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Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Fighters from Sudan’s paramilitary group rampaged through a central village, looting and burning and killing at least 85 people, including women and children, authorities and residents said Saturday, the latest atrocity in the country’s 18-month devastating conflict. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began attacking Galgani in the central province of
Continue ReadingAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Teamsters union members will host Vice President Kamala Harris for a roundtable discussion in the near future. But the union’s president, Sean O’Brien, has yet to get an invitation to speak at next week’s Democratic National Convention. Kara Deniz, a spokeswoman for the 1.3 million member union, told the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Hurricane Ernesto was being felt this weekend along much of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, even with the storm hundreds of miles offshore and crossing Bermuda. Dangerous rip currents forced some public beaches to close during one of the final busy weekends of the summer season. New York City officials closed ocean-facing beaches for
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Alrededor de 100 bomberos y 15 camiones se desplegaron este sábado para apagar un incendio en la histórica Somerset House de Londres, según anunció el Cuerpo de Bomberos de Londres. Desde el tejado del edificio se podía ver humo que se elevaba sobre el centro de Londres. Los bomberos están trabajando
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Cheering crowds filled the streets of Tiaret, Algeria on Friday evening to welcome boxer Imane Khelif back home as she returned from the Paris Olympic Games where she won a gold medal. She posted a video of the parade to her Instagram story on Friday, leading the crowd in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tim Walz touted his Nebraska roots Saturday in his first trip back to his home state since becoming the Democratic vice presidential nominee, and drew sharp contrasts between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Playing to the crowd, Walz noted his love of Nebraska football and joked about the historical
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald and Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — As Carlos Alcaraz slipped to a shock defeat against Gaël Monfils in the second round of the Cincinnati Open, he became so frustrated that he smashed his racket against the court several times, bending the frame out of shape while the crowd looked on stunned. The
Continue Reading Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — Grabaciones de cámaras corporales publicadas este viernes muestran los disparos mortales de la policía a Victoria Lee, una mujer de 25 años cuyo hermano había llamado al 911 para pedir ayuda médica durante una crisis de salud mental en Fort Lee, Nueva Jersey, el mes pasado. Al menos cinco agentes de
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When archaeologists sift through layers of dirt to tell stories of the past, sometimes their discoveries capture stirring traces of humanity. Continuing excavations within the ancient city of Pompeii have revealed the remains of a man and a woman within a small bedroom buried by ash and volcanic glass
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ding Jiaxi knew he would spend his 57th birthday alone in a Chinese prison cell, without a phone call from family or a chance to stretch in the sunlight. It was the activist’s fifth year in those conditions. His wife, Sophie Luo, shared details about her husband’s plight before his
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman and Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Among five people charged in the death of actor Matthew Perry, two are doctors: According to federal officials, one agreed to sell ketamine from his former clinic and the other distributed the drug to Perry and taught his live-in-personal assistant how to inject it. Perry was
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov has arrived in Afghanistan in the highest-level visit by a foreign official since the Taliban returned to power three years ago. Aripov, heading a delegation, was welcomed at the Kabul airport by Abdul Salam Hanafi, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister, and other senior members of the government,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The latest search for the remains of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims has ended with three more sets containing gunshot wounds, investigators said. The three are among 11 sets of remains exhumed during the latest excavation in Oaklawn Cemetery, state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said Friday. “Two of those gunshot
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur and Aditi Sangal, CNN (CNN) — On a recent Sunday afternoon, Vineeta Gupta hosted 20 Indian American women at her home in Silver Spring, Maryland. Fueled by chana masala, naan and rice pudding, they wrote hundreds of postcards in an appeal to fellow South Asians. Their message: Vote Kamala Harris for the next president of
Continue ReadingCNN By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Ernesto delivered a blow to Bermuda Saturday and was ramping up coastal danger for much of the United States’ Eastern Seaboard after it thrashed Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power. Ernesto made landfall on Bermuda early Saturday as a
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Maurice Williams, a rhythm and blues singer and composer who with his backing group the Zodiacs became one of music’s great one-shot acts with the classic ballad “Stay,” has died. He was 86. Williams died Aug. 6, according to an announcement from the North Carolina Music Hall of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Silvio Santos, a Brazilian television executive and presenter known for his beaming smile and catchphrase “Who wants money?” has died after a decades-long career in the spotlight. He was 93. Santos owned the television network SBT and created several variety shows. The most famous of them carried his name,
Continue Reading Julia Hernández (CNN) — Rusia se está “acercando rápidamente” a un centro militar clave en el este de Ucrania, dijo un funcionario local, mientras Moscú continúa sus avances a pesar de los sorprendentes avances de Kyiv en la región enemiga de Kursk. Si bien Pokrovsk no es una ciudad importante (alrededor de 60.000 personas vivían
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb, Allison Gordon, Haley Britzky, Sara Murray, Bob Ortega and Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Retired Staff Sgt. Ryan Marti enlisted in the Army National Guard before he even graduated high school, just like his football coach and teacher, future Minnesota governor Tim Walz. Another of Walz’s former students, Lt. Col. Jonathon Jaqua,
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer There were wins for Liverpool and Arsenal and records for the prolific Mohamed Salah and the enduring James Milner on the first Saturday of the Premier League season. Liverpool’s new era under Arne Slot began with a 2-0 victory over promoted Ipswich. Salah netted the second to take his tally of goals
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