By Ray Sanchez, CNN Photographs by Elijah Nouvelage for CNN Digital video by Jon Sarlin and Madeleine Stix, CNN Cheryl Rogers Smith’s favorite chair, where she always looked out over her large brood, sat in front of a huge pile of water-logged belongings discarded on a grassy curbside in the New Orleans suburb of LaPlace.
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By GISELA SALOMON, MARCOS ALEMAN and CLAUDIA TORRENS The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Several countries have dabbled in cryptocurrencies, but none has gone so far as El Salvador. It’s adopting Bitcoin as an official currency on Tuesday. The Central American nation is betting it will spur the economy and increase money sent home by
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By GISELA SALOMON, MARCOS ALEMAN and CLAUDIA TORRENS The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Several countries have dabbled in cryptocurrencies, but none has gone so far as El Salvador. It’s adopting Bitcoin as an official currency on Tuesday. The Central American nation is betting it will spur the economy and increase money sent home by
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Northeastern Kansas authorities have identified a man and a woman found dead last week in an apparent murder-suicide. The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office says the bodies of 21-year-old Connor O’Hara and 20-year-old Hannah King, both of Topeka. were found Friday afternoon in a home just south of Topeka. The Capital-Journal reports
Continue Reading HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — An exhibit about blues legends and juke joints is opening soon in Mississippi, and it’s designed to appeal to the eyes, hands and ears. A Cast of Blues will be on display Sept. 11-Oct. 9 at the Historic Eureka School in Hattiesburg. It features 15 resin-cast masks of blues legends and
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s parliament has upheld the state of emergency along the border with Belarus that was declared last week amid migration pressure. The vote Monday came after Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told parliament that the country faces a threat from Russia and Belarus. The state of emergency
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s parliament has upheld the state of emergency along the border with Belarus that was declared last week amid migration pressure. The vote Monday came after Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told parliament that the country faces a threat from Russia and Belarus. The state of emergency
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By Eric Levenson and Gregory Lemos, CNN A former Marine sharpshooter who said he received messages from God broke into two homes outside Lakeland, Florida, early Sunday and fatally shot four people he didn’t know — including a 3-month-old baby — and wounded an 11-year-old, according to a criminal affidavit. Outfitted in body armor, the
Continue Reading GUTTENBERG, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa State Patrol says a motorcyclist was killed in the northeastern corner of Iowa when he was hit by a kayak that had fallen from a trailer. The Telegraph Herald reports that the crash happened Sunday morning on a county road in Allamakee County. Investigators say 75-year-old John Thein, of
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi has welcomed the British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth as it makes its first Japanese port call. He says the involvement of European nations in the Indo-Pacific region is key to peace and stability as China’s military strength and influence grow. The
Continue Reading WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — The body of a Virginia hiker has been found in Montana’s Glacier National Park. Thirty-four-year-old Jennifer Lee Coleman of Richmond, Virginia, never returned from a solo hike from Logan Pass. She was last heard from via a text message on Aug. 30. A National Park Service statement says high winds
Continue Reading DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Police are investigating the shooting death this weekend of an Illinois man on a Davenport street. The Quad-City Times reports that the shooting happened Sunday afternoon, when officers were called to an area along Nevada Avenue for reports of gunfire. Arriving officers found a man with gunshot wounds who was rushed
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German Foreign Ministry says Berlin has protested to Russia over attempts to steal data from lawmakers that it suspects may have been in preparation to spread disinformation before the upcoming German election. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Andrea Sasse said Monday that a hacker outfit called Ghostwriter has
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German Foreign Ministry says Berlin has protested to Russia over attempts to steal data from lawmakers that it suspects may have been in preparation to spread disinformation before the upcoming German election. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Andrea Sasse said Monday that a hacker outfit called Ghostwriter has
Continue Reading By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After a summer of unrelenting crises, President Joe Biden is hoping to turn the page and refocus his presidency this fall around his core economic agenda. From the chaos in Afghanistan to the spread of the coronavirus to the destruction from Hurricane Ida, the summer served up
Continue Reading By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered at Athens Cathedral, where Greek composer and politician Mikis Theodorakis is lying in state for three days ahead of his burial on the southern island of Crete. Many people were holding flowers as they paid their final respects to a composer
Continue Reading By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s center-right government has created a new ministry to address the impact of climate change. The government has named former European Union commissioner Christos Stylianides as minister. Stilianides served as commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management between 2014 and 2019. He was named to his
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Public opinion polls show Japan’s outspoken Cabinet minister in charge of vaccinations, Taro Kono, has the most popular support to become the country’s next leader. Current Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s sudden announcement last week that he will not seek another term as head of the governing Liberal
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY and HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties say haunting images of surging rivers, flooded roads and tornado damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida show the need to upgrade the nation’s aging infrastructure network. As the deadly storm moved from the Gulf Coast through the Northeast
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY and HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties say haunting images of surging rivers, flooded roads and tornado damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida show the need to upgrade the nation’s aging infrastructure network. As the deadly storm moved from the Gulf Coast through the Northeast
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