Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss criminal court has convicted two top managers of a Saudi oil company facing charges including fraud and money laundering in a scam that swiped at least $1.8 billion from a Malaysian state-owned investment fund. PetroSaudi executive Tarek Obaid, a Saudi-Swiss dual national, received a seven-year sentence and British-Swiss
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Swiss authorities say a Swiss citizen has been arrested in Burkina Faso. The Swiss foreign ministry tells The Associated Press it is aware of the arrest. It adds that “for reasons of data and privacy protection, no further details can be provided.” The West African nation governed by a
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Highs have been running slightly above normal this week, 111 yesterday, so expect that trend to continue through the weekend. Northwesterly winds will gradually ease, and we’ll see more of Southeasterly flow, which could introduce a bit of humidity. Temperatures will remain a few degrees higher than normal through the Labor Day weekend, so plan
Continue ReadingCNN By Colin McCullough, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign stirred new controversy this week during a visit to Arlington National Cemetery that was intended to draw attention to the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. An individual physically blocked Trump’s team from accompanying him during the Monday visit, two Trump campaign
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Top German officials say they will hold talks with the country’s opposition and state governments on ways to step up deportations and curb migration. It follows the Solingen knife attack, in which a suspected extremist from Syria who had avoided being deported is accused of killing three people at a festival on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Barb Boustead remembers learning about corn sweat when she moved to Nebraska about 20 years ago to work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and found herself plunked down in an ocean of corn. The term for the late-summer spike in humidity from corn plants cooling themselves was “something that locals very
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s budget proposal for 2025 includes record defense spending of 187 billion zlotys or $48.7 billion. Prime Minister Donald Tusk presented the main points of next year’s budget on Wednesday. Poland borders war-torn Ukraine and security concerns are high. Tusk described the budget proposal as “generous” and supporting further economic growth.
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A Missouri judge held an evidentiary hearing Wednesday over the innocence claim of death row inmate Marcellus Williams, whose quest to prove he did not murder a woman in 1998 has been complicated by contaminated DNA evidence. Williams, 55, is scheduled to be put to death on September 24
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IDYLLWILD, California (KESQ) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.3 rattled the Lake Hemet area Wednesday morning. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the initial quake struck at 5:43 a.m. and was centered 7 miles south of Idyllwild. It struck at a depth of
Continue ReadingBy Katie Polglase, Pallabi Munsi, Barbara Arvanitidis, Alex Platt, Mark Baron and Oscar Featherstone, CNN Trier, Germany (CNN) — Luna, a self-described 32-year-old “MAGA Trump supporter” from the battleground state of Wisconsin, has gained a huge following since she joined X, formerly Twitter, in March. Her timeline has become a digital bullhorn for the “Make
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett’s “James,” a reworking of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the enslaved Jim’s perspective, is among the fiction finalists for the 11th annual Kirkus Prize. Kirkus Reviews is a leading book review publication and announced finalists Wednesday in fiction, nonfiction and young reader’s literature.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean singer Taeil has left K-pop band NCT after being accused of an unspecified sexual crime, his label announced Wednesday. His agency, SM Entertainment, released a statement on X, saying the NCT member will depart from the boy band after learning he has been “accused in a
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s three-party centrist government says it will create three new ministries, including a government office in charge of emergency preparedness. The government wants a minister in charge of European Union affairs ahead of Denmark’s rotating EU presidency in the second half of 2025. The third new minister will be in charge
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign ministry says that seven Polish citizens — six students and a lecturer — who were detained in Nigeria during protests there have been released and are in good health. The ministry’s spokesman says they will be returning home this week. He says the seven have had their passports, laptops
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tania Tetlow has earned a reputation as a trailblazer. She became the first woman and first layperson to serve as president of two Jesuit schools — first at Loyola University New Orleans and now at Fordham University in New York City. Fordham had previously been led by Catholic
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The morning after the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was clear: She wanted attention to be on getting Donald Trump out of office. While in the car on her way to the Capitol, Pelosi’s senior aide, Drew Hammill,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — The leaders of Germany and the United Kingdom plan to draw up a treaty meant to deepen the two nations’ trade, defense and other relations. The announcement Wednesday came as U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer moves ahead with plans for a “reset” of relations with the European Union. German Chancellor
Continue ReadingEdmunds Car-buying mistakes are easy to make, especially if you’re in a hurry or have fallen in love with a particular vehicle. But taking the time to find the best deal — even if it means spending a little more along the way — usually pays off. In this article, Edmunds’ experts reveal the four
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JENA, Germany (AP) — When electrical engineer Preetam Gaikwad first moved to Jena in 2013, she was smitten by what the eastern German city had to offer: a prestigious university, top research institutions, and cutting-edge technology companies, global leaders in their field. Eleven years later, the Indian native takes a more sober view.
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The morning after the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was clear: She wanted attention to be on getting Donald Trump out of office. While in the car on her way to the Capitol, Pelosi’s senior aide, Drew Hammill,
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