By ZANE IRWIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A human rights group says the army, separatists and militias are committing abuses against civilians in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon. A report by Amnesty International says the abuses include extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and torture. An armed conflict known as the Anglophone crisis began in
Continue ReadingMONACO (AP) — French club Monaco has hired Adi Hütter as its new coach on a two-year contract. Hütter replaces Belgian coach Philippe Clement, who was fired last month after the club finished a disappointing sixth in the French league. The 53-year-old Hütter is a former midfielder with the Austrian national team. He previously coached
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Ataman, Oliver Briscoe and Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Paris/London (CNN) — Just weeks after hugely disruptive protests and strikes over pension reforms in France finally died down, businesses in the country are grappling with the fallout from a week of rioting. The riots, which were sparked by the fatal shooting of a teenager by
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El volcán Ubinas, ubicado en el sur de Perú, registró este martes por la madrugada una fuerte explosión que alcanzó 5 km de altura. Las cenizas fueron dispersadas por los vientos hacia los sectores sur y sureste del volcán, informó en un comunicado el Instituto Geofísico de Perú (IGP).
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Dozens of people with flowers, many unable to hold back tears, bid farewell Tuesday to an award-winning Ukrainian writer who was among those killed by a Russian missile attack on a popular restaurant in eastern Ukraine. The memorial service for Victoria Amelina, 37, was held in
Continue ReadingCOLFAX, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man may be well on his way to an official world record for pencils. Aaron Bartholmey of Colfax has been collecting wooden advertising pencils since he was a child. He now claims to have more than 70,000. That’s substantially more than the Guinness World Record for the largest pencil
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Adele used some colorful language to warn her audience not to throw things. In a TikTok shared by a concert attendee, the singer is seen at one of her Las Vegas residency shows, discussing a wave of recent incidents in which objects have been thrown on stage, in
Continue ReadingBy Megan Marples, CNN (CNN) — Setting off dazzling displays of fireworks is a time-honored way to celebrate Independence Day, but it can quickly become dangerous — and even deadly — when safety guidelines are ignored. About 73% of fireworks-related injuries treated in US hospital emergency rooms occurred around the one month including the Fourth
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story OREGON CITY, Oregon (KPTV) — Little ducklings are back with their mama after being rescued from a storm drain by Clackamas firefighters. Clackamas Fire says just before 6 p.m. they responded to Frontier Parkway in Oregon City after a homeowner reported hearing a mama duck
Continue ReadingCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A former Scotland rugby player was killed in a paragliding accident in South Africa while there to watch his son play in the Under-20 World Championship. Greig Oliver played for Scotland from 1987-1992 and was a member of the coaching staff at Irish rugby club Munster. Munster and the
Continue ReadingBy Jeffrey Lindblom Click here for updates on this story MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — A Beaverton father of five died after a fall from the Multnomah Falls trail on Saturday afternoon, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. Just before 2 p.m., rescue crews responded to the trail about a half mile from the
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military says that one of its fighter jets has crashed into the Pacific during a training mission. The fate of its two crew members wasn’t immediately known. The military said that the MiG-31 fell into the Avacha Bay on the southeastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday. It said
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian soccer star Neymar was fined more than $3.3 million for violating local environmental rules during renovations at his mansion in the city of Mangaratiba outside Rio de Janeiro. The Mangaratiba city hall said in a statement Monday night it had issued four fines totalling
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The biggest tournament in women’s golf is going to one of America’s most famous courses. The U.S. Women’s Open goes to Pebble Beach for the first time. Pebble already has hosted the men’s U.S. Open six times, most recently in 2019. Pebble did host the U.S. Women’s Amateur twice in the
Continue ReadingCNN By Brynn Gingras and Linh Tran, CNN (CNN) — If Megan Talkington’s daughter told her mother she wanted to be in law enforcement, the veteran police officer in West Virginia says she knows exactly her response. “I would tell her, ‘No.’ I would not want my daughter to walk through the halls of the
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — He set off on a two-year cycling trip around the world with a friend shortly after graduating from high school in 2021. But just a few months into the journey, Adam Swanson from Minnesota, who was 17 at the time, found himself traveling solo. Now, after a “few years
Continue ReadingBy Kristina Russo, Luke Hajdasz and Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story LYME, Connecticut (WFSB) — A bobcat attacked camp counselor as he slept in his hammock at Selden Neck State Park in Lyme early Friday morning. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection confirmed to Channel 3 on Monday that the
Continue ReadingST. ANN, Mo. (AP) — A woman and two children died in a shooting inside a Missouri home. The shooting happened around 9 p.m. Monday in the St. Louis County town of St. Ann. Police Chief Aaron Jimenez told KTVI-TV that officers found a teenage boy dead in the kitchen, a woman dead in the
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Happy Tuesday and Happy Fourth of July! Central Oregon woke up Tuesday to clear skies and average temperatures — but we are warming up. Tuesday will be very similar to Monday, with temperatures in the 80s to low 90s. Our overnight lows are average, ranging in the mid-40s to mid-50s. Going to be a great
Continue ReadingBy Cassidy Williams Click here for updates on this story SOUTHINGTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — A story of heartbreak turned into a dream come true this past weekend for a Southington boy. It started out as a typical trip to Target on Saturday July 1st for 8-year-old Gabe Lyles and his dad TJ. Then TJ says
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