CNN By Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — Children and teens in the US are dying of gun-related homicides and suicides in record numbers, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were 2,279 firearm homicides in children and teens (ages 1 to 18) in 2021 – double the
Continue ReadingBy Kyung Lah and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint Laphonza Butler, the president of EMILY’s List, to fill the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat, his office confirmed Sunday evening. Butler will become the first out Black lesbian to join Congress, according to Newsom. She will also be
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY, JOCELYN GECKER and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans view college campuses as far friendlier to liberals than to conservatives when it comes to free speech, with adults across the political spectrum seeing less tolerance for those on the right, according to a new poll. Overall, 47% of adults say
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government says there is sufficient rice in the market despite recent panic-buying of locally produced rice that led to empty shelves in supermarkets and grocery stores nationwide. Agriculture and Food Security Minister Mohamad Sabu said the government will increase distribution to rural areas to address a supply issue sparked
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With control over some of his most prized real estate holdings in jeopardy, former President Donald Trump said he’ll make a rare, voluntary trip to court in New York on Monday for the start of a civil trial in a lawsuit that already has resulted
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For a while, Sam Bankman-Fried tried to convince politicians and the public that he was the next J.P. Morgan. Now, he has to convince a jury that he wasn’t, in reality, the next Bernie Madoff. The trial of Bankman-Fried, the founder of failed cryptocurrency brokerage
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The new head of the U.N.’s migration agency says the private sector is “desperate” for their countries to take in migrants to mop up labor shortages, especially in the West. It’s part of an effort to steer a narrative away from reticence and suspicion about migrants in
Continue ReadingBy LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Assisted living. Nursing home. Skilled nursing. There are lots of names for facilities that provide care to those who can no longer live safely at home, but these terms aren’t synonymous with one another. If you’re researching the right place for yourself or a loved one, make sure you understand
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Koinu, traveling westward from the Pacific, is strengthening as it moves toward Taiwan. Meteorologists on the island said Monday that the storm is expanding in size and is expected to make landfall in Taiwan by Thursday morning. The typhoon was moving northwest with sustained winds of 89 mph and gusts
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A political group linked to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is launching an ad campaign backing the Republican’s efforts to make it harder for people to file lawsuits and win big legal judgments. The group is called Hardworking Georgians. It said Monday that limits would cut insurance costs
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Europe and Asia on Monday even after the U.S. Congress averted a U.S. government shutdown with a last-minute compromise. Markets in China are closed for a weeklong holiday. Markets in India and South Korea also were closed. Oil prices gained and
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Christian religious leaders in Iraq are calling for an international investigation into a deadly wedding fire that killed more than 100 people last week. They slammed the Iraqi government’s probe that had blamed the blaze on negligence and lack of precautionary measures. Iraq released
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The justices are taking the bench at the Supreme Court for the first time since late June. Their new term begins Monday with ethics concerns swirling around the court. The only case being argued Monday concerns the meaning of the word “and” in a federal law dealing
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Nearly two months after wildfires tore through Maui, several burn zones in Lahaina will reopen today for property owners to survey the destruction left behind. It will be the first time that many families see what remains of their homes and businesses. But on an inspiring note, Lahaina’s historic
Continue ReadingBy ALFIAN KARTONO Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Police and rebels say that five Papuan independence fighters were killed in a clash between security forces and a rebel group in Indonesia’s restive Papua region. A joint military and police force killed five of the Papuan fighters from the West Papua Liberation Army, the armed
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has launched its second nationwide anti-polio campaign of the year Monday in an effort to inoculate 44 million children under the age of 5. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul-Haq-Kakar launched the five-day vaccination campaign in the capital, Islamabad. He urged parents in a televised address to cooperate with the 350,000 health workers
Continue ReadingBy AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press The last bus carrying ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh left the region Monday, completing a grueling weeklong exodus of over 100,000 people — more than 80% of its residents — after Azerbaijan reclaimed the area in a lightning military operation. The bus that entered Armenia carried 15 passengers with serious illnesses
Continue ReadingBy ALFREDO PEÑA Associated Press CIUDAD MADERO, Mexico (AP) — The roof of a church collapsed in northern Mexico during Sunday Mass, killing at least 10 people and injuring around 60, authorities said as searchers probed in the wreckage throughout the night and into Monday morning looking for survivors and more victims. Approximately 30 parishioners
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — King Felipe VI has begun a new round of talks with Spanish political party leaders with a view to choosing the person in the best position to gather enough support in Parliament to form a government. All signs indicate that king will call on acting Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to try
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KEYTON, MIKE CORDER and MADDIE BURAKOFF Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 that were critical in slowing the pandemic — technology that’s also being studied to fight cancer and other diseases. Hungarian-American Katalin
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