TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state media say an unknown assailant stabbed noted Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui and his wife to death in their home. The official IRNA news agency report released Sunday quotes a judiciary official as saying that Mehrjhi and his wife, Vahideh Mohammadifar, were found dead with knife wounds in their
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia will look for new ways to lift Indigenous living standards after voters soundly rejected a proposal to create a new advocacy committee, the deputy prime minister said on Sunday. Every state and mainland territory apart from Australian Capital Territory voted against a proposal to enshrine
Continue ReadingBy JOCELYN GECKER, CHRISSIE THOMPSON and MICHAEL MELIA AP Education Writers America’s colleges aspire to be places where ideas meet and common ground emerges. As the death toll rises in the Israel-Hamas war, they have become seats of anguish. Many Jewish students and their allies, some with family and friends in Israel, have demanded bold
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Un sismo de magnitud 6,3 sacudió Afganistán este domingo por la mañana, según el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS). El epicentro se produjo al noroeste de la ciudad de Herat. Esto se produce una semana después de que un terremoto de magnitud 6,3 sacudiera la provincia de Herat el 7
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Children take their places at folding tables on a church patio several miles from where their school burned down. Plastic tubs hold brand new textbooks quickly shipped from a publisher. Recess is on the resort golf course across the street. The wind-driven wildfire that leveled
Continue ReadingBy AIDA SULTANOVA Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — As a young man starting out as a dentist, Nazim Valiyev was forced to flee his home as ethnic violence roiled a separatist region inside Azerbaijan. More than three decades later, with his medical career over after a stroke, the 60-year-old hopes he can return there,
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO and GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Daniel Noboa, an inexperienced politician and an heir to a fortune built on the banana trade, won Ecuador’s presidential runoff election Sunday held amid unprecedented violence that even claimed the life of a candidate. With more than 97% of the votes counted,
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — For many Israelis and Jews around the world, the horrors committed by Hamas militants during their stunning onslaught on southern Israeli communities is triggering painful memories of a calamity of a far greater scale: the Holocaust. Long seen as a catastrophe so horrific nothing else
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Police in Dallas say three people were injured in a shooting resulting in the evacuation of the State Fair of Texas. The Dallas Police Department says officers responded to a report of a shooting in the fair’s food court at about 7:45 p.m. Saturday. Police say investigators determined one man fired at
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By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State quarterback DJ Uiagalelei said the Beavers were able to overcome UCLA’s tough defense with a balanced offensive attack. A touchdown on defense helped, too. Ryan Cooper Jr. returned an interception 67 yards for a touchdown late in the first half and No.
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Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — A medida que el conflicto en Israel y Gaza continúa desarrollándose, muchas personas se exponen a innumerables imágenes, historias y sonidos del conflicto a través de noticias de radio y televisión, artículos de periódicos y digitales y, por supuesto, redes sociales. Y eso nos está pasando factura a todos nosotros, incluidos nuestros
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, Natasha Bertrand and Brad Lendon, CNN Washington/Seoul (CNN) — The Pentagon has ordered a second carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and is sending Air Force fighter jets to the region as Israel prepares to expand its Gaza operations, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement Saturday. The
Continue ReadingBy Anna Coren and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Zaher walks calmly across what used to be his village, now reduced to piles of rubble. Standing on top of a mound of sand, he locates his home – or rather, what little is left of it. “We used to live here and now you can
Continue ReadingCNN By Anna Coren and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Zaher walks calmly across what used to be his village, now reduced to piles of rubble. Standing on top of a mound of sand, he locates his home – or rather, what little is left of it. “We used to live here and now you
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By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Oregon coach Dan Lanning said he’ll have to reassess some of his decisions after the Ducks failed on three fourth-down attempts that became a deciding factor in their loss to No. 7 Washington on Saturday. “This game’s 100% on me. I don’t think you guys have
Continue ReadingCNN By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A rare celestial spectacle appeared over the Americas Saturday — the likes of which won’t be seen again in this part of the world until 2046. Millions were within the path of the annular solar eclipse as it created a “ring of fire” in the sky over North,
Continue ReadingBy SIAN WATSON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Madonna’s Celebration Tour has kicked off at London’s O2 Arena. Saturday night’s performance marked her first since suffering what her manager called a “serious bacterial infection.” It led to her hospitalization in an intensive care unit for several days back in June. Associated Press journalist Sian Watson
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN) — Médicos, investigadores y expertos han recorrido un largo camino en la comprensión de las conmociones o contusiones cerebrales. La afección, que alguna vez fue representada con personajes de dibujos animados viendo estrellas, finalmente está recibiendo la atención que merece, con estrictos protocolos de conmoción cerebral establecidos para los deportes amateur y profesionales.
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