Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish musician and teacher Janusz Olejniczak, who played the piano parts in the 2002 Oscar-winning movie “The Pianist,” has died aged 72. His family said in a statement that Olejniczak died Sunday of a heart attack. His career was launched in 1970 when he was a laureate of the
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris is making an aggressive bid to win over independents and moderate Republicans in the suburbs, visiting vote-rich counties in three Great Lakes swing states Monday with former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney. In the presidential race’s closing days, Harris’ campaign is courting a
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — It was a typical Wednesday evening for Noland Keaulana, who was fixing his truck at his grandparents’ house when he received an alert on his phone about a 17-year-old missing off the Honolulu coast. Keaulana, who has been a lifeguard with the Honolulu Ocean Safety Department for 16 years,
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Angry residents have attacked a railway guard and his post in a town outside Cairo after a train ran over and killed two children crossing from an unauthorized area. A crowd descended on the intersection near the town of Bilaydah in the city of Al-Ayat, where a train earlier killed two children
Continue ReadingAP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading again to the Middle East, making his 11th trip to the region since the Gaza war erupted last year and as Israel steps up attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon. The State Department says Blinken will depart Monday for a weeklong trip to
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, Ed Lavandera, Cindy Von Quednow and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Death row inmate Robert Roberson did not appear Monday to testify before the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence – in person or otherwise – despite a subpoena lawmakers issued last week that halted his execution for a crime he and
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Lucas Lilieholm, CNN (CNN) — Turkish Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, a longtime bitter rival of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who was blamed for a deadly failed coup attempt in 2016, has died at age 83, according to Turkish officials and a media outlet linked to the cleric’s movement. The death
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has elected Luong Cuong, a military general, as its new president, the fourth official to fill the role in 18 months. Cuong, 67, was elected by the National Assembly on Monday to replace To Lam, who remained president even after he was formally appointed as the general secretary
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel says it is planning to carry out more strikes in Lebanon against a Hezbollah-run financial institution that it targeted the night before. It says the militant group uses the deposits of Lebanese people to finance rocket attacks against Israel. Israeli forces struck at least 15 branches of Al-Qard Al-Hasan
Continue ReadingZURICH (AP) — Former U.S. national team captain Becky Sauerbrunn and Netherlands forward Vivianne Miedema are among more than 100 women’s soccer players who have signed an open letter protesting FIFA’s sponsorship deal with Saudi Arabian state oil giant Aramco. The letter calls the deal, which includes sponsorship at the 2027 Women’s World Cup, “much
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese police chief has apologized to Iwao Hakamada for his decades-long suffering because of a wrongful conviction that had kept him on death row decades until last month when he was acquitted in a retrial. The 88-year-old Hakamada, a former boxer, was acquitted in September after a court ruled
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The French transport minister is expected to meet with cycling associations following the death of a cyclist in Paris after a dispute with a driver. The 27-year-old cyclist was allegedly deliberately run over last week by a SUV driver, who now faces preliminary charges of murder. The incident has sparked protests across
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAYLORSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Fethullah Gülen, a reclusive U.S.-based Islamic cleric who inspired a global social movement while facing unproven accusations that he masterminded a failed 2016 coup in his native Turkey, has died. The Alliance for Shared Values, a New York-based group that promotes Gülen’s work in the U.S., said that Gülen
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The shooting at former President Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally in July was “preventable and should not have happened.” That’s according to a bipartisan House panel that is investigating what it calls the “stunning security failures” that preceded the assassination attempt against the Republican presidential nominee. The task force released its
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Moldovans have voted by the thinnest of margins in favor of joining the European Union, near-complete results showed Monday, as President Maia Sandu condemned an “unprecedented assault” by foreign actors on the country’s democracy. With more than 99% of votes counted, 50.4% had voted “yes” in the pivotal referendum
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of people with private health insurance would be able to pick up over-the-counter methods like condoms, the “morning after” pill and birth control pills for free under a new rule the White House proposed on Monday. Right now, health insurers must cover the cost of prescribed contraception, including prescription
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is set to propose a new rule Monday that would require private insurance plans to cover over-the-counter contraception without a prescription at no cost. Jen Klein, the director of the White House Gender Policy Council, called the proposal “the most significant expansion of
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim and Mike Schwartz, CNN Tel Aviv and Ma’ale Adumim (CNN) — A 40-year-old father of four, Eliran Mizrahi deployed to Gaza after the deadly Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The Israeli military reservist returned a different person, traumatized by what he had witnessed in the war against Hamas in
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says a search and rescue operation off the coast of the eastern Greek island of Samos has recovered the bodies of two people reported missing overnight after a boat carrying 24 migrants ran into trouble in rough weather. Authorities say they received a distress call from the passengers
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has summoned the Russian ambassador to demand the immediate pullout of North Korean troops allegedly deployed in Russia. South Korea’s spy agency said last week it had confirmed that North Korea sent 1,500 special operation forces to Russia earlier this month to support Russia’s war against
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