By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court refused to reinstate a Virginia purge program aimed at culling suspected noncitizens from the voter rolls, leaving in place a lower court ruling that found the program likely violated a federal prohibition on “systematic” removals in the 90 days before an election. The Sunday decision
Continue ReadingAssociated Press QUSAIR, Syria (AP) — A stream of refugees fleeing Lebanon to Syria crossed a narrow makeshift bridge on foot Sunday in the Qusair area of Syria’s Homs province after the official border crossing was put out of commission by an Israeli strike two days earlier. Only three functioning crossings remain between the countries,
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AP College Football Writer Miami edged ahead of Texas and climbed to No. 5 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll on Sunday, its highest ranking since 2017, and Notre Dame, BYU and Texas A&M all moved into the top 10. Oregon, Georgia, Penn State and Ohio State remained the top four teams,
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(Update: Adding video, comments from staff, a foster) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Street Dog Hero hosted a foster and volunteer brunch at Ponderosa Park, on Sunday. It was a chance for people to gather more information about fostering and volunteering with the organization, as well as, being able to have a light breakfast, meeting fosters, volunteers
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces thwarted an attempt at another cross-border incursion by Ukraine into southwestern Russia, a local official reported Sunday, months after Kyiv staged a bold assault on its nuclear-armed enemy that Moscow is still struggling to halt. An “armed group” sought Sunday to breach the border between Ukraine and Russia’s Bryansk
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump sat down Friday with prominent podcast host Joe Rogan for a conversational interview that ran for nearly three hours — and the former president delivered his standard bombardment of false claims, at least 32 in all. Many of those false claims are lies that were debunked months or even years
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — The Arizona Cardinals spoiled Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s return from last month’s concussion Sunday. Down 27-25 in the fourth, kicker Chad Ryland nailed a 34-yard field goal as time expired to deliver the 28-27 win for Arizona. Tagovailoa was playing in his first game since September 12. He
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The “power of love” between singers Adele and Celine Dion knows no bounds. This was on full display on Saturday night during Adele’s concert at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas when the two powerhouse vocalists were each brought to tears after an emotional interaction. The moment
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — When considering who is living paycheck to paycheck, households with an income of six-figures or more likely aren’t the first to come to mind. But, as it turns out, about a fifth of US households that earn more than $150,000 a year are in that situation. That’s according to
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden has slammed Elon Musk for hypocrisy on immigration after a published report that the Tesla CEO once worked illegally in the United States. The South Africa-born Musk denies the allegation. Biden criticized Musk during a campaign stop in Pittsburgh on Saturday after a Washington Post report on the
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — The Indiana Fever have fired head coach Christie Sides after two seasons, the WNBA team announced Sunday. Sides led Indiana to its first postseason appearance since 2016 with the help of the 2024 Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark, who had a historic season. The Fever were 20-20 in
Continue ReadingCHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — A small German-registered plane crashed on Sunday in a town near Moldova’s capital, killing the lone pilot onboard, aviation authorities said. The fatal accident happened shortly before 10.00 a.m. local time in the small town of Vadul lui Voda, about 23 kilometers (14 miles) east of the capital Chisinau, and the
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — With jaw-dropping big wall ascents and a life packed with adrenaline and adventure, climber Tommy Caldwell has had a career worthy of – and captured by – a feature film. But after an agonizing Achilles injury that resulted in numerous surgeries, bolts in his foot and two years off
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan and Yumi Asada, CNN (CNN) — Japanese voters delivered a stinging rebuke to the country’s longtime ruling party in elections Sunday, plunging the world’s fourth largest economy into a rare period of political uncertainty. Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed almost continuously since 1955, has lost its parliamentary majority in the
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Lamb and Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — A sense of urgency has been growing after the role of women emerged as a dominant theme when Catholics from across the globe were canvassed for their views ahead of a meeting of bishops and lay people – a synod – which formally concluded Sunday. The
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Venom: The Last Dance” showed less bite than expected at the box office, collecting $51 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, significantly down from the alien symbiote franchise’s previous entries. Projections for the third “Venom” film from Sony Pictures had been closer to $65
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Activists say Iranian authorities have allowed imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to be hospitalized after almost nine weeks of feeling sick. Mohammadi is being held at Iran’s notorious Evin Prison, which houses political prisoners and those with Western ties. She already had been serving a 30-month sentence,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance says Russia is a U.S. adversary but suggests it’s counterproductive to approach Moscow as an enemy. The Ohio senator also said Donald Trump is committed to NATO, the transatlantic military alliance seen as the bulwark preventing further Russian aggression in Europe, although the
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — President Joe Biden has marked the sixth anniversary Sunday of a gunman’s attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 worshippers. As Biden did so, he criticized what he called an “appalling surge of antisemitism” amid the war in Gaza. The 2018 attack claimed the lives of 11 worshippers from Dor Hadash,
Continue ReadingCNN By Kristen Holmes, Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is kicking off the final full week of the presidential race Sunday with a rally at Madison Square Garden, betting on his own showmanship as he seeks to fill the iconic venue and create a spectacle that will reach television and
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