By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The youngest victim in this week’s mass shooting inside a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, is a 16-year-old employee who reportedly used his first paycheck to buy his mother a gift before he was killed two days ahead of Thanksgiving. Fernando Chavez-Barron, along with five other coworkers, was shot and killed Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Fleeing shelling, civilians on Saturday streamed out of the southern Ukrainian city whose recapture they had celebrated just weeks earlier. The exodus from Kherson came as Ukraine solemnly remembered a Stalin-era famine and sought to ensure that Russia’s war in Ukraine doesn’t deprive
Continue ReadingAmarachi Orie, CNN Scientists in the United Kingdom say they have proven the authenticity of several Roman coins previously dismissed as forgeries — providing evidence that an emperor disregarded as fake might in fact have been real. A coin featuring a portrait and the name of the Roman emperor Sponsian was among a hoard of
Continue ReadingBy Yulia Kesaieva, Jo Shelley and Jack Guy, CNN One of Ukraine’s largest state hospitals was “on the verge of evacuating” some patients after it lost water supply because of Russian air strikes on Wednesday, a regional official told CNN. Moscow has sent a barrage of missiles to target energy “generation facilities” in its latest
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Japan could reach the round of 16 at the World Cup with a victory over Costa Rica in the second Group E match for both teams. Japan upset Germany in its opener 2-1. Costa Rica lost to Spain 7-0. This is Japan’s seventh straight appearance
Continue ReadingBy Vedika Sud, Angus Watson and Heather Chen, CNN Indian police have arrested a man in New Delhi in connection with the murder of an Australian woman found dead on a beach in 2018 — ending a four-year international manhunt for her suspected killer. The body of 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley was discovered on a beach
Continue ReadingBy Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN Black Twitter is mourning the possible end of the influential community they found on Twitter more than a decade ago, but users are split between finding a new app or staying put. “I’m not ready to go because I feel like that’s the case with a lot of things. Black people
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Canada coach John Herdman attempted to inspire his players after a 1-0 loss to Belgium in his nation’s first World Cup match in 36 years. His televised comments may have served to provoke Croatia, the losing finalist in 2018. Croatia’s 24 Sata (24 Hours) tabloid
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — For a brief moment after Saudi Arabia’s Salem Aldawsari fired a ball from just inside the penalty box into the back of the net to seal a World Cup win against Argentina, Arabs across the divided Middle East found something to celebrate. Such Arab unity is
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — For a brief moment after Saudi Arabia’s Salem Aldawsari fired a ball from just inside the penalty box into the back of the net to seal a World Cup win against Argentina, Arabs across the divided Middle East found something to celebrate. Such Arab unity is
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Macao has tentatively renewed the casino licenses of MGM Resorts, Las Vegas Sands, Wynn Resorts and three Chinese rivals after they promised to help diversify the economy by investing in non-gambling attractions. The announcement is positive news for owners who have invested billions of dollars to
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Macao has tentatively renewed the casino licenses of MGM Resorts, Las Vegas Sands, Wynn Resorts and three Chinese rivals after they promised to help diversify the economy by investing in non-gambling attractions. The announcement is positive news for owners who have invested billions of dollars to
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The Summit Storm take their first Oregon Class 5A championship in seven years, topping Wilsonville 35-28 in a close, hard-fought contest Friday night at Hillsboro Stadium. Noah Chast was on the sidelines and brings us all the highlights.
Continue ReadingCNN By Martha Shade, CNN Sebastian Junger is used to dodging bullets in war zones, so he didn’t expect to almost die in his own driveway. Junger was walking with his wife in the woods near his home in Massachusetts when he suddenly felt so ill he could barely move. By the time paramedics arrived,
Continue ReadingBy Martha Shade, CNN Sebastian Junger is used to dodging bullets in war zones, so he didn’t expect to almost die in his own driveway. Junger was walking with his wife in the woods near his home in Massachusetts when he suddenly felt so ill he could barely move. By the time paramedics arrived, Junger
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen and CNN’s Beijing bureau Chinese authorities said Saturday they would ease a months-long Covid lockdown in the country’s far western region of Xinjiang “in stages”, following protests over a deadly fire at an apartment building in the regional capital of Urumqi. At least 10 people were killed and nine injured when the
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VERONA, Italy (AP) — Early season merrymakers sipping mulled wine and shopping for holiday decorations packed the Verona Christmas market for its inaugural weekend. But beyond the wooden market stalls, the Italian city still has not decked out its granite-clad pedestrian streets with twinkling holiday lights as officials debate how
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VERONA, Italy (AP) — Early season merrymakers sipping mulled wine and shopping for holiday decorations packed the Verona Christmas market for its inaugural weekend. But beyond the wooden market stalls, the Italian city still has not decked out its granite-clad pedestrian streets with twinkling holiday lights as officials debate how
Continue ReadingBy SEAN HIGHKIN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Joey Hauser had 18 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 12 Michigan State hold off a strong challenge from Oregon to win 74-70 in the consolation round of the Phil Knight Invitational tournament Friday night. Tyson Walker added 18 points and eight assists for the
Continue ReadingBy SEAN HIGHKIN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Joey Hauser had 18 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 12 Michigan State hold off a strong challenge from Oregon to win 74-70 in the consolation round of the Phil Knight Invitational tournament Friday night. Tyson Walker added 18 points and eight assists for the
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