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By The Associated Press When Yevgeny Prigozhin launched his armed rebellion that challenged the Kremlin, Western officials predicted Russian President Vladimir Putin would seek vengeance against the mercenary leader. Two months to the day after the action that Putin labeled a “stab in the back” and “treason,” those forecasts seem to have come true, in
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By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN (CNN) — Maple, Malee and Zeni didn’t have much of a chance when six feet of floodwater rushed into their Washington, DC doggy daycare last week, their owners say, with some of the dogs locked in cages as the waters rose. Severe storms with heavy rains the evening of August 14
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY, MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Iran and Saudi Arabia were among six countries invited Thursday to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies in a move that showed signs of strengthening a China-Russia coalition as tensions with the West spiral higher. The United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Egypt
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — Four LGBTQ books up for a proposed ban were kept on the shelves in all Douglas County public libraries. Douglas County Libraries Board of Trustees made the decision in a unanimous vote during its regular meeting on Wednesday evening. Picture
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — A new look at Season 3 of “The Morning Show” promises backstabbing and bankruptcy. Apple TV+ has debuted a new trailer for drama, starring Jennifer Aniston, Billy Crudup and Reese Witherspoon. Jon Hamm joins the cast in the upcoming season as a powerful money man asked to stop the
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Janis Joplin’s first rehearsal with the rock band Big Brother & The Holding Company was apparently a loud affair. So loud it was alarming. Bassist Peter Albin recalls the band raising the roof off one day in the 1960s when their playing was interrupted by
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Janis Joplin’s first rehearsal with the rock band Big Brother & The Holding Company was apparently a loud affair. So loud it was alarming. Bassist Peter Albin recalls the band raising the roof off one day in the 1960s when their playing was interrupted by
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A key portion of President Joe Biden’s immigration policy that grants parole to thousands of people from Central America and the Caribbean was being debated in a Texas federal courtroom. Under the humanitarian parole program, up to 30,000 people are being allowed each month into the
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Dollar Tree had a miserable quarter, and company management is chalking it up to a mix of factors: changing consumer demands on top of higher prices for fuel and electricity … and theft. The company’s chief executive and chief financial officer homed in on that last one
Continue ReadingLianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — An original black and white sketch of Winnie the Pooh and his good friend Piglet which languished for decades in a drawer is expected to fetch thousands when it goes under the hammer next month. According to Dominic Winter Auctioneers, which is handling the sale, the pen and ink
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La familia de un médico japonés de 26 años que se suicidó el año pasado tras trabajar más de 200 horas extraordinarias en un solo mes pidió un cambio en un país que lleva mucho tiempo plagado de una cultura del exceso de trabajo. Takashima Shingo trabajaba como médico residente
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MORFITT Click here for updates on this story COLORADO (KCNC) — Colorado families who rely on a critical autism therapy for their children say concern is growing about access, as providers continue to close their doors and leave the state. According to the Colorado Association for Behavior Analysis, 10 companies have closed, gone
Continue ReadingBy TORI APODACA Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — Multiple food truck owners across the Greater Sacramento area are now fearing for their own safety after being victims of robberies just this past week. Claudia Ruiz, the owner of the taco truck La Baja Birrieria Tijuana on Hammer Lane in
Continue ReadingBy ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD and SALAR SALIM Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq has killed three members of an outlawed Kurdish insurgent group. Thursday’s attack came as Ankara’s top diplomat was visiting the city of Irbil, the seat of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish government. Turkish military actions against members of the
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Subway fue vendida a la empresa de capital riesgo Roark Capital, poniendo fin a seis meses de búsqueda de un comprador. De este modo, la cadena de sándwiches pone fin a casi seis décadas de existencia como empresa familiar. En un comunicado, Subway afirma que la transacción es un “hito
Continue ReadingKINGSTREE, S.C. (AP) — A longtime friend of convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh has pleaded guilty to helping the disgraced attorney steal millions of dollars of insurance settlements from the sons of Murdaugh’s dead housekeeper. Cory Fleming wasn’t immediately sentenced after his guilty plea Wednesday in a South Carolina courtroom. The 54-year-old former attorney got a
Continue ReadingBy MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Heavy rain flooded an Ohio highway where people were rescued from their cars, covered the Las Vegas Strip with water and temporarily closed a busy airport terminal outside Detroit. Parts of the western United States have been deluged in recent weeks with rain
Continue ReadingBy JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — In a secluded stairwell at CIA headquarters last year, officer trainee Ashkan Bayatpour came up behind a colleague, wrapped a scarf around her neck and plainly spoke as he tried to kiss her on the mouth. “There are many uses for this,” the
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A London judge says life support treatment can be stopped for a brain-damaged English pastor in a coma. Justice Anthony Hayden says it would be “burdensome and futile” to continue kidney dialysis. The Pentecostal minister’s family had appealed a decision by a Manchester area health authority to end his care, arguing that
Continue ReadingBy HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top elections official says she won’t testify at a Senate committee hearing on her reappointment next week. Meagan Wolfe’s decision relies on a letter from Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul saying that lawmakers don’t have the authority to force a vote on firing
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