House advances giant Texas storm surge project in water bill
By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike ripped through thousands of homes and…
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Postal worker shot to death while delivering mail in Milwaukee
By Andy Rose, CNN A mail carrier was shot to death Friday evening in Milwaukee, police said. Police said the 44-year-old man had worked for the US…
Continue ReadingBrazil fails again in quest to end World Cup drought
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Brazil’s hopes of ending a 20-year wait for a World Cup title have vanished in a 4-2 loss to…
Continue ReadingBakery bombing in southwest Pakistan kills 1, wounds 6
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a bomb exploded in a bakery in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Baluchistan province killing at least one…
Continue ReadingMessi snarls, taunts and thrills in World Cup classic
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi was going to do anything to get to the World Cup semifinals whether it was in the…
Continue ReadingJersey explosion that left three dead and a dozen missing is now a recovery operation
By Allegra Goodwin and Mia Alberti, CNN Search and rescue operations have moved to recovery operations at the apartment building that exploded and…
Continue Reading3 dead, several missing after explosion, fire on Jersey
LONDON (AP) — Police on the Channel Island of Jersey say an explosion and fire in an apartment building has killed at least three people and left…
Continue Reading‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ still draws fans to movie theaters — decades after its release
By Jeanne Bonner, CNN The one-time lost Christmas classic “It’s A Wonderful Life” staged an unlikely comeback in the 1970s and…
Continue ReadingGermany captain Manuel Neuer breaks leg while skiing
MUNICH, Germany (AP) — Germany and Bayern Munich captain Manuel Neuer has been ruled out for the rest of the season after breaking his leg while…
Continue ReadingCourt acquits Pakistan’s interior minister in drug case
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A defense lawyer says a special court for narcotics cases in Pakistan has acquitted the country’s interior minister of…
Continue ReadingRussia grinds on in eastern Ukraine; Bakhmut ‘destroyed’
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces have turned the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut into ruins, President…
Continue ReadingOdermatt dominates World Cup GS to consolidate overall lead
VAL d’ISÈRE, France (AP) — Olympic champion Marco Odermatt dominated to win a World Cup giant slalom and consolidate his lead in the overall…
Continue ReadingJulius’ Bar, the site of an essential 1960s LGBT protest, is officially a historic landmark
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Julius’ Bar, one of New York City’s oldest LGBT bars and the location of a crucial 1960s protest, has been officially…
Continue ReadingStrong midterm turnout in Georgia sparks new debate about a controversial election law
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN The strong turnout in Georgia’s runoff election that cemented Democrats’ control of the US Senate is sparking…
Continue ReadingBassino wins World Cup GS for 1st victory in almost 2 years
SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) — Marta Bassino has won a giant slalom on home snow to claim her first World Cup victory in almost two years. Bassino…
Continue ReadingA portrait of America’s prison arts programs
Eva Rothenberg, CNN In photographer Peter Merts’ images of California’s Arts in Corrections program, a smiling man is pictured with an…
Continue ReadingGermany: Suspect dead after killing mother, taking hostages
BERLIN (AP) — German police said Saturday that a man suspected of killing his mother and later taking two people hostage in the eastern city of…
Continue ReadingKing Charles visits Wrexham AFC, the soccer club owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney
By Ben Church, CNN Talk about Hollywood royalty. King Charles and the Queen Consort visited Wrexham AFC on Friday, the soccer club owned by Hollywood…
Continue ReadingBangladesh opposition rallies to demand PM quit before polls
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Tens of thousands of opposition supporters have rallied in Bangladesh’s capital to…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What’s at stake in Turkey’s new Syria escalation
By BASSEM MROUE and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — After weeks of deadly Turkish airstrikes in northern Syria, Kurdish forces and…
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