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By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Defense Ministry says it has detected an object in its airspace that flew in from the direction of Belarus and that it’s probably an observation balloon. The ministry tweeted Saturday that radar contact with the object was lost near the town of Rypin in central
Continue Reading PORT ISABEL, Texas (AP) — Authorities say one person was killed when a tornado struck the southernmost tip of Texas on the Gulf coast. Cameron County Emergency Management Coordinator Tom Hushen says 10 people were also injured, two critically. The tornado damaged dozens of homes and knocked down power lines in the unincorporated community of
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — What includes a Swedish diva, a Finnish rapper who loves pina coladas, a band of Croatian agit-rockers and an Austrian duo possessed by a long-dead writer? It could only be the Eurovision Song Contest. The grand final of the pan-continental pop music competition takes place Saturday
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — The grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest is taking place Saturday in Liverpool. This year’s theme is “united by music,” and the event fuses the soul of English port city that birthed The Beatles with the spirit of war-battered Ukraine. Britain is hosting the event
Continue Reading By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Voters in Thailand head to the polls on Sunday touted as a pivotal chance for change, eight years after incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha first came to power in a 2014 coup. He’s now running against the daughter of the politician who is the military’s top nemesis.
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister says authorities will go after those involved in violent protests following the detention of his predecessor, Imran Khan, including prosecution in anti-terrorism courts. The prime minister’s warnings were a sign of further escalation in the long-running showdown between the government and Khan, who has the backing of large numbers
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday, saying it was a great honor to meet with the pontiff, who has previously offered to do what he can to try to end the war launched by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a
Continue Reading By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Democratic governor has vetoed legislation that would have banned nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The veto came Saturday, during a public rally. Abortion-rights activists and voters watched on a plaza in Raleigh as Gov. Roy Cooper affixed
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN Loonkiito, possibly one of the oldest lions in the world, has been killed in Kenya at the age of 19, conservation organization Lion Guardians said. The lion was killed on Wednesday by the owner of a livestock pen, which Loonkiito had entered in the middle of the night looking for prey
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN One person died and a dozen people were injured when a tornado struck around 4 a.m. Saturday along the southern coast of Texas, near the Mexico border, a Cameron County official said. Port Isabel officials earlier said two people had been killed in Laguna Heights, which is between Port Isabel and
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By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press For four hours, Raymond V. Buelna, a cultural leader for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, sat on a metal bench in a concrete holding space at the U.S.-Mexico border, separated from the two people he was taking to an Easter ceremony on tribal land in Arizona and wondering when they might
Continue Reading By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press For four hours, Raymond V. Buelna, a cultural leader for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, sat on a metal bench in a concrete holding space at the U.S.-Mexico border, separated from the two people he was taking to an Easter ceremony on tribal land in Arizona and wondering when they might
Continue ReadingBy Miles Montgomery Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — With Mother’s Day fast approaching, many people are preparing to celebrate with the special women in their lives, whether that is their mothers, spouses, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, daughters, aunts, nieces, children, grandchildren, etc. No moment can describe the feeling that Indya Thomas
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN Officials from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks came across a fishy situation last Friday after finding a firearm allegedly being used to fish. A Finney County Game Warden seized a 9 mm handgun “that was being used to take fish in Garden City,” Kansas game wardens said in a
Continue ReadingBy La’Nita Brooks, Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — Heated tempers at the Flint City Council meeting on Monday, May 8 prompted the mayor of Flint to issue an executive order out of caution. Tempers were flaring at Monday night’s Flint City Hall meeting to the point that
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Finley Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — It became very clear at the March 25 meeting of the POST commission that its tolerance with one police department had reached its limit. “These laws are not going to be violated,” said Chad Partin, the Coffee County sheriff and commissioner
Continue ReadingBy Deion Broxton Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Officials with the National Weather Service warn of continuing drought conditions across the Midwest. NWS said conditions in April and the first part of May have been a cause for concern. Currently, central Missouri has the worst conditions in the
Continue Reading ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish politicians have held their final rallies in the last hours of campaigning before Sunday’s pivotal presidential and parliamentary elections that will significantly shape the NATO member’s future, before a so-called propaganda ban went into effect. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing the toughest challenge ever in his
Continue ReadingBy Gracee Mattiace Click here for updates on this story BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — MountainCare’s senior adult care program, formerly known as CarePartners, is seeking help from the community to find a new facility in Buncombe County. The center serves 50 to 70 people every day at its current location on Sweeten Creek
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Gov. Roy Cooper is expected to formally veto SB20 at a rally in Raleigh this weekend. The controversial bill, passed by the state House and Senate, would ban most abortions after 12 weeks – with exceptions for rape, incest, life-limiting
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