AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday. The study tracked 30 years of living kidney donation and found that by 2022, fewer than 1 of every 10,000 donors died within three
Continue Reading Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The editor of an independent online news service in Myanmar says a military court has given a life prison sentence to one of its journalists and sentenced another to 20 years after convicting them under a counterterrorism law. The sentences appear to be the most severe dealt to any journalist
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — For Ethan Katz and Savannah Roberts, the evening of June 15 was already stressful. They had gone to a Pittsburgh hospital seeking treatment for Ari, one of their six-week-old twin sons, who had a bloody and mysterious injury to his genitals. Their longtime friend, Nicole Elizabeth Virzi, was visiting
Continue Reading Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez arrived in Gambia on Wednesday as part of a three-day tour of West Africa to tackle irregular migration. Sánchez began his tour in Mauritania on Tuesday before continuing south to Gambia on Wednesday. He is expected to meet with Senegal’s president and prime minister
Continue Reading By Holly Yan and Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — Cohen Craddock was the baby of his family, a gregarious 13-year-old who “cared more about others than he did himself,” his father Ryan Craddock said. “He was very compassionate, very bighearted and all the time wanted to try to make you laugh, make you feel better
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The Missouri Appeals Court has denied the prosecutor’s motion to have the case reheard or transferred to the Missouri Supreme Court after it was sent the case back to the circuit court.
Continue Reading Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has demanded a halt to the increasing attacks between Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants and Israeli forces and warned that further escalation “carries the high risk of leading to a widespread conflict.” The council’s 15 members unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday that urges the “relevant actors” to
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A Greek-flagged vessel attacked by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea appears to be leaking oil, according to a Pentagon spokesperson, who warned of a “potential environmental catastrophe” in one of the world’s busiest waterways. The Sounion came under a barrage of projectiles last week, after
Continue Reading Associated Press LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — While “Asian brunch” may initially evoke images of traditional meals like Chinese dim sum, it’s become shorthand now for restaurants that offer Asian takes on American brunch. For instance, Breaking Dawn was one of two places that opened in the Bay Area last spring emphasizing brunch. Although the
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy will meet its goal to sign up 40,600 recruits by the end of September thanks to several new recruiting programs. But the crush of last-minute enlistments means the service won’t be able to get them all through boot camp by next month, falling 5,000 sailors short of its
Continue Reading SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — An ostrich brought traffic to a halt in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as motorists tried to lure and nudge the towering bird off a multilane thoroughfare. Drivers called Sioux Falls police just before noon Tuesday to report the roughly 7-foot-tall bird in the middle of a busy four-lane road. As
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — Production at an electric vehicle battery cell plant jointly run by General Motors and Samsung SDI has been delayed as EV sales have slowed in the U.S. The companies finalized their agreement Tuesday to jointly run the new factory in New Carlisle, Indiana, near South Bend, but said production would not start
Continue Reading Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss criminal court has convicted two top managers of a Saudi oil company facing charges including fraud and money laundering in a scam that swiped at least $1.8 billion from a Malaysian state-owned investment fund. PetroSaudi executive Tarek Obaid, a Saudi-Swiss dual national, received a seven-year sentence and British-Swiss
Continue Reading Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Swiss authorities say a Swiss citizen has been arrested in Burkina Faso. The Swiss foreign ministry tells The Associated Press it is aware of the arrest. It adds that “for reasons of data and privacy protection, no further details can be provided.” The West African nation governed by a
Continue Reading CNN By Colin McCullough, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign stirred new controversy this week during a visit to Arlington National Cemetery that was intended to draw attention to the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. An individual physically blocked Trump’s team from accompanying him during the Monday visit, two Trump campaign
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Top German officials say they will hold talks with the country’s opposition and state governments on ways to step up deportations and curb migration. It follows the Solingen knife attack, in which a suspected extremist from Syria who had avoided being deported is accused of killing three people at a festival on
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — The White House says Beijing and Washington will plan for a phone call in the coming weeks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden. The announcement comes after National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing. Sullivan’s first trip to China as national security
Continue Reading Associated Press Barb Boustead remembers learning about corn sweat when she moved to Nebraska about 20 years ago to work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and found herself plunked down in an ocean of corn. The term for the late-summer spike in humidity from corn plants cooling themselves was “something that locals very
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s budget proposal for 2025 includes record defense spending of 187 billion zlotys or $48.7 billion. Prime Minister Donald Tusk presented the main points of next year’s budget on Wednesday. Poland borders war-torn Ukraine and security concerns are high. Tusk described the budget proposal as “generous” and supporting further economic growth.
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A Missouri judge held an evidentiary hearing Wednesday over the innocence claim of death row inmate Marcellus Williams, whose quest to prove he did not murder a woman in 1998 has been complicated by contaminated DNA evidence. Williams, 55, is scheduled to be put to death on September 24
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