Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In Ukraine, he is Alya Shabaanovich Gali. He’s a doctor with lines of patients waiting for him. To family in Gaza, he is Alaa Shabaan Abu Ghali. He’s the one who left. Gali moved decades ago. He went to medical school in Kyiv and married a Ukranian woman. Through
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Two back-to-back strikes in Beirut and Tehran, both attributed to Israel and targeting high-ranking figures in Hamas and Hezbollah, have left Hezbollah and Iran in a quandary. Analysts agree that both strikes hit too close to home to pass without a response, and were serious security breaches for Iran and
Continue ReadingBy Hanako Montgomery, Manveena Suri, Nodoka Katsura and Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Israel will not be invited to this year’s peace ceremony commemorating the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki to promote a “peaceful and somber atmosphere” at the August 9 event, the city’s mayor told local media Wednesday. The decision contrasts with that
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan and Maija Ehlinger, CNN (CNN) — A teenage boy has been charged with murder after three young girls were killed in a stabbing attack at a dance class in northwest England on Monday, British police said. Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and 9-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar were stabbed to death
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The first two days of the Cole County Fair saw six cases of heat-related illnesses. Chris Pennington, Cole County EMS Training Chief, tells ABC 17 they’ve pulled a crew from a training activity they had planned to have more medical personnel covering the area. “We were offering ‘stop the bleeding’ and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday eulogized longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee as a “force of nature” as memorials for the longtime Democratic lawmaker drew to a close. Harris took time away from her presidential campaign to describe Jackson Lee, who represented Houston in Congress, as a coalition builder
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are heading home for the month after failing to advance a bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some business tax breaks. Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer dared Republicans to vote against the tax cut package Thursday as campaign season ramps up, saying they’d voting against tax
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Nearly a year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century destroyed their historic Maui town, there’s a bright spot for 13 recent Lahainaluna High School graduates who are receiving scholarships that will cover the cost of attending an out-of-state college. It’s a lifechanging opportunity for most any
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson has won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and will face off against Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn in November. The match will pit a survivor of a Republican-led expulsion effort over a gun control protest against a close ally of former President Donald Trump.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump is used to defending himself. But this week, the Republican presidential nominee has been put in the rare position of having to defend someone else — his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance. When Vance was first introduced at the Republican National Convention last month, many GOP
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America GOOCHLAND, Va. (AP) — Trump-backed Virginia state Sen. John McGuire has defeated conservative U.S. Rep. Bob Good in a recount of the Republican primary results in the 5th Congressional District. Virginia election officials previously certified a narrow win by McGuire in the June 18 primary. They said he defeated Good by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Congressional primary races in Washington state are attracting outsized attention. Voters in the 4th District will decide on one next week that pits one of the last U.S. House Republicans left who voted to impeach Donald Trump against two conservative candidates whose platforms are in lock-step with the presidential nominee.
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Andrew McNicol, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Within 72 hours of the start of the Paris Olympics, star Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei had already climbed the champions’ podium twice. The former gold medalist won two bronzes as China fights to best rivals like the United States and Australia. But the wins
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 300 video game performers and Hollywood actors picketed in front of the Warner Bros. Studios building on Thursday to protest against what they call an unwillingness from top gaming companies to protect union voice actors and motion capture workers equally against the unregulated use of artificial intelligence.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to announce her running mate, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that several of the top contenders for the role are largely unknown to Americans. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly stands out as one with more name recognition and higher favorability,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WAYANAD, India (AP) — Hopes of finding more than 180 missing people alive waned as rescue workers searched through mud and debris for a third day Thursday after landslides set off by torrential rains killed at least 194 people in southern India. The rescue work was challenging in a forested, hilly area while
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Carlotta has formed in the eastern Pacific, but is moving away from Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says in an advisory that a tropical depression was upgraded to the tropical storm Wednesday. The system has maximum sustained winds of 50 mph and is centered 345 miles southwest of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A July 21 fire at Orr Street Studios in Columbia was started unintentionally, according to a fire incident report. The fire has since left the business closed. A sign posted on the door of the business on Wednesday showed it was still closed. The fire incident report claims $110,00 of contents and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Five years after Hong Kong’s massive anti-government protests erupted, the lives of many young people who were jailed or arrested during Beijing’s political crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement remain in limbo. While some industries have been lenient, other employers, especially those in some professional sectors, tend to see
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China will ban the export of all unregulated civilian drones that can be used for military purposes or in terrorist activities and restrict certain drone features. The new regulations come as Beijing faces repeated Western criticism for its stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Commerce Ministry said Wednesday
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