By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Lawyers for the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan are scheduled to argue in court that 66-year-old John Hinckley should be freed from restrictions placed on him after he moved out of a Washington hospital. John Hinckley moved to Williamsburg, Virginia, in 2016. Since then, a federal judge
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose and Jason Hanna, CNN A man was wounded in a shooting outside a central Alabama high school football game Friday night, halting the game for the night as alarm spread in the stands and on the field. The man was at a tailgating event at a Fairfield High Preparatory School parking lot
Continue Reading By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo government officials say a public building was set on fire and another was hit by grenades that didn’t explode in what they described as criminal acts related to a protest by ethnic Serbs. Members of Kosovo’s Serb minority have blocked the roads
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By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Hiring and retaining people capable of helping fend off a constant stream of cyberattacks and other online threats tops the list of concerns for state technology leaders. There’s a severe shortage of those professionals and not enough financial firepower to compete with the federal government, global companies
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Hiring and retaining people capable of helping fend off a constant stream of cyberattacks and other online threats tops the list of concerns for state technology leaders. There’s a severe shortage of those professionals and not enough financial firepower to compete with the federal government, global companies
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To some observers, the Supreme Court is facing the most serious threat to its legitimacy since its decision in Bush v. Gore two decades ago that split liberals and conservatives and effectively settled the disputed 2000 presidential election in favor of Republican George W.
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — China, the U.S. and Canada completed a high-stakes prisoner swap Saturday with joyous homecomings for two Canadians held by China and for an executive of Chinese global communications giant Huawei Technologies charged with fraud.  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hugged diplomat Michael Kovrig and entrepreneur Michael Spavor after
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By Larry Madowo, CNN Zambian leader Hakainde Hichilema is basking in the glow of his historic win in last month’s election during his first visit to the United States as president. On Thursday, he became the first Zambian president to visit the White House since 1992, a rare honor that world leaders covet. His defeat
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By Larry Madowo, CNN Zambian leader Hakainde Hichilema is basking in the glow of his historic win in last month’s election during his first visit to the United States as president. On Thursday, he became the first Zambian president to visit the White House since 1992, a rare honor that world leaders covet. His defeat
Continue Reading By ANDREA ROSA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ALGHERO, Sardinia (AP) — Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont is vowing to keep travelling throughout Europe to campaign for the region’s independence from Spain. But he is also confirming that he will appear at an Oct. 4 hearing in Sardinia to decide whether Italy will extradite him
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By Kaanita Iyer, CNN Kraft Heinz has just rolled out a new product that the condiment company says is the “biggest innovation in sauce since the packet itself.” Earlier this month, the world’s largest producer of ketchup announced the Packet Roller, a ketchup bottle-shaped gadget that allows users to squeeze the most out of a
Continue Reading By HASSAN BARISE Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Police said a vehicle laden with explosives rammed into cars and trucks at a checkpoint leading to the entrance of the Presidential Palace, killing at least eight people. The checkpoint is the one used by Somalia’s president and prime minister on their way to and from
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By Stephanie Busari and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Tucked away down a quiet, leafy street in Peckham, southeast London, is the registered address of a movement seeking to break Nigeria apart. This suburban spot is the unlikely location for Radio Biafra, a network of internet-based amateur radio stations broadcasting a separatist agenda back to listeners in
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN Five residents of a nursing home in Colville, Washington, have died of Covid-19 after an outbreak last month that infected 74 people, officials said. The Northeast Tri-County Health District attributed the infections to the more transmissible Delta variant, which has been blamed for the surge in cases and hospitalizations across the
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Carma Hassan, CNN A veterans medical facility in Montana is planning to accept non-eligible patients in an effort to alleviate nearby hospitals, as the latest Covid-19 surge overwhelms resources in the state and forces some locations to start considering rationing care. “With more hospital beds available, hospitals now have another tool
Continue Reading KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have hanged a dead body from a crane in a main city square in Afghanistan. The gruesome display in the western city of Herat on Saturday signals a return to some of the hard-line movement’s brutal methods of the past. Wazir Ahmad Seddiqi runs a pharmacy on the side
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Flights to and from the Spanish island of La Palma have been canceled because of an ash cloud spewing out of a volcano that has been erupting for a week. Scientists also said another volcanic vent opened up on Saturday. La Palma Airport operator Aena said plane traffic was suspended Saturday “due
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Flights to and from the Spanish island of La Palma have been canceled because of an ash cloud spewing out of a volcano that has been erupting for a week. Scientists also said another volcanic vent opened up on Saturday. La Palma Airport operator Aena said plane traffic was suspended Saturday “due
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By Alaa Elassar, CNN A multi-agency law enforcement operation in New Jersey resulted in the arrest of more than 190 fugitives, according to the US Marshals Service. Operation “Clean Sweep” focused on capturing some of the state’s “most violent offenders,” including gang members, sex offenders, and violent criminals, US Marshals said in a news release
Continue Reading By EGILL BJARNASON Associated Press REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Icelanders are voting in a general election dominated by climate change, with an unprecedented number of political parties likely to win parliamentary seats. Polls suggest there won’t be an outright winner on Saturday, triggering complex negotiations to build a coalition government. A record nine parties could
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