Tropical storm hits Japan’s Okinawa islands again, unleashing torrential rain
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A meandering storm is heading again toward southwestern Japan, prompting fresh warnings about…
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Shooting kills 2 men and a woman and wounds 2 others in Washington, DC, police chief says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in Washington, D.C., say a shooting on a street in the nation’s capital left three people dead and two others…
Continue ReadingEl oso más pequeño del mundo finalmente se vuelve famoso. ¿Pero es eso algo bueno?
Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El oso más pequeño del mundo finalmente está teniendo su momento de fama, gracias a un video viral que desató una…
Continue ReadingBlack mayor of tiny Alabama town says he was ousted by his White predecessor
By Meridith Edwards and Rachel Clarke, CNN Newbern, Alabama (CNN) — Patrick Braxton accomplished something no Black man in his Alabama town had…
Continue ReadingOusted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra seen in video at Cambodian leader’s birthday party
By SOPHENG CHEANG and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has attended…
Continue ReadingPhilippines accuses China of firing water cannons at its ships in South China Sea
By Jake Kwon and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The Philippines has accused Chinese Coast Guard ships of firing water cannons and making…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan goes from high office to high-security prison after sentencing
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has spent the night in a high-security prison…
Continue ReadingCrammed with tourists, Alaska’s capital wonders what will happen as its magnificent glacier recedes
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Thousands of tourists spill onto a boardwalk in Alaska’s capital city every day from…
Continue ReadingCrammed with tourists, Alaska’s capital wonders what will happen as its magnificent glacier recedes
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Thousands of tourists spill onto a boardwalk in Alaska’s capital city every day from…
Continue ReadingAcusan a mujer de Arizona de intentar matar a su esposo envenenando su café
Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Una mujer de Arizona está acusada de intentar matar a su esposo envenenando su café todos los dÃas durante meses.…
Continue Reading6 months after a devastating earthquake, Turkey’s preparedness is still uncertain
By ROBERT BADENDIECK Associated Press ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Six months ago today, a devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Kahramanmaras…
Continue ReadingA California lottery player scored $500 on a scratchers ticket. He tried his luck again – and won $1 million
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A California man who says he rarely plays scratch-off lottery games turned his luck from a previous win into…
Continue ReadingAs clinics pivot post-Roe, battle rages over syringe service in opioid-ravaged West Virginia
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Staff at Women’s Health Center of West Virginia know what it’s like to…
Continue ReadingBoom quiere que todo el mundo viaje en avión supersónico, pero ¿puede conseguirlo?
Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — No faltan ambiciones en la aviación comercial: no tendrÃamos vuelos más pesados que el aire sin soñadores,…
Continue ReadingLandscapers in Pennsylvania find malnourished alligator named Fluffy in a creek, officials say
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Landscapers in southeastern Pennsylvania made a startling discovery on the job after coming across a pet…
Continue ReadingIsraeli patrolman killed in Tel Aviv shooting, Palestinian gunman also killed
By Michael Schwartz, Abeer Salman, Amir Tal, Kareem El Damanhoury and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli patrolman was shot and killed in…
Continue Reading21 injured after 5.5 magnitude earthquake in China
By CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit Pingyuan county in eastern China’s Shandong province early on Sunday…
Continue ReadingOregon drivers are now allowed to pump their own fuel after the state lifted a ban dating back to 1951
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — All gas stations in Oregon can now allow customers to pump their own gas under a new law signed Friday, lifting a ban…
Continue ReadingUkrainians move to North Dakota for oil field jobs to help families facing war back home
By JACK DURA Associated Press DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — Maksym Bunchukov remembers hearing rockets explode in Zaporizhzhia as the war in Ukraine…
Continue ReadingHiroshima mayor calls nuclear deterrence ‘folly’ as city marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Hiroshima officials criticized growing support for nuclear weapons as a detterent resulting from…
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