Popular Taiwanese rock band Mayday investigated for lip-synching in China
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Popular Taiwanese rock band Mayday is being investigated by Chinese authorities over allegations of…
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UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28 summit grapples with curbing climate change
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Nations weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than…
Continue ReadingTokyo Olympics sullied by bid-rigging, bribery trials more than 2 years after the Games closed
By STEPHEN WADE and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The bid-rigging trial around the Tokyo Olympics is playing out in a Japanese…
Continue ReadingStrong atmospheric river to slam Northwest with over a half foot of rain, creating a significant flood threat
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Another strong atmospheric river is set to barrel into the Northwest late Monday and dump over half a…
Continue ReadingChinese comedians living abroad are winning fans. But some topics are off limits
By FU TING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedian Xi Diao says he knows he should avoid talking politics on stage, but sharing a family name…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles man charged with murder in fatal shootings of 3 sleeping homeless men, held without bail
By Camila Bernal, Sarah Moon, Sara Smart, Cindy Von Quednow and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — A Los Angeles man suspected of shooting to…
Continue ReadingUS Supreme Court scrutinizes controversial opioid crisis settlement that would give Sackler family immunity
By Samantha Delouya and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court spent nearly two hours Monday morning grappling with whether federal bankruptcy…
Continue ReadingPrince Harry challenges the decision to strip him of security in Britain after he moved to the US
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry was unfairly stripped of his publicly funded security detail after giving up his status…
Continue ReadingLebanon’s Christians feel the heat of climate change in its sacred forest and valley
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BCHARRE, Lebanon (AP) — Majestic cedar trees towered over dozens of Lebanese Christians gathered outside a…
Continue ReadingMagnitude 5.1 earthquake felt widely across Big Island of Hawaii; no damage or risk of tsunami
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake on the Big Island of Hawaii was felt widely but there have been no reports of damage or injury. The…
Continue ReadingBus crashes in western Thailand, killing 14 people and injuring more than 30 others
BANGKOK (AP) — A bus has crashed in western Thailand, killing 14 people and injuring more than 30 others. Officials said the accident occurred…
Continue ReadingA roadside bombing in the commercial center of Pakistan’s Peshawar city wounds at least 3 people
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities say a roadside bomb went off near a school in the country’s northwest on Tuesday, wounding at…
Continue ReadingIn the salt deserts bordering Pakistan, India builds its largest renewable energy project
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press KHAVDA, India (AP) — Shifting to renewable energy is a key issue at the ongoing COP28 climate summit. Some leaders…
Continue ReadingAssault charges dropped against 17 Austin police officers in 2020 George Floyd protests as city officials request DOJ investigation
By Sara Smart and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A Texas prosecutor has dropped indictments against 17 Austin police officers who were charged…
Continue Reading‘We are officially hostages.’ How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas hostage strategy
By LORI HINNANT and SAM McNEIL Associated Press NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — The Hamas attack on the kibbutz of Nir Oz started a little after 6:30 a.m. on…
Continue ReadingTo phase out or phase down fossil fuels? That is the question at COP28 climate talks
By SETH BORENSTEIN and SIBI ARASU Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After days of shaving off the edges of key warming issues,…
Continue Reading‘We are officially hostages.’ How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas hostage strategy
By LORI HINNANT and SAM McNEIL Associated Press NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — The engineer and his family cowered in the safe room, dark except for a red…
Continue ReadingAI’s future could be ‘open-source’ or closed. Tech giants are divided as they lobby regulators
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Tech leaders have been vocal proponents of the need to regulate artificial intelligence, but they’re…
Continue ReadingRelatives watch as the Colorado funeral owners accused of mishandling 190 remains appear in court
By JESSE BEDAYN and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press/Report for America COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Relatives who knew or feared their loved ones…
Continue ReadingBrutal killings of women in Western Balkan countries trigger alarm and expose faults in the system
By JOVANA GEC, SABINA NIKSIC and ZANA CIMILI Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A man in Bosnia killed his wife and streamed the murder live…
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