Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has closed schools in its capital, Colombo, and its suburbs as heavy rains triggered floods in many parts of the island nation. Heavy downpours over the weekend wreaked havoc in many parts of the country, flooding homes, fields and roads. The country’s Disaster Management Center reported
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The indictment charging Donald Trump with hoarding classified documents leveled one jaw-dropping allegation after another, including that he showed off a secret Pentagon attack plan to guests at his golf club and suggested his lawyer mislead the FBI about the presence of the White House records. But those details proved
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — According to a new poll, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults are more likely than the overall U.S. population to view legal immigration as an asset to the country’s economy and workforce. However, their concerns about risks posed by illegal immigration are nearly on par with those of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The latest method of voting to fall into the political crosshairs is the way overseas voters — including members of the military stationed abroad — cast their ballots. The process is governed by federal law and implemented by states. In recent weeks, Republicans have been challenging how states handle these
Continue ReadingAssociated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Eight women and six men have been selected to a 16-person jury in the trial of a man charged in the Indiana killings of two teenage girls during a winter hike in 2017. The case against 52-year-old Richard Allen has long haunted the girls’ hometown of Delphi and spurred endless
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump insists that Project 2025, a nearly 1,000-page blueprint for a hard-right turn in American government and society, does not reflect his priorities for a White House encore. “I haven’t read it. I don’t want to read it — purposefully,” the Republican presidential nominee said Sept. 10 on the
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan and Wayne Chang, CNN Hong Kong/Taipei (CNN) — Taiwan has condemned the latest round of Chinese military drills around the self-governing island as an “unreasonable provocation” after Beijing deployed warships and fighter jets in what it described as a “stern warning” to “separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces.” The Chinese military’s Eastern
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– Dos funcionarios federales le dijeron a CNN que no hay evidencia en este momento que indique que el hombre que fue arrestado por portación de armas cerca del mitin de Donald Trump el sábado en California estuviera tratando de atentar contra el expresidente. En una declaración conjunta con el FBI y
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– Cuando Kamala Harris se negó a pedir la pena de muerte contra un joven pandillero acusado de matar a un policía hace dos décadas, dijo que su oposición a la pena capital estaba bien razonada y era absoluta. Incluso bajo la presión de la difunta senadora demócrata Dianne Feinstein, quien recibió
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy, CNN (CNN) — Lilly Ledbetter, whose gender pay equity legal fight was the inspiration for the Fair Pay Act of 2009, has died at age 86. Ledbetter died of respiratory failure, her family said in a statement Sunday. “Lilly Ledbetter passed away peacefully last night at the age of 86. She was
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Controversy bubbled for a Canadian drink company after its founders drew the ire of a Marvel superhero on an episode of a “Shark Tank”-style reality series. On a recent episode of CBC’s “Dragons’ Den,” actor Simu Liu appeared as a guest star and prospective investor. The owners of a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has detected signs North Korea is preparing to destroy parts of inter-Korean roads no longer in use, as tensions soar between them over North Korea’s claim that South Korea flew drones over its territory. Destroying the roads would be in line with leader Kim Jong Un’s
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Stracqualursi and Alayna Treene, CNN Prescott Valley, Arizona (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump announced a new plan on Sunday to increase the number of United States Border Patrol agents and retain existing talent as he makes immigration and the border a key part of his closing message against Vice President Kamala Harris.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Sunday proposed hiring 10,000 additional Border Patrol agents and giving them a $10,000 retention and signing bonus, after he derailed a bipartisan bill earlier this year that included funding for more border personnel. Trump made his pledge during a rally in Prescott Valley,
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is holding large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan and its outlying islands. China’s Defense Ministry said the drills were a response to Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s refusal to concede to Beijing’s demands that Taiwan acknowledge itself as a part of the People’s Republic of China under the rule of the Communist
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China employed a record 125 aircraft, as well as its Liaoning aircraft carrier and ships, in large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan and its outlying islands Monday, simulating the sealing off of key ports in a move that underscores the tense situation in the Taiwan Strait, officials said. China made
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You can vote for which of 16 finalists receive $2 million to upgrade football field REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — T-Mobile announced that Ridgeview High School is one of 16 schools across the country to receive a $25,000 grant as part of the company’s “T-Mobile Friday Night 5G Lights” competition which launched in early August. “We feel
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Colin Greenwood toca el bajo en una de las bandas más aclamadas del mundo, pero no se considera una figura particularmente pública. De alguna manera, se retira aún más del ojo público en su nuevo libro, una colección de fotografías llamada “Cómo desaparecer: un retrato de Radiohead” (“How to
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, Rashard Rose and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A man was arrested on state gun charges Saturday near Donald Trump’s rally in California, but the former president “was not in any danger,” the US Secret Service said in a joint statement with the FBI and the Department of Justice. The man, who authorities say
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN) –– El expresidente Donald Trump sugirió usar a los militares para enfrentar lo que llamó “el enemigo interno” el día de las elecciones, y dijo que no le preocupa el caos de parte de sus partidarios o actores extranjeros, sino de los “lunáticos de izquierda radical”. “Creo que el mayor problema es
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