FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. (AP) — Authorities have issued a shelter-in-place order following the shooting of multiple people in a suburban Philadelphia township. Middletown Township police said Saturday morning that there were “confirmed shootings” in neighboring Falls Township that resulted in “several gunshot victims.” Police said it wasn’t known yet if the shootings were “targeted or
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press Voters across Russia cast ballots Saturday on the second day of an election set to formalize six more years of power for President Vladimir Putin, who faces no serious challengers after crushing political dissent over his nearly quarter-century of rule. The election comes against the backdrop of a ruthless crackdown
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Each time SpaceX’s Starship system leaps off the launchpad, it unleashes an unmistakable roar over South Texas that heralds the most powerful rocket ever built. Its 33 engines boost the spacecraft, which could eventually carry NASA astronauts to the moon’s surface, on a supersonic journey headed for space. But
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — It seems like a bizarre mishmash: A former Trump cabinet official is saying he wants to buy TikTok just days after leading a group that pumped $1 billion into a beaten-down bank. But it all actually fits in with the complicated career
Continue ReadingCNN By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — The public absence of Catherine, Princess of Wales, has grown from a niche royal watcher concern to an international punchline in a matter of weeks. While Kensington Palace said her January abdominal surgery was planned and indicated she would be out of the public eye through March, several
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, Steve Contorno and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The rallies start with a recording of January 6 prisoners singing the national anthem. Campaign staff hand out pre-made “Too Big to Rig” signs to supporters. When the candidate takes the stage, he calls the rioters “people who love our country” and “hostages unfairly
Continue ReadingBy DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the Chinese city of Shanghai, two young women seeking an education abroad have both decided against going to the United States, a destination of choice for decades that may be losing its shine. For Helen Dong, a 22-year-old senior studying advertising, it was the cost. “It
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Of the 15 witnesses who testified for the prosecution in James Crumbley’s manslaughter trial, all but one had already testified in his wife’s trial last month. In each trial, prosecutors used testimony from the same shooting survivors, police investigators and school employees to prove that each parent was “grossly
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A New Mexico State Police officer was fatally shot “in cold blood” early Friday when he offered to help the driver of a disabled vehicle, who shot the officer twice and drove off in his patrol car with the officer still inside, authorities said. The disabled vehicle turned out
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS Associated Press Voters across Russia have cast ballots on the second day of an election set to formalize six more years of power for Vladimir Putin. The Russian president faces no serious challengers after crushing political dissent over his nearly quarter-century of rule. The election comes against the backdrop of a ruthless
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas are expected to resume in earnest in Qatar as soon as Sunday, according to Egyptian officials. The talks would mark the first time both Israeli officials and Hamas leaders join the indirect negotiations
Continue ReadingHARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Alex Morgan scored in the 88th minute and the San Diego Wave won the Challenge Cup with a 1-0 victory over Gotham FC on Friday night in the National Women’s Soccer League. Morgan started the second half as a substitute. She broke the stalemate on a header off a corner kick
Continue ReadingBy ELISE MORTON Associated Press A Russian regional governor says two people have been killed in Ukrainian shelling of the city of Belgorod, close to the border with Ukraine. Three others were wounded. Russia’s Defense Ministry said it thwarted attempts by “Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups” to enter the Belgorod region. Also on Saturday, a
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — A state trooper investigating the death of a Boston police officer is now under investigation himself, authorities said Thursday, adding another layer of complexity to a case that has sharply divided a Massachusetts suburb. The Massachusetts State Police said it has opened an internal investigation into
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarians have lined the streets of Sofia to bid farewell to the late Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte. The spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Orthodox Christians died on Wednesday at the age of 78 after a long illness. Neophyte, who became patriarch in 2013, was the first elected head of the Bulgarian church after
Continue ReadingBy Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump would normally have little reason to be at a rally in Ohio – a state the presumptive Republican nominee twice carried comfortably – eight months before the November election. But the former president’s endorsement, the most coveted in a GOP primary, hasn’t yet sealed the deal for
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — It seems like a bizarre mishmash: A former Trump cabinet official is saying he wants to buy TikTok just days after leading a group that pumped $1 billion into a beaten-down bank. But it all actually fits in with the complicated career
Continue ReadingBy DEVNA BOSE AP Health Writer As rural hospitals continue to struggle financially, a new type of hospital is slowly taking root, especially in the Southeast. Rural emergency hospitals receive more than $3 million in federal funding a year and higher Medicare reimbursements in exchange for closing all inpatient beds and providing 24/7 emergency care.
Continue ReadingHOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Police in South Florida say they’ve arrested a woman believed to be the mother of an infant found dead in a trash bin earlier this year, and the man who helped her dispose of the body. They’re charged with failure to report a death. Hollywood police say the man is also
Continue ReadingBy Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 50 years after the skeletal remains of two homicide victims were found in a shallow grave, one of the victims was finally identified, Connecticut State Police announced Wednesday. Linda Sue Childers was one of two people fatally shot in a double homicide on December 31, 1970, according to the
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