PHOENIX (AP) — Police say no powder was in two suspicious unopened envelopes found at the Phoenix campaign headquarters of the Republican candidate for Arizona governor. The Kari Lake campaign said Saturday that an additional envelope containing a white powdery substance was earlier tossed into the trash by a staffer who did not notify security
Continue ReadingKIRCHSCHLAG IN DER BUCKLIGEN WELT, Austria (AP) — A hot air balloon crashed twice Saturday on the eastern edge of the Alps in Austria, injuring nine people as a hard landing apparently bounced the pilot and the co-pilot out of the basket and sent several passengers back into the sky on their own, authorities said.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Jersón, Ucrania (CNN) — Durante ocho meses, los residentes de la ciudad ucraniana de Jersón han estado viviendo bajo la brutal ocupación rusa. Pero el viernes, las fuerzas ucranianas irrumpieron en la ciudad y las tropas rusas se retiraron hacia el este. Los residentes no tienen agua, ni conexión a internet y poca
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN A set of countervailing political forces may have contributed to the closeness of this year’s midterm elections, according to the current results of the national exit poll conducted for CNN and other news networks by Edison Research. It remains uncertain which party will control either the Senate or the House of
Continue ReadingNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan troops deployed under the banner of a regional bloc have arrived in troubled eastern Congo. Congolese government forces are battling a violent rebel group that now controls some territory there. The troops who arrived on Saturday are part of up to 903 Kenyan soldiers who eventually will be sent to
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker and Sara Smart, CNN Trip Valigorsky’s beachfront home in a tight-knit community in Volusia County, Florida had been in his family for nearly 15 years before it was washed away this week, as the dangerous storm surge and powerful winds caused by Hurricane Nicole swept across Florida. “This home was my grandma’s
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN Four years ago, Morris J. Alexie had to move out of the house his father built in Alaska in 1969 because it was sinking into the ground and water was beginning to seep into his home. “The bogs are showing up in between houses, all over our community. There are currently
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Republicans tallied key victories on a night when the GOP nationwide struggled to generate the wins historically associated with a midterm election under an opposing party’s president. They won the governor’s race by the largest margin in over 30 years and reached
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica, CNN A top Democratic super PAC will begin airing a new ad attacking Republican Herschel Walker’s character on Saturday, as both parties turn their focus to a Georgia Senate runoff that may end up determining control of the Senate. First provided to CNN, the ad, titled “Shown Us” from Georgia Honor —
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, CNN Renowned street artist Banksy has unveiled his latest artwork in an Instagram post — a mural in the liberated Ukrainian town of Borodianka. The artwork shows a female gymnast balancing on a pile of rubble on the side of a building damaged by Russian strikes. The graffiti artist posted three images
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business There is no sugarcoating it: This is a terrible time to buy a home. Mortgage rates for a 30-year fixed rate loan are now hovering above 7%, more than 4 percentage points higher than a year ago. That has slashed a typical buyer’s purchasing power by 14%, according to Black
Continue ReadingCNN By CNN International Diplomatic Editor Nic Robertson, CNN Once the scene of Russian occupation, the drive into newly liberated Kherson city was eerily quiet. For much of the journey through smaller towns and settlements, our team of CNN journalists was forced to drive through diversions and fields: bridges over canals were blown up, and
Continue ReadingBy ZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The ex-husband of an American woman of Pakistani origin has been convicted of murdering her in a property dispute and sentenced to death. A lawyer says the district court in Rawalpindi on Saturday also sentenced Rizwan Habib’s father and an employee to seven years in prison for
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has strongly criticized the Iranian government for its bloody crackdown on protests in the country. In his weekly video address on Saturday, Scholz said the ongoing protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini following her detention by Iran’s morality police were no longer “merely a question
Continue ReadingSHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Mexico announced Saturday that it will raise it target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and boosting the rollout of renewable energy, though it remains a regional laggard on climate action. Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Mexico would aim to reduce emissions by 35% compared to doing nothing by 2030. That’s
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — A four-story building collapsed Saturday morning in northern French city of Lille but no deaths were reported so far thanks to a resident’s advance warning, French authorities said. Lille firefighters said they rescued one person from the rubble with only light injuries. The search for any others possibly trapped in the rubble
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — A number of Canadian sports radio crews are still not traveling with their teams for road games even with the pandemic easing. Radio broadcast crews for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, and Vancouver Canucks are not on site for road games this season. The English language radio crew for the Montreal
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN Tonight Dave Chappelle will host “Saturday Night Live” for the third time — an appearance that is courting controversy before he even takes the stage. The comedian has drawn increasing ire in recent years for making jokes aimed at transgender people, and the outcry grew louder last fall when Netflix released
Continue ReadingCNN By Scottie Andrew, CNN Tonight Dave Chappelle will host “Saturday Night Live” for the third time — an appearance that is courting controversy before he even takes the stage. The comedian has drawn increasing ire in recent years for making jokes aimed at transgender people, and the outcry grew louder last fall when Netflix
Continue ReadingBy Nic Robertson and Amy Woodyatt CNN For eight months, residents of the Ukrainian city of Kherson have been living under brutal Russian occupation. But on Friday, Ukrainian forces swept into the city and Russian troops retreated to the east. The residents have no water, no internet connection and little power. But as a CNN
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