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By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public, and that the only way to wear the hijab, or the Islamic headscarf, is if the face is hidden. Afghanistan’s Taliban government that took over the country in 2021 has
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story BRAZORIA, Texas (KTRK) — The search for an escaped inmate ended Tuesday after officials say he climbed over razor wire during his dinner at the Brazoria Jail over the weekend. The City of Brazoria Police Department announced the arrest of Jayden Michael Duke-Meuth, 18, who
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — A bad hurricane season could cost Americans at the gas pump. Gas prices climbed to an average of $3.88 a gallon nationally on Thursday, according to AAA. That’s a 10-month high and represents a 31-cent increase from just a month ago. The summertime gas price spike has been driven
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Tim McGraw says he knew Taylor Swift was a rare talent from her start. The country singer told ET Canada that he spent a lot of time with Swift as she was beginning her career because the “Cruel Summer” singer opened for him and his wife Faith Hill on
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — There is no real history of world-class, elite basketball success in the United Arab Emirates. The nation has never qualified for the Basketball World Cup, never reached the courts at the Olympics, never sent a player to the NBA. Doesn’t matter. The
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Twila Kilgore will serve as interim coach of the U.S women’s national soccer team following the resignation of coach Vlatko Andonovski, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced on Thursday. Kilgore, the first American-born woman to earn U.S. Soccer’s top-level Pro License, was an assistant under Andonovski for 1 1/2
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Citing errors by police, a Mississippi judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of two white men charged in an attack on a Black FedEx driver who was making a delivery. Brandon Case and his father, Gregory Case, are charged with attempted first-degree murder,
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Law enforcement officials plan to discuss video footage on Thursday related to the shooting ambush in Fargo last month that left one police officer dead and two others and a bystander wounded, an attack authorities say could have been much bigger. North Dakota Attorney General Drew
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is traveling to Pennsylvania Thursday to privately pay his respects to the mother of U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. Biden was arriving before visiting hours Thursday for Ellen Casey, a former Pennsylvania first lady, at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Scranton. Casey, the widow of Pennsylvania
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is traveling to Pennsylvania Thursday to privately pay his respects to the mother of U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. Biden was arriving before visiting hours Thursday for Ellen Casey, a former Pennsylvania first lady, at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Scranton. Casey, the widow of Pennsylvania
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Damar Hamlin has little more to prove to Bills coach Sean McDermott in the third-year safety’s bid to resume his football career after a near-death experience during a game at Cincinnati in January. McDermott says the third-year player has “checked all the boxes” in
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Britain’s prime minister says that he plans to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the “earliest opportunity,’’ after a U.K. newspaper reported that officials from both countries hoped to schedule a meeting between the two leaders before the end of the year in London. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is holding a bit steadier Thursday, and stocks are mixed following their sharp two-day slide. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in morning trading, trimming its slump for August. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 97 points, or 0.3%, at 34,863, as
Continue ReadingCNN By Donie O’Sullivan, Marshall Cohen and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — Names, photographs, social media profiles and even the home addresses purportedly belonging to members of the Fulton County grand jury that this week voted to indict former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants are circulating on social media – with experts saying that
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Hilary has strengthened into a hurricane off Mexico’s Pacific coast and could become a major hurricane as it heads north over the ocean. The U.S. National Hurricane Center is reporting that Hilary had maximum winds of 85 mph (140 kph) and was located 365 miles (590 kilometers) from Cabo
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top White House lawyer will leave next month after a nearly three-year run helping President Joe Biden weigh legal considerations as he implemented his pandemic response, battled Republican investigations and crafted major legislation. Stuart Delery joined Biden’s transition legal team after the Democrat defeated then-President Donald
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Target and Home Depot are slumping. But more shoppers are heading to Walmart for groceries and essentials. Walmart’s sales at stores open for at least a year grew 6.4% last quarter from a year ago, including a 24% increase in online sales. Profit grew 6.7% The company
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — The city where Anne Frank wrote her World War II diary while hiding with her family from the brutal Nazi occupation is hosting an exhibition about the Ukraine war with grim echoes of her plight more than three quarters of a century later. An exhibition opened at
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is holding a bit steadier Thursday, and stocks are mixed following some encouraging profit reports from big companies. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% in early trading, trimming its slump for August. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 72 points, or 0.2%,
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los incendios forestales apocalípticos que azotaron Maui se han cobrado al menos 111 vidas, un número devastador que se espera que aumente. Entre los muertos están cuatro miembros de la misma familia que intentaron escapar de las llamas, dijo la familia en un comunicado a Hawaii News Now, afiliada de
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