By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A blaze that broke out at London’s historic Somerset House on Saturday required around 125 firefighters to bring it under control, according to the London Fire Brigade. Smoke was seen rising over central London from the building’s roof as firefighters worked from a crane to douse the flames. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) — A new Biden administration program will allow some spouses of U.S. citizens living in the U.S. illegally to gain legal status without leaving the country. As many as 500,000 people in the country without permanent legal status who are married to U.S. citizens may qualify under the program launching Monday.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Priceless paintings by Monet, Cezanne, Van Gogh and others were safe after firefighters worked to douse a fire at Somerset House. Smoke and flames that could be seen coming from the roof Saturday around noon had been knocked down as firefighters worked to extinguish the final pockets of flames. The
Continue ReadingRussia kept up its assault on Ukraine Saturday even as Ukrainian forces pushed into Russia’s Kursk border region. A Russian missile sparked a blaze in the city of Sumy that injured two people and also damaged cars and nearby buildings, said Ukraine’s State Emergency Service. It said that the hit had involved an Iskander-K cruise
Continue ReadingCNN By Nadeen Ebrahim, Kareem Khadder, Nic Robertson and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Jit, West Bank (CNN) — When Moawya Ali saw a wave of Israeli settlers storm towards his house in the West Bank town of Jit, he grabbed his five children and rushed to his car, where he dropped them off at a nearby
Continue ReadingAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is on tap to give the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. In his speech Monday night, he’ll be making a symbolic handoff of his party to Vice President Kamala Harris and pressing the case for what he says is the threat
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israel airstrike in Gaza killed at least 18 people, all from the same family, on Saturday, hours after mediators expressed optimism for an imminent cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas after 10 months of war. A joint statement by mediators the United States, Egypt and Qatar
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Madonna will fund an artistic project involving youths, she announced during her 66th birthday celebrations in Pompeii. While touring the Pompeii archeological park Friday with its director, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, the American pop star met a group of teenagers involved in “Sogno di Volare,” or “Dream of Flying.” As part of the project
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Qiblawi, Kareem El Damanhoury, Eugenia Yosef and Sarah El Sirgany, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli strike has killed at least 10 people in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said, prompting Hezbollah to launch a barrage of retaliatory rockets at Israel. All of those killed in Lebanon were Syrian nationals. A woman and her
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Ernesto moved away from Bermuda on Saturday evening over open waters of the Atlantic after crossing over the tiny British territory early in the day with heavy rains and strong winds. The storm forced residents to stay indoors and more than 23,000 people lost power, officials said. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NABATIEH, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon early Saturday killed at least 10 Syrian nationals, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry. The strike on Wadi al-Kfour in Nabatieh province is among the deadliest in Lebanon since the Hezbollah militant group and Israeli military started trading strikes on Oct. 8, a day
Continue ReadingBy Nic F. Anderson and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Body camera footage was released Friday showing the fatal police shooting of Victoria Lee, a 25-year-old woman whose brother had called 911 for medical help during her mental health crisis in Fort Lee, New Jersey last month. At least five Fort Lee police officers responded to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) — The threat of polio is rising fast in Gaza, prompting aid groups to call for an urgent pause in the war so they can ramp up vaccinations and head off a full-blown outbreak. One case has been confirmed and others are suspected. Polio had been eradicated in Gaza 25 years
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s medical workers began a countrywide strike Saturday to protest the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in the eastern West Bengal state. Saturday’s strike was called by the country’s largest group of doctors, the Indian Medical Association, saying all non-essential services at hospitals
Continue ReadingBy Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Russia is “rapidly approaching” a key military hub in eastern Ukraine, a local official has said, as Moscow continues its advances despite Kyiv’s surprise gains in its enemy’s Kursk region. While Pokrovsk is not a major city – about 60,000 people lived there before the war and many have left since the start of
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, Kareem Khadder, Nic Robertson and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Jit, West Bank (CNN) — When Moawya Ali saw a wave of Israeli settlers storm towards his house in the West Bank town of Jit, he grabbed his five children and rushed to his car, where he dropped them off at a nearby house
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The first week of a former politician’s murder trial has wrapped up in Las Vegas. The jury tasked with deciding if Robert Telles is guilty has seen video of a deadly ambush that left investigative reporter Jeff German dead. A forensic scientist also testified Friday that Telles’ DNA was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press EVART, Mich. (AP) — Alison Smith stared at the virtually empty dairy barn inside the Osceola County Fairgrounds, once bustling with teens and preteens preparing to show their prized animals but now eerily silent as an invisible virus once again interfered with a cherished summertime rite. Smith, a 16-year-old from the Grand Rapids,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Now that it’s back-to-school season, parents should add one more crucial item to the checklist. An eye exam. The American Optometric Association says 1 in 4 children start school with some sort of vision problem. That impairs their ability to learn in the classroom and play sports. But many kids won’t tell you
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — As the American city that has hosted more political conventions than any other, Chicago has pretty much seen it all. Presidential candidates have been made official in Chicago more than two dozen times since Abraham Lincoln in 1860, including the infamous 1968 convention where police clashed with protesters and Bill
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