KYIV, 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
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story October 6, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — In an unexpected but powerful twist, Texas politics is witnessing a new wave of bipartisan unity with the formation of “Republicans for Allred,” a coalition led by prominent GOP figures who are throwing their weight behind Democratic
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid, Allison Chinchar and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Milton has strengthened to Category 3 and continues to intensify two days before it’s due to strike Florida’s Gulf Coast, where communities now are rushing cleanup from catastrophic Hurricane Helene. Ahead of what could be the state’s largest storm exodus in seven years,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Vivian Chang works on a narrow Philadelphia street that would have been consumed by a Phillies stadium had Chinatown activists not rallied to defeat the plan in the early 2000s. Instead of 40,000 cheering fans, the squeals of young children now fill the playground at Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A new round of airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs late Sunday as Israel intensified its bombardment of northern Gaza and southern Lebanon in a widening war with Iran-allied militant groups across the region. Palestinian officials said a strike on a mosque killed at least 19 people. A year
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Esther González had two goals and an assist as Gotham scored four goals in 14 minutes to pull away late for a 5-1 win over Bay FC at Red Bull Arena on Saturday night in the National Women’s Soccer League. González’s two goals and an assist in a span of 4 minutes and
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) –Menos de 10 días después de que el huracán Helene tocara tierra en Florida, el estado se prepara para otro golpe potencialmente devastador de un huracán en el Golfo de México, esta vez una tormenta potencial de categoría 3. La tormenta tropical Milton se formó en el oeste del Golfo este sábado
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