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CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — With Covid-19 cases once again on the rise, questions are being raised about proper prevention measures this fall. Some health experts are encouraging a return to masking, while others believe an individualized approach to risk reduction is best. Many also agree that the updated Covid-19 vaccine, expected to
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — With Covid-19 cases once again on the rise, questions are being raised about proper prevention measures this fall. Some health experts are encouraging a return to masking, while others believe an individualized approach to risk reduction is best. Many also agree that the updated Covid-19 vaccine, expected to be
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — The death toll from severe rainstorms that lashed parts of Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria increased to 11 Wednesday after rescue teams in the three neighboring countries recovered four more bodies. A flash flood at a campsite in northwestern Turkey near the border with Bulgaria killed at least four people — with two
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Some Americans have given up on flu shots because almost everyone remembers a season when they got one and then got sick anyway. Now the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants to reset expectations about what these annual vaccines can and can’t do. It’s rolling out new ads it
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Prosecutors have indicted a man on attempted murder and other charges over an explosives attack on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April. Kishida was unhurt when a man threw a pipe bomb at him while he was campaigning for elections. Two people received minor injuries. A court
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish defense is abolishing the height requirement for people serving with the Danish Royal Life Guards, chiefly known for being a ceremonial unit outside Denmark’s royal palaces. The Danish Army said Tuesday that “it is not about whether you are male or female or tall or short. It is about
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Lee churned through the open waters of the Atlantic on Wednesday and was expected to develop into a hurricane as it approached the Caribbean. The storm was located about 1,200 miles (1,930 kilometers) east of the northern Leeward Islands. It had maximum sustained winds of 70 miles
Continue ReadingTALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Armenia says its forces will hold military exercises this month with the United States as tensions rose with longtime ally Russia. Armenia’s Defense Ministry says the exercises that begin Monday are aimed at preparing units for international peacekeeping operations. U.S. Army Europe and Africa Command says that about 85 U.S. soldiers
Continue ReadingBy RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistan has closed a key border crossing with landlocked Afghanistan after border guards from the two sides exchanged fire. Reasons why the two sides exchanged fire were not immediately made clear, an official in Torkham, a town in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said on
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who is presiding over the Georgia election subversion case against former President Donald Trump and 18 other co-defendants, will hold his first hearing Wednesday afternoon amid questions of how soon a trial could begin. In a break with the
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho woman serving a life sentence for murdering her two children, has appealed her convictions to the state Supreme Court, court documents show. In the motion filed last week, Vallow Daybell’s attorney said her legal team intends to raise whether Vallow Daybell was mentally competent
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Ukraine’s capital Wednesday for an unannounced visit hours after Russia launched a missile attack on the city, in a trip intended to show confidence in Kyiv’s forces amid a grinding counteroffensive. Blinken’s trip aimed to assess Ukraine’s 3-month-old
Continue Reading By Earl Nurse, CNN (CNN) — Grammy-winning Nigerian recording artist Burna Boy has become the first-ever international Afrobeats artist to earn the No. 1 spot on the official weekly UK album chart, published on September 1. The achievement is for Burna’s latest album, “I Told Them…” – his fourth album to make the UK charts
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say a four-story apartment building has collapsed in Cairo, killing at least four people. Cairo’s governate says three others were injured Wednesday when the building collapse some 2 miles from the city center. It’s unclear what caused the collapse. Fatal building collapses are common in Egypt, where large swaths of
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds There’s often a point when car enthusiasts are looking to purchase their first new performance car or sports car. Inflation and price creep have pushed many desirable models out of reach, but fortunately, a handful of automakers remain committed to offering thrill-making machines with wallet-friendly price tags. Edmunds’ car experts have
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El festival Burning Man, la confabulación del desierto que se convirtió en caos durante el fin de semana, ya no es la fiesta alocada y de espíritu libre que alguna vez fue. Para muchos que observaban el desorden de Burning Man desde lejos, la lluvia y el barro que dejaron
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Tropical Storm Lee is expected to rapidly intensify into an “extremely dangerous” hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean by this weekend, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday morning, as the season approaches its typical early September peak. Lee could become a hurricane Wednesday then a major Category
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — The death toll from severe rainstorms that lashed parts of Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria increased to nine Wednesday after rescue teams recovered the bodies of a missing vacationer who was swept away by flood waters at a campsite in northwest Turkey and of another person in Greece. A flash flood at the
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, who served seven terms in the U.S. House, is running for U.S. Senate in Michigan. Democrats have long held that seat, but news in January that Sen. Debbie Stabenow would retire at the end of her term in 2024 created a
Continue ReadingBy TAIWO ADEBAYO, EVELYNE MUSAMBI and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press NAIROBI (AP) — A walk through the busy business district of Mombasa Road in Nairobi, or even a rural community in Kisii County, Kenya, highlights something that’s getting attention at the African Climate Summit in Nairobi this week — solar power that is not connected
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