By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — When customs officials encountered a pickup truck transporting four large wheels of cheese from Mexico into the Presidio Port of entry in Texas Thursday, they had a hunch something was off. An X-ray scan of the cheese revealed “anomalies,” which upon further inspection turned out to be 17.8 pounds
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dewberry and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — An aircraft hit a power line and crashed in Houston on Saturday night, killing one person and knocking out power in the area, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. The crash involved a crop-duster-style aircraft, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on Facebook, a general
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — A high-profile Egyptian activist who was recently released from prison has landed in Italy, where the government championed his case. Patrick George Zaki was greeted Sunday by applause and a throng of video and still cameras as he emerged into the arrivals hall at Milan’s Malpensa Airport. He then traveled to Bologna,
Continue ReadingBy Richard Allen Greene, Amir Tal, Hadas Gold and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli lawmakers are set to vote on the first part of the government’s sweeping plan to weaken the power of the country’s courts on Monday, despite six months of street protests, parliamentary maneuvering, compromise talks and increasingly urgent warnings from
Continue ReadingBy Richard Allen Greene, Amir Tal, Hadas Gold and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli lawmakers are set to vote on the first part of the government’s sweeping plan to weaken the power of the country’s courts on Monday, despite six months of street protests, parliamentary maneuvering, compromise talks and increasingly urgent warnings from
Continue ReadingBy DANA GAURUDER Associated Press ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions feel uncomfortable getting so much respect. The Lions opened training camp on Sunday and for the first time in many years, they’re expected to contend in the NFC North and perhaps win a playoff game for the second time since 1957. It’s
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Officials say a soldier in northeastern Congo opened fire on family members and others who had buried his son before he could arrive home to attend the ceremony. The soldier killed 13 people, including 10 children. The attack late Saturday left the soldier’s wife, in-laws and
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Six people have died and at least 20 others were wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago. Police say a shooting early Saturday in the city’s North Lawndale neighborhood killed one man and wounded four other men. Three people, including two women, were shot Saturday night on Chicago’s South Side when shots were
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — Search teams in Pennsylvania were focusing on one underwater area Sunday as they try to find a 9-month-old boy swept away in a flash flood. That follows confirmation from authorities that the body of his 2-year-old sister was recovered from the Delaware River. Upper Makefield Township police said Sunday that
Continue ReadingBy ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is fading from the spotlight, showing the courts’ power over the electoral system and the political shortcomings of the increasingly powerless former leader. Brazil’s top electoral court ruled last month that Bolsonaro is ineligible to run for any political office
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “ Barbenheimer ” didn’t just work – it spun box office gold. The social media-fueled fusion of Greta Gerwig’s “ Barbie ” and Christopher Nolan’s “ Oppenheimer ” brought moviegoers back to the theaters in record numbers this weekend, vastly outperforming projections and giving a glimmer of hope to
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of people have rallied in the Thai capital Bangkok to demand that conservative members of the Senate stop blocking the naming of a prime minister belonging to a winning coalition from May’s general election, a stance that risks a potentially destabilizing deadlock. Protesters braved heavy rain
Continue ReadingBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” raked in a stunning $155 million domestically over the weekend, giving the film the largest opening weekend of 2023 and the biggest-ever debut for a female director. The combined release of “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” dubbed “Barbenheimer,” has become a pop culture sensation
Continue ReadingBy CASSIDY HETTESHEIMER Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Nouhaila Benzina will make history when she steps onto the field for Morocco’s first match of the Women’s World Cup against Germany — and not just as a player for the first Arab or North African nation ever in the tournament. The 25-year-old defender will be
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Extreme weather has forced people to flee their homes in Greece and China. Wildfires raged in Greece for a sixth day amid high temperatures and dry conditions, requiring the evacuation of some 19,000 people from the island of Rhodes. Massive floods swept through a village in the Fuyang district of eastern
Continue ReadingBY SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A senior United Nations official says a salvage team is set to begin siphoning oil out of the decaying tanker moored off the coast of Yemen. Achim Steiner, administrator of the U.N. development program, tells The Associated Press that more than 1 million barrels of oil stored
Continue ReadingKEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — On his 68th birthday, a white-bearded Wisconsin man won the Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, a highlight of Key West’s annual Hemingway Days celebration that ends Sunday. Gerrit Marshall, a retired television broadcast engineer from Madison, prevailed Saturday night at Sloppy Joe’s Bar, a frequent hangout of Ernest Hemingway when he lived
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN that the US is attempting to strengthen “lines of communication” with China to avoid conflict between the two superpowers. “We are working to put some stability into the relationship, to put a floor under the relationship, to make sure that the
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — A 119-degree day in Phoenix hits like a blast of hot air from the oven with no relief in sight, and for a business owner like Lyn Thomas, there’s hardly any avoiding it. Thomas serves up authentic Cajun and Creole dishes from recipes passed down through generations at
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — The Central Bank of army-ruled Myanmar will issue a new banknote worth twice as much as the current highest denomination. It took the action as the economy has become more unstable since the generals seized power in 2021. The reason for issuing a higher denomination note of 20,000 kyats (about $9.50) was
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