BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army says troops have rescued a Saudi citizen kidnapped over the weekend in Beirut and held for ransom. The Lebanese military said in a short statement on Tuesday that Mushari al-Mutairi was released in a “special operation” along the Lebanon-Syria border where the kidnappers held him hostage. It gave no
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, Chris Boyette, Sara Smart and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — At any moment, the remains of a six-story apartment building in Iowa could come crashing down. The only question is if someone else might be inside. Davenport city officials now face the grueling decision of whether to send rescuers into the partially
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street ended mixed as a long list of worries loom over the market, even if the most pressing crisis seems to be calming after Washington moved to avoid a default on its debt. The S&P 500 closed virtually unchanged, hovering near its highest level
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of ethnic minority Muslims surrounded a mosque in southwestern China over the weekend in a last-ditch effort to prevent what they said was an attempt by authorities to remove its dome and minarets, as a crackdown on religious freedoms widens. The apparent alteration of a
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-PLAINE, France (AP) — If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more than 800 years ago are being used again today to rebuild the world-famous monument’s fire-ravaged roof. Certainly the reverse is true for
Continue ReadingCNN, WPLG By Amy Simonson and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Nine people were shot, including a one-year-old child, during an altercation between two groups near a busy area of the beach in Hollywood, Florida, Monday night, officials said. Police have detained one person of interest but are still searching for an additional suspect, who
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Malaysian authorities have detained a Chinese-flagged cargo ship amid reports of the salvaging of World War II shipwrecks in Malaysia’s exclusive economic zone, according to a report from the state-run Bernama news agency. The ship was detained and boarded after it was found not to have authorization to anchor
Continue ReadingSRINAGAR, India (AP) — At least 10 people died and 55 were injured when a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims skidded into a mountain gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Police said the overloaded bus was on the way to Katra from Punjab state when it fell off the highway bridge and into the gorge near Jammu city.
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Raging wildfires that have burned through thousands of acres have forced more than 16,000 Canadians to evacuate their homes and triggered a burn ban in Nova Scotia, as the region experiences record-breaking heat. Officials say the fires, which span a total of more than 25,000 acres
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER O’MAHONY and RENATA BRITO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s snap general election breaks the coalition he built with the far-left United We Can party, with the aim of bringing to heel the unruly faction whose internecine conflicts damaged the coalition’s results in local elections. On Monday, Sánchez brought
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GOOD TUESDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… We’ll wake up to some pretty chilly temperatures across the High Desert. Our lack of cloud cover helped bring our overnight lows all the way down to the mid 40s, but we’ll warm back up today. In the warmest parts of the day, temperatures are again expected to settle into the
Continue ReadingKHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — There is activity at the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, but it’s not what scientists at its cutting-edge nuclear laboratory trained for. Staff at the U.S.-funded atomic research lab in northeastern Ukraine spend their days patching up the facility, which has been badly damaged by repeated Russian strikes. More than
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean university says the Uyghur student who reportedly went missing in Hong Kong after being interrogated did not travel to the city recently, adding fresh questions to the mystery of his whereabouts. Amnesty International said Friday that Abuduwaili Abudureheman had
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ and JOHNSON LAI Associated Press YILAN, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Mawar lashed Taiwan’s eastern coast with wind, rain and large waves Tuesday but largely skirted the island after giving a glancing blow to the northern Philippines. The storm was moving slowly toward southern Japan. With waves crashing on the shoreline, residents of
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El ministro del Interior de Polonia, Mariusz Kaminski, firmó este lunes una orden por la que se suspende el tráfico de mercancías de vehículos rusos y bielorrusos a través de la frontera con Belarús. La orden se publicó en la página web del Ministerio de Interior y Administración de Polonia. “Se
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El Instituto Nacional Penitenciario de Perú desmintió la información de ABC News según la cual Joran van der Sloot –el principal sospechoso de la desaparición en 2005 de la adolescente estadounidense Natalee Holloway– fue “severamente” golpeado en una prisión peruana. En una declaración enviada a CNNE a última hora de este
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Horse racing regulatory and safety officials as well as representatives from Churchill Downs will gather in an emergency meeting Tuesday following a tragic series of horse deaths at the famed home of the Kentucky Derby over the span of two months. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) said
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Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., recently introduced the Feeding Our Rural Kids (FORK) Act, legislation that would amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a vehicle summer meal delivery pilot program to help feed kids in rural communities.
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Aaron Judge had already done more than his part at the plate with two home runs, a double and a walk. Robbing a home run with a majestic leaping catch at the wall took an MVP-caliber performance to another level. “That’s one of the great individual
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — A prominent Pakistani television journalist who went missing last week has returned home after being released by his captors. Sami Abrahim’s colleagues and brother confirmed his release. Abrahim publicly supported former Prime Minister Imran Khan. According to his family and emplyer, BOL TV, Abrahim went missing Thursday when eight people in four
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