Phelps County deputy arrested, accused of possession of child pornography
Phelps County Deputy Justin B. Durham, 40, was arrested on Wednesday and is accused of possessing child pornography.
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Poland plans to move around 10,000 troops to border with Belarus
By Antonia Mortensen, Catherine Nicholls and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Poland is planning to move around 10,000 troops to its eastern border with Belarus amid mounting concerns over Wagner forces in the region. Wagner troops have been stationed within Belarus – a close ally of Russia – in the wake of a short-lived rebellion
Continue Reading Pedaling beats polarization in a huge, cross-Iowa bike ride
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — Bob Molsberry was a college student when he first watched the recreational bike ride that organizers say is now the country’s longest, largest and oldest. That was in 1973, and there were just a few hundred riders in RAGBRAI (the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle
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Death toll from Hawaii wildfires rises to 36
As of Thursday morning, the death toll of the Maui wildfires has risen to 36 people, CNN reports. The fires have destroyed hundreds of structures in Maui, including homes and businesses with thousands of people being displaced. More than 11,000 people visiting the island were flown out of Maui Wednesday, with more expected to leave early Thursday morning. Over 600
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Do you shop at the Columbia Mall?
The Columbia Mall continues to draw crowds when malls in other areas are shutting their doors.
Continue Reading “Esperábamos menos resistencia”: soldados ucranianos en el frente sur aprenden a no subestimar a su enemigo
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Empujado de nuevo entre los arbustos, más allá de Bradleys destruidos y Humvees envejecidos, el T72 de la era soviética baja su torreta para disparar. Sus objetivos son las posiciones rusas, en peligro por el avance de Ucrania hacia el sur, justo después del edificio en el horizonte. Tres rondas
Continue Reading Kuwait and Lebanon move to ban ‘Barbie’ over gender and sexuality themes ahead of Mideast release
By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — “Barbie” is set to open across the Middle East on Thursday, but moves by Kuwait and Lebanon to ban the film over its themes on gender and sexuality have raised questions about how widely it will be released. Kuwait said it banned the
Continue Reading Fernando Villavicencio promised to crack down on Ecuador’s ‘narco state.’ It made him powerful enemies
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, shot dead on the campaign trail on Wednesday, was known as a tireless anti-corruption campaigner and investigative journalist. A 59-year-old lawmaker in the National Assembly, he had been outspoken about corruption and the violence caused by drug trafficking in the country, telling CNN En
Continue Reading These factors are making it hard to combat the deadly Maui wildfires
By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The wind-whipped fires in Maui spread swiftly and created a deadly tinderbox, overwhelming residents and local officials in one of the nation’s deadliest wildfires. “It’s very strange to hear about severe wildfires in Hawaii – a wet, tropical island – but strange events are becoming more common with climate
Continue Reading Michigan’s fake GOP electors arraigned on state charges
By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The 16 Michigan Republicans who served as fake electors in 2020 have pleaded not guilty to the first-of-their-kind felony charges stemming from the Trump-backed election subversion plot. Nine of the defendants were arraigned on the state charges Thursday at a virtual court hearing in Lansing. The other seven defendants
Continue Reading Norwegians prepare for more flooding and destruction after days of heavy rain
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — People in Norway are preparing for more flooding and destruction in the mountainous southeast as swollen rivers carry large amounts of water southward following days of heavy rain, with vast areas either inundated or hit by landslides. Along waterways, people are being evacuated, houses emptied
Continue Reading Scientists are fighting to save the ‘blue heart’ of Europe
By Nell Lewis, CNN Bosnia and Herzegovina (CNN) — The Neretva River carves its way through Bosnia and Herzegovina’s impenetrable forest. A mesmerizing blue-green, it runs 140 miles (225 kilometers) from deep within the Dinaric Alps to the Adriatic Sea – at some points disappearing into subterranean channels before re-emerging in bubbling springs. One of the coldest rivers
Continue Reading Scientists are fighting to save the ‘blue heart’ of Europe
CNN By Nell Lewis, CNN Bosnia and Herzegovina (CNN) — The Neretva River carves its way through Bosnia and Herzegovina’s impenetrable forest. A mesmerizing blue-green, it runs 140 miles (225 kilometers) from deep within the Dinaric Alps to the Adriatic Sea – at some points disappearing into subterranean channels before re-emerging in bubbling springs. One of the coldest
Continue Reading 300,000-year-old skull found in China unlike any early human seen before
By Hafsa Khalil and Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — An ancient skull dating back 300,000 years is unlike any other premodern human fossil ever found, potentially pointing to a new branch in the human family tree, according to new research. An international team of researchers from China, Spain and the United Kingdom unearthed the skull
Continue Reading Egypt’s inflation reaches record high of 38.2% in July, government data shows
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s national statistics bureau says inflation has reached a record high in July. It said Thursday that consumer prices rose 38.2% from a year earlier, up from 36.8% in June. The agency also says average food and beverage prices, the main drivers of inflation, rose 68.2% over the past 12 months. Prices
Continue Reading 17 dead after Rohingya boat from Myanmar capsizes on the way to Malaysia
By Su Chay, Heather Chen and Mihir Melwani, CNN (CNN) — Rescue teams have found at least 17 bodies on Myanmar’s shores after a Rohingya boat capsized while on its way to Malaysia on Monday, officials told CNN. Among the dead were 10 women and seven men – all of whom were Rohingya Muslims, said
Continue Reading Putin profits off US and European reliance on Russian nuclear fuel
By MARTHA MENDOZA and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and its European allies are importing vast amounts of nuclear fuel and compounds from Russia, providing Moscow with hundreds of millions of dollars in badly needed revenue as it wages war on Ukraine. The sales, which are legal and unsanctioned, have raised
Continue Reading ‘We’re all homeless’: Maui wildfires incinerate houses and kill at least 36 people
By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Joe Sutton and Paul P. Murphy, CNN (CNN) — The death toll from the catastrophic wildfires in Maui has soared to 36, and officials worry the devastation could intensify as the infernos torch more of the ravaged island. The loss of life marked a staggering increase from earlier reports of
Continue Reading Kim Jong Un fires top general, orders North Korean military to ‘gird for war’
By Brad Lendon and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired his top general amid a shakeup of the country’s military leadership and wants his army to “gird for a war,” state media reported Thursday. Gen. Pak Su Il was dismissed as chief of the General
Continue Reading Police identify murdered woman whose body was found inside a concrete wall
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Australian police investigating the suspected murder of a woman whose remains were found inside a concrete wall last year say they have identified the victim and believe she was killed more than a decade ago. Tanya Lee Glover, born in 1971, was vision and hearing impaired, and would have
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