Associated Press PENAJAM PASER UTARA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia is marking 79 years of independence with a ceremony in its future new capital of Nusantara, a city still under construction. Relocating the capital to Nusantara, on the island of Borneo, has been a long-delayed project, meant to ease the burdens on the congested and polluted
Continue ReadingCNN By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Sudzha, Russia (CNN) — Bodies decomposing in the street. Bullet-marked civilian cars lining the road. Half of Lenin’s face blown away from the statue on the square. Streets littered with shrapnel. Locals huddling in a bomb shelter. The smell of death, in buildings torn open. It is a scene achingly familiar to Ukraine,
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — Late model dirt racing icon Scott Bloomquist has died in a plane crash near his home in Mooresburg, Tennessee, according to local officials. He was 60 years old. A single-engine Piper J-3 plane crashed into a barn around 7:50 a.m. Friday, according to the Federal Aviation
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Two Alaska State Troopers have been charged with misdemeanor assault after using pepper spray, a taser and a canine while arresting a man on a warrant that had been issued for a different person, authorities announced Thursday. Sgt. Joseph Miller and canine handler Jason Woodruff have
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv Nota del editor: el equipo de CNN estuvo acompañado por el ejército ucraniano, que revisó el video que se ve arriba sin sonido antes de su publicación por razones de seguridad operativa. El ejército ucraniano no tuvo control editorial. (CNN) — Cuerpos en descomposición en la calle. Autos civiles acribillados a balazos a
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Health Authority said Friday it has lifted the recreational use health advisory issued for Lake Billy Chinook and Lake Simtustus in Jefferson County. OHA issued the advisory on Thursday, Aug. 8. Water monitoring has confirmed that the level of cyanotoxins (harmful algae) in Lake Billy Chinook and Lake Simtustus
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Former New York Rep. George Santos is expected to plead guilty Monday to federal charges relating to fraudulent activity during his 2022 midterm campaign, according to multiple sources familiar with the deal. Santos, who was expelled from the House last year, previously pleaded not guilty to 23 federal charges, including allegations
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Militants with ties to the Islamic State group have killed 16 villagers in northeastern Congo and kidnapped 20 others. A local civil society group said Friday that the attacks occurred between Wednesday and Friday and that some of the victims were farmers. Dozens of villages across Congo are besieged
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN Español) — El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, calificó este viernes al Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro en Venezuela como un régimen “muy desagradable” con un “sesgo autoritario”, aunque aclaró que no lo considera una dictadura. “Creo que Venezuela vive en un régimen muy desagradable. No creo que sea una dictadura, es diferente a una dictadura. Sabes,
Continue ReadingBy Andrew McNicol, CNN (CNN) — Tears streamed down Bisan Abuaita’s face as she reunited with her teammates at Jordan’s Queen Alia Airport in May. It was the first time members of the Palestinian women’s soccer team had met since the start of the war in Gaza, an ongoing trauma for Palestinians inside and outside the
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Durante más de 100 años, los extraordinarios restos de un buque de guerra británico permanecieron perdidos en el fondo del mar, cubiertos de percebes y algas, después de que un submarino alemán lo torpedeara durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. Ahora, los buzos especializados que trabajan con Lost In Waters Deep dicen
Continue ReadingTIARET, Algeria (AP) — An outpouring of fans greeted Algerian boxer Imane upon arrival back in her hometown on Friday and at a parade in Tiaret, the nearby regional capital. She and track star Djamel Sedjati were honored by local leaders and then paraded through the streets atop a city bus as hundreds of residents
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — Perdue Foods is recalling more than 167,000 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets and tenders because of the possible presence of metal in the products. The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said Friday that the recalled items were produced on March 23 and shipped to retail locations across
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Estados Unidos ha observado de cerca cómo las fuerzas de Ucrania se adentraban más en territorio ruso, impulsadas en parte por armas y equipos proporcionados por Estados Unidos, lo que ha suscitado dudas sobre si Kyiv ha respetado las restricciones de la administración Biden sobre el uso de armamento estadounidense. Ucrania
Continue ReadingCNN By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Sudzha, Russia (CNN) — Bodies decomposing in the street. Bullet-marked civilian cars lining the road. Half of Lenin’s face blown away from the statue on the square. Streets littered with shrapnel. Locals huddling in a bomb shelter. The smell of death, in buildings torn open. It is a scene achingly familiar to Ukraine,
Continue ReadingBy Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Sudzha, Russia (CNN) — Bodies decomposing in the street. Bullet-marked civilian cars lining the road. Half of Lenin’s face blown away from the statue on the square. Streets littered with shrapnel. Locals huddling in a bomb shelter. The smell of death, in buildings torn open. It is a scene achingly familiar to Ukraine, yet
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen in northern Nigeria have ambushed vehicles conveying some university students and abducted 20 of them. Police in the Benue state in north central Nigeria said on Friday that the gunmen ambushed the students on Thursday evening. It is the latest case of kidnap along Nigerian roads where dozens
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — When Denisha Mitchell was asked why she filled out paperwork to serve as an Arizona elector for the independent presidential candidate Cornel West, her first response was “What?!” Her second: What’s an elector? “I was shocked and surprised by it all. I didn’t even know what an elector was,” Mitchell
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon that slammed the Tokyo area with heavy rains and brought mudslide warnings in northern Japan is heading eastward in the Pacific Ocean away from the coast. There were no reports Saturday of major damage. Tokyo and nearby areas were back to normal under sunny skies. Bullet trains
Continue ReadingBy Tara John, Niamh Kennedy and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz raised eyebrows on Friday when he said Israel would expect international partners such as the United Kingdom and France to join Israel in responding to a potential strike from Iran, “not only in defense, but also in attacking significant targets
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