Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandan health authorities will begin a vaccine study against the Marburg hemorrhagic fever as the East African country tries to stop the spread of an outbreak that has killed 12 people. Rwanda, which received 700 doses of a vaccine under trial from the U.S.-based Sabin Vaccine Institute, will target
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals Sunday, significantly increasing the size of the College of Cardinals and further cementing his mark on the group of prelates who will one day elect his successor. They include a man who will be the oldest cardinal — Monsignor Angelo Acerbi, a 99-year-old retired
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — In the week since Helene pummeled western North Carolina, many people have offered a glimpse of hope to displaced residents. They have deployed mules with supplies to places isolated by the damage. They have given shelter to dozens of stranded residents. And they have found alternative ways to distribute food
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman, Irene Nasser and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military says it has encircled Jabalya, northern Gaza and launched a new ground operation, after seeing signs of Hamas rebuilding, despite nearly a year of fighting and strikes in the territory. As attention shifts to Lebanon after Israeli forces escalated their attacks on
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — Los principales asesores de Kamala Harris se dirigen hacia último mes de la carrera presidencial de 2024 todavía luchando con cuánta distancia puede reclamar de forma creíble de Joe Biden, mientras busca más formas de intercalar rupturas con él en la campaña. Pero ella se ve arrastrada a su lado para
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — When baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng appeared on Molly Swindall’s social media feed for the first time, it was love at first sight. “I thought she was absolutely hysterical, and had a lot of fun energy,” Swindall, 30, tells CNN Travel. “She’s just a little bright spot in the
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces attacked Ukraine overnight with 87 Shahed drones and four different types of missiles, officials said Sunday. A 49-year-old man was killed in the Kharkiv region after his car was hit by a drone, said regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov. A gas pipeline was also damaged and a warehouse set alight
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Hurricanes and other natural disasters often create a cascade of unexpected complications, including extended power and water outages, flooding, mold damage and other emergencies. Now add the increased danger of food poisoning to that list. There is the possibility for a rise in foodborne illnesses like salmonella and E.
Continue ReadingSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Rescue teams from Bosnia’s neighbors and European Union countries are joining efforts to clear rubble and find people still missing after floods and landslides devastated parts of the Balkan country. Bosnia sought EU help after a heavy rainstorm overnight Friday left entire areas under water and destroyed roads and bridges, killing
Continue ReadingSANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Police in Southern California say an officer has fatally shot a man who wounded him with a knife outside a city police headquarters in what authorities called an unprovoked attack. The Santa Monica Police Department says a man in his 30s approached the male officer outside the police station around
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN)– Plantas tropicales trepan por enormes columnas estructurales y cuelgan de cornisas a cientos de metros del suelo. Los huéspedes se relajan en torno a una piscina que parece una laguna, protegida del sol abrasador del mediodía. Una serie de terrazas elevadas se asientan en el marco de la torre, como cavernas excavadas
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — On the last Thursday of September, as Hurricane Helene was setting out on a path of destruction from Florida to the southern Appalachians, Kim and Rod Ashby stopped at the home they were building in Elk Park, North Carolina. A light rain was falling but the Ashbys “felt safe
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — En los últimos meses, un grupo altamente cualificado de piratas informáticos vinculados al gobierno chino se infiltró en varias empresas de telecomunicaciones estadounidenses en busca de información sensible para la seguridad nacional, según declararon a la CNN varias fuentes informadas sobre el asunto. Los investigadores estadounidenses creen que los piratas informáticos
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Top aides to Kamala Harris are heading into the final month of the 2024 presidential race still wrestling with how much distance she can credibly claim from Joe Biden as she looks for more ways to weave in breaks with him on the campaign trail. But she keeps getting pulled back
Continue ReadingBy Coy Wire and Adam Renuart, CNN (CNN) — Football gets an early start Sunday as the NFL kicks off its yearly international tour with the NFL London Games. With some preseason favorites struggling, and a couple of surprise teams sitting atop the standings, Week 5 will be a chance for those contenders to right
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Abu Jarad family lost the stability and comfort of their northern Gaza home when Israel launched its campaign in retaliation for Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. They did exactly as the Israelis ordered in the devastating weeks and months of war that followed. They obeyed evacuation calls.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America LOS ANGELES (AP) — While Americans continue to struggle under high rents, as many as 223,000 affordable housing units could disappear in the next five years alone. Those units were built with the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, which gives developers tax credits in exchange for keeping rents low. But there’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America LOS ANGELES (AP) — While Americans continue to struggle under high rents, as many as 223,000 affordable housing units could disappear in the next five years. Those units were built with the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, which gives developers tax credits in exchange for keeping rents low. But there is
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN Singapore (CNN) — Tropical plants creep up vast structural columns and dangle from ledges, hundreds of feet above the ground. Guests lounge around a lagoon-like swimming pool nestled away from the scorching midday sun. A series of soaring terraces sit within the tower’s frame, like caverns carved into a mountainside. This
Continue ReadingAssociated Press It was a year ago when Jomana Siddiqui visited Lebanon, where her father was born — and is now buried. She planned to return there soon; this time, she thought, she would take her two teenage daughters. Instead, Siddiqui, who lives in California, now worries about relatives there. As she watches from afar
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