By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — The cold-blooded killing of a mother bear known as Amarena has angered animal rights groups and local politicians in Italy. The brown bear was shot by a local resident of San Benedetto dei Marsi just outside the national park of Abruzzo in central Italy, the park confirmed
Continue ReadingBy Mariya Knight and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s Security Service says it has identified a Russian commander who is accused of giving orders to shoot civilians. The SBU announced in a statement on Thursday that it is investigating Vadym Ovchinnikov, the commander of a Russian intelligence group, who it alleges ordered the shooting
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — En la Luna ha aparecido un nuevo cráter, que probablemente se creó cuando la misión rusa no tripulada Luna 25 se estrelló contra su superficie. Imágenes tomadas por el Orbitador de Reconocimiento Lunar de la NASA y publicadas por la agencia el jueves revelan el nuevo cráter. La nave Luna
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Peter is an adorable 3-month-old member of a litter of eight, one of a wide variety of dogs now waiting for new, loving homes at the Humane Society of Central Oregon.
Continue ReadingBy HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone should know by now to never count out Novak Djokovic. No matter how big a deficit he faces. No matter how poorly he might be playing. And so it made sense that Djokovic would manage to come all the way back from a two-set
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — China ha construido la mayor flota naval del mundo, con más de 340 buques de guerra, y hasta hace poco se la consideraba una armada de aguas verdes, que operaba sobre todo cerca de las costas del país. Sin embargo, la construcción de buques navales por parte de China revela
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Bend’s EarthCruiser has unveiled its GMC Hummer EV “uplift” conversion package that features its own onboard solar power, a pop-up tent with sleeping area, sink, shower and refrigerator.
Continue ReadingBy MUKHTAR KHAN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — After consulting with several doctors in the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Aayat Hameed was advised to seek help from a mental health expert for her bouts of unspecified anxiety, random palpitation attacks and occasional but strong suicidal thoughts. A psychiatrist diagnosed her with acute depression.
Continue ReadingPORT ALLEN, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say a shooting during halftime of a high school football game has killed a 16-year-old student and wounded a woman in the arm. West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Landon Groger said no arrests have been made as of Saturday. A medical helicopter landed on the field
Continue ReadingBy FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO TEPEYACAC, Mexico (AP) — One family in central Mexico is struggling to preserve the production of cochineal dye, an intense, natural red pigment so prized that, after gold and silver, it was probably the most valuable thing the Spaniards found in Mexico after the 1521 conquest. For centuries,
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press They were the kids most disrupted by the pandemic, the ones who were still learning to write their names and tie their shoes when schools shut down in the spring of 2020. Now, they’re the big kids at elementary schools across the United States. Many still need profound help overcoming
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As People’s Liberation Army fighter jets from China sped toward Taiwan on Friday, life on the self-governing island carried on as normal. Andy Huang, a restaurateur in Taipei, said he has become desensitized to military threats from the mainland. “I’ve been hearing about China invading for
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Billionaires, burner phones, alleged bribes: The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is going to test the will of Republicans senators to oust not only one of their own, but a firebrand who has helped drive the state’s hard turn
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — When Nikki Haley took the Republican presidential debate stage alongside her seven male rivals last month, she shone a spotlight on her gender only once – evoking a former British prime minister. “This is exactly why Margaret Thatcher said, ‘If you want something said, ask a man; if you
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press LIVE OAK, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden saw from the sky Hurricane Idalia’s impact across a swath of Florida before setting out on a walking tour of the city of Live Oak, which is recovering from the storm. Notably absent was any interaction with Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — In the early hours of August 29, swarms of Ukrainian drones flew across seven Russian regions. Many were intercepted; some were not. Several reached a Russian airbase in Pskov, some 600 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, destroying two Russian military transport aircraft and damaging two more. It was the
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell McCluskey and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — A new draft law that would enshrine harsh punishments for women and girls who fail to wear a hijab in Iran could amount to “gender apartheid,” UN experts said in a statement on Friday. “The draft law could be described as a form of gender apartheid,
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Se ha hecho público un nuevo audio de la princesa Diana en el que habla de cómo el príncipe Carlos —actual rey Carlos III— se sintió decepcionado porque iban a tener un niño y no una niña cuando nació el príncipe Harry. La difunta princesa grabó una serie de cintas
Continue ReadingCNN By Jennifer Hauser and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — New audio has been released of Princess Diana talking about how Britain’s Prince Charles – now King Charles III – was disappointed that they were having a boy, not a girl, when Prince Harry was born. The late princess recorded a series of audio tapes
Continue ReadingBy Morayo Ogunbayo, CNN (CNN) — A woman incarcerated in Middle Tennessee gave birth alone in her cell earlier this week – less than an hour after she was assessed by a nurse at the facility, authorities said. The pregnant inmate being housed in a medical pod at the Montgomery County Jail told a deputy
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