Distressed bear cub rescued after its head was trapped in a plastic container
By Jillian Sykes and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania Park Manager Sarah Lindgren is no stranger to wildlife, so when she saw a bear cub…
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Large hailstones cause extensive damage in a small German town as a storm hits Bavaria
BERLIN (AP) — A storm with large hailstones has damaged four-fifths of the buildings in a small town in the southern German state of Bavaria. The…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Idalia takes aim at Gulf of Mexico on a possible track toward the US, forecasters say
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Idalia was near the coast of Cuba Monday on a potential track to come ashore as a hurricane in the southern U.S., the…
Continue ReadingMembers of US Congress make a rare visit to opposition-held northwest Syria
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Three Republican members of the U.S. Congress have made a quick trip into…
Continue ReadingNASCAR driver Ryan Preece gets medical clearance to return home after terrifying crash at Daytona
By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR driver Ryan Preece, whose car rolled about a dozen times during a terrifying crash…
Continue ReadingCompetitors get down and dirty at Britain’s bog snorkeling championships
LONDON (AP) — Intrepid athletes have donned snorkels and slithered through slime during the World Bog Snorkeling Championships in Britain. The…
Continue ReadingAustrian police find 53 people apparently headed for Germany in a small truck
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities have found 53 people apparently headed for Germany crammed into a small truck that was stopped in the Austrian city of…
Continue ReadingRemoving Fukushima’s melted nuclear fuel will be harder than the release of plant’s wastewater
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press OKUMA, Japan (AP) — At a small section of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant’s central control room, the…
Continue ReadingMan killed, several injured in overnight shooting in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) — Police say an overnight shooting near a Louisville restaurant and bar has one man dead and five others injured by gunshots.…
Continue ReadingBiden’s commerce secretary is the latest Cabinet member to visit China in a bid for improved ties
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is the latest member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet to…
Continue ReadingSpaceX capsule docks at space station carrying 4 astronauts from 4 countries
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Astronauts aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docked Sunday at the International Space Station, concluding a…
Continue ReadingMyanmar expels East Timor’s diplomat in retaliation for supporting opposition forces
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has ordered East Timor’s diplomat to leave the country in retaliation for the East Timorese…
Continue ReadingStart your week smart: Jacksonville shooting, Wagner chief, Marines killed, auto workers, Bob Barker
By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — This summer has been one for the record books with “Barbie” raking in more than $1 billion at…
Continue ReadingWagner chief Prigozhin confirmed dead by Russian authorities after genetic tests
By Uliana Pavlova, Radina Gigova and Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Russian investigators have confirmed that Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was…
Continue ReadingAcross sprawling West, only Western Oregon and Central Washington still offer D-II college football
By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer MONMOUTH, Ore. (AP) — When Arne Ferguson started as an assistant coach at Western Oregon in 1989, road games meant…
Continue ReadingRussian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin in a brief mutiny
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Yevgeny Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who mounted an armed rebellion that was the…
Continue ReadingTrump’s drumbeat of lies about the 2020 election keeps getting louder. Here are the facts
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With Donald Trump facing felony charges over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the…
Continue ReadingPope Francis says he’ll meet with Mongolia’s ‘noble, wise’ people in first visit there by a pontiff
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says his visit later this week to Mongolia, the first-ever by a pontiff to that Asian country, is a much-desired…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban say security forces will stop women from visiting Afghan national park
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say they will use security forces to stop women from visiting one of Afghanistan’s…
Continue ReadingEgypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resume negotiations over a disputed dam
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have resumed their years-long negotiations over the controversial dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile…
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