By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A teenager in Liberia has become a national hero after finding $50,000 on the road and returning it to its rightful owner in the northeastern Nimba County. Eighteen-year-old Emmanuel Tuloe told The Associated Press on Thursday that he was driving his motorcycle taxi on a highway
Continue Reading By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A court in Naples has convicted the captain of an Italian commercial ship that returned 101 migrants to Libya after rescuing them at sea. The court absolved the commander of the most serious charge — abuse of office — but convicted him of abandonment-related charges
Continue Reading By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered a “whole-of-government” response to elevated levels of lead in Benton Harbor’s water. She’s directing state agencies to ensure residents have safe tap water. Thursday’s directive came about a week after her administration urged people to use only bottled water for
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Talk about a cosmic temper tantrum. An outburst of explosions has been traced back to a mysterious repeating fast radio burst in space called FRB 121102. Using China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope, or FAST, researchers detected 1,652 bursts over the course of 47 days, between August 29 and October 29,
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says airlines that fly would-be migrants to the European Union to Belarus should ask themselves whether they want to be part of a “smuggling ring” run by the country’s authoritarian leader. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas’ comments Thursday to the Bild daily came as his country sees a significant rise
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says airlines that fly would-be migrants to the European Union to Belarus should ask themselves whether they want to be part of a “smuggling ring” run by the country’s authoritarian leader. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas’ comments Thursday to the Bild daily came as his country sees a significant rise
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Joshua y Alexandra Price afirman que hace una semana, en su farmacia local Walgreens, les pusieron por error la vacuna contra el covid-19 en lugar de la vacuna contra la influenza, y ahora sufren algunos síntomas adversos. Los Price llevaron a sus hijos de 4 y 5 años al Walgreens de
Continue Reading By PAAL NORDSETH, JAN M. OLSEN and MARK LEWIS Associated Press KONGSBERG, Norway (AP) — Norwegian authorities say the bow-and-arrow rampage by a man who killed five people in a small town appeared to be a terrorist act. Police identified the attacker as Espen Andersen Braathen, a 37-year-old Danish citizen, who was arrested Wednesday night.
Continue Reading 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 Reading Juan 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 Reading Sol 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 Reading CNNEE (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
Continue Reading 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
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