By Toyin Owoseje and Hada Messia, CNN Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis has been detained in Italy over allegations of sexual assault and aggravated personal injury, according to a statement from local prosecutors and his legal team. The 69-year-old Canadian-born director and screenwriter, who won two Oscars for the 2004 crime drama “Crash,” was in the
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say they have released several British citizens who had been detained in Afghanistan after an agreement was reached between the two countries. Taliban and British officials said Monday the detainees were released Sunday following a series of meetings between the two sides. That’s according to
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ top lawyer has appointed an investigator to probe allegations by the country’s prisons’ director that a senior police officer had tasked an inmate to gather any information or video about her private life that could be used to blackmail her. Attorney-General George Savvides on Monday appointed lawyer Achilleas Emilianides to
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — The U.S. Open began with Phil Mickelson speaking without saying hardly anything. It ended with Matt Fitzpatrick at a momentary loss for words in his proudest moment. More than anything, the U.S. Open was a reminder of what matters. It was more than a diversion
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Faith Hill is thankful for one modern hair trend. Shaving! The singer and actress shared that in keeping with the time period of the drama, she was asked not to shave under her arms while filming “1883.” She told Courteney Cox in a conversation for “Variety” about the moment the show’s
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist It’s hot. The official start to summer happens tomorrow, but it already feels like we are in the middle of it. Temperatures moderated somewhat over the weekend, so we caught a tiny break from the oppressive heat from last week, but here we go again. We are in for another
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Although detained by Myanmar’s military government on a slew of charges, ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been able to hold a small birthday celebration during a court appearance. Suu Kyi, whose elected government was overthrown by the army in February last year, turned 77 on
Continue ReadingHANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Dartmouth College is removing all federal and institutional loans from its undergraduate financial aid awards and replacing them with expanded scholarship grants, beginning with the current summer term, the school’s president said. Currently, Dartmouth undergraduates from families with an annual income of $125,000 or less who possess typical assets are offered
Continue ReadingBy Kunyi Yang The road to financial independence is not easy, and usually requires patience and diligence early on. For young people still trying to establish their careers, focusing on retirement or saving for the future may not seem like a top priority. But making the wrong money moves early on can be costly. Here
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN The Republican Party of Texas over the weekend adopted a resolution at its state convention that rejects President Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election, further aligning the state party establishment with former President Donald Trump in pushing false election claims. “We reject the certified results of the 2020
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By WPVI Staff Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A man died after being shot in the head in the Juniata Park section of Philadelphia, police say. Authorities say a woman walking on a trail by Frankford Creek noticed the body after 8 p.m. Sunday. She ran and flagged down a
Continue ReadingBy Pat Reavy Click here for updates on this story COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah (KSL) — A Cottonwood Heights man who police say has a history of adopting animals, mainly dogs, and abusing them just days after taking them home, now faces criminal charges. Kaiden Orie Graham, 20, was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Lopez-Martinez Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — The bi-national Great Lakes Fishery Commission is spreading awareness of a blood-sucking fish that has been wreaking havoc to ecosystems for decades. The sea lamprey, a snake-like fish that has more than 100 teeth and a suction-cup mouth it uses to
Continue ReadingBy Arianne Brown Click here for updates on this story AMERICAN FORK, Utah (KSL) — She was his only biological daughter, and he spent years searching for her in hopes that one day he’d meet her. That day came a year ago, and since then, Danny Parsons and Aimee Holmes have been making up for
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Former Chelsea defender Antonio Rüdiger says he experienced first-hand what it felt like to be a Real Madrid player while on the losing end as Madrid pulled off one of its stunning Champions League comebacks this season. Rüdiger was introduced by his new club on Monday
Continue ReadingBy Matt Rascon Click here for updates on this story SOUTH JORDAN, Utah (KSL) — A goose that spent five weeks terrorizing a South Jordan neighborhood has become something of a celebrity after neighbors learned what the bird was guarding. The goose began standing guard outside of Narelle and John Canaan’s home last month. John
Continue ReadingBy Michael Raimondi Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KTVK, KPHO) — A wooden box with free books was recently stolen from the front yard of a Phoenix home on 31st Avenue, just north of the Loop 101 Agua Fria freeway. The owner, Mary Demers, says the post broke, and the box was
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant has capsized in the South China Sea less than a week after it was towed away from the city, its parent company said Monday. The restaurant encountered “adverse conditions” on Saturday as it was passing the Xisha Islands, also known
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN A sprawling 3,400-year-old city emerged in Iraq after a reservoir’s water level swiftly dropped due to extreme drought. Kurdish and German archaeologists excavated the settlement in the Mosul reservoir, along the Tigris River in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, in January and February. The project was in partnership with the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Air travel is returning to normal Monday after several days of widespread flight cancellations due to weather and staffing issues. Tracking service FlightAware was showing that as of Monday evening about 2,200 flights were canceled worldwide. Only 380 of those cancellations were to, from or within the United States, representing
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