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RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — Rainy conditions are helping firefighters gain ground on two wildfires in southern New Mexico that have killed two people, destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands to flee. Fallout from the South Fork and Salt fires continue to pose risks to firefighters and the public in the areas near the mountain
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrats in California have agreed to delay a minimum wage increase for about 426,000 health care workers to help balance the state’s budget. The agreement between Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders is part of a larger plan to close an estimated $46.8 billion shortfall —
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrats in California have agreed to delay a minimum wage increase for about 426,000 health care workers to help balance the state’s budget. The agreement between Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders is part of a larger plan to close an estimated $46.8 billion shortfall —
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Alaska Airlines and its 7,000-member flight attendants union reached a tentative labor deal late Friday, concluding talks that lasted more than a year and a half. Terms of the deal have not been released, though the union called it a “record contract.” The deal likely contains a
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By Eyad Kourdi and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Fifty-two people have been killed or left missing in Israeli strikes near Gaza city on Saturday, according to the Hamas-controlled Government Media Office (GMO). The GMO said that 38 bodies had arrived at Al Ahli Baptist Hospital and 14 people are still missing under the rubble
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Emperor Naruhito of Japan and his wife Empress Masako have arrived in the U.K. ahead of their long-awaited official state visit. The trip had originally been scheduled for 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic delayed those plans. The smiling couple, who landed late afternoon Saturday at London’s Stansted Airport, will spend seven days
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic National Convention Committee announced Friday that it will allow social media content creators to apply for credentials to cover the 2024 convention in Chicago. It will be the first time in history, according to organizers, that content creators will be able to cover the convention alongside traditional
Continue Reading By Jomana Karadsheh, Lauren Izso, Eyad Kourdi and Kareem Khadder, CNN (CNN) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says at least 22 people were killed in a strike that hit civilians sheltering in southern Gaza on Friday. The strike hit the tents of displaced people in the Palestinian town of Mawasi, parts
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — One person is dead and seven others were injured after a shooting at a Kentucky nightclub early Saturday morning. Louisville Metro Police Department officials said they responded to a call of several people shot at the H20 nightclub in Louisville just before 1 a.m. One man, 40-year-old Joseph D. Bowers of
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Four fans have run on the field in a bid to get selfies with Cristiano Ronaldo during the second half of the European Championship match between Portugal and Turkey. Only one appeared to succeed in Dortmund on Saturday. Ronaldo was fine having his photograph taken
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Sometimes documentaries get all they need from the subject, and in the case of “Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple,” the who’s who of musical luminaries in his orbit don’t hurt either. Chronicling Steven Van Zandt’s colorful life as Bruce Springsteen’s frequent collaborator, “The Sopranos’” weirdest mobster and an outspoken
Continue ReadingWEST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Authorities say a man trying to drown two small children at a Connecticut beach was thwarted by police officers. Police in West Haven say an officer spotted an SUV parked on a beach at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday and heard “significant screaming” from the water as he approached. Responding officers
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a commercial ship traveling through the Gulf of Aden but apparently caused no damage, authorities said Saturday, in the latest strike on the shipping lane by the group. The Houthi attack comes after the sinking this week
Continue ReadingBy LISA LEFF Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Taylor Swift fans enjoy parsing the singer-songwriter’s lyrics for references to her romantic life and insights into her state of her mind. But Swifties in the U.K. didn’t have to listen closely to her latest album to get the sense that Swift had soured on the country’s
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 39 people were killed by Israeli strikes across northern Gaza on Saturday, as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors beneath the rubble, according to Palestinian and hospital officials. Fadel Naem, director of the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, told
Continue ReadingBy ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A senior U.S. diplomat held talks in Vietnam on Saturday and said that the trust between the two countries was at an “all-time high,” just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Hanoi. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Among students of baseball, there has long been widespread belief that Willie Mays was the game’s greatest all-around player. That might come as a surprise to those who are casual fans, or not fans at all, when they read obituaries this week that describe Mays, who died
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — This was supposed to be the year that air conditioning came to UPS delivery vans. It hasn’t worked out that way. Despite a promise in the contract reached with the Teamsters union last year, UPS has not yet purchased any new vans with AC, even as temperatures
Continue ReadingBy TOM WILLIAMS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least three people were killed in a Russian bombing attack on Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, on Saturday afternoon, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Another 38 people were wounded in the attack, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. Four aerial bombs were launched against the city, damaging
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The state Senate in Massachusetts has passed a wide-ranging bill curtailing the use of plastics, including barring the purchase of single-use plastic bottles by state agencies. The bill was approved Thursday. It also bans plastic bags and making straws and plasticware available by request only. The move
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