Heat wave edges higher in southern Europe, fuels wildfires
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Intense heat baking Italy is creeping northward towards the popular tourist destination of…
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3 Broward County, Florida, educators died within about 24 hours from Covid-19 complications
By Dakin Andone and Leyla Santiago, CNN The week before classes begin, three educators in Broward County, Florida, have died within about 24 hours of…
Continue ReadingBitter blow: UK’s former hub in Afghanistan taken by Taliban
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Confirmation that the Taliban captured the capital of Afghanistan’s Helmand province has…
Continue ReadingHyundai, Kia recall 600K vehicles to fix trunk latch problem
DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai and Kia are recalling more than 600,000 vehicles in the U.S. because damage to the trunk latches can stop them from being…
Continue ReadingMan accused of pointing airsoft rifle at people arrested
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police have arrested a man several days after police say he caused alarm by pointing a large replica rifle at people…
Continue ReadingMexico City marks fall of Aztec capital 500 years ago
By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Walking for hours through the gritty streets in the center of Mexico City, you can hear the…
Continue ReadingMan kills 5, himself in UK’s first mass shooting in decade
By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A young man who killed five people, including his mother, and then took his own life in Britain’s…
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Seattle park encampment gone after dozens get housing
SEATTLE (AP) — A large homeless encampment at Seattle’s City Hall Park that’s put city leaders under significant political pressure recently…
Continue ReadingSeattle park encampment gone after dozens get housing
SEATTLE (AP) — A large homeless encampment at Seattle’s City Hall Park that’s put city leaders under significant political pressure recently…
Continue ReadingSmall plane crash at Pierce County airport sparks small fire
PUYALLUP, Wash. (AP) — Central Pierce Fire & Rescue says a small plane crashed at the Pierce County airport in Puyallup. The pilot was the only…
Continue ReadingState of emergency in Russia’s Yakutia expanded over fires
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have expanded a state of emergency in northeast Siberia to bring in…
Continue ReadingCyprus eases COVID-19 vaccination for uninsured foreigners
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Lekulutu Nsima says he’s a “lucky man” after receiving his first…
Continue ReadingMalaysian leader seeks opposition backing to stay in power
By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Embattled Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has acknowledged he may have lost…
Continue ReadingFather drowns while trying to save daughter in Angle Lake
SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — Authorities said a father diving in to Angle Lake in SeaTac to rescue his daughter drowned despite emergency crews efforts to…
Continue Reading1 killed, 2 injured in shooting at RapidRide transit station
SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — One man was killed and two more people were injured in a shooting at the RapidRide transit station in SeaTac. The King County…
Continue ReadingAlgeria orders probe into mob killing linked to wildfires
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s official news agency APS says a prosecutor has ordered an investigation into the circumstances of the mob…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why Ethiopia’s war crisis is deepening by the day
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States says it’s sending a special envoy to Ethiopia as the fast-moving…
Continue ReadingIn Your Debt: Back to pre-pandemic spending? Don’t overdo it
By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet The threat of COVID-19 still looms, but Americans are getting back out there and once again spending on travel, dining…
Continue ReadingIn Your Debt: Back to pre-pandemic spending? Don’t overdo it
By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet The threat of COVID-19 still looms, but Americans are getting back out there and once again spending on travel, dining…
Continue Reading27 people aboard Carnival cruise test positive for COVID-19
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Carnival cruise on which 27 people tested positive for COVID-19 just before the ship made a stop in Belize City this week is…
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