At least 27 dead as flooding ravages southeast Brazil
By Heather Law, Brandon Miller and Derek Van Dam, CNN (CNN) — At least 27 people have been killed in southeast Brazil as rainfall continues to…
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Man convicted in killing of Iraqi analyst who criticized militias is acquitted and released
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Officials in Iraq say that an Iraqi police officer previously sentenced…
Continue ReadingMore than 130 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria are returning home after weeks in captivity
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — More than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren rescued after more than two weeks in captivity have…
Continue ReadingRussian Soyuz spacecraft with 3 astronauts docks at the International Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian spacecraft with three astronauts has successfully docked at the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft…
Continue ReadingBoeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down in wake of ongoing safety problems
CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said Monday he intends to leave the beleaguered company by the end of the…
Continue ReadingFlorida’s DeSantis signs one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will have one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for…
Continue ReadingWind and sun are free, but it’s harder to get renewable energy projects built these days. Here’s why
By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press SPRAKEBUELL, Germany (AP) — These are turbulent times for wind and solar energy. High interest rates needed to…
Continue ReadingItaly follows France in raising security after the IS-claimed concert hall attack in Russia
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Italy has followed France in stepping up security following the attack on a suburban Moscow concert…
Continue ReadingTwo Polish military engineers die after the detonation of TNT during a training exercise
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense minister says that two military engineers have died following the detonation of TNT during a training…
Continue ReadingPutin says Islamic extremists raided concert hall but attack masterminds are yet to be found
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that the gunmen who killed 139 people at a suburban Moscow concert…
Continue ReadingRadical British preacher Anjem Choudary pleads not guilty to terrorism charges
LONDON (AP) — Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary has pleaded not guilty in a London courtroom to two terrorism-related charges. The…
Continue ReadingProsecutors allege South Africa’s Parliament speaker took $135,000 and a wig in bribes
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South African prosecutors say they intend to charge the Parliament speaker with…
Continue ReadingWho are ISIS-K, the group linked to the Moscow concert hall terror attack?
By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — ISIS claimed responsibly for Friday’s deadly assault on a concert venue in Moscow, releasing graphic footage…
Continue ReadingUS and UK go after Chinese hackers accused of state-backed operation against politicians, dissidents
By SYLVIA HUI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers linked to the Chinese government launched a sweeping, state-backed…
Continue ReadingBoeing CEO to exit in broad management shakeup as manufacturing issues plague storied plane maker
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing CEO David Calhoun will step down from the embattled plane maker at the end of the year as part of a broad…
Continue ReadingChick-fil-A will stop using its ‘no antibiotics ever’ label on chicken
By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Chick-fil-A is ditching its “no antibiotics ever” promise. Citing diminishing chicken supply,…
Continue ReadingMoscow concert hall attack suspects appear in court as Russia defends security services
By Christian Edwards, Masha Angelova, Josh Pennington and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — The four men suspected of carrying out a brutal attack at…
Continue ReadingChina releases South Korean soccer star after a nearly 1-year detention over bribery suspicions
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A star South Korean soccer player who was detained and investigated in China for…
Continue ReadingDeath of Missouri student Riley Strain appears accidental, police in Tennessee say
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say the death of University of Missouri student Riley Strain appears to be accidental. The Tennessean…
Continue ReadingAbducted as babies in the 1970s, these Argentines found a way toward their true identity
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Claudia Poblete can’t help it. On certain days, as she passes in…
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