022, Putin has repeatedly made veiled threats to use tactical nuclear weapons against the
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Un avión militar chino “interceptó” un helicóptero de la Marina australiana el 4 de mayo. Desde el avión se dispararon bengalas en la trayectoria de vuelo del helicóptero, según informó el lunes el ministro de Defensa australiano, Richard Marles. En un comunicado, Marles dijo que el caza chino detonó las bengalas
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer’s disease — in people who inherit two copies of a worrisome gene. Scientists have long known a gene called APOE4 is one of many things that can increase people’s risk for Alzheimer’s, including
Continue Reading By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — A daily spoonful of olive oil could lower your risk of dying from dementia, according to a new study by Harvard scientists. For more than 92,000 adults observed over 28 years, consuming at least 7 grams — a bit over half a tablespoon — of olive oil daily was
Continue ReadingBy Neydja Petithomme Click here for updates on this story CLYDE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Several Fines Creek organizations came together Saturday, May 4, to support a family in the community whose home was set on fire in March as they slept, leading to the loss of a large portion of their house and belongings.
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Authorities say two workers are dead and 53 are trapped under rubble after a multi-story apartment building under construction collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa. Another 20 construction workers had been pulled from the mangled wreckage of the building and were being
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Es 19 de abril de 1945. A la Segunda Guerra Mundial le quedan apenas 20 días. Y en menos de dos semanas, Adolf Hitler se suicidará en su búnker de Berlín, con las tropas soviéticas avanzando entre las ruinas. Todo el mundo sabe que el final está cerca, pero nadie
Continue ReadingBy Ellie Nakamoto-White Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Amid pieces of shattered glass, white candles sit on the sidewalk near 27th and Locust on Milwaukee’s north side. On the grassy hill above are several pieces of posterboard with writing spelling out “Forever in our Heart.” And taped onto a nearby
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