U.S. journalist and author Masha Gessen was convicted in absentia by a Russian court of spreading false information about the military and sentenced to eight years in prison. The Moscow-born Gessen, a staff writer for The New Yorker who lives in the U.S., is a prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Gessen was put
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday dismissed the classified documents case against Donald Trump. Read her full order below: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed the classified documents case against Donald Trump, a shock ruling that clears away one of the major legal challenges facing the former president. In a 93-page ruling, District Judge Aileen Cannon said the appointment of special counsel Jack
Continue ReadingAP National Writer The fundraising arm for the U.S. Olympic team is revving up a donation drive aimed at raising $500 million by the time the Summer Olympics return to Los Angeles in 2028. Organizers are hoping to use the momentum of this year’s Olympics, which begin July 26, to bring in funds for the
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Made in England: The Films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger” is a poignant crescendo in one of the great love affairs in movies. The films of Powell and Pressburger, the directing-screenwriting duo known as the Archers, has been an abiding polestar for Martin Scorsese, who befriended Powell
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — For hurricane survivors, rebuilding after weather disasters can be a long and expensive process. The hundreds of thousands of dollars it can cost to build new homes on stilts, as some regulations require, can be cost prohibitive for many people. So too are the rising rates of flood
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Lisa Bregenzer’s waterfront home was her “little slice of heaven.” She watched sunsets and migrating birds from the porch, the Gulf of Mexico in the distance. There, she felt close to God and her late father. When Hurricane Idalia tore through Florida in late August, Bregenzer lost everything
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country needs 25 Patriot air defense systems to fully defend its airspace and protect the entire country from Russian missile attacks. He also wants Western partners to send more F-16 warplanes than those already pledged. Zelenskyy told a Kyiv news conference Monday he
Continue ReadingBy Larry Madowo, Louis Mian, Leah Collins and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — A suspected serial killer has confessed to murdering 42 women over the past two years, police in Kenya have said, in a shocking case that has sparked calls for increased measures to combat gender-based violence in the country. Authorities said Collins Jumaisi
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Gambia’s parliament has voted to uphold a landmark law that bans female genital mutilation (FGM) in the largely Muslim nation, after religious groups pushed for the legislation to be repealed. If Monday’s bid had been successful, the tiny West African country would have been the first in the world
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is urging leaders of religious orders to work and pray harder for new priests and nuns to join. He says their futures are at risk as the numbers of men and women entering Catholic religious life are plummeting in parts of the world. The Jesuit pope met with
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Spanish police say human remains have been found in the search for a British teen who went missing almost a month ago on the island of Tenerife. Police said Monday it was likely that it was the body of Jay Slater, though formal identification has not yet been made. Slater, 19, was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican National Convention starts Monday in Milwaukee, two days after Donald Trump was injured in an assassination attempt, with the violent scene at his campaign rally horrifying the country and amplifying already intense political divisions. Trump and his advisers are pledging resilience in the face of the attack, with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s prime minister has said that eligible businesses and individuals can register from August for digital cash handouts, a controversial program that will cost billions of dollars and is meant to boost the lagging economy. The government announced in April the widely criticized ambitious plan, named the Digital Wallet, meant
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government says it plans to ban the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of illegally receiving funds from abroad and involvement in riots following his arrest last year. The decision Monday is likely to significantly deepen the country’s political turmoil, which began after Khan’s 2022
Continue ReadingBy Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — In her first public statement since the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle on Monday said the agency will “participate fully” in an independent review ordered by President Joe Biden and also said the agency will work with Congress on “any oversight
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia have rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting. The attempt to become the first country in the world to reverse such a ban had been closely followed by activists abroad. The vote followed months of
Continue ReadingCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s emergency services say six firefighters have died battling a bushfire in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province and another two are in a critical condition. Authorities said Monday they suspect that Sunday’s fire may have been started by poachers trying to trap animals to kill. An emergency services spokesperson
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former President Donald Trump chose Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate on Monday, picking a onetime critic who became a loyal ally and is now the first millennial to join a major-party ticket at a time of deep concern about the advanced age of America’s political leaders.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya say they have arrested the main suspect after nine dismembered bodies of women were found in a quarry in the capital, Nairobi. The head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations says the 33-year-old man has confessed to killing 42 women, including his wife, since 2022. He
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