Rainfall helps firefighters control southern Spain’s inferno
MADRID (AP) — Rain has helped to bring under control a major wildfire that ravaged 7,800 hectares (19,200 acres) of southern Spain despite more…
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Pope visit a sign of inclusion for Slovakia’s excluded Roma
By NICOLE WINFIELD and KAREL JANICEK Associated Press KOSICE, Slovakia (AP) — Pope Francis is urging Slovakia’s Roma to integrate better into the…
Continue ReadingChina rushes to contain ‘school centered’ Delta outbreak before major holiday season
By Nectar Gan, CNN Chinese authorities are rushing to contain a widening Delta variant outbreak in the southern province of Fujian ahead of a major…
Continue ReadingMilitary junta opens talks over Guinea’s future post-coup
By BOUBACAR DIALLO and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea’s military rulers are expected to face more pressure to…
Continue ReadingJudge suspends NY state vaccine mandate for health care workers who claim religious exemption
By Artemis Moshtaghian, Madeline Holcombe and Amir Vera, CNN A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday temporarily suspending New…
Continue ReadingGermany compensates 249 persecuted over homosexuality law
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have compensated nearly 250 people who were prosecuted or investigated under a Nazi-era law criminalizing…
Continue ReadingInside Met Gala, where there’s always someone more famous
By JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — There were enough tennis stars inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Monday’s Met Gala,…
Continue ReadingWith Taliban’s rise, India sees renewed threat in Kashmir
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India’s leaders are anxiously watching the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, fearing that…
Continue ReadingSKorea to fine Google $177M for forcing software on devices
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s competition watchdog says it plans to fine Google at least 207.4…
Continue ReadingSKorea to fine Google $177M for forcing software on devices
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s competition watchdog says it plans to fine Google at least 207.4…
Continue ReadingAmazon brings palm-swiping tech to Red Rocks concert venue
By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Your palm could soon be your ticket into a concert. Amazon says it is bringing its…
Continue ReadingAmazon brings palm-swiping tech to Red Rocks concert venue
By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Your palm could soon be your ticket into a concert. Amazon says it is bringing its…
Continue ReadingCharlotte Johnson Wahl, mother of Boris Johnson, dies at 79
LONDON (AP) — Painter Charlotte Johnson Wahl, the mother of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has died aged 79. Wahl died “suddenly and…
Continue ReadingRussia opposition stifled but unbowed as Duma election nears
By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — In the months before Sunday’s parliamentary election in Russia, authorities unleashed an…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How Navalny election tool challenges the Kremlin
By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his embattled allies won’t be…
Continue ReadingCountry star Scotty McCreery knows pressure NFL players face
By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer A decade ago, Scotty McCreery won “American Idol.” At age 17. So the country music star and huge NFL fan…
Continue ReadingTropical Depression Nicholas is slowing to a crawl and threatening to dump up to 20 inches in some parts of Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states
By Madeline Holcombe, Eric Levenson and Steve Almasy, CNN As Tropical Depression Nicholas ambles across Texas, Houston residents are being asked to…
Continue ReadingNicholas is now a hurricane that threatens the Texas coast with heavy rain and storm surges
CNN By Madeline Holcombe and Jackson Dill, CNN Nicholas has strengthened into a hurricane and is threatening to bring heavy rain, storm surges and…
Continue ReadingNassib’s strip-sack helps Raiders in OT victory over Ravens
W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Carl Nassib’s strip-sack on Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson came at a critical time in…
Continue ReadingNicholas, now a tropical depression, still douses Gulf Coast
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas has weakened to a tropical depression as it slowed to a…
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