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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Dubai-based television network broadcasting across the Mideast cut substantial portions of an episode of the satiric news program “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” over references to Saudi Arabia’s crown prince being implicated in the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger can look back and laugh now about their heated rivalry as they once sought to one-up each other in terms of box-office muscle. Give Arnold the edge when it comes to Netflix documentary memoirs, with his eponymous three-parter easily topping “Sly,” a too Stallone-centric rumination
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, BASSEM MROUE and DAVID RISING Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israel’s prime minister on Friday to press American calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting in Gaza, even as fears grew that the conflict could widen, with Israel warning that it
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By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after an explosion doomed their lunar mission, has died at the age of 87, NASA announced. “Mattingly was key to the success of our Apollo Program, and his shining personality will
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Topping the list of notable races in Tuesday’s general election in Texas are the mayoral races in Houston and Uvalde. In Houston, the crowded field of candidates includes longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire. In Uvalde, the candidates include the mother of
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Titans wide receiver Treylon Burks is “alert” and “moving,” Tennessee head coach Mike Vrabel told reporters after his team’s 20-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday Night Football. Burks, 23, was carted off the field at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh after landing hard on the ground trying to
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A fire at a drug rehabilitation center in northern Iran has killed at least 32 people, according to Iranian state media. State TV said 17 other people were injured and taken to hospitals in the city of Langroud. The TV report said the fire started early Friday morning and the private
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, Yong Xiong and Wayne Chang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Young people used Halloween parades on the streets of China’s richest city this week to dress up in costumes protesting the country’s economic problems that were underscored by a record spike in borrowing costs for some banks. Thousands of revellers in Shanghai
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Tuesday’s general election in Pennsylvania will fill a vacant state Supreme Court seat that could play a significant role on voting-related cases during the 2024 presidential campaign. The court has a 4-2 Democratic majority, so the outcome of this race will not determine partisan control.
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Perhaps the most intense rivalry in distance running currently isn’t between two of the world’s top athletes, although it is being played out at major marathon races across the globe. When Ethiopian Tigst Assefa crossed the finish line of the Berlin Marathon six weeks ago in an astonishing two
Continue ReadingBy Ilse Borrero, CNN Barrancas, Colombia (CNN) — A delegate for the National Liberation Army (ELN), a Colombian rebel group, said on Thursday that they have Liverpool FC star Luis Díaz’s father captive and will release him “as soon as possible.” Luis Manuel Díaz and his wife, Cilenis Marulanda, were kidnapped by armed men on
Continue ReadingBy Eliza Pace and Shelby Lofton, KSL-TV Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — Call it fanaticism, endurance training or maybe just crazy, but these Utah runners have found a new way to challenge their endurance. Local runners have run actual 26.2-mile marathons around the iconic whale art installation at
Continue ReadingNorwegian police say the husband of former Prime Minister Erna Solberg, will not face investigation over his stock trading during her two terms in office. Norway’s economic crimes agency said Friday that it found no indications that he benefited from inside information. Solberg was prime minister from 2013 to 2021. She has faced political and
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters throughout Connecticut will elect mayors in Tuesday’s off-year general election. The race in Bridgeport takes place in the shadow of a complicated legal drama. A state judge on Wednesday ordered a redo of the Sept. 12 Democratic primary in Bridgeport after reviewing evidence of possible illegal
Continue ReadingBy Pat Reavy, KSL.com Click here for updates on this story TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (KSL) — A Taylorsville woman was hospitalized in critical condition after police say she was attacked by her son’s dogs in her own yard, leaving her with “extensive injuries” to her legs, hands and face. One of the 63-year-old woman’s legs had
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlyn Hart, EastIdahoNews.com Click here for updates on this story IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — A 34-year-old man was arrested Thursday after a victim reported he raped her at a family reunion camping trip. Justin Scott Cockrell was charged with felony lewd conduct with a child under 16 and felony rape. On July 6,
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan say a bomb hidden in a parked motorcycle exploded near a police vehicle in the country’s northwest and killed at least five people. Police officer Gul Sher Khan said the attack happened in the city of Dera Ismail on Friday. He says the motorcycle was parked near a
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — ‘Wemby’ has officially arrived. In the best game of his young NBA career so far, Victor Wembanyama dropped 38 points, to go along with 10 rebounds and two blocks, powering the San Antonio Spurs to a 132-121 victory over the Phoenix Suns. This was the second matchup between the
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Sofía Barruti (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden y sus principales asesores están advirtiendo a Israel con creciente fuerza que le resultará cada vez más difícil perseguir sus objetivos militares en Gaza a medida que se intensifica la protesta mundial por la escala del sufrimiento humanitario allí. Una mujer y sus hijos, todos heridos, intentan
Continue ReadingBy Karla Cripps, CNN (CNN) — Singapore’s Changi Airport has fully reopened Terminal 2 following a massive 3.5-year expansion project. And given it was voted the world’s best airport in the 2023 Skytrax Airport Awards, it should come as little surprise this was no ordinary makeover. Around 21,000 square meters (226,000 square feet) have been
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