New North Carolina law gives police increased power to publicize juvenile crime suspects
By Kimberly King Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A new state law gives police…
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127-year-old water main gives way under NYC’s Times Square, flooding streets, subways
NEW YORK (AP) — A 127-year-old water main under New York’s Times Square gave way early Tuesday, flooding midtown streets and the city’s…
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia gets some unlikely visitors when a plane full of Israelis makes an emergency landing
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A plane carrying Israelis home from the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles has…
Continue Reading3M agrees to pay $6 billion after US military said faulty earplugs led to hearing loss
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — 3M has agreed to pay $6 billion to resolve roughly 300,000 lawsuits alleging that the manufacturing…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles politician Mark Ridley-Thomas is sentenced to more than 3 years in prison for corruption
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A veteran Los Angeles politician has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for a scheme involving his son and the University…
Continue ReadingJohnny & Associates founder Kitagawa sexually assaulted hundreds of teens, investigation finds
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A team investigating sexual assault allegations against the late founder of a talent agency for boy…
Continue ReadingBasketball stars hit back after US sprinter Noah Lyles pokes fun at NBA
By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Noah Lyles, the fastest man in the world at the moment, has caused a stir and appeared to irk some of the NBA’s…
Continue ReadingA French soldier is killed in clashes with extremists in Iraq
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — The French military says a French soldier serving alongside Iraqi forces was killed in combat…
Continue ReadingMore than 60 people detained after a gay wedding in southern Nigeria
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police in Nigeria say they detained at least 67 people celebrating a gay wedding. It is one…
Continue ReadingAlumni grieve for Jesuit-run university seized by Nicaraguan government that transformed their lives
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MÉXICO CITY (AP) — Long before it was confiscated by President Daniel Ortega’s government in…
Continue ReadingHere’s what the hurricane categories mean
By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Once a tropical storm strengthens into a hurricane, it earns a category designation on the…
Continue ReadingThese are the first 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration unveiled Tuesday the names of the first 10 drugs subject to price negotiations in Medicare,…
Continue ReadingUK air traffic control chaos to last for ‘days’
By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — Travelers have been warned that the chaos brought about by a UK air traffic control failure earlier this…
Continue Reading3 activists are acquitted of defaming a Thai poultry company accused of violating labor laws
By YUCHENG TANG Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Three Thai human rights activists have been acquitted of criminally defaming a poultry company with…
Continue ReadingJustice Amy Coney Barrett: ‘I’ve acquired a thick skin’
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Monday night that she has developed a thick skin to…
Continue ReadingA German woman who belonged to IS is imprisoned for allowing a 5-year-old child slave to die in Iraq
BERLIN (AP) — A Munich court has sentenced a German woman who was a member of the Islamic State group to 14 years in prison for allowing a…
Continue ReadingHundreds of flights are canceled as Hurricane Idalia disrupts air travel
By Jordan Valinsky and Gregory Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — All flights from Tampa International Airport have been canceled Tuesday as…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Aug. 29: Idalia, UNC shooting, Hawaii, Airline fine, Retail theft
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A trial date of March 4, 2024, has been set for former President Donald Trump for his alleged efforts to…
Continue ReadingBiden recibirá al presidente de Costa Rica en un momento en que la migración en el hemisferio occidental alcanza nuevos récords
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden recibirá este martes al presidente de Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, en un…
Continue ReadingExclusive: Smuggler with ties to ISIS helped migrants enter US from Mexico, raising alarm bells across government
By Katie Bo Lillis, Evan Perez, Priscilla Alvarez and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The FBI is investigating more than a dozen migrants from…
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