By David Culver, CNN Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico (CNN) — The smell of burning wood and plastic hits us as we step out of the van. Smoke from campfires meets the cloud of dirt kicked up by our tires, stinging our eyes and leaving a scratch in our throats. In the near distance, you can hear
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — The Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a move a lawyer representing dozens of child sexual abuse survivors says is an attempt “to evade accountability.” The filing comes as a new law is set to take effect in Maryland October 1,
Continue ReadingCNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Generation X, the roughly 65 million people born between 1965 and 1980, witnessed many innovations: MTV, web browsing, digital music downloads and smartphones, to name just a few. They were also the first generation to enter the workforce after the shift from employer-run pension plans
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Generation X, the roughly 65 million people born between 1965 and 1980, witnessed many innovations: MTV, web browsing, digital music downloads and smartphones, to name just a few. They were also the first generation to enter the workforce after the shift from employer-run pension plans to
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — FBI personnel have surged to tribal lands across the United States in past months to help solve violent crimes and cold cases impacting Native Americans, the agency told CNN in an exclusive interview. The urgent effort, deemed Operation Not Forgotten, involved dozens of special agents, intelligence analysts, and professional
Continue ReadingBy Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — At least 13 people have been killed in Spain’s deadliest nightclub fire in decades, with fears the toll could rise further as emergency services search for more victims. The cause of the blaze, which broke out early on Sunday at the Teatre venue in the southeastern city of Murcia,
Continue ReadingBy Gul Tuysuz, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — At least one person was killed and two others were injured in a bombing attack outside Turkey’s Interior Ministry building in Ankara on Sunday. The ministry said in a Sunday statement that two attackers murdered a civilian and stole his vehicle in the country’s capital ahead of the
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Hurricanes, heat and humidity have always been looming threats on the Gulf Coast. But as drought grows in the Central US and sea level rises, residents in southern Louisiana are finding a formerly unusual emergency is becoming more frequent: saltwater is infecting drinking water city by
Continue ReadingBy Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — A Texas couple who sold an exotic South American cat to an undercover agent was arrested while trying to sell a jaguar cub to the same agent a month later, according to court documents. And while the felines may be small in size, selling them violated the federal Big
Continue ReadingBy Mengchen Zhang, Teele Rebane and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A US State Department report that accuses the Chinese government of expanding disinformation efforts is “in itself disinformation,” Beijing’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed Saturday. The ministry shot back after the State Department issued a striking report this week in which it accused the
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The Marion, Kansas, police chief has been suspended after the police raid of a local newspaper and the home of the paper’s publisher last month. Officers in August searched the office of the Marion County Record, as well as the home of the paper’s publisher and
Continue ReadingBy Marcelo Medeiras, Stefano Pozzebon and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — More than a hundred dolphins have been found dead in the Brazilian Amazon amid an historic drought and record-high water temperatures that in places have exceeded 102 degrees Fahrenheit. The dead dolphins were all found in Lake Tefé over the past seven days, according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: A correction has been made to say that the shooting occurred in North Columbia. There was a heavy police presence in North Columbia Saturday night at the Super 7 Motel on Rangeline Street. An ABC 17 News crew on scene saw at least four Columbia Police Department police vehicles, seven
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer A person with knowledge of the situation says Aaron Rodgers attended a team meeting at the New York Jets’ New Jersey hotel Saturday night and is expected to attend the game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night. The four-time NFL MVP had been healing and
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Shaun “Buge” Saribay felt like giving up. Hours of makeshift firefighting with garden hoses and buckets of water across Lahaina didn’t stop flames from consuming his house, his rental properties and thousands of other structures in his beloved hometown. Drained, dirty and delirious, he continued
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The Powerball jackpot has soared to an estimated $1.04 billion after no tickets matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s drawing. Saturday night’s drawing produced white balls 19, 30, 37, 44 and 46 and red Powerball 22. The $1.04 billion prize – an estimated $478.2 million in cash value
Continue ReadingCNN By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine will soon face its second winter at war, and the bold campaigns of a year ago that saw significant gains in Kharkiv and Kherson seem a distant memory. The Ukrainian military is now waging a war of intense attrition against stubborn and larger Russian forces along a
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine will soon face its second winter at war, and the bold campaigns of a year ago that saw significant gains in Kharkiv and Kherson seem a distant memory. The Ukrainian military is now waging a war of intense attrition against stubborn and larger Russian forces along a front
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — João Klauss scored two goals in five minutes in the second half and St. Louis City beat Sporting Kansas City 4-1 on Saturday night to clinch a playoff spot. St. Louis (17-10-5) also set an MLS record for most wins by an expansion club. St. Louis is unbeaten in five straight
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Sophie Tanno and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A party headed by a pro-Kremlin figure came out top after securing more votes than expected in an election in Slovakia, official results show, in what could pose a challenge to NATO and EU unity on Ukraine. According to the final tallies released by
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