UK leader Johnson gambles on tax hike to pay for elder care
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a tax increase to pay for the rocketing cost of…
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The direct line from ‘Taxi Driver’ to ‘The Card Counter’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — In Paul Schrader’s new film “The Card Counter,” which premiered last week at the…
Continue ReadingThis premature supernova was triggered by a dead star
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When a dead star plunges into an active star, expect an explosion of astronomical proportions that isn’t supposed to…
Continue ReadingThe keys to staying connected to your kids this pandemic school year
By John Duffy, CNN Within the first several weeks of any school year, I receive dozens of calls from parents concerned about their increasingly…
Continue ReadingParties campaign ahead of Morocco’s pivotal elections
By TARIK EL BARAKAH Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Politicians from dozens of political parties were campaigning for a final day Tuesday,…
Continue ReadingParties campaign ahead of Morocco’s pivotal elections
By TARIK EL BARAKAH Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Politicians from dozens of political parties were campaigning for a final day Tuesday,…
Continue ReadingWarrants issued for 214 suspects in failed 2016 Turkish coup
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 214 serving and former military personnel over alleged ties to a 2016 coup…
Continue ReadingExtremist abused and attacked officers in New Zealand prison
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand corrections officers say that during the time an Islamic State-inspired…
Continue ReadingSome areas with ground still soaked from Ida’s remnants will be under flash flood watch Wednesday
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Some areas of the Northeast hit last week by the immense rains of the remnants of Hurricane Ida will be under a flash flood…
Continue ReadingSome areas with ground still soaked from Ida’s remnants will be under flash flood watch Wednesday
CNN, HLN, WCBS By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Some areas of the Northeast hit last week by the immense rains of the remnants of Hurricane Ida will be…
Continue ReadingProsecutors drop sexual assault case against Alibaba manager
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese prosecutors have dropped a case against a former Alibaba manager accused of sexual assault by a female colleague, weeks…
Continue ReadingProsecutors drop sexual assault case against Alibaba manager
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese prosecutors have dropped a case against a former Alibaba manager accused of sexual assault by a female colleague, weeks…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What’s at stake in the 2015 Paris attacks trial?
By ARNO PEDRAM Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France is putting on trial 20 men accused in the Islamic State group’s 2015 attacks on Paris…
Continue Reading‘I will face this match with a smile’: Brazilian football hero Pele announces surgery to remove tumor
By Mitchell McCluskey and Marcia Reverdosa, CNN Brazilian football hero Pele underwent surgery to remove a tumor from his right colon last Saturday,…
Continue ReadingGerman industrial production picks up after several declines
BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that German industrial production increased in July after three consecutive months of declines that have…
Continue ReadingGerman industrial production picks up after several declines
BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that German industrial production increased in July after three consecutive months of declines that have…
Continue ReadingJapan ex-official gets prison term in casino bribery case
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Tokyo court has sentenced to four years in prison a former top government official for taking…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea monitoring the North over military parade signs
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says it’s keeping a close watch on North Korea amid signs…
Continue ReadingMajestic sequoia trees can live for thousands of years. Climate change could wipe them out
CNN, KCRA, KFSN By Stephanie Elam, CNN Almost everything about a sequoia tree is giant: It can grow to more than 200 feet tall and live longer than…
Continue ReadingMajestic sequoia trees can live for thousands of years. Climate change could wipe them out
By Stephanie Elam, CNN Almost everything about a sequoia tree is giant: It can grow to more than 200 feet tall and live longer than 3,000 years. Yet…
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