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By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — A large blaze erupted at a power substation in Pittsburgh after a reactor “catastrophically failed,” public safety officials announced. The fire erupted around 8 p.m. Monday and continued to burn overnight at the Duquesne Light Company substation on Brunot Island, a small island in the Ohio River, which runs
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Berry Wang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — In recent years, China’s box office has been dominated by homegrown movies often with a nationalist lean, such as patriotic war epics. But this weekend, a different type of film captured national attention – one that’s decidedly American and bubblegum pink. “Barbie” has earned
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — This time of year, the shark-related news stories start to circle. New York increases patrols after five bites in two days; a shiver of at least 50 sharks is filmed off Long Island; beachgoers spot a shark swimming near a crowded Florida shore. Despite our fearful fascination with these
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Sophia Smith pretended to zip her lips closed as she celebrated her second goal against Vietnam during the United States’ opening match at the Women’s World Cup. It was a tribute to former Stanford teammate Katie Meyer, who died by suicide last year.
Continue Reading By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — The head of Russia’s space agency has extended an offer to Moscow’s partners in the BRICS group – Brazil, India, China and South Africa – to participate in the construction of a joint module for its planned orbital space station, state media reported Monday. Construction of the planned space
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court has overturned the impeachment of the public safety minister ousted over a Halloween crowd surge that killed nearly 160 people last October at a nightlife district in the capital, Seoul. The court’s decision Tuesday allows Lee Sang-min to return as the
Continue Reading By Macie Goldfarb and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The remains of four people aboard an Alaska Department of Natural Resources helicopter that crashed last week were recovered Sunday morning from the wreckage site in a tundra lake, officials said. The remains of employees Ronald Daanen, 51, Justin Germann, 27 and Tori Moore, 26, along
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Houston woman known online as the “Sassy Trucker” has been stuck in Dubai for weeks after an altercation at a car rental agency. It’s the latest case showing the limits of speech in this skyscraper-studded city-state. The case against 29-year-old Tierra Young Allen
Continue ReadingBy ABBY HALPIN Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Casey Phair has become the youngest player in soccer World Cup history at the age of 16 years and 26 days. Phair went on as a replacement in South Korea’s 2-0 loss to Colombia in Sydney at the Women’s World Cup on Tuesday. Phair has an American
Continue Reading By Jenny Marc, CNN (CNN) — Today, Sarela Herrada lives in Maryland, but she grew up near Lima, Peru. There, her family owned and raised organic chickens. Their neighbors were smallhold farmers, who grew crops for the community and for export. But as Herrada grew up, she realized that getting farmers’ produce into stores thousands
Continue Reading By CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh and Darya Tarasova. Video by Julie Zink and Muhammad Darwish (CNN) — One fighter was shot twice, sent from the hospital back to the front, where he drank melted snow to live. Forced to assault Ukrainian positions repeatedly, until a grenade blinded him. Saved from the trenches by a doctor
Continue Reading CNN By CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh and Darya Tarasova. Video by Julie Zink and Muhammad Darwish (CNN) — One fighter was shot twice, sent from the hospital back to the front, where he drank melted snow to live. Forced to assault Ukrainian positions repeatedly, until a grenade blinded him. Saved from the trenches by a
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA and LORI HINNANT Associated Press ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — Tetiana Khlapova’s hand trembled as she recorded the wreckage of Odesa’s devastated Transfiguration Cathedral on her cellphone and cursed Russia, her native land. Khlapova was raised in Ukraine and had always dreamed of living in the seaside city. But not as the war
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BURG, Germany (AP) — Two teachers in eastern Germany tried to counter the far-right activities of students at their small town high school. They counseled bullies who threatened to beat up immigrant classmates. They gave more lessons about their country’s Nazi past. They invited in a Black rapper to talk
Continue ReadingBy LUKE VARGAS Associated Press HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — When New Zealand kicked off the Women’s World Cup opener against Norway last week, just three of the 23 Football Ferns traced their roots to the Indigenous Maori people. By contrast, when the Kiwis hosted the Women’s Rugby World Cup last year, more than half
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Daulton Varsho hit a tiebreaking two-run double in Toronto’s three-run 11th inning, sending the Blue Jays to a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night. Matt Chapman homered in the eighth for the Blue Jays, who earned their 11th win in 16
Continue ReadingBy Juliana Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s top leadership has vowed to do more to support a “tortuous” economic recovery, which has lost steam after an initial burst of activity early in the year. The assurances, made by the Communist Party’s 24-member Politburo — a top decision making body — boosted stocks in
Continue ReadingBY MAJDI MOHAMMED Associated Press NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military says it has killed three alleged Palestinian gunmen in the northern occupied West Bank. Tuesday’s incident was latest bloodshed in one of the most violent stretches of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in years. Israeli security forces said they opened fire at Palestinian militants
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Voters in Maine will likely be the ones to decide whether to restore long removed language about the state’s obligations to Native American tribes to printed versions of its constitution. The Maine Legislature is poised to give its final approval on Tuesday to a proposal to
Continue ReadingBy KRIS KEEHL Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Carlos Santana hit a pair of two-run homers and the Pittsburgh Pirates went deep four times against Yu Darvish in an 8-4 win over the San Diego Padres on Monday night. Liover Peguero also had a two-run drive and Jack Suwinski added a solo shot for
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