MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. (AP) — A wind-driven wildfire in eastern Washington state has destroyed at least 185 structures, closed a major highway and left one person dead, authorities said Saturday. The blaze began shortly after midday Friday on the west side of Medical Lake, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) west of Spokane, and then expanded,
Continue ReadingMEDICAL LAKE, Wash. (AP) — A wind-driven wildfire in eastern Washington state has destroyed at least 185 structures, closed a major highway and left one person dead, authorities said Saturday. The blaze began shortly after midday Friday on the west side of Medical Lake, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) west of Spokane, and then expanded,
Continue ReadingALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Howard Hubbard, a retired Catholic bishop who acknowledged covering up allegations of sexual abuse in his upstate New York diocese and recently married a woman in a civil ceremony, has died after suffering from a massive stroke. He was 84. He passed away at Albany Medical Center on Saturday after being
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — The Luna 25 spacecraft reported an “emergency situation on board,” Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, said on Saturday. An incident occurred as the spacecraft was trying to enter a pre-landing orbit, according to Roscosmos. “During the operation, an emergency situation occurred on board the automatic station, which
Continue ReadingBy Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling fentanyl-laced heroin to actor and producer Michael K. Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced. Irvin Cartagena, 40, of Aibonito, Puerto Rico, also received an additional five-year sentence of supervised release
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham was in the midst of a “medical episode” and was disoriented when he was taken into custody in the Los Angeles area and transported to a hospital, the team said Saturday. Graham was stopped by police on Friday night while reportedly wandering in traffic
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Britney Spears compartió algunos pensamientos sobre su divorcio de Sam Asghari. La cantante publicó un video de baile en su Instagram verificado este viernes por la noche, y en el pie de foto escribió: “Como todos saben, Hesam y yo ya no estamos juntos”, usando el nombre de nacimiento de su
Continue ReadingThe Mexican government says it has set up a large tent shelter for about 600 migrants in the border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas. The large tents provide sun and rain shelter for dozens of smaller three- or four-person tents pitched inside. Mexico’s National Immigration Service said Saturday that electrical outlets, portable bathrooms
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell McCluskey and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Lolita, an orca whale who had lived in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium since 1970, died Friday afternoon, according to the facility. Lolita began exhibiting “serious signs of discomfort” over the past several days, according to an Instagram post from the Miami Seaquarium. After being treated
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Britney Spears has shared some thoughts about her split from Sam Asghari. The entertainer posted a dance video to her verified Instagram on Friday night, and in the caption, she wrote, “As everyone knows, Hesam and I are no longer together,” using her estranged husband’s birth name. Spears went
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The days of waiting have become harder and harder as the odds grow longer and longer, but Kevin Baclig remains undeterred in his search for his wife and her parents, missing since Aug. 8 when a wildfire engulfed and flattened the Hawaiian town of Lahaina.
Continue ReadingBy ARTURO RODRÍGUEZ and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — Thousands more residents of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands have fled their homes as a wildfire that authorities deemed “out of control” raged on for a fourth day. The regional government for the Canary Islands says that 4,000 more
Continue ReadingBy Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla has begun notifying current and former employees whose information was included in a confidential data breach in May. In a notice posted on the Maine Attorney General’s website on Friday, Tesla (TSLA) said an investigation had found “two former Tesla (TSLA) employees misappropriated the information in
Continue ReadingBy Su Chay, Benjamin Brown and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — A Swiss national and 13 Myanmar citizens were arrested by the military junta on August 8 for working on a film authorities say harms Buddhist culture and tradition, state-funded media has reported. According to the junta, all 14 people allegedly worked on the film
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has agreed to cut its fleet of San Francisco robotaxis in half as authorities investigate two recent crashes in the city. The state Department of Motor Vehicles asked for the reduction after a Cruise vehicle without a human driver collided with an unspecified emergency vehicle on
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Al Quie, a moderate Republican known for working across the aisle as both governor and as a congressman, has died. He was 99. His son, Joel Quie, says he died of natural causes late Friday at his home in Wayzata. Al Quie represented southern
Continue ReadingBy Dalal Mawad Paris (CNN) — The French army general appointed to oversee the reconstruction of Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral has died during a mountain walk. “The nation has lost one of its great soldiers,” President Emmanuel Macron wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Saturday. He described General Jean-Louis Georgelin, 74, as one
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Otis, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Yellowknife lawyer and former forest firefighter Garth Wallbridge has a straightforward message for anyone who’s still in the city and doesn’t need to be. “If you’re just a citizen and you’re hanging around Yellowknife, my request, saying it
Continue ReadingBy Natasha O’Neill, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Fighting wildfires in Canada is not an easy job. Firefighters often work in sweltering, dry heat and strong winds can sometimes make the task of putting out fires nearly impossible. They are the kind of people who run
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — El candidato presidencial de Ecuador Otto Sonnenholzner dijo que presenció una balacera en Guayaquil mientras desayunaba con su familia, pero aseguró que tanto él como sus seres queridos se encuentran bien. El hecho se produjo a tan solo 10 días del asesinato del candidato presidencial Fernando Villavicencio y un día
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