ROME (AP) — A diver who spotted something metallic not far from Sardinia’s coast has led to the discovery of tens of thousands of ancient bronze coins. Italy’s culture ministry said Saturday that the diver alerted authorities, who sent divers assigned to an art protection squad along with others from the ministry’s undersea archaeology department.
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — A grandmother was sitting in her car before dawn last month when a uniformed police officer in Las Cruces, New Mexico, accused her and her passenger of trespassing, then shouted commands laced with the F-word at her and threatened to arrest her, “tase” her and make her life “a
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Body camera footage has emerged showing Israeli security forces searching for survivors in the aftermath of the bloody Hamas rampage through an outdoor music concert in southern Israel. The footage, released Saturday by a first- responder team, added chilling details to what rescuers encountered in the wake
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s government says it will allow Taiwan to open a nondiplomatic representative office of Taipei in the Baltic country to boost economic and cultural ties with the self-governing island. But Estonian officials pledged to stick with the “One China” policy in political relations. Estonia is a member
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Thousands of Iranians gathered on the streets to mark the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. They condemned Washington’s support of Israel as it strikes the Gaza Strip in its war against Hamas. The rally on Saturday which was called for by the state came as
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian attacks in Ukraine wounded at least 14 civilians over the past day, officials said Saturday, as the president of the European Union’s executive arm returned to the Ukrainian capital to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The governor of the Zaporizhzhia region, Yurii Malashko, said that nine people were wounded in
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The snow-capped Andes in South America have long fascinated humans with their soaring peaks and alien landscapes. Near the summit, there is no vegetation in sight, and freezing temperatures and howling winds add to the inhospitable conditions — which is why scientists were surprised to find life in such
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Ken Buck has had enough. When the Colorado Republican announced this past week that he would not seek reelection, he began with the type of criticism of Democratic policies that is standard fare for a hard-line conservative. But then Buck turned his ire
Continue ReadingBy Svitlana Vlasova, Yulia Kesaieva and Victoria Butenko, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — For many Ukrainians, a recent somber assessment of the battlefield by Ukraine’s military chief was not a surprise. It’s what they have been hearing in conversations with friends, seeing on social media and experiencing personally on the frontlines as Russia’s war against
Continue ReadingWALHALLA, S.C. (AP) — An Arkansas man has been arrested for trying to crash through the exit gates of a South Carolina nuclear plant, authorities said. Doyle Wayne Whisenhunt, of Lockesburg, Arkansas, was taken into custody Friday night at an abandoned home in Pickens County, South Carolina, and transferred to the Oconee County sheriff’s office,
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden called the head of the United Auto Workers union to congratulate him this past week on getting a new contract with General Motors and to wish him a happy 55th birthday — a sign of how the relationship had evolved since
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — All signs point to a relatively solid holiday season for America’s small businesses. Yet, owners of these businesses appear to have a collective anxiety about the months ahead. They have their customers to thank on both counts. American kept up their spending over the summer,
Continue ReadingBy DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press The tension between Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy was hard to miss when they last met on a debate stage. “Every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber for what you say,” Haley told Ramaswamy. Responding to the broadside, Ramaswamy argued “we will be better served as
Continue ReadingArit John, Dianne Gallagher and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Dearborn, Michigan (CNN) — In 2020, Eman Hammoud was one of thousands of Michigan Muslims who helped President Joe Biden beat Donald Trump. A month ago, the Palestinian American immigration lawyer had no doubts she would support his campaign again in 2024. But over the last few weeks, she’s watched
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ken Buck has gained national prominence as a Republican congressman fed up with Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden. Buck is also critical of the Trump allies who have proliferated the House with a fervor fed by
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — In a closing message to voters in this year’s closely watched Virginia legislative elections, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin ticks off accomplishments from the first half of his term. Tax cuts, law enforcement pay raises and more money for mental health services, Youngkin says in the political
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is trying to build support for planning a postwar future for Gaza as he meets with wary Arab leaders during his latest urgent mission to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas conflict began. He’s holding talks Saturday in Jordan’s
Continue ReadingBy BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Survivors of a strong earthquake that shook Nepal’s northwest in the middle of the night have described sudden shaking followed by houses collapsing and burying entire families, as the death toll rose to 157. Most of those killed were crushed by debris when their houses —
Continue ReadingBy ABBY SEWELL and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press RMEISH, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli warplanes have conducted airstrikes along the border with Lebanon as the militant Hezbollah group attacked several Israeli army posts, including one that was struck with two large rockets. Saturday’s escalation came a day after Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said his powerful
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia has unveiled a sprawling exposition highlighting the nation’s accomplisments, which will run through the months leading to the presidential election in which Vladimir Putin is widely expected to seek a new term. Putin issued a decree in March to hold the exposition and some observers have seen it as aimed at
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