Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities say 281 inmates escaped after devastating floods brought down a prison’s walls in the country’s northeast. A major dam collapsed on Sept. 10, unleashing severe flooding that left 30 people dead and over a million displaced, and prompted evacuations across the state of Borno. Officers attempted to
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Officials say the number of people killed after a tanker truck carrying gasoline exploded in southern Haiti over the weekend has risen to 26. Another 40 were injured. A report published Sunday in Le Nouvelliste newspaper said that six of them have been transferred to Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. The newspaper quoted
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase its number of troops by 180,000 to a total of 1.5 million, as Moscow’s military action in Ukraine drags on for more than 2 ½ years. Putin’s decree, published Monday on the official government website, takes effect Dec. 1. It sets
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Joe Wiederien was an unlikely candidate to challenge a Republican congressman in one of the nation’s most competitive House districts. A fervent supporter of former President Donald Trump, Wiederien was registered as a Republican until months earlier. A debilitating stroke had left him unable to drive. He had
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Gordon has weakened to a depression as it swirls through open waters in the Atlantic. The storm was located about 1,020 miles (1,645 kilometers) east of the northeast Caribbean on Monday. It had top winds of 30 mph (45 kph) and was moving west at 8 mph
Continue ReadingBy Kayla Smith and Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Straining every fiber to stay atop the 1,000 pound camel churning up sand two meters beneath her as it gallops at over 40 kilometers (24 miles) an hour, Taylor Dees is a long way from Texas. It’s around 12,700 kilometers (7,890 miles) from her hometown of
Continue ReadingCNN By Kayla Smith and Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Straining every fiber to stay atop the 1,000 pound camel churning up sand two meters beneath her as it gallops at over 40 kilometers (24 miles) an hour, Taylor Dees is a long way from Texas. It’s around 12,700 kilometers (7,890 miles) from her hometown
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Three prominent columnists have resigned from the newspaper Jewish Chronicle over allegations it published fabricated articles about the Israel-Hamas war. The resignations came after the London-based newspaper removed multiple articles by a freelance journalist and apologized to readers. It said it conducted an investigation into the writer and was “not satisfied with
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — Former BBC news presenter Huw Edwards has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment suspended for two years by a London court for having indecent images of children, according to PA Media. The suspended sentence comes with requirements including the completion of a sex offender treatment program and 25
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa does not plan to retire after sustaining the latest of several career concussions last week, sources told NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Tagovailoa was forced off the field during the Dolphins’ 31-10 loss against the Buffalo Bills on Thursday after diving for a first down
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KENYON, Minnesota (AP) — Serving coffee after Sunday worship outside Holden Lutheran Church, Jeff Davidson said he remains anchored in the congregation his Norwegian ancestors helped found in 1857 among cornfields because it’s “very full of very supportive people.” An hour’s drive north in a tough Minneapolis neighborhood, Lizete Vega shared the same
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Jessie Yeung, Teele Rebane and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Wesley Routh put his enmity toward Donald Trump – the man he once supported but then dismissed as an “idiot,” a “buffoon” and a “fool” – at the center of a rambling and fanciful worldview that also fixated on Ukraine, Taiwan,
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Heavy winds and rains from a storm in the Atlantic that wasn’t quite organized enough to get a name hit a stretch of the southeastern U.S. coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm system reached the South Carolina coast Monday afternoon and was moving inland across the Carolinas. The system
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The NFL season continues to provide drama, thrills and plays worthy of praise. The 14 games on Sunday were no exception, providing no shortage of entertainment, with each matchup seemingly having drama and noteworthy moments. Here are the main storylines from Week 2’s Sunday games: Saints continue hot start
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — At least 17 people have been killed in some of the worst floods to hit central Europe in decades as Storm Boris sweeps through the region, dumping well over a month’s worth of rain. Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary have all been hit with extreme rainfall. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Rescuers freed an 11-year-old boy who slipped between two boulders near his school and was trapped for more than nine hours, a New Hampshire fire chief said Monday. The boy was pried out of the boulders in Windsor at about 3:15 a.m. He was taken to a hospital for
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — “Reservation Dogs” star D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai made a powerful statement on the red carpet at Sunday’s Emmy Awards ceremony, pairing a black tuxedo with what looked like a bloody red handprint smeared across his mouth. The 22-year-old Canadian, who is of Oji-Cree First Nations descent, was the first Indigenous North
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AP Business Writer Washington state went to court Monday to try to block a proposed merger between Albertsons and Kroger, saying shoppers would pay hundreds of millions more for groceries each year if the supermarket chains are no longer closely competing. Albertsons and Kroger insist a merger would help them lower prices and better compete
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Washington state went to court Monday to try to block a proposed merger between Albertsons and Kroger, saying shoppers would pay hundreds of millions more for groceries each year if the supermarket chains are no longer closely competing. Albertsons and Kroger insist a merger would help them lower prices and better compete
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — The Texas Longhorns are the highest-ranked team in college football for the first time in 16 years following their 56-7 rout of the UTSA Roadrunners on Saturday night. The Longhorns leapfrogged the Georgia Bulldogs in first place in the AP Top 25, after Kirby Smart’s team struggled to a
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