Ghost towns dot Lebanon’s border with Israel as Iran threatens attack
By Tamara Qiblawi, Ben Wedeman, Muhammad Darwish and Charbel Mallo, CNN Kafr Kila, Lebanon (CNN) — Shredded Lebanese and Hezbollah flags tower…
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Diplomat tapped as Latvia’s new foreign minister as incumbent quits following flights scandal
HELSINKI (AP) — The head of Latvia’s government has tapped an experienced diplomat to become the Baltic nation’s new foreign minister after the…
Continue ReadingLearn more about O.J. Simpson: The TV, movies, books and podcasts about the trial of the century
By MALLIKA SEN AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The story of O.J. Simpson’s life was inherently cinematic. What started as fodder for a…
Continue ReadingSee what totality looked like across the country during the eclipse
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Standing alongside my colleagues as we watched the total solar eclipse, I was struck by the way that wonder…
Continue ReadingProgressive candidates are increasingly sharing their own abortion stories after Roe’s demise
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For decades, only three people knew Gloria Johnson had had an…
Continue ReadingA Michigan man and his dog are rescued from an inland lake’s icy waters
MICHIGAMME TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a Michigan man and his dog have been rescued from the icy waters of an inland lake in the…
Continue ReadingVatican complains after French court rules in favor of nun dismissed from religious order
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Holy See has formally protested to France after a court there ruled that a former high-ranking…
Continue ReadingItaly’s prime minister says surrogacy ‘inhuman’ as party backs steeper penalties
By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni says surrogacy is “inhuman” and is backing…
Continue ReadingNearing 50 Supreme Court arguments in, lawyer Lisa Blatt keeps winning
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — No woman has appeared more often before the Supreme Court than Lisa Blatt, who will make her…
Continue Reading5 ways the Columbia disaster changed spaceflight forever
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Perhaps more than any other moment in NASA’s history, the Columbia shuttle disaster reshaped the US space…
Continue ReadingRight whale is found entangled off New England in a devastating year for the vanishing species
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A North Atlantic right whale has been spotted entangled in rope off New England,…
Continue ReadingWest Bank sees biggest settler rampage since war in Gaza began as Israeli teen’s body is found
By NASSER NASSER and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press Al-MUGHAYYIR, West Bank (AP) — Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank went on the largest…
Continue ReadingAs a landmark United Methodist gathering approaches, African churches weigh their future.
By PETER SMITH Associated Press The United Methodist Church lost one-fourth of its U.S. churches in a recent schism, with conservatives departing…
Continue ReadingA Chinese official meets North Korean leader Kim in Pyongyang in highest-level talks in years
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media reports a top ranking official has reaffirmed ties with North Korea during a meeting with the country’s…
Continue ReadingIt’s the first drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s. Why is is it off to a slow start?
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The first drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s disease hit the U.S. market over a year ago, but sales have lagged, major…
Continue ReadingBird flu is spreading to more farm animals. Are milk and eggs safe?
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has grown to affect more than two dozen herds in eight states, just weeks…
Continue ReadingSearch continues in Maine as officer is charged with lying about taking missing person to hospital
WASHBURN, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine say an officer accused of lying about a missing-person case has been charged with several crimes. They…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s military chief warns of ‘significantly’ worsening battlefield situation in the east
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military chief on Saturday warned that the battlefield situation in the country’s industrial east has…
Continue ReadingSix dead in mass stabbing at Sydney shopping center
CNN By Sandi Sidhu, Teele Rebane and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Six people have been killed and several others injured, including a…
Continue ReadingBarges break loose on Ohio River in Pittsburgh, damaging a marina and striking a bridge
PITTSBURGH (AP) — More than two dozen river barges broke loose from their moorings and floated down the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, striking one…
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