LONDON (AP) — The husband of U.K. charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has gone on a hunger strike again after a court decided she has to spend another year in an Iranian prison. Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained for more than five years in Iran. Husband Richard Ratcliffe started his fast on Sunday outside the British government’s
Continue ReadingBy Shawn Nottingham and Kelly Murray, CNN The Los Angeles metro area was hit with a 3.6 magnitude earthquake Sunday, according to data from the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was recorded at a depth of 17 kilometers near Maywood and East Los Angeles. There were numerous reports on social media of the earthquake
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri taxpayers paid for state Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s trip to Texas last week to announce a lawsuit he filed seeking to force the restart of construction of a southern border wall. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Schmitt’s spokesman, Chris Nuelle, declined to immediately release the total cost of the
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By Stefano Pozzebon When Beatriz Porras was studying agronomy at university in Tunja, Colombia, she thought her career would lead to growing coffee, like her parents, or flowers, the traditional agricultural staples for the country’s export market. Back then, growing marijuana was illegal, and security forces targeted plantations with forced eradication campaigns aimed at stemming
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By Chandelis Duster, CNN US inflation levels are not expected to decrease to acceptable levels until the latter part of 2022, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday. The prediction comes as rising prices strain Americans’ wallets at grocery stores and fuel pumps amid high energy demand, already exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc on
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Los Bravos de Atlanta derrotaron 4-2 a los Dodgers de Los Ángeles en el sexto juego de la Serie de Campeonato de la Liga Nacional para hacerse con el banderín de la Liga Nacional y avanzar a la Serie Mundial, donde se enfrentarán al campeón de la Liga Americana,
Continue Reading By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The tragedy that unfolded on a New Mexico movie set when Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun, killing a cinematographer, has led to calls for fundamental change in Hollywood. Some are saying real guns should be banned on sets. From a change.org petition to a
Continue ReadingBy Theresa Waldrop School board members around the country have faced heckling, protests, even death threats and at least one lawsuit recently. Constituents have shown up at normally placid meetings to voice dissent of everything from mask mandate policies — or the lack of them — to teaching critical race theory and policies around transgender
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — A $10,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest in connection with a shooting during a St. Louis vigil last month that killed one man and injured three others. CrimeStoppers recently increased the reward being offered in the Sept. 20 shooting that happened as people gathered to
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Pope Francis has likened migrant detention centers in Libya to “concentration camps” and called on the international community to intervene in a worsening migrant situation in the central Mediterranean region. The Pontiff’s remarks after Sunday’s angelus come just a day after an Italian prosecutor summoned American Hollywood star Richard Gere
Continue Reading KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a driver lost control during a Texas drag racing event and slammed into a crowd of spectators, killing two children and injuring eight other people. A 6-year-old boy and an 8-year-old boy were killed Saturday at an event called “Airport Race Wars 2” at the Kerrville-Kerr County Airport. The
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Mid-Missouri is bracing for a round of potentially severe weather, with flooding impacts widespread as rain is expected throughout the day Sunday.
Continue Reading By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s leader says that the Turkish president’s decision to order that 10 foreign ambassadors be declared persona non grata after calling for the release of a jailed philanthropist and human rights activist was a “regrettable situation.” Prime Minister Sanna Marin made the comments Sunday after Turkish President
Continue ReadingBy Bethlehem Feleke, Vasco Cotovio and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The Ethiopian government’s air force carried out two air strikes in the northern region of Tigray, government spokesperson Legese Tulu told CNN Sunday. One of the strikes hit a military command post and training center belonging to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) — the region’s
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Jason Sudeikis returned to host “Saturday Night Live” this weekend and brought the funny. It was the first time he had returned to host the show since he left the NBC sketch comedy series in 2013. Here are the “Ted Lasso” star’s best moments from the show. Jason’s Biden cold open
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By Veronica Stracqualursi and Daniella Diaz, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday Democrats are planning to have an “agreement” on a framework for President Joe Biden’s sweeping social safety net plan and a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the next week. “That’s the plan,” she told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of
Continue Reading By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers are taking a look at a state agency that has been at the center of questions of whether Gov. Kristi Noem used her influence to aid her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license. The Legislature’s Government Operations and Audit Committee
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By Chloe Melas, CNN Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae Young are married. The reality TV stars tied the knot on Saturday in Santa Barbara, California, and shared pictures of their special day on Instagram. Young wrote on Instagram, “I married the love of my life today. My sweet man, my everything. Cheers to forever
Continue Reading VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) — A fire is burning in several containers aboard a cargo ship off Canada’s Pacific coast province of British Columbia, and authorities say hazardous materials in two containers could pose a risk to maritime traffic but not to areas on shore.. The Canadian Coast Guard says it received word late Saturday
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN Colin Powell broke many barriers to become one of the nation’s top diplomats. Beside him all along was one quiet force: Alma Johnson Powell. The couple’s love story started with an accidental date — and lasted six decades. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. The
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