KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shelling destroyed homes and killed one person in northern Ukraine’s Kharkiv province, the region’s governor said Sunday, while fighting raged in the fiercely contested eastern city of Bakhmut. The town of Kupiansk is about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the Russian border; the region has come under frequent attacks even
Continue Reading NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A New Jersey woman has been sentenced to 12 to 24 years in prison in the death of a firefighter struck along with two other firefighters and a state trooper as they were responding to a crash on Interstate 76 in suburban Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that 64-year-old Jacquelyn Walker
Continue ReadingBy Connor McCarthy Click here for updates on this story VANCOUVER Oregon (KPTV) — Early Friday morning a fire at a homeless encampment tore through tents and make-shift shelters, but those who work and live nearby said the fire is just a symbol of years of problems. Vancouver firefighters responded to the encampment built on
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say a cargo vessel ran aground in the Suez Canal but traffic through the global waterway was not impacted. The Liberia-flagged MSC Istanbul, heading to Portugal from Malaysia, got stuck in a two-lane part of the Suez Canal on Sunday. The head of the Suez
Continue ReadingBy Sugam Pokharel, CNN A massive fire ripped through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh’s southern district of Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, leaving around 12,000 people homeless, local Superintendent of Police Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam told CNN. Sweeping through the Kutupalong refugee camp in the afternoon, the blaze gutted around 2,000 huts before it was brought
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SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Max Verstappen has won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix from pole position by leading almost the entire race as he began the defense of his back-to-back Formula One titles. Red Bull clinched a 1-2 with Sergio Perez second while 41-year-old Fernando Alonso took a brilliant third place. Alonso claimed a 99th
Continue Reading By DEMETRIS NELLAS and COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologized Sunday for any responsibility Greece’s government may bear for the deadliest train crash in the country’s history, while a stationmaster facing charges gave his account of the events leading up to the tragedy. At least 57 people were
Continue Reading DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a Georgia shooting has killed two of the more than 100 teenagers who had gathered at a house party Saturday, with six others wounded. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says investigators are still piecing together what transpired at the Douglasville home. No arrests have been made, and it is
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley visited Syria on Saturday, according to a statement from his office, marking his first visit to the country as the top US general. Milley met with US troops in northeast Syria, who are there as part of the campaign to
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday brushed aside the suggestion that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s reelection loss was merely a warning sign for Democratic mayors, instead calling it a “warning sign for the country” at large. “I showed up at crime scenes. I knew what New Yorkers were saying.
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say two more children have died from their injuries suffered in a northwest Phoenix condominium fire. Phoenix Fire Department officials announced Saturday night that 11-year-old Tamar Boyer and 9-year-old Shevach Boyer had died at a hospital. They say two siblings _ identified as 7-year-old Dov Boyer and 8-year-old Nachman Boyer _
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By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Valerie Torres’ mother has tried to shield her from the worst of Venezuela’s protracted crisis — the deadly protests, the sick people begging for help, the malnourished children with protruding ribs. At school, her teachers don’t even broach the subject. But just shy of her
Continue ReadingBy Aileen Graef and Paul LeBlanc, CNN House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday declined to criticize President Joe Biden‘s decision to allow Congress to potentially nix reforms to the criminal code of Washington, DC, even as many in the party are breaking with the White House. A Senate vote to scrap the DC law
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Diamond, Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Melanie Zanona, CNN DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson on Monday wrote a letter to the Senate attempting to withdraw the district’s criminal reform legislation from congressional review after it became clear the Senate intended to nix the legislation. “This morning, I delivered a letter to the Senate
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in Ohio say there is no indication of any risk to public health from the derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train between Dayton and Columbus, the second derailment of a company train in the state in a month. Norfolk Southern and Clark County officials say 28 of the southbound
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NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Brennan Johnson’s hot streak has continued as the Nottingham Forest forward scored twice to earn a 2-2 draw with Everton in the Premier League. The home team twice fought back to deny Everton and share the points at the City Ground. Johnson made it five goals in his last seven league
Continue Reading By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Cabinet ministers have advanced a bill that would allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to keep a $270,000 donation he received from a relative to pay for his legal bills as he fights corruption charges. The bill is part of a proposed overhaul of Israel’s legal
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who’s weighing a run for the Republican presidential nomination, said Sunday that “more voices” in the 2024 race are “good for our party.” Hutchinson made his remarks on CNN’s “State of the Union” after a fellow former GOP governor, Maryland’s Larry Hogan, announced that he would
Continue ReadingRocÃo Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden visitará Alabama este domingo para conmemorar el aniversario número 58 de la histórica marcha del Domingo Sangriento que impulsó el movimiento por los derechos civiles y ayudó a expandir los derechos de voto. La parada de Biden en Selma se produce cuando él y sus compañeros demócratas
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — Chris Rock finalmente abordó la bofetada de los Oscar e hizo historia en Netflix este sábado al ser el primer evento global de streaming en vivo de la plataforma. “Voy a intentar hacer un programa esta noche sin ofender a nadie. Voy a intentarlo lo mejor que pueda, porque nunca se sabe
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