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By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand jury has found a woman guilty of murdering her three young daughters in a case that shocked the nation. Lauren Dickason, 42, had earlier admitted killing her 2-year-old twin daughters Maya and Karla, and their 6-year-old sister Lianè, at their home in
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — New Zealand’s former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was moved to tears by the country’s women’s soccer team at this year’s World Cup. Ardern told CNN’s Amanda Davies Monday that she cried while watching the opening match, where tournament co-hosts New Zealand beat Norway, securing the team’s first ever World
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By Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — China’s defense minister Li Shangfu on Tuesday warned against “playing with fire” when it comes to Taiwan in a veiled jab at the United States as he addressed a security conference in Russia. Speaking at the Moscow Conference on International Security, Li said attempts to “use Taiwan to contain
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Cabinet is set to approve a plan to liberalize rules on cannabis, setting the scene for the European Union’s most populous member to decriminalize possession of limited amounts and allow members of “cannabis clubs” to buy the substance for recreational purposes. The government’s approval, expected on
Continue Reading By Su Chay, Sophie Jeong and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has killed at least 32 people, a local fire services official told CNN on Wednesday. The landslide took place in the remote and mountainous town of Hpakant in the northern state of Kachin on Sunday,
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Chinese and Indian military commanders have pledged to “maintain the peace and tranquility” along their disputed border in an apparent effort to stabilize the situation following a rise in tensions. China’s Defense Ministry issued a joint press release on social media late Tuesday saying the 19th round of commander-level talks between the
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Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN Español) — La canciller de México, Alicia Bárcena, informó este martes a través de un comunicado que dos personas de ciudadanía mexicana se encuentran entre los fallecidos por los incendios forestales en Maui, Hawái. El comunicado de la cancillería mexicana agregó personal del Consulado General de México en San Francisco se encuentra
Continue Reading By Nouran Salahieh and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The death toll in the Maui wildfires has risen to 106, Maui County officials said Tuesday, a week after the flames started sweeping through parts of the Hawaiian island. The update on the death toll – up from 99 a day before – came as authorities
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the United States has begun easing rules that could allow commercial airlines to fly over the country in routes that cuts time and fuel consumption for East-West travel. But those flights shortening routes for India and
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Federal officials sent a mobile morgue with coroners, pathologists and technicians to Hawaii to help identify the dead, as Maui County released the first names of people killed in the wildfire that all but incinerated the historic town of Lahaina
Continue ReadingHAMBURG, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire pushed by gusty winds from a thunderstorm raced through national forest land near California’s border with Oregon, prompting evacuations in the rural area. The blaze in Siskiyou County, dubbed the Head Fire, was one of at least 19 fires — most of them tiny — that erupted in the
Continue ReadingHAMBURG, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire pushed by gusty winds from a thunderstorm raced through national forest land near California’s border with Oregon, prompting evacuations in the rural area. The blaze in Siskiyou County, dubbed the Head Fire, was one of at least 19 fires — most of them tiny — that erupted in the
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Transgender rights are taking center stage in North Carolina as the GOP-controlled General Assembly plans votes Wednesday seeking to override the governor’s veto of legislation banning gender-affirming health care for minors. The state House is to cast the first vote Wednesday afternoon seeking to
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Gary Sanchez hit a grand slam in a five-run first inning and Manny Machado added a two-run double in the second against struggling Jack Flaherty to help the San Diego Padres beat the AL-leading Baltimore Orioles 10-3 on Tuesday night. The offensive breakout made a
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Christian Yelich hit Bobby Miller’s first pitch of the game for a single. Then the rookie walked William Contreras. “After that inning just got to forget about what’s happening and focus on getting that first guy out every inning,” Miller said. “When I’m commanding the
Continue ReadingBy NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press AL-MADAM, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nestled in sand dunes an hour’s drive from the skyscrapers of Dubai, a desert village abandoned in the 1990s stands as an eerie relic of the rapid urbanization of the United Arab Emirates. Built in the 1970s to house semi-nomadic Bedouin, the village
Continue ReadingBy TRAVIS LOLLER, MATT O’BRIEN and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The company behind a disastrous change to a Kentucky city’s school bus routes that resulted in more than a week of canceled classes had similar problems in two cities in neighboring Ohio last year. Touting its connections to the Massachusetts Institute
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As trying a baseball journey as Wade Meckler had to reach the majors only a year after being drafted, Giants manager Gabe Kapler knew he had to defend the rookie center fielder playing just his second big league game. Kapler argued a questionable strike call
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — The agony wrought by the deadliest US wildfire in a century is only beginning in Lahaina, Hawaii, where the inferno virtually wiped the town off the map. Fear, anger and despair are setting in for some locals, who are now imploring that repair efforts should focus on not just
Continue ReadingBy ARIANA CUBILLOS and JUAN PABLO ARRÁEZ Associated Press MARACAIBO, Venezuela (AP) — The fishermen of Lake Maracaibo say they face their worst nightmare everyday as fish stocks decline and pollution degrades the health of this great freshwater lake, one of the oldest — and largest — in the world. Lake Maracaibo, which once was
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