By Gregory Krieg and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Democrats are primed to celebrate their Kamala Harris-inspired renaissance in Chicago this coming week, less than a month after the vice president’s ascent lifted the party’s election hopes and injected fresh and even happy vibes into a campaign once beset by dread over President Joe Biden’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — British tech magnate Mike Lynch and several other people are missing after their luxury superyacht sank during a freak storm off Sicily, Italy’s civil protection and authorities said. Lynch’s wife and 14 other people survived. Authorities said Monday that one body was found, six people remain missing and 15
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, Alex Marquardt and Michael Conte, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge gaps in ceasefire negotiations and the next step is for Hamas to accept ahead of further negotiations expected to take place later this week. “The next important
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Jillian Sykes, CNN (CNN) — A gathering in east Baltimore burst into chaos Sunday night as multiple shooters opened fire, leaving a man dead and seven other people wounded, police said. The shooting happened around 8 p.m. on the 1300 block of Spring Street, Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley told reporters.
Continue ReadingStory by Katie Guenthner; video by John Lewis, CNN (CNN) — At the mouth of the Motagua, Guatemala’s longest river, 40 million pounds (18 million kilograms) of trash pours into the ocean each year. It is one of the most polluted rivers in Central America, winding 302 miles (486 kilometers) through Guatemala before flowing into
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A former Saudi official has alleged that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman forged his father’s signature on the royal decree that launched the kingdom’s yearslong, stalemated war against Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Saudi Arabia has not commented on the allegations Saad al-Jabri first made without supporting
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of doctors protested near India’s Health Ministry on Monday to demand stringent laws to protect health care workers from violence and to seek justice for their colleague who was raped and killed at a state-run hospital. The protesting doctors, holding up placards like “Justice delayed is justice denied,” were stopped
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, has again been vandalized. The Shinto shrine called the act deplorable. Japanese media reports say graffiti was found on a stone pillar near the arch. In May, a stone pillar at Yasukuni was spraypainted red.
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — El impulso para finalizar un alto el fuego y un acuerdo sobre rehenes en Gaza ha llegado a un “momento decisivo”, dijo este lunes el principal diplomático de Estados Unidos después de reunirse con el presidente de Israel en su último viaje a la región. Esta es “probablemente la mejor, tal
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas coach Becky Hammon again disputed former Aces player Dearica Hamby’s claim the Aces mistreated her and traded her because of her pregnancy. “It didn’t happen,” Hammon said Sunday after the Aces beat Hamby and the Los Angeles Sparks 87-71. Hamby, traded to Los Angeles in January 2023, played for
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Agosto sigue siendo un mes apasionante para los observadores del cielo. Poco después del pico de la lluvia de meteoros de las Perseidas la semana pasada, la primera de las cuatro superlunas consecutivas del año se formará el 19 de agosto. La rara combinación cósmica de una superluna y una luna
Continue ReadingAP Diplomatic Writer TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge differences holding up a cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza, and he called on Hamas to do the same, without saying whether concerns cited by the militant group had been addressed.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Dozens of protesters broke through a security fence near the site of the Democratic National Convention on its opening day Monday as thousands took to the streets to voice their opposition to the war in Gaza. Families with babies in strollers, students, elected leaders and others holding signs and flags
Continue ReadingBy Riane Lumer, CNN (CNN) — August continues to be an exciting month for sky-gazers. Closely following the peak of the Perseid meteor shower last week, the first of the year’s four consecutive supermoons is set to rise on August 19. The rare cosmic combination of a supermoon and blue moon peaks at 2:26 p.m.
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) –Un antiguo portaaviones soviético se incendió en un canal de agua cerca de Shanghai durante el fin de semana, el último revés para el buque de guerra fuera de servicio desde su conversión en una atracción turística china. El portaaviones Minsk, que estuvo anclado durante los últimos ocho años en una laguna
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A former Soviet aircraft carrier burned in a waterway near Shanghai over the weekend, the latest setback for the decommissioned warship since its conversion into a Chinese tourist attraction. The carrier Minsk, which has been anchored for the past eight years in a lagoon near the Yangtze River in
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed Monday as Wall Street pulls closer to its record heights following its roller coaster of a summer. The S&P 500 rallied 1% for its eighth straight gain. That clinched its longest winning streak since November and followed up on the index’s best week of the
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — A controversial measure that would put more money in the pockets of Oregonians will be on the ballot in November, after it garnered enough signatures, KGW reports. If passed, the measure would give each Oregon resident a rebate of $1,600 every year, as long as they live at least 200 days in the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SINTRA, Portugal (AP) — The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel’s house is hard to find, and he likes it that way. It’s a long rope that, when pulled, rings a literal bell on the roof that lets him know someone is outside the mountainside mansion that his great-grandfather built in 1914 as
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SINTRA, Portugal (AP) — The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel’s house is hard to find, and he likes it that way. It’s a long rope that, when pulled, rings a literal bell on the roof that lets him know someone is outside the mountainside mansion that his great-grandfather built in 1914 as
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