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QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say militants have killed three workers and wounded five others in an overnight attack on a road construction labor camp in southwestern Pakistan. The attackers late Friday opened fire on the camp, burned vehicles and destroyed machinery in a mountainous part of Baluchistan province. The camp was part of a
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — El presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, en un mensaje al país la noche de este viernes, anunció su decisión de decretar el estado de la excepción “por grave conmoción interna” en las provincias de Cotopaxi, Pichincha e Imbabura debido a los enfrentamientos y cierres de carreteras que se han registrado
Continue ReadingBy Dan Merica, CNN Efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the subsequent January 6 insurrection have become a through line for Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro‘s rise to national prominence. In the wake of the election, Shapiro used his perch as Pennsylvania attorney general to fight efforts in the commonwealth to overturn the
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business In 2020, when the pandemic brought all nonessential travel to a grinding halt, Ami and Jason Richter had to think fast. They were running a flourishing business called Lug that sold fun travel bags and accessories and had a growing legion of fans, which included Oprah. But as travel bans
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Media reports say an Iranian fighter plane crashed near the central city of Isfahan after its engine failed, but both pilots survived. The pilots were taken Saturday to a local hospital. The official IRNA news agency says there was a technical failure in the engine of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat that
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s president has appealed to the organizers of this year’s documenta fifteen art show to do more to tackle the antisemitism allegations surrounding the event. The show, which takes place every five years in the German city of Kassel, is considered a major event in the international art calendar. It is curated
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist More than 25 million people in over a dozen states are under heat alerts Saturday. From the northern Plains to the Southeast, temperatures will be in the upper 90s, with heat index levels well into the triple digits. The heat wave comes on the heels of another record-breaking heat wave
Continue Reading By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban-appointed official says explosions and gunfire have ripped through a Sikh temple in Afghanistan’s capital, killing one person and wounding seven others. The spokesperson for the Interior Ministry says a gunbattle took place Saturday between the attackers and Taliban forces. A spokesman for the Kabul police
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Most Americans facing record gas prices cringe when they fill up their tanks. But not people in New Jersey and Oregon. They’re not allowed to touch the gas nozzle. Seriously. In New Jersey, it’s been illegal for drivers to pump their own gas since 1949. A ban on self-service gas
Continue ReadingLeah Dolan, CNN While the former Beatle may be known for his immeasurable contribution to music, Paul McCartney also has a well-documented penchant for fashion. Largely thanks to the late Linda McCartney, an American photographer and the musician’s first wife, the sometimes kooky and always frolicsome outfits worn by McCartney have been immortalized forever —
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Stacker highlighted the most popular dog breeds based on data from the American Kennel Club. Which of these most popular dog breeds is your favorite?
Continue ReadingBest Universities compiled a list of how different kinds of digital games for teaching students have evolved over time, from The Oregon Trail to the latest version of the Scratch programming app.
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As the cost of higher education soars, more and more students want to get a jump on earning college credits. EDsmart looked at ways students could accomplish that goal.
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Rex MD compiled a list of medical and technological advancements in history that contributed to the state of telemedicine today.
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Stacker examined U.S. Census data to explain which states have the highest rates of same-sex marriage.
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Stacker surveyed the often-disastrous history of film remakes and found 25 diamonds in the rough. How do you think these stack up to the original?
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Stacker took a look at the winners for Video of the Year at every Academy of Country Music Awards since the award was introduced in 1984.
Continue Reading By VASILISA STEPANENKO and LORI HINNANT Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A celebrated Ukrainian medic whose footage was smuggled out of the besieged city of Mariupol by an Associated Press team was freed by Russian forces on Friday, three months after she was taken captive on the streets of the city. Yuliia Paievska is
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Despite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans until recent years. The momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement propelled Juneteenth into the national spotlight, building on a decades-long push by activists and leaders to get recognition for the landmark occasion. Last year, Juneteenth became the latest
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By KELVIN CHAN and PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writers LONDON (AP) — Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the “breadbasket of the world” and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries. Together, Russia and Ukraine export nearly a third of the
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