By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer PHOENIX (AP) — By the time Aaliyah Ibarra started second grade, her family had moved five times in four years in search of stable housing. As she was about to start a new school, her mother, Bridget Ibarra, saw how much it was affecting her education. At 8 years
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, Andrew McNicol, and Candice Zhu CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — With a tied score and two minutes left to play after a stunning second-half comeback, China’s women’s soccer team finally scored the goal that had eluded them for 16 years. That winning goal, which earned the team their first AFC Asian Cup
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press FULTON, Mo. (AP) — At the entrance to Missouri prisons, large signs plead for help: “NOW HIRING” … “GREAT PAY & BENEFITS.” No experience is necessary. Anyone 18 and older can apply. Long hours are guaranteed. Though the assertion of “great pay” for prison guards would have seemed dubious
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Japan’s central bank has opted to keep its benchmark interest rate at minus 0.1% but has fine-tuned its bond purchases to allow greater flexibility in its policies. The Bank of Japan said that uncertainties for the economy and prices required a nimbler approach in policies aimed at keeping long-term interest rates near
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The Primetime Emmy Awards – television’s top honor – have been postponed for the first time in more than two decades as strikes by Hollywood writers and actors continue, Variety reported Thursday. The awards show had been scheduled to air on Fox on September 18. Vendors for the event
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK and RENATA BRITO Associated Press SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal (AP) — The small mounds of sand that dot the beach in northern Senegal blend into the terrain. But thick rope juts out from beneath the piles. Pieces of black plastic bags are scattered nearby, and green netting is strewn on top. That’s how residents
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Jim Jordan is shaking down Mark Zuckerberg. The hyper-partisan Ohio Republican, still on an unsuccessful years-long journey to dishonestly portray Silicon Valley as unfairly censoring American conservatives, is now wielding the power of the federal government in his quest to besmirch Meta. Jordan, who sits atop the powerful
Continue ReadingBy EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore conducted its first execution of a woman in 19 years on Friday and its second hanging this week for drug trafficking despite calls for the city-state to cease capital punishment for drug-related crimes. Activists said another execution is planned next week. Saridewi Djamani, 45,
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department on Thursday ordered the departure of non-emergency personnel from Haiti as the security situation in the country deteriorates. “On July 27, 2023, the Department of State ordered the departure of family members of U.S. government employees and non-emergency U.S. government employees,” the
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press A teenager with special needs was repeatedly sexually assaulted by an employee at a small private boarding school in South Carolina, his parents said in a lawsuit as they advocate for more oversight of similar therapeutic facilities. The teen, who attended Whetstone Academy between October 2018 and January 2020, was
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS MACHOWICZ and ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Homeless in America’s hottest big metro, Stefon James Dewitt Livengood was laid out for days inside his makeshift dwelling, struggling to breath, nauseous and vomiting. Every day this month, temperatures have soared past 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius). Livengood said he stopped briefly
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Yevgeny Prigozhin, fundador de la empresa militar privada Wagner, fue visto en Rusia el jueves por primera vez desde que lideró una rebelión armada contra el ejército el mes pasado. Prigozhin fue visto en San Petersburgo, reunido con un dignatario africano al margen de la cumbre Rusia-África, según cuentas asociadas
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, Sharif Paget and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — An Allegiant Air flight attendant was injured on Sunday when the plane’s pilot “took evasive action” to avoid an in-air collision over South Florida, the Federal Aviation Administration said. After the Kentucky-bound Flight 485 had taken off from Florida’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Singapore on Friday hanged a woman convicted of attempting to traffic an ounce of heroin, the first execution of a female prisoner in nearly two decades in what human rights groups decried as a “grim milestone” for the city state and its notoriously harsh anti-drug laws.
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Mark and Iceton Johnson, the Redmond father and son accused of murder in the fatal drive-by shooting last month of Esaui ‘Sy’ Mutchler, made a joint court appearance Thursday for arraignment and setting of future court dates.
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice (CNN) — Donald Trump’s lawyers want to be able to discuss classified information with the former president at his homes as part of his criminal case, for convenience sake, according to a new court filing from the Justice Department – a proposal that federal prosecutors strongly oppose
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Although temperatures today were a few degrees below normal, the region is still having to deal with the smoky haze from the Bedrock Fire. The wildfire in the Willamette National Forest continues to burn and has expanded to over 7,000 acres. The smoke is being transported east of the Cascades by a persistent NW flow
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio and Allegra Goodwin, CNN (CNN) — Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner private military company, was spotted inside Russia on Thursday for the first time since he led an armed rebellion against the Russian military last month. Prigozhin was seen in St. Petersburg, meeting with an African dignitary on the sidelines of
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — United Airlines will put Braille throughout its plane interiors in order to support customers who are blind or have visual disabilities, becoming the first US airline to do so. The airline announced the news in a press release on Thursday, July 27. July is Disability Pride Month in the
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday the United States stands with countries fighting Chinese “bullying behavior” as he launched bilateral talks in Australia aimed at countering Beijing’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region. Austin and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in the Australian
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