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By RYAN PEARSON and ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears ‘ husband Sam Asghari has filed for divorce from the superstar 14 months after a they were married, a person familiar with the filing said late Wednesday. The person, who is close to Asghari but not authorized to speak publicly,
Continue ReadingK.M. CHAUDHRY JARANWALA, Pakistan (AP) — Police say they have arrested more than 100 Muslim rioters from an area in eastern Pakistan where a Muslim mob angered over the alleged desecration of the Quran by a Christian man had attacked churches and homes of minority Christians. Wednesday’s violence prompted authorities to summon troops to restore
Continue ReadingBy Christy Choi, CNN (CNN) — A group of investors is suing Sotheby’s Holdings Inc. and others over a 2021 auction and promotion of Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible tokens (NFTs) following a collapse in prices for the celebrity-endorsed collectibles. The four named plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit allege that the auction house “misleadingly
Continue ReadingBy CHONCHUI NGASHANGVA and SIBI ARASU Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Days of relentless rain in India’s Himalayan region have killed at least 72 people this week as a heavy monsoon triggered landslides and flash floods that have submerged roads, washed away buildings and left residents scrambling for safety. Rescuers in the mountainous Himachal
Continue ReadingBy TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Sunday Abiodun, carrying a sword in one hand and balancing a musket over his other shoulder, cleared weeds on a footpath leading to a cluster of new trees. Until recently, it had been a spot to grow cocoa, one of several plots that Abiodun
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JIFTLIK, West Bank (AP) — Across the dusty villages of the occupied West Bank, where Israeli water pipes don’t reach, date palms have been left to die. Greenhouses are empty and deserted. Palestinians say they can barely get enough water to bathe their children and wash their clothes — let
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in a raid on a militant stronghold in the northern occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, the latest violence in a city that has seen some of the worst bloodshed in the
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan suffered a trade deficit last month as exports sank for the first time in two years and five months, dragged down by a slowdown overseas. The Finance Ministry says exports from the world’s third largest economy shrank most markedly for the rest of Asia, especially
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press RIVNE, Ukraine (AP) — Along a bustling street in a western Ukrainian city, Denys Abdulin takes his first independent strides since he was severely wounded and blinded while fighting invading Russian troops more than a year ago. The 34-year-old former soldier, wearing black glasses and gripping a white mobility cane,
Continue ReadingYELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories (AP) — Air evacuations were to begin Thursday to move residents in the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories out of the path of wildfires that neared the city of 20,000 people. People in the four areas of Yellowknife at highest risk should leave as soon as possible and residents in other areas
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El saldo mortal de los incendios forestales en Maui sigue aumentando. Durante la noche de este miércoles, un comunicado del condado Maui informó que la cifra de personas muertas ascendió a 111. Una actualización que se produce mientras Hawaiian Electric enfrenta crecientes interrogantes por no haber interrumpido las líneas eléctricas cuando
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — New advancements in transplanting pig kidneys to humans, detailed by two separate research teams on Wednesday, mark key steps forward in the evolving field of xenotransplantation, the use of non-human tissues or organs to treat medical conditions in humans. Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of
Continue ReadingWABC, NYU LANGONE HEALTH, MILLER FAMILY, CNN By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — New advancements in transplanting pig kidneys to humans, detailed by two separate research teams on Wednesday, mark key steps forward in the evolving field of xenotransplantation, the use of non-human tissues or organs to treat medical conditions in humans. Researchers from the University
Continue Reading Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Alrededor del 80% de las controvertidas boyas fronterizas instaladas en el río Grande por la iniciativa fronteriza del gobernador de Texas, Greg Abbott, conocida como Operación Lone Star, se desplegaron en territorio mexicano, según un expediente judicial federal. La Comisión Internacional de Límites y Aguas (IBWC, por sus siglas en inglés),
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — California residents driven from their homes by one of the deadliest wildfires in recent history had one request before they would rebuild in the small mountain town of Paradise: warning sirens to bolster town emergency systems that failed some people before the
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — California residents driven from their homes by one of the deadliest wildfires in recent history had one request before they would rebuild in the small mountain town of Paradise: warning sirens to bolster town emergency systems that failed some people before the
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Intel has pulled out of a major acquisition of an Israeli chipmaker after failing to obtain the required regulatory approval. The US tech giant said in a Wednesday statement it would scrap its planned $5.4 billion purchase of Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), saying it had not received the
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press KIHEI, Hawaii (AP) — Many survivors of the wildfire that consumed Lahaina are experiencing depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder even while still living in mass shelters filled with grim reminders of their escape. Counselors and nurses are helping the wildfire refugees with breathing exercises, counseling and stress relief, but
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s government is trying to reassure jittery homebuyers after a major real estate developer missed a payment on its multibillion-dollar debt, reviving fears about the industry’s shaky finances and their impact on the struggling Chinese economy. There is no indication Country Garden’s problems might spread beyond
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By Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys representing survivors and a family member of one of the victims who died in the racist mass shooting in a Buffalo grocery store last year have filed two lawsuits against social media companies, the shooter’s parents and gun companies alleging they facilitated and equipped the gunman, according to
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