CNN By Jean Casarez, Zoe Sottile and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, argued Thursday to move his trial out of Latah County, which they said would be unable to provide an unbiased jury for the long-awaited trial. The hearing
Continue Reading Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released footage showing that they boarded and intentionally set explosives aboard a Greek-flagged tanker that was earlier abandoned after they repeatedly attacked it, putting the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill. The Houthis chanted their group’s motto as they set
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the cause of a deadly crash on Interstate 70 in July was due to distracted driving.
Continue Reading CNN By Daria Tarasova-Markina and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — A top Ukrainian pilot was killed when a US-made F-16 fighter jet crashed on Monday, just weeks after the long-awaited planes arrived in the country, a Ukrainian military source told CNN. The Ukrainian Defense Forces do not believe pilot error was behind the
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — A local official in northern Yemen says that floods that swept through a northern district this week have killed at least 33 people and damaged more than 200 houses. Heavy rains that began Tuesday as part of Yemen’s monsoon season have caused major flooding and unleashed rockslides in the Melhan district of
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Next month’s debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump won’t have an audience, live microphones when candidates aren’t speaking, or written notes, according to rules that ABC News, the host network, shared this week with both campaigns. A copy of the rules was provided to
Continue Reading AP Sports Writers An NFL spokesperson says Tom Brady’s pending bid to become a part owner of the Las Vegas Raiders has triggered restrictions on his access to teams as part of his role as a Fox Sports broadcaster. Brady is not permitted to attend in-person or online broadcast production meetings and may not have
Continue Reading The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Mongolia next week despite the country being a member of the International Criminal Court. The ICC issued a warrant for Putin’s arrest last year. The visit is scheduled for Sept. 3 and it will be Putin’s first trip to an ICC member state since the
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Darlington Raceway will honor late NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough at his hometown track where he won five Southern 500s and left a legacy of success. Yarborough died at age 84 last New Year’s Eve. There will be the Oldsmobile Cutlass he drove to his third straight
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — A woman who posted a video of herself singing outdoors in Afghanistan to protest the Taliban’s morality laws, which include a ban on women’s voices in public, says she won’t be silenced. The Taliban last week issued laws to prevent vice and promote virtue, including a requirement for a woman to conceal
Continue Reading AP Business Writer The average rate on a 30-year mortgage eased for the second week in a row and remains at its lowest level in more than a year. That’s good news for prospective homebuyers facing home prices near all-time highs. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the rate fell to 6.35% from 6.46%
Continue Reading Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s electoral authority says that the former governing nationalist conservative party violated campaign funding rules in the 2023 parliamentary vote. The State Electoral Commission imposed a penalty worth millions of dollars that would undercut the party’s resources for next year’s presidential election. The commission said Thursday that the campaign
Continue Reading Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog says that Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels in defiance of international demands. That’s according to a confidential report by the International Atomic Energy Agency that was seen by The Associated Press on Thursday. The report says Tehran has
Continue Reading By Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s assault on Gaza since the Hamas-led October 7 attack has killed more than 40,000 people, according to Palestinian authorities, drawing international condemnation. But just 60 miles away, another major escalation of violence has also been playing out in the West Bank, where more than 600 Palestinians have been
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s president has ordered an investigation into the death of a man in custody after activists alleged he was tortured to death by police in the north of the country. The order came from reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian, who was elected last month after he campaigned on a promise
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City police officer has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for shooting and wounding her ex-girlfriend and killing the ex-girlfriend’s new love interest. Former officer Yvonne Wu was sentenced Wednesday in state court in Brooklyn. She pleaded guilty in June to manslaughter and attempted murder for
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The Consumer Product and Safety Commission says people should immediately throw out a magnetic game because it poses serious ingestion for children. According to the commission, Magnetic Chess Games sold by China-based seller JOMO contain magnets that do not comply with U.S. federal safety requirements. As a result, the commission says,
Continue Reading Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland transportation leaders have approved a contract for rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge several months after it collapsed under the impact of a wayward container ship. Officials have cited a 2028 completion date and estimated the project will cost $1.7 billion. The Maryland Transportation Authority board on Thursday awarded
Continue Reading By Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — The body of an American woman has been recovered from the sea in Norway after the replica Viking boat she was sailing in capsized during an expedition from the Faroe Islands, police have confirmed. The US State Department confirmed the death of a US citizen off the coast of
Continue Reading By Daria Tarasova-Markina and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — A top Ukrainian pilot was killed when a US-made F-16 fighter jet crashed on Monday, just weeks after the long-awaited planes arrived in the country, a Ukrainian military source told CNN. The Ukrainian Defense Forces do not believe pilot error was behind the incident,
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