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By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Theodore Doyle, an 81-year-old retired manager with the former US Customs Service, was waking up in his hot and muggy northeast Houston apartment in a bed soaked in sweat. Doyle ultimately checked into a $98-a-night hotel room late Tuesday, after enduring a compounding crisis of extreme heat and no
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 15 people including women and children overnight in Gaza. That’s according to hospital officials and a body count by an Associated Press journalist on Sunday. The latest strikes occurred as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to leave Monday for the
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Police say a man stabbed a woman inside Miami International Airport. It happened outside the secure area, on the fourth floor of Terminal J. Miami-Dade Police Det. Angel Rodriguez says the man also tried to throw the woman over a railing before she was able to get away. Officers soon arrested the
Continue ReadingAP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — An owner of a consumer insights research firm couldn’t pay her employees, make Friday’s deadline to sign a contract for a new business or send key research to a key client. A psychiatrist, who runs a virtual mental health practice in Maryland, saw his business hobbled as some
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Niagara officials say the pilot who died after a group of skydivers she was flying jumped near the falls was 26-year-old Melanie Georger of Towanda, New York. She was the sole occupant of the plane when it crashed Saturday. In a statement on Facebook, Georger’s father says “She was
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale set a new WNBA All-Star game record of 34 points while Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese set rookie records as they helped lead Team WNBA to a 117-109 win over Team USA on Saturday in Phoenix. All Ogunbowale’s 34 points came
Continue Reading By Alex Stambaugh, Manveena Suri and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Sunday rolled back most of the controversial quotas on government jobs which sparked violent protests. Under the quota system, some 30% of sought-after civil service jobs are reserved for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence from
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer Moviegoers ran toward the tornadoes this weekend, propelling “ Twisters ” to a blockbuster opening. The standalone sequel to the 1996 hit made $80.5 million in ticket sales from 4,151 theaters in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. That’s about $30 million more than analysts expected initially, and makes for the
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer Moviegoers ran toward the tornadoes this weekend, propelling “ Twisters ” to a blockbuster opening. The standalone sequel to the 1996 hit made $80.5 million in ticket sales from 4,151 theaters in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. That’s about $30 million more than analysts expected initially, and makes for the
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Four Dallas firefighters are recovering from injuries after their engine crashed off an expressway bridge and landed on a railway below. It happened just after 6 a.m. Sunday along the I-345 Expressway. Dalls Fire-Rescue Capt. Robert Borse says it’s not known what caused the accident or if other vehicles were involved. Portions
Continue ReadingEssay by Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — If anything especially notable happened between late July and December of last year, I can’t remember it. All I know is pink. I was too busy spending my time with “Barbie.” I’ve seen the film upwards of 20 times since it premiered on July 21, 2023. Half of
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s security detail had complained they were not being given enough resources and personnel by the Secret Service over the past two years, and the agency acknowledged Saturday it denied some requests. A spokesperson for the Secret Service said in a statement Saturday
Continue ReadingCNN By Kristen Holmes and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s security detail had complained they were not being given enough resources and personnel by the Secret Service over the past two years, and the agency acknowledged Saturday it denied some requests. A spokesperson for the Secret Service said in a statement
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say three men were killed and six other people wounded in an early morning shootout during a gathering in west Philadelphia. Police said more than 100 people were present in the Carroll Park neighborhood when gunfire broke out just after 2 a.m. Sunday. Police said their preliminary information indicated “an exchange
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — It’s quite a view from the windowsill of Blackrock House; waves gently lapping the shores of the Firth of Clyde, the Isle of Arran towering far beyond, as Tiger Woods taps in for par just a stone’s throw away. The Open Championship is in full swing at Royal Troon
Continue ReadingLOGAN, Utah (AP) — Utah State says cornerback Andre Seldon Jr. has died in an apparent drowning at Porcupine Reservoir. The Cache County Sheriff’s Office says a search began Saturday afternoon after callers reported that a young man seen diving from cliffs at the reservoir did not resurface. His body was recovered by a dive
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VINCENNES, France (AP) — A Lebanese photojournalist who was severely wounded during an Israeli strike on south Lebanon has carried the Olympic torch in Paris to honor journalists wounded and killed in the field. The torch relay is part of celebrations in which about 10,000 people from various walks of life were chosen
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Francisco Seco, based in Istanbul, enjoys making photos of daily life in cities around the world. This assignment, though, took The Associated Press photographer to Ukraine to document the toll Russia’s invasion of the country has had on the lives of athletes training for the Paris Olympics, which starts next week. Here is
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Police said Sunday that they detained more than 50 people as they clashed with protesters trying to disrupt a march by hundreds of right-wing extremists in the Austrian capital. The demonstrations on Saturday came as Austria’s political parties gear up for September parliamentary elections expected to see the far-right make significant gains.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The uproar over President Joe Biden’s reelection bid is showing no signs of abating. A fifth senator is now urging Biden to withdraw from the race and let Democrats hold an “open process” for a new nominee. Biden’s campaign is acknowledging “differing opinions” but says the party will unite to
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