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By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico is on track to receive more asylum applications this year than ever before as the flow of migrants threatens to overwhelm governments at multiple points along the migratory route. Andrés Ramírez Silva, the director of Mexico’s refugee agency, said Thursday that the number of
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After several days of torrential rain, flooding, sinkholes and a tornado, New England is preparing for something more dangerous lurking offshore — Hurricane Lee. As the Category 1 system swirled southwest of Bermuda, Maine Gov. Janet Mills declared a state of emergency on
Continue ReadingALGONA, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa police officer is dead after being shot while trying to make an arrest. Iowa authorities say Algona Police Officer Kevin Cram was shot Wednesday evening as he tried to arrest 43-year-old Kyle Ricke. Cram was a 33-year-old husband and father who had been an officer in Algona since 2015.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An explosion inside a shipping container at the world’s largest railyard prompted evacuations in western Nebraska Thursday because of the toxic smoke generated when one of the chemicals aboard caught fire. The explosion occurred around noon inside an intermodal shipping container on a railcar at Union
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By Jennifer Henderson, CNN (CNN) — A same-sex couple in Kentucky who were denied marriage licenses by former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis was awarded $100,000 in damages by a federal jury, according to court documents. David Ermold and David Moore – who each received $50,000 on Wednesday – sued Davis after being denied marriage
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN TROISE and YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of U.K. chip designer Arm Holdings rose almost 25% in their stock market debut, in the largest initial public offering of shares in nearly two years. The shares closed at $63.59, giving Arm a market value of $68 billion. Most consumers
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Originally Published: 14 SEP 23 13:32 ET Updated: 14 SEP 23 15:41 ET By Marshall Cohen, Kara Scannell and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, has been indicted by special counsel David Weiss in connection with a gun he purchased in 2018, the first time in US history the Justice
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — The storied Italian lagoon city of Venice has escaped inclusion on UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites in danger during a meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Saudia Arabia on Thursday. Member states commended efforts to preserve both the storied and fragile city and its
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito extended a pause Thursday on a ruling that limits the ability of the White House and other key federal agencies to communicate with social media companies about content related to Covid-19 and elections the government views as misinformation. In a brief order, Alito
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press New England is known for its fickle weather, powerful nor’easters and blizzards. Destructive hurricanes, however, are relatively rare and typically don’t pack the same punch as tropical cyclones that hit the Southeast. Hurricanes usually lose some steam, becoming tropical storms, or extratropical storms, in northern waters. GEOGRAPHY MATTERS New England,
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El presidente de EE.UU., Joe Biden, planea reunirse con su homólogo de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, la próxima semana en el contexto de las reuniones de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, según varios funcionarios familiarizados con el encuentro. No está claro si la reunión sería en Nueva York o más
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — *NSYNC hasn’t completely said “bye bye bye” to making more music together. Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, JC Chasez, Lance Bass and Chris Kirkpatrick officially reunited to release a new song called “Take You to a Better Place,” which will be featured in the upcoming “Trolls Band Together” movie. A
Continue ReadingBEDFORD PARK, Ill. (AP) — Police say a tent collapse in suburban Chicago injured at least 26 people. Bedford Park Police Chief Tom Hansen says five of those hurt have serious injuries. Hansen says the tent collapsed around 10:45 a.m. in the parking lot of a business. He says the tent was being used for
Continue ReadingBy HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Thursday to fire the battleground state’s nonpartisan top elections official, prompting a legal challenge from Democrats who say the vote was illegitimate. Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul said in a lawsuit that Senate Republicans don’t have the authority to
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will restrict the release of her travel and security records. The Republican governor signed the measure after lawmakers wrapped up a special session that’s focused on a fight to scale back the state’s open-records
Continue ReadingDERNA, Libya (AP) — The Libyan Red Crescent says that the death toll from floods in the eastern Libyan city of Derna has soared to 11,300. The Secretary General of the aid group says a further 10,100 people are reported missing in the coastal city. Mediterranean storm Daniel caused deadly flooding in many eastern towns,
Continue ReadingSINGAPORE (AP) — Sergio Pérez says he received a personal apology from Red Bull boss Helmut Marko over comments Marko made suggesting his heritage was to blame for inconsistent results on track. Marko described Pérez as “South American” and indicated that could explain a lack of focus or inconsistency in comments last week on an
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A former Austrian foreign minister who had invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to her wedding and danced a waltz with him at the 2018 reception says she has moved to St. Petersburg to set up a think tank there. Karin Kneissl announced on messaging app Telegram on
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2 House Republican, returned to the U.S. Capitol on Thursday for the first time since being diagnosed with a blood cancer known as multiple myeloma and told reporters his chemotherapy treatment is underway. “It’s kind of a few months process. They don’t
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware woman who pleaded guilty to killing her 3-year-old daughter and leaving her burned remains on a softball field has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Thirty-one-year-old Kristie Haas was sentenced Thursday. She pleaded guilty earlier this year to murder by abuse or neglect and abuse
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