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By Steve Liewer Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Omaha World-Herald) — Some guys have all the luck. Last month, it was Sergey Nastin of Lincoln. He stopped by Nebraska Lottery headquarters Aug. 19 to claim the $20,000 top prize in the $20 Mega Multiplier scratch game, beating odds of 1 in
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By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The United Nations special envoy on Myanmar says she will not visit the Southeast Asia nation again unless its military government allows her to meet with ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The envoy, Noeleen Heyzer of Singapore, also warned that large numbers of people will be
Continue Reading Russia imposed personal sanctions Monday on 25 Americans, including actors Sean Penn and Ben Stiller, in response to U.S. sanctions against Russians stemming from the conflict in Ukraine. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was on the new sanctions list, as were several American senators: Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, Kevin Cramer of North
Continue Reading By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Emergency officials in Nigeria say at least six people are dead after a seven-story building collapsed in Lagos, the country’s largest city. The building was being constructed in the Victoria Island area of Lagos when it collapsed on Sunday. According to Ibrahim Farinloye of the National
Continue Reading By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s president has apologized for multiple failures by his country before, during and after the 1972 Munich OIympics. He spoke as he joined his Israeli counterpart and relatives of the 11 Israeli athletes killed in the attack by Palestinian militants at the games 50 years ago. An
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES and ROBERT BUMSTED Associated Press WELDON, Saskatchewan (AP) — Canadian police searched Monday for two men suspected of killing 10 people in a series of stabbings in an Indigenous community and a nearby town, as a massive manhunt for the perpetrators of one of the deadliest attacks in the nation’s history stretched
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By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Europe’s largest nuclear plant was knocked off Ukraine’s electricity grid Monday, its last transmission line disconnected because of a fire caused by shelling, the facility’s operator and the U.N. atomic watchdog said. The International Atomic Energy Agency said it was informed Monday by Ukrainian authorities that
Continue Reading By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Europe’s largest nuclear plant was knocked off Ukraine’s electricity grid Monday, its last transmission line disconnected because of a fire caused by shelling, the facility’s operator and the U.N. atomic watchdog said. The International Atomic Energy Agency said it was informed Monday by Ukrainian authorities that
Continue ReadingST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Police in St. Paul, Minnesota are investigating the fatal shooting of three people and the wounding of two others. Police said in a news release that the shooting occurred about 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood of the state’s capital city. Officers responding to the scene found two people
Continue ReadingCNN, CBC NEWS By Elizabeth Wolfe, Artemis Moshtaghian, Jamiel Lynch and Holly Yan, CNN Damien Sanderson, one of the suspects in a mass stabbing in Saskatchewan, Canada, that left 10 dead and 18 injured, was found dead Monday morning on the James Smith Cree Nation in a heavily grassed area near a house, according to
Continue Reading By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Elsa Avila slid to her phone, terrified as she held the bleeding side of her abdomen and tried to stay calm for her students. In a text to her family that she meant to send to fellow Uvalde teachers, she wrote: “I’m shot.” For the first
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey Rapper Pat Stay has died following a stabbing incident in Nova Scotia, Canada, according to regional police. He was 36. The incident happened in downtown Halifax early Sunday morning. Police discovered Stay with stab wounds and transported him to a nearby hospital, where he later died, Halifax Regional Police said in a
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Luke Combs may be one of the most generous stars in country music. Video shared on social media featured Combs interrupting a concert over the weekend in Bangor, Maine, when he spotted a sign from some young fans saying they had stacked firewood to earn money to buy tickets to
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — Tras años del que quizá fue el inicio de uno de los cambios políticos más importantes en la historia reciente de Chile, que se inició con la llamada primavera en 2019, y que llevó a la elección de una Constituyente, los chilenos rechazaron lo que sería el culmen de
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Jewell and Anna Muckenfuss Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — A car wash and can drive was held Sunday to raise money for the funeral of a 10-year-old Saginaw girl allegedly killed by her 14-year-old stepbrother. Na’mylah Turner-Moore was found murdered on August 30. “Saginaw County always rises
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By Angela Fritz, CNN Antarctica’s so-called “doomsday glacier” — nicknamed because of its high risk of collapse and threat to global sea level — has the potential to rapidly retreat in the coming years, scientists say, amplifying concerns over the extreme sea level rise that would accompany its potential demise. The Thwaites Glacier, capable of
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Russia imposed personal sanctions Monday on 25 Americans, including actors Sean Penn and Ben Stiller, in response to U.S. sanctions against Russians stemming from the conflict in Ukraine. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was on the new sanctions list, as were several American senators: Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, Kevin Cramer of North
Continue ReadingBy Brittany Whitehead Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Asheville Regional Airport has announced the opening of a mother’s lactation suite in the airport, providing a quiet space for mothers to breastfeed or pump when they travel in and out of the airport. Airport officials say it has been
Continue Reading urielblanco (CNN Español) — El Departamento de Policía de la ciudad de Nueva York identificó como Gustavo Arnal al hombre que el viernes de la semana pasada saltó desde un apartamento de gran altura en Manhattan. A Arnal se le encontró inconsciente y sin responder afuera de su lujoso rascacielos de 57 pisos en el
Continue Reading BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Crews were scrambling Monday to repair 50 power poles toppled by a wind storm in Bullhead City, resulting in a blackout for most of its 40,000 residents. Officials in the northwestern Arizona city said a storm packing wind gusts of 60 mph (97 kph) hit around 6:30 p.m. Sunday. There
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