By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state-run agency says a pair of gunmen opened machinegun fire in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan, killing the brother of the owner of a tower that collapsed there earlier this year. IRNA’s report said the man was gunned down on Saturday in “an assassination”
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) declaró que el brote el brote de viruela del mono es una emergencia de salud pública de interés internacional. La decisión se anunció el sábado por la mañana después de que la OMS convocara a su segundo comité de emergencia sobre el tema el
Continue ReadingBy MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that qualifies as a global emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Saturday, a declaration that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines. A
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN Two American citizens recently died in the Donbas region of Ukraine, the State Department confirmed Saturday. In a statement to CNN on Saturday, a State Department spokesperson did not provide any details about the individuals or the circumstances of their deaths, but said they “are in touch with the families and
Continue ReadingBy MEERAH POWELL Oregon Public Broadcasting PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland State University announced Thursday a tuition discount for any student from a federally-recognized Native American tribe. Starting this upcoming fall, students who are members of the country’s nearly 600 federally recognized tribes across the country will receive in-state tuition, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. “Portland
Continue ReadingBy MEERAH POWELL Oregon Public Broadcasting PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland State University announced Thursday a tuition discount for any student from a federally-recognized Native American tribe. Starting this upcoming fall, students who are members of the country’s nearly 600 federally recognized tribes across the country will receive in-state tuition, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported. “Portland
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — T- Mobile has agreed to pay $350 million to customers affected by a class action lawsuit filed after the company disclosed last August that personal data had been stolen in a cyberattack. In a securities filing on Friday, the mobile phone company said the funds
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — The death toll from more than five weeks of monsoon rains and flash flooding across Pakistan has reached 304, authorities said Saturday. Since mid-June, the deluge has swollen rivers and damaged highways and bridges, disrupting traffic. Almost 9,000 homes have been fully destroyed or partially damaged. Particularly hard-hit was the volatile, impoverished
Continue ReadingBy AMY FORLITI Associated Press A 9-year-old boy who was camping at an Iowa state park with his parents and 6-year-old sister survived a shooting that killed the rest of his family. The Iowa Department of Public Safety identified the victims as Tyler Schmidt, 42; his 42-year-old wife, Sarah Schmidt; and their 6-year-old daughter, Lula
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — La Policía de Seguridad Aeroportuaria informó que hoy a las 7.40 de la mañana debió aterrizar de emergencia en Comodoro Rivadavia el vuelo AR1882 de Aerolíneas Argentinas, que había despegado a las 4.46 hs de Aeroparque con destino Ushuaia, debido a que se recibió una amenaza de bomba telefónica, a
Continue ReadingBy Rhythm Sachdeva, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — Ahead of Pope Francis’ visit to Canada on Sunday, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is expecting a surge of travellers entering Canada and has issued a reminder of what to expect. “The CBSA is working with government
Continue ReadingBy Heather Wright, CTV National News Correspondent Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Canada (CTV Network) — For as long as she can remember, Demi Chalkias has always loved anything with an engine. “We grew up in the country,” she told CTV News. “We didn’t have internet or cable running down our road
Continue ReadingLEICESTER, England (AP) — Sam Northeast has entered an exclusive group of cricketers to pass 400 runs in a single innings after hitting 410 not out for Glamorgan in an English County Championship match. He didn’t get a chance to challenge Brian Lara’s world-record individual score of 501 that was set in 1994 while playing
Continue ReadingBy Celeste Noraian and Alta Spells, CNN The board of Florida’s largest school district has rejected new sexual education textbooks that it approved three months ago. The 5-4 vote by the Miami-Dade County School Board on Wednesday leaves students without a sex ed curriculum. The decision comes four months after the state passed a law
Continue ReadingHAMBURG, Germany (AP) — American player Bernarda Pera has stunned top-seeded Anett Kontaveit 6-2, 6-4 to win the Hamburg European Open for her second title in seven days. The 81st-ranked Pera won her first WTA title in Budapest last week. It’s Pera’s 12th straight victory going back to the Budapest qualifiers after losing her previous
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than 24 hours after the unprecedented leak of the draft opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, Chief Justice John Roberts ordered an investigation into the “egregious breach. “ Since then? Silence. The Supreme Court won’t say whether it’s still investigating. The court also won’t say whether
Continue ReadingBy JAKE BLEIBERG and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — After the massacre at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School in May, Jesse Rizo was worried about his old friend, police chief Pete Arredondo. Blame for the botched police response was being directed heavily at Arredondo when Rizo texted him just days after the shooting:
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson and Sana Noor Haq, CNN American runner Sydney McLaughlin broke her own 400-meter hurdles world record to take gold on Friday night at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. She blazed to a time of 50.68 seconds, beating her previous record time of 51.41, which she set at the US Championships
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Tennessee officials are investigating an officer’s violent arrest of a Black man accused of fleeing from police trying to stop him after allegedly running a stop sign, officials said. Brandon Calloway, 25, was tased and eventually subdued with a police baton during an arrest captured on cellphone and body-worn camera video,
Continue ReadingBy FREIDA FRISARO and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — When a naked man in southwestern Florida recently raised a ruckus outside his house and threatened a deputy with a kitchen knife, the SWAT team swooped in and apprehended him. Soon afterward, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno stood on the man’s driveway
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