By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — It’s been billed as an attempt to solve one of Rock and Roll’s great mysteries. A global search is underway to find a bass guitar that once belonged to Paul McCartney and featured in several iconic early Beatles songs including “Twist And Shout,” “Love Me Do” and “She Loves
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court has dismissed 47 corruption charges against Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi at an advanced stage of his trial. Zahid said the court refused to grant him a full acquittal, which means he can be recharged. He said he was grateful the “political-motivated accusations” against him were
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Democrats could gain a seat in the U.S. House and multiple seats in Georgia’s Legislature if a judge rules Republicans drew maps illegally weakening Black voters’ power. The trial beginning Tuesday is part of a wave of litigation after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to
Continue ReadingBy EVGENIY MALOLETKA Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — The small band of soldiers gather outside to share cigarettes and war stories, sometimes casually and sometimes with a degree of testiness over recollections made unreliable by their last day fighting, the day the war took away their limbs. Some clearly remember the moment they were
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Investors in embattled Chinese property giant Country Garden are breathing a collective sigh of relief Monday, after it reportedly won approval from local creditors to delay repayments on a maturing bond, averting the threat of a default — at least for a few days. It was the
Continue ReadingBy ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. (AP) — Over 25 years, the red wolf went from being declared extinct in the wild to becoming hailed as an Endangered Species Act success story. But the only wolf species unique to the United States is once again at the brink.
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top military general has visited South Sudan and held talks with its president. It is Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan’s second trip abroad since the war in his country started in April. Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council says Burhan discussed regional efforts to find a settlement to the conflict
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Christina Maxouris, Holly Yan and Camila Bernal, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of trucks, RVs and other vehicles are journeying out of the Burning Man festival grounds after heavy rains trapped tens of thousands of people in the makeshift city and surrounded them with ankle-deep mud too thick to drive in. Event organizers
Continue ReadingBy ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. (AP) — Jeff Akin had to bite his tongue. He was chatting with a neighbor about efforts to protect and grow the area’s red wolf population. The endangered wolves are equipped with bright orange radio collars to help locals distinguish the federally
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The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office on Monday dropped Level 3 “Go Now” evacuation orders near the Bensel Fire that broke out Sunday in Hermiston, prompting Gov. Tina Kotek to invoke the Emergency Conflagration Act, allowing the state fire marshal to mobilize firefighter task forces from around the state to protect life and property.
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Científicos de todo el mundo están acelerando experimentos de laboratorio para tratar de comprender la variante BA.2.86 altamente mutada del virus que causa el covid-19. Los resultados que apenas comienzan a surgir ofrecen cierta tranquilidad, dicen los expertos. Dos grupos, uno en China y otro en Suecia, han informado públicamente sus
Continue ReadingBy RISHI LEKHI and PIYUSH NAGPAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — New Delhi’s crowded streets have been resurfaced. Streetlights are illuminating once dark sidewalks. City buildings and walls are painted with bright murals. Planted flowers are everywhere. Many of the city’s poor say they were simply erased, much like the stray dogs and monkeys
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts returned to Earth early Monday after a six-month stay at the International Space Station. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Atlantic off the Florida coast. Returning were NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren “Woody” Hoburg, Russia’s Andrei Fedyaev and the United Arab
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Men walk through a lush plantation between Ecuador ’s balmy Pacific coast and its majestic Andes, lopping hundreds of bunches of green bananas from groaning plants twice their height. Workers haul the bunches to an assembly line, where the bananas are washed, weighed and plastered
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Four astronauts have returned home from a six-month stay on the International Space Station, making a splashdown landing aboard their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule off the coast of Florida on Monday. The astronauts, members of the Crew-6 mission run jointly by NASA and SpaceX, departed the space station on
Continue ReadingBy Atika Shubert, CNN (CNN) — As the furor over that infamously unwanted kiss circles around Spain’s Football Federation chief, Luis Rubiales, some may be surprised to learn that the initial complaint wasn’t filed by the woman he kissed, but a man watching the match in Madrid. Miguel Ángel Galán was watching with pride as
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Iga Swiatek’s U.S. Open title defense has ended with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 loss to Jelena Ostapenko in the fourth round. The loss Sunday night also means Swiatek’s stay at No. 1 in the WTA rankings will end next week. Current No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — A microphone in hand, Sen. Tim Scott left the podium at a recent barbecue event in South Carolina and made his way through tables draped in red, white and blue as attendees finished plates of pulled pork and baked beans. As he
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has left Washington for Indonesia, where she’ll attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit. President Joe Biden decided to skip the event. The White House says Harris will demonstrate American commitment to Southeast Asia on her fourth trip to Asia since taking
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include Olivia Rodrigo’s much-anticipated sophomore album, LaKeith Stanfield starring in the eight-part horror fantasy series “The Changeling” and Disney’s live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid” starring Halle Bailey. The video game NBA 2K24 pays tribute to Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant with “Mamba Moments,” which
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