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By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A growing number of civilians and police officers are demanding the dismissal and arrest of Haiti’s police chief as heavily armed gangs launched a new attack in the capital of Port-au-Prince. Gunmen seized control of yet another police station after raiding the coastal community of Gressier
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump could owe more than $100 million in taxes as a result of a yearslong Internal Revenue Service inquiry into claims of huge losses on his Chicago skyscraper, The New York Times and ProPublica reported Saturday. The news organizations reported Trump claimed massive financial losses twice — first
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Koenig, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors are recommending a 40-year sentence for the man found guilty of using a hammer to attack former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, inside their San Francisco home in October 2022. David DePape was convicted in November of one count of assault on the immediate family member of a federal
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Schools across the country are announcing teacher and staff layoffs as districts brace for the end of a pandemic aid package that delivered the largest one-time federal investment in K-12 education. The funds must be used by the end of September, creating a sharp funding cliff as schools
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER, JOSH FUNK and MARCIA DUNN Associated Press A powerful solar storm put on an amazing skyward light show across the globe overnight but has caused what appeared to be only minor disruptions to the electric power grid, communications and satellite positioning systems. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said extreme geomagnetic
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press Jill Biden on Saturday told Arizona community college graduates to tune out the people who like to tell them what they can’t do. The first lady shared with graduates of Mesa Community College how her high school guidance counselor told her she wasn’t college material and shouldn’t waste her time
Continue ReadingCNN By Ray Sanchez and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — In case you missed the stunning nighttime spectacle of multicolored auroras dancing in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere, there is still a chance Sunday evening to catch a glimpse – but not for everyone. The auroras that have been visible starting Friday are
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — At least 300 people have died in flash flooding that has ravaged northern Afghanistan in recent days, the Word Food Programme said Sunday. The provinces of Badakhshan, Ghor, Baghlan, and Herat have all experienced heavy flooding, which has also damaged nearly 2,000 homes, a communications officer from
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Busari, CNN Abuja (CNN) — Prince Harry joined in – but lost – a game of sitting volleyball against wounded army veterans as he and his wife Meghan were well received on the latest leg of their tour of Nigeria. The two attended an event Saturday held by Nigeria’s Defence Staff and ‘Nigeria:
Continue ReadingST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) — Minnesota officially unfurled its new state flag atop the capitol for the first time Saturday on statehood day. The new flag and accompanying state seal were adopted to replace an old design that Native Americans said reminded them of painful memories of conquest and displacement. The new symbols eliminate an
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Democrats are trying to decide which Senate candidate is best positioned to beat Republican Larry Hogan, a popular former governor. The leading choices for voters Tuesday in the crowded Democratic field are David Trone, who’s in his third term in Congress, and Prince George’s County
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — President Joe Biden is running for reelection on a record and an agenda, and it’s often Donald Trump’s that he’s citing. In recent appearances around the country, Biden has been reminding voters about Trump’s presidency and highlighting his Republican opponent’s latest campaign statements. Biden
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The leader of a recently formed Cambodian opposition party has been charged with inciting social disorder in the third major legal action this month targeting critics of the government of Prime Minister Hun Manet. The lawyer for Sun Chanthy of the Nation
Continue ReadingBy VASILISA STEPANENKO and EVGENIY MALOLETKA Associated Press VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow’s forces captured five villages in a renewed ground assault in northeastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday, and Associated Press journalists in the city of Vovchansk described multiple buildings destroyed after Russian airstrikes and barrages of Grad rockets. Ukrainian officials didn’t
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” is one of the first songs I learned to play on the violin. I’ll never forget the elation I felt playing the iconic fourth movement of his Ninth Symphony alongside my fellow orchestra members, each note joining in a celebration of togetherness. But
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military and allied armed groups have staved off an attack by a paramilitary group and Arab militias on a major city in the western region of Darfur. The attack on Friday was the latest by the Arab-dominated Rapid Support Forces against el-Fasher, the provincial capital of
Continue ReadingBy Kaila Nichols and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Sub-zero temperatures. Frigid winds. Snow falling across a “tundra-like” plain. These were the conditions soldiers faced in the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir. For some 17 days in late 1950, they fought through blistering cold in the North Korean mountains. With limited logistics and no hope
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One man is recovering from his injuries after his vehicle rolled over near Bob Hope and Ramon early Saturday morning. The driver was heading eastbound when his car veered off the roadway into a nearby ravine. Cal Fire representatives said first responders had to cut open the driver’s door to get him out of the
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, SAM MEDNICK and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing tens of thousands more people to leave as it prepared to expand its military operation deeper into what is considered Gaza’s last refuge, in defiance of growing
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s hard-liners have won most of the remaining seats in an election run-off to give them full control over the country’s parliament, authorities say. They did not give details of the turnout. The result, and that of the previous vote in March, gives hard-liners 233 of the 290 seats
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