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HAMBURG, Calif. (AP) — Rural areas near California’s border with Oregon were under evacuation orders Wednesday after gusty winds from a thunderstorm sent a lightning-sparked wildfire racing through national forest lands, authorities said. The blaze in Siskiyou County, dubbed the Head Fire, was one of at least 19 fires — most of them tiny —
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By Hamdi Alkhshali and Ruba Alhenawi, CNN (CNN) — At least 55 people were killed and 146 others injured when clashes broke out between two powerful armed factions in the southern Libyan capital of Tripoli, emergency services spokesman Malik Marseet told local media outlets on Wednesday. Fighting began Monday after the detention of the commander
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British Museum said Wednesday that a member of its staff has been dismissed after items dating back as far as the 15th century B.C. were found to be missing, stolen or damaged. The museum said it has also ordered an independent review of security and a
Continue ReadingBy MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A high-ranking Civil Defense official in the Dominican Republic tells The Associated Press that the death toll from a powerful explosion this week has risen to 25. The official was not authorized to speak to the media. He said Wednesday that the number
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — City officials in Portland, Maine say about 190 asylum seekers from African countries are being relocated after a basketball arena that served as a temporary shelter closed. About 10 vehicles lined up outside the Portland Expo on Wednesday to take people to motels in Lewiston and Freeport. Portland set up the
Continue ReadingBy JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The death toll rose Wednesday to 45 people killed in clashes earlier in the week between rival militias in Libya’s capital Tripoli, medical authorities said, in what appears to be the most intense spate of violence to shake the capital this year. The clashes erupted late on
Continue ReadingBy KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When director Dustin Guy Defa set out to make a movie about isolation, grief and familial strife, he wasn’t quite cognizant of the unmistakable ways in which the effects of the coronavirus pandemic were informing his script. Now, however, he concedes that “The Adults,” which hits
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press The federal government is looking to ban importation and exportation of a species of tropical fish that conservation groups have long said is exploited by the pet trade. The fish is the Banggai cardinalfish, a small striped saltwater fish native to Indonesia. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration listed the
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — A horrifying execution video that may have recorded the last moments of five kidnapped young men has transported Mexico back to the darkest days of drug cartel brutality in the 2000s. Prosecutors say they are investigating the video circulated Wednesday, and relatives of the missing group of young friends say their
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Train travelers between north and southernmost Switzerland will have to take the scenic route in the coming months. Rail authorities say the cleaning up from a freight train derailment last week in the Gotthard Railway tunnel will take longer than first thought. National railway operator SBB said
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A mother drowned trying to rescue her 10-year-old son as he was pulled by the current at a popular waterfall, New Hampshire authorities said. An older son who jumped in to help became lodged in boulders and was rescued by his father, a Massachusetts police officer.
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — In the week since devastating wildfires tore through parts of Hawaii, destroying the historic West Maui town of Lahaina, more information has emerged about the near-term effects of the fires on tourism. Here’s what we know right now about how travel has been affected. What is
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Teamsters flexed their muscles during contract negotiations with UPS last month, securing pay hikes for drivers and scoring other wins. But at Amazon, the picture looks much different. Since late June, dozens of Amazon drivers and dispatchers who work for a California-based delivery firm
Continue ReadingBy DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Dozens of teachers, students and labor leaders marched to a Miami school district headquarters to protest Florida’s new standards for teaching Black history, which have come under intense criticism for what they say about slavery. The protesters who marched to the School Board of Miami-Dade County on
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — No matter what happened in Wednesday’s semifinal, history was going to be made one way or another inside Stadium Australia. Neither Australia nor England had ever reached a Women’s World Cup final and it was the latter’s aspirations which were realized in the end. The Lionesses looked brilliant against
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Way before Google Earth, there was photo reconnaissance by the U.S. Army Air Forces. During World War II, specifically in 1943 and 1944, reconnaissance units of the USAAF — the predecessor to the U.S. Air Force — captured photos of the changing face of England, primarily around
Continue ReadingBy JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer SYDNEY (AP) — Lauren Hemp didn’t let the Women’s World Cup semifinal match between Australia and England become the Sam Kerr show. Hemp scored to restore England’s lead eight minutes after a superb equalizer from Kerr, and then provided a perfect pass for the clincher as the Lionesses moved
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Dutch journalist Eva Hartog says Russian authorities refused to renew the visa and gave her six days to leave the country after 10 years of living and reporting in Russia. Her effective expulsion is one of several in recent years and comes amid a monthslong crackdown
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes on Wall Street are mixed and bond yields are climbing Wednesday following the release of the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent interest rate policy meeting. The minutes, released at 2 p.m. Eastern, show that Fed officials last month still regarded high
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Residents of Maui have suffered widespread devastation as wildfires ravage the Hawaiian island, along with Hawaii’s Big Island. More than 50 people have been killed, homes and businesses have been wiped out, and nearly 11,000 customers are grappling with power outages. The fires, fanned in part by strong winds
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