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Month: August 2024

Connecticut declares state of emergency after 2 killed and ‘hundreds’ evacuated during flash flooding

WFSB, CNN By Lauren Mascarenhas, Caroll Alvarado and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — The governor of Connecticut declared a state of emergency after historic flooding left two dead and prompted hundreds of evacuations over the weekend, he said in a Monday news conference. “This declaration can help expedite some of the resources needed for us

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Canadian provinces urged to offer students free vaccines for rare but deadly meningitis strain

By Daniel Otis, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO (CTV Network) — Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are the only provinces that offer post-secondary students free vaccination against meningitis B, a rare but deadly bacterial infection. With Canadian universities and colleges about to welcome thousands of freshmen in September, more

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Danish archaeology student finds 7 stunning Viking silver arm rings in Aarhus, museum says

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An archaeology student unearthed seven “spectacular” Viking-era curled silver arm rings earlier this year north of Denmark’s second-largest city, a Danish museum said, adding the finding has ties to Russia, Ukraine and the British Isles. The Moesgaard Museum, located south of Aarhus where the relics were found, said in a statement

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Republicans scrambled to get Cornel West on the Arizona ballot. The left-wing academic is OK with it

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of lawyers with deep ties to the Republican Party is scrambling to rescue a bid to get independent presidential candidate Cornel West on Arizona’s presidential ballot. The Arizona Secretary of State’s office said Monday that West did not file the paperwork needed to get on the ballot before

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Heavy rains hit Pakistan’s south, as deaths from flash floods and downpours jump to 209 since July

Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say flash floods triggered by the latest spell of monsoon rains have flooded streets in a district in southern Pakistan and blocked a key highway in the north. The total death toll from rain-related incidents rose to more than 200. A senior official at Pakistan Meteorological Department on Monday

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GOP-led committees release Biden impeachment report without formally recommending the House move forward with impeachment

By Annie Grayer, Clare Foran, Marshall Cohen and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The trio of Republican-led committees leading the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Monday released a report arguing that the president has “engaged in impeachable conduct” without making a formal recommendation for the House of Representatives to move forward with

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Civilians flee Pokrovsk as Russia’s army bears down on the key eastern Ukraine city

Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Civilians with small children in their arms and lugging heavy suitcases fled Monday from Ukraine’s eastern city of Pokrovsk, where the Russian army was bearing down fast despite a lightning Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. Local authorities said Russian forces were advancing so quickly that families were under

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