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By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Zimbabwe has authorized a mass slaughter of elephants to feed citizens left hungry by its worst drought in decades. With nearly half of the country’s population facing the risk of acute hunger, “we are targeting to cull 200 elephants,” Tinashe Farawo, a spokesperson for the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A probate court in Nevada is set to begin reviewing evidence behind closed doors in a case that could determine who will control Rupert Murdoch’s media empire after his death. Murdoch, 93, arrived at court Monday for the hearing. Last year, he moved to change the terms of his
Continue ReadingBy Faraz Javed , Jon Austin Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN (WXYZ) — Picture this: You are having a great out on a lake or a river, and then suddenly, you drop something valuable in the water and are left wondering how you will get it back? That’s where recovery diver Lisa
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is hitting more senior Georgian officials and others with sanctions for undermining the country’s democracy and violating basic human rights. The State and Treasury departments announced Monday that they had imposed asset freezes on two top Interior Ministry officials, a media executive and a media personality for “violently suppressing the
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By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — An Apalachee High School teacher praised for helping save lives after being shot when a student opened fire on the Georgia campus in the year’s deadliest US school shooting, is giving thanks of his own, posting a heartfelt message of gratitude to those that helped him as he lie bleeding on
Continue ReadingBy Erika Craven Click here for updates on this story VIRGINIA BEACH (WTKR) — Nateara Hasbrouck said July 20 was a regular Saturday. Because she’s partially deaf she couldn’t hear when that changed. “So unless he hit the wall I wouldn’t have known that something was happening in my mother’s room. Once I heard her
Continue Reading By Christian Edwards and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase its number of troops by 180,000, the third time he has expanded its ranks since launching his invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The increase would take the overall number of Russian military personnel to
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Shares of Donald Trump’s social media company are experiencing another bout of turbulence following the latest assassination attempt against the former president and face of Truth Social. Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) initially climbed 5% in premarket trading early Monday in the wake of
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Australian driver Oscar Piastri took an impressive victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday, winning enough points that his team McLaren also took the lead in the constructors’ world championship, surpassing Red Bull which has won that title for the last two years. It was an assured performance
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The federal government is warning that allowing people to bet on the outcome of U.S. elections poses too much of a risk to be allowed in the United States. A court filing warns that bad actors will try to manipulate the markets for these bets and threaten the
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Ivonne Valdés (CNN Español) — La diócesis de Culiacán en Sinaloa encabezó una misa por la paz este domingo tras un fin de semana azotado por la violencia que dejó un saldo de más de 10 homicidios. Jesús Herrera Quiñonez, obispo de Culiacán, dijo este domingo que no hay que dejar “que un grupo o dos
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KAAAWA, Hawaii (AP) — Ryan Wesley Routh portrayed himself online as a man who built housing for homeless people in Hawaii, tried to recruit fighters for Ukraine to defend itself against Russia, and described his support and then disdain for Donald Trump — even urging Iran to kill him. “You are free to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins has introduced a bill prompted by the state’s deadliest shooting that requires the Army to use state crisis intervention laws to remove a service member’s access to weapons if deemed to pose a serious treat. The Armed Forces Crisis Intervention Notification Act, introduced on Monday,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s new reformist president is insisting that Tehran didn’t want to enrich uranium at near-weapons grade levels but had been forced by the U.S. withdrawal from its nuclear deal with world powers. The comments Monday by President Masoud Pezeshkian in response to a question by The Associated Press at
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — A pastor who the United States says was wrongfully detained in a Chinese prison for nearly two decades has been released, according to the State Department, ending a case that the Biden administration said was a top priority in efforts to stabilize relations with Beijing. David Lin,
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New York rapper Lil Tecca will release his fourth studio album, “Plan A,” on Friday. He tells the Associated Press that “‘Plan A’ summarizes my plan for life.” There is no Plan B. The album, his most vulnerable to date, demonstrates growth for the young MC who first
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt targeting Donald Trump camped outside a Florida golf course with food and a rifle for nearly 12 hours, lying in wait for the former president before a Secret Service agent thwarted the potential attack and opened fire, according to
Continue Reading By Mariya Knight and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — At least 274 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria’s Borno state following heavy flooding, the Nigerian Correctional Service said, as aid agencies reported more than 1,000 people had died across western and central Africa. Initially, 281 inmates escaped while they were being transferred to “a safe and
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer Neuroscientist Liz Chrastil got the unique chance to see how her brain changed while she was pregnant and share what she learned in a new study that offers the first detailed map of a woman’s brain throughout gestation. The transition to motherhood, researchers discovered, affects nearly every part of the brain. Although
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer Neuroscientist Liz Chrastil got the unique chance to see how her brain changed while she was pregnant and share what she learned in a new study that offers the first detailed map of a woman’s brain throughout gestation. The transition to motherhood, researchers discovered, affects nearly every part of the brain. Although
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