By Christopher Lamb, Helen Regan and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Dili, East Timor (CNN) — Pope Francis received a rapturous welcome from the tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor, one of the world’s most Catholic countries, where almost half the population turned out for an open-air Mass on Tuesday. The 87-year-old leader’s visit marks the
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A man wanted for allegedly throwing scalding coffee on a baby in an unprovoked attack at a park in the northern Australian state of Queensland is now the subject of an international manhunt. Queensland Police Detective Inspector Paul Dalton said Monday that officers were working with international partners to find the man, identified as a
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Durante una visita de rutina a una propiedad privada en Camden, Maine, el subastador Kaja Veilleux hizo un descubrimiento inesperado en el ático de la propiedad: una pintura del siglo XVII de una mujer joven con gorra y cuello con volados. “Cuando visitamos una casa, a menudo entramos a ciegas, sin
Continue ReadingAP Education Writer AURORA, Colo. (AP) — She was eight months pregnant when she was forced to leave her Denver homeless shelter. It was November. Ivanni Herrera took her 4-year-old son Dylan by the hand and led him into the chilly night, dragging a suitcase containing donated clothes and blankets she’d taken from the Microtel
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — Pope Francis received a raucous welcome Monday as he arrived in East Timor to celebrate its recovery from a bloody and traumatic independence battle, even as he indirectly acknowledged an abuse scandal involving its Nobel Peace Prize-winning hero. Timorese jammed Francis’ motorcade route into town from the airport,
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — Hawaii’s most controversial nature spot has once again become a center of concern, with 14 people recently arrested for accessing the Haiku Stairs on the island of Oahu according to officials. They are beautiful but unexpected: 4,000 metal steps, built by the US Navy during World War II and
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Un camión cisterna de combustible chocó de frente con otro camión en Nigeria este domingo, provocando una explosión que mató al menos a 48 personas, dijo la agencia de respuesta a emergencias del país. El camión cisterna también transportaba ganado en la zona de Agaie, en el estado de Níger, en
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal trial has begun in Texas in a lawsuit against six supporters of former President Donald Trump. Their so-called “Trump Train” surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus four years ago. The Democrats say they feared for their lives as a convoy of trucks and cars nearly caused
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — One month after a judge declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant is defending against another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company. A judge heard opening statements Monday in the trial at the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. The Justice Department and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON, Ky. (AP) — The man suspected of opening fire on a highway in Kentucky sent a text message vowing to “kill a lot of people” less than 30 minutes before he shot and wounded five people on Interstate 75, authorities said in an arrest warrant. “I’m going to kill a lot of
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed Monday to claw back some of the losses from their worst week in nearly a year and a half. The S&P 500 rallied 1.2%, though it didn’t recoup all of its drop from Friday, let alone from the rest of the four-day losing streak that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tommy Hilfiger loves celebrating New York City and its landmarks. He also loves a nautical theme — and some good music. So for his New York Fashion Week show on Sunday night, the designer brought all those elements together in his typically splashy way, inviting guests aboard a decommissioned
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OWYHEE, Nev. (AP) — The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation have long grappled with contaminants embedded in the land and water. For decades, the tribes suspected that widespread illness and deaths from cancer are tied to two buildings owned and operated by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Fuel, herbicides
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OWYHEE, Nev. (AP) — The family placed flowers by a pair of weathered cowboy boots, as people quietly gathered for the memorial of the soft-spoken tribal chairman who mentored teens in the boxing ring and teased his grandkids on tractor rides. Left unsaid, and what troubled Marvin Cota’s family deep down, was that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OWYHEE, Nev. (AP) — The family placed flowers by a pair of weathered cowboy boots, as people quietly gathered for the memorial of the soft-spoken tribal chairman who mentored teens in the boxing ring and teased his grandkids on tractor rides. Left unsaid, and what troubled Marvin Cota’s family deep down, was that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — How to curb and counter China’s influence and power will dominate the U.S. House’s first week back from summer break. Lawmakers are taking up a series of measures targeting Beijing through its biotech companies, drones and electric vehicles. Washington views Beijing as its biggest geopolitical rival, and the legislation is
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Arms raised high. Banners denouncing the war in Gaza. Crowds united in song and wrapped in keffiyehs, the black-and-white checkered scarves that have become a badge of Palestinian identity. It could have been any other pro-Palestinian rally erupting over the Israel-Hamas war if it weren’t for the fact that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer is responsible for the 2019 deaths of a couple during a raid of their home because his lies on a search warrant wrongly portrayed them as dangerous drug dealers, a prosecutor told jurors on Monday. An attorney for the former officer, Gerald Goines, admitted her
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump claimed she would raise viewers’ taxes and accused her of supporting open border policies that had allowed an influx of unvetted and dangerous migrants into the country. He blamed her for a litany of the current administration’s failures and cast her potential presidency as four more years
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump claimed she would raise viewers’ taxes and accused her of supporting open border policies that had allowed an influx of unvetted and dangerous migrants into the country. He blamed her for a litany of the current administration’s failures and cast her potential presidency as four more years
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