By Jeanne Bonner, Jay Croft and Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — For the victims of the mass shooting Wednesday night in Lewiston, Maine, it was an ordinary night out. Some were participating in a cornhole tournament while others were enjoying a meal. Then a shooter ended their fun. And now another American community is grieving
Continue ReadingBy Giri Viswanathan and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration is sharing a new warning about the risks of probiotics for hospitalized preterm infants. The products have been linked with over two dozen reported adverse events since 2018 and one death in 2023, the agency said. On Thursday, the agency announced
Continue ReadingBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is a step closer to connecting its capital city to New Orleans via a revived train line. Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday signed an agreement advancing the return of passenger rail service between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, which stopped running in 1969. The agreement is a breakthrough for
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Adel Omran, a video producer in chaos-stricken Libya for The Associated Press, has died. He was 46. His family says he died while at home in the Egyptian Mediterranean city of Port Said early Friday after suffering a heart attack. Before joining the AP more than a
Continue ReadingBy JAKE BLEIBERG, PATRICK WHITTLE, HOLLY RAMER and DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Police teams had already searched a recycling center in Maine twice before eventually finding the body of the man suspected of killing 18 people in Lewiston was found, authorities said Saturday. Department of Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck said
Continue ReadingBy Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book “Practical Solutions for Back Pain Relief.” As the seasons change so do some of your inside and outside chores, especially
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — It was neither the place nor the time for a proper goodbye, said Omar Dirawi. Not here, in this dusty field strewn with dead people wrapped in blankets and zipped up in body bags. And not now, as Israeli airstrikes crashed
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — Hasta que se fue a la universidad, la historiadora de cine Karie Bible pasó casi toda su infancia viviendo al lado de un cementerio. Es donde la nativa de Texas andaba en bicicleta, jugaba con su hermano y pasaba casi todos los días. Es posible que otros niños hayan intercambiado historias
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow and Lucy Bayly, CNN New York (CNN) — Former crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried took the stand in front of a judge and jury last week in his criminal fraud trial. If convicted on all seven fraud counts he faces, the 31-year-old could spend the rest of his life in prison. Prosecutors claim
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian teenage girl injured weeks ago in a mysterious incident on Tehran’s Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died, state media reported Saturday. The death of Armita Geravand comes after her being in a coma for weeks in Tehran and after the
Continue ReadingBy Jeffrey Kopp, Veronica Miracle and Janna Van Vranken, CNN (CNN) — A new task force for San Francisco’s opioid crisis will empower law enforcement to investigate fatal drug overdoses as homicides, enabling prosecutors to charge dealers with murder, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and city officials announced Friday. The task force will treat opioid deaths in San Francisco
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE, JULIA FRANKEL and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Saturday expanded its ground operation in Gaza, sending in tanks and infantry backed by massive strikes from the air and sea. Israel’s defense minister said that “the ground shook in Gaza” and that the war against the territory’s Hamas rulers
Continue ReadingSKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say they found 77 migrants in the country’s south and arrested seven Pakistanis suspected of human trafficking. The group crossed over from Greece was intercepted near the southern town of Negorci last Thursday. The majority of the migrants are Syrian, with Pakistanis, Iraqis, Turks and Syrians
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Spooked by the high price of Halloween candy? There’s not much relief in sight. For the second year in a row, U.S. shoppers are seeing double-digit inflation in the candy aisle. Candy and gum prices are up an average of 13% this month compared to last October, more than
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By Svitlana Vlasova and Maria Kostenko, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — This week, Ukrainian forces continued to hold out against a renewed offensive in eastern Ukraine as the White House claimed Russia is executing its own troops for disobeying orders. In southern Ukraine, authorities issued evacuation orders for civilians where Russia has stepped up aerial attacks.
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America LAS VEGAS (AP) — Though Nevada is a pivotal early state on the 2024 election calendar, it’s gotten much less attention than leadoff Iowa and New Hampshire. Not this weekend. Most of the Republican presidential candidates are in Las Vegas for the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual meeting, which
Continue ReadingSol Amaya Esta cobertura en vivo ha finalizado Vista de los daños en la zona de playa tras el paso del huracán Otis en Acapulco, Estado do Guerrero, México, el 27 de octubre de 2023. (FRANCISCO ROBLES/AFP via Getty Images) La gente conduce sus automóviles cerca de una carretera dañada después de que Otis azotara
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL PHILLIS and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency will soon strengthen lead in drinking water regulations, after decades when they essentially remained the same. Those decades have included numerous crises involving lead poisoning from tainted water, including Flint, Michigan, and Washington, D.C. Overall, lead levels in children’s blood have have dropped
Continue ReadingKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.N. agencies say there has been a sharp increase in Afghans returning home since Pakistan launched a crackdown on migrants who are in the country illegally. The policy targets all undocumented or unregistered foreigners, according to the government. But it mostly affects Afghans, who make up the bulk of migrants in
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ monthlong meeting on the future of the Catholic Church is wrapping up. Delegates are voting on a final document on the role of women and how the church can better respond to the needs of the faithful today. Organizers and participants alike have tried
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