Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has approved a massive undersea electricity cable project to link its grid with Greece’s. On Tuesday, the energy minister announced the project aims to cut electricity bills and end energy isolation. The European Union has funded it with 657 million euros. The Cypriot government will contribute 25 million
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly is considering a Palestinian resolution demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in Gaza and the West Bank within a year. The resolution will be put to a vote in the 193-member world body Wednesday. It follows a ruling by the top United Nations court in July
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday decried Republican Donald Trump for inflammatory rhetoric about migrants in Springfield, Ohio, and on other topics, saying voters should make sure he “can’t have that microphone again.” Sitting down for a rare extended campaign interview Tuesday with a trio of journalists from the National
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican pop-rock band Maná has removed its 2016 song with Nicky Jam after the Puerto Rican reggaeton singer expressed his support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. “Maná does not work with racists,” the group said in an Instagram post explaining the decision to remove “De pies a
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Lou, Brandon Griggs and Emily Smith, CNN (CNN) — The Chicago Mafia. The Gambino family. The Lucchese family. These notorious groups dominated organized crime in Chicago and New York for decades –- until prosecutors brought them down with one sweeping charge: racketeering. Since then, the federal government has used racketeering to go after a
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Sending a child to college comes with added financial pressure for most families and a couple of experts have advice for families and students beginning the payment process.
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — News publisher Guardian Media Group says it is in talks to sell The Observer newspaper to “slow news” outlet Tortoise Media. Founded in 1791, the Observer is the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper. It was bought by Guardian Media Group in 1993. Tortoise was co-founded in 2019 by former BBC news executive James
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Two teenagers from Salisbury, Missouri, were hurt in a crash Tuesday morning after trying to turn in the path of an oncoming tractor-trailer.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) No one is in custody after police responded to a shots fired call on the 1000 block of Claudell Lane on Monday night. Columbia police were on scene through Tuesday morning until all units left around 5:30 a.m. According to a press release from the Columbia Police Department, at around 10:50 p.m.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson will move ahead with a temporary spending bill that would prevent a partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, despite the headwinds that prompted him to pull the bill from consideration last week. The bill includes a requirement that people registering
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court a judge’s ruling upholding the conviction and death sentence for Marcellus Williams, whose execution is one week away. A notice of appeal filed Monday night did not include any details about the appeal. Meanwhile, attorneys
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court a judge’s ruling upholding the conviction and death sentence for Marcellus Williams, whose execution is one week away. A notice of appeal filed Monday night did not include any details about the appeal. Meanwhile, attorneys
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOHUMIN, Czech Republic (AP) — Torrential rains have gone and flooding waters have been receding but residents of a Czech town are no mood to celebrate. The town of Bohumin was submerged by a flood wave brought by the Oder River that was fueled by record rains in northeast Czech Republic in recent
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. court on Tuesday upheld disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction on sex trafficking charges for helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein abuse underage girls. The ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said that Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors in Florida didn’t bar
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Carolinas braced for a storm that forecasters warned could bring heavy rain — as much as 6 to 8 inches in some spots. But one narrow band got a “firehose” that dumped as much as 20 inches in a so-called 1,000-year flood that shocked many with its intensity. The storm that left
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — As freight trains have grown longer, the U.S. has seen an increase in the number of a type of derailment caused by the forces of railcars pushing and pulling against each other, the National Academies of Sciences said Tuesday in a long-awaited report that urges regulators, Congress and the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — As freight trains have grown longer, the U.S. has seen an increase in the number of a type of derailment caused by the forces of railcars pushing and pulling against each other, the National Academies of Sciences said Tuesday in a long-awaited report that urges regulators, Congress and the
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico say six people have been killed in a landslide near Mexico City. The State of Mexico government said in a statement that the landslide on Monday night in Naucalpan also affected a house and school. The community is northwest of Mexico City. The victims were four men and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe and Namibia have announced plans to slaughter hundreds of wild elephants and other animals to feed hunger-stricken residents amid severe drought conditions in the southern African countries. Zimbabwe said Monday it would allow the killing of 200 elephants so that their meat can be distributed among needy communities,
Continue ReadingLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — An investigation by the welfare unit of horse racing’s federal oversight authority accuses the equine analytical chemistry lab at the University of Kentucky of failing to comply with testing standards and misrepresenting its ability to test for specific substances. Tuesday’s release of results from a six-month probe by the unit and
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