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By Tami Luhby, CNN New York (CNN) — When the Arizona Food Bank Network received a call that Taylor Swift wanted to make a hefty donation to the charity as she kicked off her Eras tour in the state, some staffers thought it was a prank. But it was no joke. The megastar, who is
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Lahaina resident Cole Millington, his dog and a go bag at his side, was already behind the wheel of his truck late Tuesday afternoon when an emergency alert appeared on his phone. “There wasn’t really an evacuation notice for us,” Millington said. The real warning, he said, came from
Continue ReadingBy Sopheng Cheang Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — China’s foreign minister visited Cambodia to reaffirm his country’s commitment to the southeast Asian country after its incumbent prime minister handed off the job to his son following a one-sided election last month. Wang Yi’s visit over the weekend is the first by a foreign
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — News reports say a gas explosion at a restaurant in eastern China has killed two people. A video posted on the website of the Beijing Youth Daily newspaper showed the explosion at a grilled fish restaurant in the city of Gaomi was powerful enough to knock a passing car sideways on the
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Patients who take blockbuster drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic for weight loss may face life-threatening complications if they need surgery or other procedures that require empty stomachs for anesthesia. This summer’s guidance to halt the medication for up to a week may not go far enough, either. Some anesthesiologists
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — One week after a deadline passed for mutinous soldiers in Niger to reinstate the country’s ousted president or face military intervention, the junta has not acquiesced. No military action has been taken and the coup leaders appear to have gained the upper hand over the regional
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Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Linda Yaccarino vive en un mundo de engaños. La líder de Twitter/X hizo el jueves una serie de afirmaciones descabelladas, y completamente ridículas, sobre la compañía propiedad de Elon Musk donde ella tiene el título (al menos en papel) como directora ejecutiva, aparentemente sin darse cuenta del sombrío estado de cosas
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s ruling party wants to ask voters in a referendum whether they support accepting “thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa” as part of a European Union relocation plan, the prime minister said Sunday, as his conservative party seeks to hold onto power
Continue Reading By Amy Simonson and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The largest school system in Kentucky closed schools through August 15 following what the superintendent called a “transportation disaster” that left some children on buses until just before 10 p.m. Wednesday, the first day of school. In a video statement posted to social media Thursday, Jefferson
Continue ReadingPLUM, Pa. (AP) — Four people were dead and a fifth was unaccounted for following a house explosion in western Pennsylvania that destroyed three structures and damaged at least a dozen others Saturday morning, authorities said. Allegheny County officials said three people were taken to hospitals after the blast shortly before 10:30 a.m. in the
Continue ReadingBy Oliver Briscoe, CNN Paris (CNN) — Booksellers have plied their trade along the banks of the River Seine for about 450 years, their time-battered green boxes a Paris institution as treasured as freshly baked baguettes. But this piece of French history is now at the center of a political storm after the city’s police
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn New York (CNN) — Alexandra is a very attentive girlfriend. “Watching CUBS tonight?” she messages her boyfriend, but when he says he’s too busy to talk, she says, “Have fun, my hero!” Alexandra is not real. She is a customizable AI girlfriend on dating site Romance.AI. As artificial intelligence seeps into seemingly
Continue Reading Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — La segunda vuelta presidencial de Guatemala el 20 de agosto verá a una ex primera dama competir contra el hijo de un expresidente, culminando una carrera problemática que ha preocupado a los observadores sobre el futuro del país, ya que la desigualdad y la corrupción generan turbulencia política en toda la
Continue Reading By Eve Brennan and Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Six people died after a boat carrying migrants sank in the English Channel, authorities say, while two people could still be missing. According to testimonies of survivors, 65 or 66 people were on board the boat which sank, local French authorities said. They added that more
Continue Reading By Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — The death toll in the Maui wildfire keeps mounting as search teams and their cadaver dogs continue the grim work of sifting through the ruins of burned buildings that once made up vibrant communities on island – including the picturesque town of Lahaina. At least 89 people have died
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Two people went to the hospital after a three-car crash in Coachella Saturday evening. Deputies responded to the area of Avenue 48 and Grapefruit Boulevard just after 9 p.m. The driver of one of the vehicles attempted to flee the scene. Officials said civilians who witnessed the crash detained the driver until deputies arrived. Deputies
Continue ReadingBy LOUISE DELMOTTE Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Jimmy Lai, a former newspaper publisher and one of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists, spends around 23 hours a day in solitary confinement in a maximum-security facility while he awaits a trial that could send him to prison for life. In exclusive photos taken by
Continue Reading By Alex Stambaugh and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — China’s foreign ministry on Sunday condemned the transit of Taiwan’s vice president and presidential candidate William Lai through the United States, calling him a “troublemaker through and through.” Lai arrived in New York on Saturday en route to Paraguay where he will attend the inauguration of
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Local nonprofit Caravanserai Project is on a mission to change the world one entrepreneur at a time. “The thing that I’m most grateful to Caravanserai Project for is giving me a sense of direction,” said Barragan. “I felt more empowered to do what I needed to do as the executive director on the business end
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The cost to live in Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui keeps rising thanks to a chronic housing shortage and an influx of second-home buyers and wealthy transplants snatching up properties. Now, after a fast-moving wildfire incinerated much of the compact coastal
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