Hurricane Lee swirls through open waters on a path to Atlantic Canada
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Lee is whirling north of Puerto Rico as a Category 3 storm, with forecasters noting it would remain in open…
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Sweeping study finds 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church since mid-20th century
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A sweeping study of sex abuse by priests and others within the Roman Catholic Church in Switzerland…
Continue ReadingAmerican researcher doing well after rescue from a deep Turkish cave, calling it a ‘crazy adventure’
By ROBERT BADENDIECK and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — An American researcher was “doing well” at a Turkish hospital, officials…
Continue ReadingEscaped Pennsylvania inmate still believed to be within specific perimeter, police say
By MARYCLAIRE DALE and MARC LEVY Associated Press POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Escaped murderer Danelo Souza Cavalcante is still believed to be within a…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: Food service workers prepped for success in other jobs
By ALANA BENSON of NerdWallet Despite having great soft skills, workers with a history of food service work may be overlooked as not having relevant…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Sept. 12: Hurricane Lee, Covid-19, Kim Jong Un, Libya, iPhone
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Google goes to court today to face the Justice Department and a group of states that accuse the company of…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban have waged a systematic assault on freedom in Afghanistan, says UN human rights chief
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. rights chief says the Taliban have waged a systematic assault on the freedom of Afghanistan’s people. United…
Continue ReadingFans cheer German basketball team’s return home after winning World Cup title
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Fans cheered Germany’s basketball team on its return home after winning the World Cup for the first time. The team…
Continue ReadingMosquitoes are annoying and some are deadly. Here’s why we can’t – and shouldn’t – simply kill them all
By Ritu Prasad, CNN (CNN) — At this point in the year, we’re all quite familiar with the sounds of summer: the breeze through the trees, the…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts city got nearly 10 inches of rain in 6 hours, flooding homes and eroding dams
By MICHAEL CASEY and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — Heavy rainfall has flooded parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island,…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico’s governor just temporarily banned the public carrying of firearms in Albuquerque. Here’s what you need to know
By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an emergency order banning both open and concealed firearms in…
Continue ReadingFarm laborers to receive greater protections under Biden administration proposal
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigrant farm workers would receive new protections under a Biden administration…
Continue ReadingPoland calls on the EU to extend the embargo on Ukraine grain to prevent glut and protect farmers
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government has called on the European Union to extend the embargo on imports of Ukrainian grain beyond Friday…
Continue ReadingPutin says prosecution of Trump shows US political system is ‘rotten’
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has asserted that the criminal cases against former U.S. President Donald Trump are…
Continue ReadingA rhino at an Austrian zoo kills a zookeeper and seriously injures her husband
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a rhinoceros at a zoo in Austria has attacked a married couple working as…
Continue ReadingNorway’s conservative opposition wins local elections with nearly 26% of the votes
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s center-right opposition party has won local elections, with the conservatives of former Prime Minister…
Continue ReadingHolocaust survivor Eva Fahidi-Pusztai, who warned of far-right populism in Europe, dies at age 97
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Eva Fahidi-Pusztai, a Holocaust survivor who spent the late years of her life warning of the…
Continue ReadingUN food agency warns of ‘doom loop’ for world’s hungriest as governments cut aid and needs increase
ROME (AP) — The World Food Program is warning that humanitarian funding cuts by governments are forcing the U.N. agency to drastically cut food…
Continue ReadingA timeline of the complicated relations between Russia and North Korea
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has met President Vladimir Putin. at a cosmodrome in…
Continue ReadingThousands are feared dead and thousands more are missing in flood-ravaged eastern Libya
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Emergency workers uncovered more than 1,500 bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna…
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