Is Usha Vance’s Hindu identity an asset or a liability to the Trump-Vance campaign?
Associated Press Usha Chilukuri Vance loves her “meat and potatoes” husband, JD Vance. She explained to a rapt Republican National Convention…
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Decorating the inside of your fridge with picture frames and flowers? That’s ‘fridgescaping’
By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Lynzi Judish had decorated nearly every corner of her New York home, from the ceiling of her dining room to the…
Continue ReadingData indicates voting by noncitizens is rare. Republicans are pressing measures to make sure of it
Associated Press Federal law already allows only U.S. citizens to vote in elections for president and Congress. Yet Republicans are raising concerns…
Continue ReadingArlington cemetery controversy shines spotlight on Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s sudden embrace of Trump
Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A few months ago, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox was one of the few prominent Republicans consistently keeping his…
Continue ReadingUkrainian front-line students celebrate back-to-school despite ever-present air raid alarms
Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Just hours after a dawn air raid alarm rang through the city, Zaporizhzhia schoolchildren have…
Continue ReadingVenice Film Festival debuts 3-hour post-war epic ‘The Brutalist,’ in 70mm
AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — “The Brutalist,” a three-hour post-war epic about a Holocaust survivor architect rebuilding a life in…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s military says six hostages ‘brutally murdered’ in Gaza, including Israeli-American Goldberg-Polin
CNN By Alex Stambaugh, Nectar Gan and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s military said it has recovered the bodies of six hostages killed…
Continue ReadingGermany’s leaders pay tribute to victims of the Solingen knife attack
BERLIN (AP) — German leaders have paid tribute to the three people killed in the Aug. 23 knife attack by a suspected Islamic extremist that has…
Continue ReadingPalestinian militants kill 3 Israeli police in the West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants have killed three Israeli police officers when they opened fire on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank,…
Continue ReadingThe wreckage of a helicopter missing in Russia’s far east is located and 17 bodies found
Rescuers have located a helicopter that went missing in Russia’s far east with 22 people on board, officials said. Russia’s Emergencies Ministry…
Continue ReadingTimeline: Before he killed Sonya Massey, residents and law enforcement had flagged these concerns about Deputy Sean Grayson
By Holly Yan, Andy Rose and Way Mullery, CNN (CNN) — By the time then-sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson gunned down a 36-year-old mother in her…
Continue ReadingLarge-scale polio vaccinations begin in war-ravaged Gaza after first case in 25 years
Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about the six hostages killed in Gaza
By Nectar Gan, Tamar Michaelis and Ally Barnard, CNN (CNN) — The bodies of six hostages held by Hamas have been recovered in an underground…
Continue ReadingAzerbaijan holds a parliamentary election expected to retain the presidential party’s dominance
Polls closed Sunday evening in Azerbaijan’s snap parliamentary election, the first since it regained full control of Karabakh, a former…
Continue ReadingCalifornia lawmakers approve legislation to ban deepfakes, protect workers and regulate AI
Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have approved a host of proposals on artificial intelligence. The bills are aimed…
Continue ReadingRussia launches a barrage of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine’s military says
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a barrage of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv and possibly other cities, Ukraine’s Air Force…
Continue ReadingA tight-knit hockey family planned to celebrate with loved ones this weekend. Instead, they’re planning two funerals
By Ashley R. Williams, Thomas Schlachter, Andy Rose and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The night before their youngest sister’s wedding, two brothers…
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Oregon election officials join local, state and federal partners in 7th annual Tabletop the Vote exercise
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — This past week, more than 50 representatives from a cross-section of government — local, state, federal, and law enforcement…
Continue ReadingA German far-right party wins its first state election and is very close in a second
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A far-right party won a state election for the first time in post-World War II Germany in the country’s east on…
Continue ReadingWho were the 6 hostages whose bodies the Israeli military recovered from Gaza?
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said early Sunday that it had recovered the bodies of six hostages captured during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack…
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