By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A hiker in northern Washington’s North Cascades National Park was rescued a month after he went missing in July, authorities said Saturday, and according to one rescuer, it was just in time. Robert Schock, 39, was last seen by other hikers in an area of the park on
Continue ReadingCNN By Raja Razek and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A manhunt is underway for a suspect after five people were injured in a shooting Saturday near an interstate in a rural area of Laurel County, Kentucky, located south of Lexington, according to the sheriff’s office. All five victims are in stable condition, and authorities
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HIGHLAND, Calif. (AP) — An out-of-control wildfire in the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles threatened ten of thousands of buildings and forced hundreds of residents to flee Sunday amid a days-long heat wave of triple-digit temperatures. The so-called Line Fire was burning along the edge of the San Bernardino
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VANIMO, Papua New Guinea (AP) — Pope Francis traveled to the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea on Sunday to celebrate the Catholic Church on the peripheries, bringing with him medicine, musical instruments and a message of love for the people who live there. Francis flew aboard a Royal Australian Air Force C-130
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A manhunt is underway for a suspect after five people were injured in a shooting Saturday near an interstate in a rural area of Laurel County, Kentucky, located south of Lexington, according to the sheriff’s office. All five victims are in stable condition, and authorities are
Continue ReadingLOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — A former top official in U.S. nuclear weapons research at Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos national laboratories has died after an automobile crash in New Mexico. Charles McMillan was 69. He was an experimental physicist who spent nearly 23 years at Livermore in California and about 18 years at Los
Continue ReadingMUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Kadin Semonza threw four touchdown passes and Ball State opened its season with a 42-34 win over Missouri State on Saturday. Semonza’s final TD toss, a 5-yarder to Tanner Koziol to the left-rear corner of the end zone, gave the Cardinals a 35-21 lead with seven minutes left. After the FCS
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CNN By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Rebekah Schuler was walking to her 10th grade history class with her best friend, each with a shared headphone in her ear, blasting their favorite song, when gunshots and bloodcurdling screams sent them running for their lives. It has been nearly three years since the 2021 Oxford High
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — The Transportation Ministry and local media are reporting that a tanker truck crashed into a bus in northern Ivory Coast, killing 13 people and injuring 44. The bus and the truck crashed Friday night on the highway between Bouake and Korhogo, two large cities in the country’s north.
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Jacob Shaffelburg and Jonathan David scored off defensive misplays, and Canada beat the United States 2-1 in a friendly for its first win over the Americans on U.S. soil since 1957. Coming off defeats to Panama and Uruguay at the Copa America, the U.S. has lost three straight games for
Continue ReadingBy Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN (CNN) — Three people were killed and two wounded in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, authorities in the country said Saturday. The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said three emergency workers were killed in the attack as they tried to contain a fire in the town of Froun, Nabatieh district.
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Jaime, CNN (CNN) — Lottery players dreaming of a big payday to celebrate the end of summer are watching the Mega Millions game, where the jackpot now stands at $800 million after no one matched all six numbers in Friday night’s drawing. Friday’s numbers were 6, 23, 41, 59 and 63, plus the
Continue ReadingSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Evacuations have been ordered as a wildfire burns in the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles. The so-called Line Fire was burning uncontrolled along the edge of the San Bernardino National Forest, about 65 miles east of LA. As of Saturday afternoon, the blaze the charred about
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — A beloved Florida high school football player died after he collapsed during a game Friday night, school officials say, bringing the number of recent known deaths among high school athletes to seven. Chance Gainer, a senior at Port St. Joe High School on Florida’s panhandle, was playing cornerback during an away
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino company Wynn Resorts is paying $130 million to federal authorities and admitting that it allowed unlicensed money transfers from around the world to reach gamblers at its flagship Las Vegas Strip property. The publicly traded company says the settlement reached Friday represents the money it was accused of
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — An 84-year-old woman in southwest Florida was bitten by an alligator this week while walking her dog—and she lived to tell the tale. Del Boppel told CNN affiliate WBBH she was walking her dog, Queen, on Thursday night near a pond in her North Fort Myers mobile home park when
Continue ReadingALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Please disregard AF–Algeria-Election, published on Sep. 7, 2024, and datelined in ALGIERS, Algeria. It moved inadvertently.
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hauser, CNN (CNN) — Three people were injured in a fire at a high school for girls in Kenya, authorities in the country reported, just one day after more than 20 people were killed by a blaze at an elementary school for boys. “Isiolo Girls on fire, several students reportedly trapped inside,” state-owned Kenya
Continue ReadingCNN By Brad Lendon, Isaac Yee and Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine appears to be calling on a fleet of fire-spewing “dragon drones” in its war with Russian invaders, putting a modern twist on a munition used to horrific effect in both world wars. A series of videos posted on social media, including on
Continue ReadingCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A coal miner was killed on the job in West Virginia on Friday night, Gov. Jim Justice said. The Republican governor said Gary Chapman, 33, of South Williamson, Kentucky, died after being injured at the Mountaineer II Mine near Sharples, West Virginia. Justice expressed his condolences in a statement, saying Chapman
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