Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is sending letters to school districts, urging them to restrict smartphone use on campuses. In South Carolina, education officials delayed guidelines to restrict student phone use, but expect to finalize them next month. The efforts are part of a broader push by states
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, Lauren Izso and Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lambasted his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday and accused him of adopting an “anti-Israel narrative,” revealing a deep rupture at the top of the Israeli government as the Middle East risks spiraling into a full-scale regional conflict. Israeli
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Ernesto was poised to become a hurricane shortly after brushing past Puerto Rico late Tuesday as officials closed schools, opened shelters and moved dozens of the U.S. territory’s endangered parrots into hurricane-proof rooms. Ernesto is forecast to become a hurricane overnight as the center of
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Cracks are widening in a public tiff between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister. The latest spat shows growing discontent with Netanyahu’s handling of the war at a sensitive time. Israel is bracing for Iranian retaliation after a blast in Tehran killed Hamas’ leader. Iran blames that attack on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a call from her self-exile in India for an investigation into the killings of students and others during weeks of violent protests in her country that prompted her ouster. Hasina stepped down and fled Bangladesh on Aug. 5 after student activists
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In some corners of the Democratic Party, last week felt like déjà vu. The party’s vice-presidential nominee’s military record was under assault from Republicans — attacks reminiscent of those leveled two decades earlier on Sen. John Kerry during his run for the White House. Democratic strategists who lived through the
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Home Depot says consumers are feeling crummy about the economy, and they’re dishing out less on major home renovation projects.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A man who died when the helicopter he was flying crashed onto a hotel roof in Queensland, Australia, was an employee of the aviation company that owned the aircraft but didn’t work as a pilot and hadn’t flown in Australia before. Nautilus Aviation said Tuesday he was a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) — A senior U.N. official says Yemen’s Houthi rebels have stormed the headquarters of the U.N. Human Rights Office in the capital, Sanaa. U.N. Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said Tuesday the rebels took over the Office’s premises in Sanaa on Aug. 3, after forcing U.N. Yemeni workers to hand over
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces have traded cross-border fire near a key northwestern crossing, killing a woman and two children on the Afghan side. There was no immediate word on casualties on the Pakistani side of the Torkham border which was shut, disrupting trade and movement of people
Continue ReadingBy Samra Zulfaqar, Esha Mitra and Manveena Suri, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Thousands of doctors have gone on strike across India to demand better protection for health workers after a trainee medic was raped and murdered in eastern West Bengal state. The resident doctor’s body was found last Friday with multiple injuries and signs of sexual
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Zoo has much anticipated news: Meng Meng the panda is pregnant again, months after the first giant pandas born in Germany were sent to China. The zoo said Tuesday that ultrasound scans over the weekend showed Meng Meng is expecting two cubs. They still have plenty of growing to do
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The preseason college football AP Top 25 was released Monday and Mizzou was placed among the best teams in the nation.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighters in Greece are battling scattered fires, hoping to end the major wildfire that burned into the northern suburbs of Athens, triggering evacuations and leaving at least one person dead. With strong winds that had fanned the flames on Sunday and Monday dying down overnight, the fire department said
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition politician and one of President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, has described the psychological torture he endured during 11 months in solitary confinement, saying he thought he would die in a Siberian cell. Kara-Murza spoke to CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday for the
Continue ReadingCNN By Helen Regan and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition politician and one of President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, has described the psychological torture he endured during 11 months in solitary confinement, saying he thought he would die in a Siberian cell. Kara-Murza spoke to CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday for
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman and Jessie Yeung, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The pilot killed when a helicopter crashed into the roof of a luxury hotel in Cairns, Australia, on Monday was an employee of the charter company that owned the aircraft, but wasn’t authorized to fly, the group confirmed in a statement. Nautilus Aviation said
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris agree on one thing, at least: Both say they want to eliminate federal taxes on workers’ tips. But experts say there’s a reason Congress hasn’t made such a change already. It would be complicated, not to mention enormously costly to the federal government,
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Officials and media reports say a teenager wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest randomly stabbed five people at an open-air cafe in northwest Turkey before being detained by police. The 18-year-old broadcast his attack on social media through a camera on his vest. The five people wounded in Monday’s knife attack
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Para-surfing— a form of surfing that allows people with physical disabilities to ride waves on a board or wave ski— has been excluded from the Los Angeles Paralympics. But that hasn’t stopped fans and participants of the sport from around the world in strengthening their desire for it to
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