By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As kids growing up in different states, Shoba Narayan and Michael Maliakel shared a love of one favorite film — “Aladdin.” Both are of Indian descent, and in the animated movie, they saw people who looked like them. That shared love has gone full-circle this
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Un relato de las Fuerzas Aéreas estadounidenses sobre los últimos días de la evacuación de Estados Unidos de Afganistán, publicado recientemente, revela más detalles sobre las caóticas escenas en el aeropuerto de Kabul, incluido el intento de secuestro de un avión comercial. El relato, publicado el martes en el sitio
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Kansas City are looking for suspects after a teenager was shot to death on the north edge of the Squier Park neighborhood. Police say the shooting was reported just after 9 p.m. Wednesday, and arriving officers found 17-year-old Michael Parks already dead in the street from a gunshot
Continue Reading By THANASSIS STAVRAKIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Severe storms have swept across Greece, flooding hundreds of homes in Athens and prompting evacuations on an island ravaged by summer wildfires. Rescuers were also preparing Thursday to use helicopters to pull stranded people from rooftops in flooded and remote areas on the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Second-ranked Iowa will go for its 13th straight victory when Purdue visits Kinnick Stadium on Saturday. The Hawkeyes have their highest ranking since 1985 and are coming off a 23-20 come-from-behind win over top-10 Penn State. Purdue has won three of the last four meetings with Iowa. The Boilermakers have the
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — La policía de Kenya señaló al esposo de la atleta Agnes Tirop como “sospechoso” de su muerte, después de que la joven de 25 años fuera apuñalada este miércoles. El comandante de policía del subcondado norte de Keiyo, Tom Makori, dijo a AFP que el esposo de Tirop, Emmanuel Rotich, fue
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Dionne Warwick is not on board with the forthcoming Whitney Houston biopic. Warwick, who is a cousin of the late singer, who died in 2012 at the age of 48 after an accidental drowning, told the Los Angeles Times, “I want them to let Whitney rest in peace.” “Leave her
Continue Reading By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British police chief has resigned after sparking an outcry with comments he made about how women should be more “streetwise” when he spoke about the abduction, rape and murder of a woman by a police officer. Philip Allott stepped down Thursday as North Yorkshire police, fire
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Netflix head Ted Sarandos has reiterated his support for Dave Chappelle and the comic’s controversial stand-up special, “The Closer” in an email to company staff. In the email dated Monday and obtained by Variety, the co-chief executive officer responded to the backlash by writing, “We know that a number of
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By The Associated Press The Indianapolis Colts understand the stakes Sunday. They desperately need a win to get their season on track. And they desperately need to protect their home field against division foe Houston. Both teams have lost four of their first five and another loss would plunge either into an even deeper hole.
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — Al menos seis personas murieron el jueves y más de 30 resultaron heridas cuando estalló un intenso tiroteo antes de una manifestación en Beirut que pedía la destitución de un juez que dirigía una investigación sobre la mortal explosión del puerto de agosto de 2020. La Cruz Roja Libanesa informó de seis
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By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Power Co. customers will likely pay another $224 million a year for the first of two nuclear reactors near Augusta. The company says it amounts to another $4 each month for every residential customer. The unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co. and Georgia Public Service Commission staffers
Continue Reading By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — More than 100,000 Haitians in Chile are facing a Monday deadline to regularize their immigration status or risk expulsion. And many say recent bureaucratic roadblocks have made that impossible. You need a job to get an identity card, but can’t get an identity card without a
Continue Reading DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man shot by a Davenport police officer has died. The Iowa Department of Public Safety said the officer shot 37-year-old Bobby Klum after he refused to lower his gun during a confrontation on Wednesday. Authorities said Klum was walking down a Davenport street with a gun to his
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s police department is sending detectives and non-patrol staff to respond to emergency calls because of an officer shortage that union leaders fear will become worse because of COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The department on Wednesday moved to the emergency officer dispatching scenario because of the staffing crunch. KOMO reports the department has
Continue Reading KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — About 5,000 Ukrainian nationalists have marched across the capital Kyiv Thursday to demand the repudiation of peace agreements for eastern Ukraine that promised a broad autonomy to the separatist regions. The participants in Thursday’s march also denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s efforts to secure a lasting cease-fire along the tense line
Continue Reading REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft says it is shutting down its LinkedIn service in China later this year following tighter government rules on internet companies. The company said in a blog post Thursday it has faced “a significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements in China.” LinkedIn said it will replace its localized
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks rose broadly on Wall Street Thursday as the market builds momentum a day after breaking a three-day losing streak. The S&P 500 added 1.6%, putting the benchmark index into the green for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.5%, while the tech-heavy
Continue Reading By KAREL JANICEK Association Press PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Milos Zeman, in hospital for days with an unspecified health problem, needs time to recuperate, his wife says. She spoke to the media Thursday amid uncertainty over whether Zeman’s condition would impact efforts to form a new government. The president was rushed to the Czech
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By Eric Levenson, CNN Gary Paulsen, the acclaimed young adult author known for his wilderness adventure novels “Hatchet,” “Dogsong,” and “The Winter Room,” died on Wednesday at age 82, according to the publishing company Penguin Random House. The cause of death was not disclosed. Paulsen wrote over 200 books and some 200 articles and short
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