2 sailboats carrying dozens of migrants reach Greek island
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say two sailboats carrying dozens of migrants have arrived on a southern Greek island early, with the first…
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Iraqi PM calls meeting of senior politicians to end crisis
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s caretaker prime minister has held a meeting of senior political leaders and party…
Continue Reading Bangladesh PM tells UN that Myanmar must take Rohingya back
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s leader has told a visiting U.N. official that hundreds of thousands of…
Continue Reading Miami officer shot pursuing robbery suspect dies days later
MIAMI (AP) — Police in South Florida say a 29-year-old officer has died after being shot in the head during a confrontation with a robbery suspect…
Continue ReadingAugust 17, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Heather Chen, Josh Berlinger, Adrienne Vogt and Aditi Sangal, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros.…
Continue ReadingWisconsin man charged in 1992 double homicide after DNA sample from traffic stop tied him to the crime scene, court document shows
By Rebekah Riess, CNN A Wisconsin man was arrested and charged in the 1992 killings of two people after his DNA was obtained during a traffic stop…
Continue ReadingPresident Yoon wants South Korea to become one of world’s top weapons suppliers
By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN South Korea plans to become one of the world’s top four weapons suppliers, President Yoon Suk Yeol said…
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US retail sales were flat in July as inflation takes a toll
By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The pace of sales at U.S. retailers was unchanged last month as…
Continue Reading US retail sales were flat in July as inflation takes a toll
By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The pace of sales at U.S. retailers was unchanged last month as…
Continue Reading Matthew Desmond’s book ‘Poverty, by America’ coming in 2023
NEW YORK (AP) — Matthew Desmond’s first book since his Pulitzer Prize winning “Evicted” is not just a study of who is poor in the world’s…
Continue Reading Norway booting 30 royal guard members for illegal drug use
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s military says 30 members of the country’s prestigious royal guards unit will be booted out for…
Continue Reading Kids-for-cash judges ordered to pay more than $200M
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for…
Continue Reading Kids-for-cash judges ordered to pay more than $200M
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for…
Continue Reading Israel, Turkey to exchange ambassadors in diplomatic reset
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Turkey will restore full diplomatic relations and dispatch ambassadors for the first time in years, the latest step in…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea fires two cruise missiles toward sea off its west coast, South Korean officials say
By Gawon Bae, CNN North Korea fired two cruise missiles early Wednesday morning from the coastal town of Onchon into waters off its west coast,…
Continue ReadingCalifornians are urged to conserve electricity today as temperatures could soar to triple digits
By Jason Hanna and Aya Elamroussi, CNN With temperatures in parts of California expected to exceed 100 degrees Wednesday, Golden State residents are…
Continue Reading Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon
by FABIANO MAISONNAVE RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Like other Brazilians, residents of the Amazon will elect governors and lawmakers in general elections…
Continue Reading NASA’s moon rocket moved to launch pad for 1st test flight
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket arrived at the launch pad Wednesday ahead of its debut…
Continue ReadingA Texas school district is removing and reviewing dozens of challenged books, including the Bible and an Anne Frank adaptation
By Andy Rose and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Officials in a school district near Fort Worth, Texas, have directed school staff and librarians to temporarily…
Continue Reading UK man in court over threat to ‘kill queen’ with crossbow
LONDON (AP) — A man who got into the grounds of Windsor Castle armed with a crossbow told police he wanted to “kill the queen,” prosecutors…
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