Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery,’ agent says
By HILLEL ITALIE and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie is “on the road to recovery,” his agent confirmed…
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David Popovici, 17, breaks 100m freestyle world record at European championships
By George Ramsay, CNN Romanian teenager David Popovici set a world record in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 46.86 seconds at the European…
Continue Reading Police: Man killed himself after ramming US Capitol barrier
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man drove his car into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol early Sunday and then began firing…
Continue Reading School shooter’s brain exams to be subject of court hearing
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A defense mental health expert in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter…
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More US lawmakers visit Taiwan 12 days after Pelosi trip
By JOHNSON LAI and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A delegation of American lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, just 12…
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Man fatally shoots self after crashing car into barricade near US Capitol Building
By Daniella Diaz and Aaron Pellish, CNN A man shot and killed himself after driving into a vehicle barricade near the US Capitol Building early…
Continue ReadingMore than 10,000 Canadians received a medically-assisted death in 2021: report
By Avis Favaro Click here for updates on this story Aug. 13, 2022 (CTV Network) — More Canadians are ending their lives…
Continue ReadingFeds quietly change rules to allow one-time ArriveCAN exemption at land border crossings
By Melissa Lopez-Martinez Click here for updates on this story Aug. 13, 2022 (CTV Network) — The federal government has…
Continue Reading New York restricts families from sending packages to inmates
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As part of an effort to keep illegal drugs and other contraband out of…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Tension between Nicaragua and the Catholic Church
By GABRIELA SELSER and MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Earlier this month Nicaragua shuttered seven radio stations…
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Inflation, explained: Why prices keep going up and who’s to blame
By Allison Morrow and Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Confused about inflation? You’re not alone. Inflation is, paradoxically, both incredibly…
Continue Reading Mexico president to bypass congress to keep army in streets
By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has begun exploring plans to sidestep congress to hand formal control of…
Continue Reading Start your week smart: Trump, Egypt church fire, Megaflood, Salman Rushdie, Uvalde
By Andrew Torgan, CNN Did you go on a health kick during the pandemic? A lot of people did. And with millions suddenly working from home and gyms…
Continue Reading Start your week smart: Trump, Egypt church fire, Megaflood, Salman Rushdie, Uvalde
By Andrew Torgan, CNN Did you go on a health kick during the pandemic? A lot of people did. And with millions suddenly working from home and gyms…
Continue Reading A second US congressional delegation visits Taiwan
By Eric Cheung and Devan Cole, CNN A US congressional delegation led by Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Ed Markey has arrived in Taipei on an…
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Monaco signs midfielder Camara from Salzburg on 5-year deal
PARIS (AP) — Monaco has signed midfielder Mohamed Camara from Austrian club Salzburg on a five-year deal. Monaco said the 22-year-old Mali…
Continue Reading UK drops prosecution of protesters over slain woman’s vigil
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British authorities have quashed plans to prosecute protesters who attended a vigil for a murdered…
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How to make sure your private messages stay private
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Last year, Facebook-parent Meta effectively pushed back its timetable for rolling out end-to-end encryption by default…
Continue Reading Major wildfire in Spain forces the evacuation of 1,500
MADRID (AP) — A large wildfire in northeast Spain grew rapidly overnight and was burning out of control Sunday, forcing the evacuation of eight…
Continue Reading US congressional delegation visits Taiwan
By Eric Cheung, CNN A US congressional delegation led by Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Ed Markey has arrived in Taipei on an unannounced two-day…
Continue Reading Svika Pick, prolific Israeli singer-songwriter, dies at 72
By ISAAC SCHARF Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Svika Pick, a pillar of Israel’s music industry who gained international attention after his…
Continue Reading Lt. Gov. Josh Green wins Hawaii Democratic gubernatorial nomination, CNN projects
By Rachel Janfaza, Ethan Cohen, Melissa Holzberg DePalo, Clara Grudberg and Nicholas Anastacio, CNN Lt. Gov. Josh Green will win the Democratic…
Continue Reading18 children among dozens killed in Egypt church fire
By Mostafa Salem, Eyad Kourdi, Jorge Engels, Hira Humayun, Hamdi Alkhshali and Lina El Wardani, CNN At least 18 children died in a fire that killed…
Continue Reading Norway puts down Freya the walrus that drew Oslo crowds
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Norway have euthanized a walrus that had drawn crowds of spectators in the Oslo Fjord after concluding that it posed a…
Continue Reading Top lawyers hired by those linked to Georgia election probe
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — In the state investigation spurred by then-President Donald Trump’s call to Georgia’s top…
Continue Reading Ship carrying grain for Ethiopia ready to leave Ukraine
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A United Nations-chartered ship loaded with 23,000 metric tons of Ukrainian grain…
Continue Reading Ship carrying grain for Ethiopia ready to leave Ukraine
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A United Nations-chartered ship loaded with 23,000 metric tons of Ukrainian grain…
Continue Reading More US lawmakers visit Taiwan 12 days after Pelosi trip
By JOHNSON LAI and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A delegation of American lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, just 12…
Continue Reading Manchester United’s game plan went ‘in the bin’ during 4-0 defeat, according to manager Erik ten Hag
By George Ramsay Manager Erik ten Hag said Manchester United’s game plan was put “in the bin” during a disastrous 4-0 defeat…
Continue Reading Robinhood may need to join forces with a larger Wall Street rival
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Robinhood, as its name suggests, was designed to take the power of the stock market away from the rich fat cats on…
Continue Reading Joe Biden got the vibe shift he needed. Now he’s looking to make it count.
By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Pete Buttigieg wasn’t quite feeling it. It was late and White House aides had given him the cryptic guidance during…
Continue Reading Some Capitol rioters try to profit from their Jan. 6 crimes
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Facing prison time and dire personal consequences for storming the U.S. Capitol, some Jan. 6 defendants are…
Continue Reading Some Capitol rioters try to profit from their Jan. 6 crimes
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Facing prison time and dire personal consequences for storming the U.S. Capitol, some Jan. 6 defendants are…
Continue Reading Some Capitol rioters try to profit from their Jan. 6 crimes
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Facing prison time and dire personal consequences for storming the U.S. Capitol, some Jan. 6 defendants are…
Continue Reading Fireworks blast at Yerevan market kills 2, injures 60
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — A strong explosion at a fireworks storage area tore through a popular market in Armenia’s capital on Sunday, killing at…
Continue Reading Fireworks blast at Yerevan market kills 2, injures 60
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — A strong explosion at a fireworks storage area tore through a popular market in Armenia’s capital on Sunday, killing at…
Continue Reading Fire at Cairo Coptic church kills 41, including 15 children
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt’s capital on…
Continue Reading Iraqi judiciary says it has no powers to dissolve parliament
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top judicial body said Sunday it doesn’t have the authority to dissolve the…
Continue Reading How a tiny nonprofit with no full-time employees became the foremost tracker of gun violence in America
By Eric Levenson, CNN In the Supreme Court decision overturning a New York gun law, the three liberal justices opened their dissent by citing data…
Continue Reading Why Liz Cheney is likely on her way to a major defeat
By Harry Enten, CNN Former President Donald Trump left office over a year and a half ago, and yet he is still dominating the news. Whether it be the…
Continue ReadingEurope’s drought could signal the death of river cruising
Julia Buckley Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the pandemic-snarled water, Europe is having another cataclysmic summer. This time,…
Continue Reading Veteran Indian investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala dies at 62
NEW DELHI (AP) — Veteran stock market investor and Indian billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, nicknamed India’s own Warren Buffett, died Sunday in…
Continue Reading Veteran Indian investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala dies at 62
NEW DELHI (AP) — Veteran stock market investor and Indian billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, nicknamed India’s own Warren Buffett, died Sunday in…
Continue Reading Traffic accident in heavy rain in Pakistan leaves 13 dead
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a truck overturned and fell onto a passenger van in eastern Pakistan during heavy rain, killing 13 people and…
Continue ReadingFive Americans among injured in Jerusalem shooting attack
By Amir Tal and Hadas Gold, CNN At least eight people, including five Americans, were wounded in a shooting attack targeting a bus near the Western…
Continue Reading In Ukraine, rebuilding starts with neighbors’ help
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press NOVOSELIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — As battles raged around Kyiv, one Russian advance was…
Continue Reading In Ukraine, rebuilding starts with neighbors’ help
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press NOVOSELIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — As battles raged around Kyiv, one Russian advance was…
Continue ReadingOne-third of the food we eat is at risk because the climate crisis is endangering butterflies and bees
By Allison Chinchar and Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologists Bee populations are declining. More than half of the bat species in the United States are…
Continue Reading 1 person is dead and 17 injured after a car drove through a crowd at a Pennsylvania community event
By Tina Burnside, CNN A man was arrested on suspicion of driving his car into a crowd Saturday evening in Pennsylvania, killing one person and…
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Should your teens be watching ‘Euphoria’? And how should you talk to them about it?
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN One teen pulls around a suitcase full of drugs, another is the victim of statutory rape, and many sex scenes show…
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