By SAM MEDNICK and RENATA BRITO Associated Press SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal (AP) — In the seaside town of Saint-Louis, Senegal, officials and residents say bodies of migrants from capsized boats attempting the dangerous trip from West Africa to Spain are buried in unmarked beach graves. Most of the families of those buried will never know what
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a new album from Post Malone, a movie starring Zach Galifianakis about the creation of the cute collectable Beanie Babies and a video game for the whole family with Disney Illusion Island. Thandiwe Newton plays a former New Orleans cop-turned-college professor living in a remote
Continue ReadingBy CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer PHOENIX (AP) — By the time Aaliyah Ibarra started second grade, her family had moved five times in four years in search of stable housing. As she was about to start a new school, her mother, Bridget Ibarra, saw how much it was affecting her education. At 8 years
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press FULTON, Mo. (AP) — At the entrance to Missouri prisons, large signs plead for help: “NOW HIRING” … “GREAT PAY & BENEFITS.” No experience is necessary. Anyone 18 and older can apply. Long hours are guaranteed. Though the assertion of “great pay” for prison guards would have seemed dubious
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By Heather Chen and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Singapore on Friday hanged a woman convicted of attempting to traffic an ounce of heroin, the first execution of a female prisoner in nearly two decades in what human rights groups decried as a “grim milestone” for the city state and its notoriously harsh anti-drug laws.
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Japan’s central bank has opted to keep its benchmark interest rate at minus 0.1% but has fine-tuned its bond purchases to allow greater flexibility in its policies. The Bank of Japan said that uncertainties for the economy and prices required a nimbler approach in policies aimed at keeping long-term interest rates near
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK and RENATA BRITO Associated Press SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal (AP) — The small mounds of sand that dot the beach in northern Senegal blend into the terrain. But thick rope juts out from beneath the piles. Pieces of black plastic bags are scattered nearby, and green netting is strewn on top. That’s how residents
Continue ReadingBy CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer PHOENIX (AP) — By the time Aaliyah Ibarra started second grade, her family had moved five times in four years in search of stable housing. As she was about to start a new school, her mother, Bridget Ibarra, saw how much it was affecting her education. At 8 years
Continue Reading By Vasco Cotovio and Allegra Goodwin, CNN (CNN) — Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner private military company, was spotted inside Russia on Thursday for the first time since he led an armed rebellion against the Russian military last month. Prigozhin was seen in St. Petersburg, meeting with an African dignitary on the sidelines of
Continue ReadingBy EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore conducted its first execution of a woman in 19 years on Friday and its second hanging this week for drug trafficking despite calls for the city-state to cease capital punishment for drug-related crimes. Activists said another execution is planned next week. Saridewi Djamani, 45,
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department on Thursday ordered the departure of non-emergency personnel from Haiti as the security situation in the country deteriorates. “On July 27, 2023, the Department of State ordered the departure of family members of U.S. government employees and non-emergency U.S. government employees,” the
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press A teenager with special needs was repeatedly sexually assaulted by an employee at a small private boarding school in South Carolina, his parents said in a lawsuit as they advocate for more oversight of similar therapeutic facilities. The teen, who attended Whetstone Academy between October 2018 and January 2020, was
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS MACHOWICZ and ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Homeless in America’s hottest big metro, Stefon James Dewitt Livengood was laid out for days inside his makeshift dwelling, struggling to breath, nauseous and vomiting. Every day this month, temperatures have soared past 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius). Livengood said he stopped briefly
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Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Yevgeny Prigozhin, fundador de la empresa militar privada Wagner, fue visto en Rusia el jueves por primera vez desde que lideró una rebelión armada contra el ejército el mes pasado. Prigozhin fue visto en San Petersburgo, reunido con un dignatario africano al margen de la cumbre Rusia-África, según cuentas asociadas
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, Sharif Paget and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — An Allegiant Air flight attendant was injured on Sunday when the plane’s pilot “took evasive action” to avoid an in-air collision over South Florida, the Federal Aviation Administration said. After the Kentucky-bound Flight 485 had taken off from Florida’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Three men convicted in a post-9/11 terrorism sting have been ordered freed from prison. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon on Thursday deemed their lengthy sentences “unduly harsh and unjust.” She decried the FBI’s role in radicalizing the men known as the “Newburgh
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice (CNN) — Donald Trump’s lawyers want to be able to discuss classified information with the former president at his homes as part of his criminal case, for convenience sake, according to a new court filing from the Justice Department – a proposal that federal prosecutors strongly oppose
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Morgan Rimmer and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — The Senate passed a critical national defense policy bill Thursday evening – setting up a showdown with the Republican-controlled House. The House passed its own version of the bill – known as the National Defense Authorization Act – earlier this month after adopting a
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — United Airlines will put Braille throughout its plane interiors in order to support customers who are blind or have visual disabilities, becoming the first US airline to do so. The airline announced the news in a press release on Thursday, July 27. July is Disability Pride Month in the
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UPDATE 7/31/23 7:30 p.m. The Bonny Fire had no growth today, as firefighters continued reinforcing handline around the fire perimeter and mopping up hot spots, Cal Fire announced. The fire is now 30% contained. It’s expected to be fully contained by Aug. 7. Evacuation Orders were reduced to Evacuation Warnings in the area north of
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