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By Radina Gigova, James Frater and Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — The European Commission has sent a letter to Poland asking for “clarifications,” amid reports that Polish officials have been involved in an alleged cash-for-visas scandal. Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Polish consulates have been accused of participating in a widespread illegal scheme through
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — An FBI special weapons and tactics team stormed a Southern California motel Friday morning, rescuing a kidnapped 17-year-old boy who was being held for ransom, a law enforcement source familiar with the operation told CNN. Fidel Jesús Patino Jaimes, Jair Tomás Ramos Domínguez and Ezequiel Felix
Continue ReadingBy OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — An explosives-laden vehicle has detonated at a security checkpoint in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne. Authorities say at least 18 people were killed and 40 others were wounded in Saturday’s attack. A state health official confirmed the deaths and says half of the wounded are
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Es la pequeña nave espacial que pudo hacerlo. El 8 de septiembre de 2016, la sonda OSIRIS-REx fue lanzada con el ambicioso objetivo de convertirse en la primera misión de la NASA en recolectar una muestra de un asteroide cercano a la Tierra y traerla a nuestro planeta. Cada paso del
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press The landmark Washington National Cathedral unveiled new stained-glass windows Saturday with a theme of racial justice, filling the space that had once held four windows honoring Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. The new windows depict a march for justice by African Americans, descendants of the very people
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat is lashing out at the U.S. and the West as self-interested defenders of a fading international power structure. But Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov didn’t directly discuss his country’s war in Ukraine in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly.
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — An eclectic list of previous theatrically released movies are making a return to the big screen in October, which appears to be somewhat of a creative solution for a wounded entertainment industry that continues to reel from the dual Hollywood strikes. The ongoing strikes have shut down most television
Continue ReadingMichelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) will continue talks Saturday for the fourth straight day, the WGA negotiation committee said in a message to union members. “Thank you for the wonderful show of support on the picket lines today! It
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The family of a Black high school student in Texas who was suspended over his dreadlocks filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Saturday against the state’s governor and attorney general, alleging they failed to enforce a new law outlawing discrimination based on hairstyles. Darryl George, 17,
Continue ReadingBy Nydja Hood Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV) — Days after 23-year-old Diamond Steen was murdered at the hands of 39-year-old O’Reilly Auto Parts employee Carl Kemppainen, Steen’s family is speaking out exclusively to KCTV. “If you would’ve followed the rules, Diamond would still be here. Regardless of the
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — In a story published September 22, 2023, about gender-affirming care for minors, The Associated Press erroneously reported details of the North Dakota ban. The law does not explicitly block doctors from switching patients’ treatments or specify a statute or limitations for civil lawsuits over damages.
Continue ReadingBy Ashlyn Mitchell Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Chief Assistant District Attorney Teresa Heinz is warning people to be aware after someone reported a possible scam. They said it came in the form of an email claiming to be from the Baldwin County clerk’s office telling them they needed
Continue ReadingBy Adam Rife Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN, Wisconsin (WDJT) — After years of complaints about excessive noise coming from the Rock Sports Complex in Franklin, the developer and the city both say they’re on the path to fixing the problems. Friday afternoon, Sept. 22, city officials met with representatives of ROC
Continue ReadingBy Adam Rife Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN, Wisconsin (WDJT) — After years of complaints about excessive noise coming from the Rock Sports Complex in Franklin, the developer and the city both say they’re on the path to fixing the problems. Friday afternoon, Sept. 22, city officials met with representatives of ROC
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Residents in coastal North Carolina and Virginia braced for potential flooding after Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall near a North Carolina barrier island on Saturday morning, bringing rain, damaging winds and dangerous surges of water. The storm came ashore near Emerald Isle with near-hurricane-strength winds of
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein and Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden will travel to Michigan on Tuesday and walk the picket line with members of the United Auto Workers union, he announced Friday, a trip that comes after the president faced political pressure to ramp up his public support for the union members. “Tuesday,
Continue ReadingBy TED ANTHONY AP National Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Inside, those who administer the world look for peace. Outside, on the wooded grounds of a place founded on the premise of ending conflict, sometimes they can find it. In the walled-off compound of the United Nations at the easternmost end of Manhattan sits a
Continue ReadingBy Joey Chini, CTVNews.ca Writer-Producer Click here for updates on this story Calgary, Alberta (CTV Network) — More than five million Canadians experienced some form of mental health disorder in 2022, a new Statistics Canada study has revealed. StatCan says those Canadians “met the diagnostic criteria for a mood, anxiety or substance use disorder, with
Continue ReadingBy ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Activists from community groups, far-left parties and unions have held marches around France against racism and police brutality. The protests put authorities on edge at a time when French police are deployed en masse for a string of high-security events. Lingering anger over the killing by police
Continue ReadingBy Megan DeLaire, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Anyone who lives in a part of the country with trees that shed their leaves in the fall – like beeches, birches, oaks, ashes and the ever popular maple tree – knows to expect a brilliant display of
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