Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has overturned the conviction and seven-year prison sentence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife in a case relating to the legality of their marriage. Saturday’s acquittal had seemed to remove the last hurdle in the way of his release, nearly a year after he
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Expect temperatures around 100 degrees today and Sunday, with dry conditions prevailing aside from a slight chance of rain west of the Rio Grande. Moving into next week, moisture levels will gradually increase, bringing higher chances of rain by midweek across the region. High temperatures over the weekend and early
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Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has threatened to boost its nuclear fighting capability and make the United States and South Korea pay “an unimaginably harsh price” as it slams its rivals’ new defense guidelines that it says reveal an intention to invade the North. On Thursday, President Joe Biden and South
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, Niamh Kennedy, Benjamin Brown, Sophie Tanno, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Allegra Goodwin and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — At least 90 Palestinians have been reported killed in an Israeli strike on a displacement camp in southern Gaza which Israel said targeted Hamas’ military chief, who was an alleged mastermind of the
Continue Reading Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has taken a symbolic dip in the Seine in a bid to ease concerns about water quality before the start of the Paris Olympics. Oudéa-Castéra was dressed in a body suit and dove into the famous river after an initial slip and swam a few
Continue Reading Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said it targeted Hamas’ shadowy military commander in a massive strike Saturday in the crowded southern Gaza Strip that killed at least 90 people including children, according to local health officials. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “there still isn’t absolute certainty” that Mohammed Deif and
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By Josh Campbell, Eric Levenson, Ashley R. Williams and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Two days after Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial began and nearly three years after the fatal “Rust” movie set shooting that led to the charge against him, a New Mexico judge said eight words that left the actor visibly emotional –
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Las Vegas is sizzling under a prolonged heat wave that has delivered a record-breaking seven consecutive days of temperatures 115 degrees or higher amid a historically hot summer in the United States. “With a high temperature of 115°F this afternoon we not only extended our streak
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Julia Hernández (CNN) — El presidente electo de Irán, Masoud Pezeshkian, declaró este viernes que espera mejorar los lazos con Europa a pesar del retroceso del continente en sus compromisos para aliviar el impacto de las sanciones estadounidenses. “A pesar de estos pasos en falso, espero entablar un diálogo constructivo con los países europeos para
Continue Reading Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A dangerously hot summer is shaping up in the U.S. West, with heat suspected in dozens of recent deaths, including retirees in Oregon, a motorcyclist in Death Valley, California and a 10-year-old boy who collapsed while hiking with his family on a Phoenix trail. Heat is the top cause of
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AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Major League Baseball was still stinging from a strike that had wiped out the World Series the previous season when the 1995 All-Star Game was played in the stifling Texas heat at the Rangers’ new ballpark. Buck Showalter certainly remembers how hot it was when he managed the
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, has married his longtime girlfriend in what many have dubbed the wedding of the year. The wedding early Saturday was being attended by global celebrities, business tycoons and politicians, highlighting the billionaire’s staggering wealth and rising clout, and came after
Continue Reading Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales is set to attend the Wimbledon men’s final on Sunday in a rare public appearance after her cancer diagnosis. Kensington Palace confirmed Saturday that Kate, wife of heir to the throne Prince William, will be in the Royal Box on Centre Court to watch defending champion Carlos
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By Rene Marsh, Jade Gordon and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Alanna Morris tuned in to last month’s presidential debate hoping to watch President Joe Biden “wipe the floor” with former President Donald Trump. Instead, the 44-year-old Atlanta cardiologist saw a candidate she hardly recognized. She turned the event off halfway through, feeling sad and
Continue Reading By Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Twenty-one people died after a school building collapsed in central Nigeria while students were sitting an exam in what local authorities called an “avoidable tragedy.” The two-story building collapsed in the city of Jos and saw a further 30 people hospitalized, according to Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). NEMA said that students were
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — British police say they have arrested a man in connection with the deaths of two men whose remains were found in two suitcases in southwest England. The Metropolitan Police said armed officers detained a 34-year-old suspect at a train station in the city of Bristol early Saturday. Police said more human remains
Continue Reading KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shelling of Ukraine killed four people on Saturday, officials said, as the two countries exchanged drone attacks, one of which set ablaze a Russian oil depot. Two people died in Ukraine’s partly occupied Kherson region and two were wounded in the attack close to the regional capital, said Gov. Oleksandr
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Peerspace put together a list of five unforgettable garden parties that made headlines and shaped history, using government archives and news reports.
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The 74 reports on a new paper that uses surveys from the past 15 years to show a pronounced increase in sadness affecting 14- to 24-year-olds.
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Reasons to be Cheerful reports that as Asian hornets sow chaos in apiaries across Europe, strategically strung electrified wires are giving beekeepers cause for hope.
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Chalkbeat lists the five things students can do this summer to make it easier for them as they head to college in the fall.
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Ballotpedia reports on the 50 richest and 50 poorest counties in the U.S. and their voting trends since 2016.
Continue Reading By Andrew Seger and Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — Supporters and opponents of former President Donald Trump agree that the cornerstone achievement of his first term will continue shaping the American legal and political landscape for decades. “I totally transformed the federal judiciary,” Trump boasted at a summit hosted by the right-wing Moms for Liberty
Continue Reading CNN By Andrew Seger and Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — Supporters and opponents of former President Donald Trump agree that the cornerstone achievement of his first term will continue shaping the American legal and political landscape for decades. “I totally transformed the federal judiciary,” Trump boasted at a summit hosted by the right-wing Moms for
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid and Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of southeast Texas residents are entering the sixth day in a row suffering brutal heat without air conditioning and many are scrambling to find cool shelters, food, safe drinking water and health care resources. More than 760,000 power customers in southeast Texas remain
Continue Reading AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — At age 18, a decade before Barbora Krejcikova won Wimbledon on Saturday, she was done with junior tennis and couldn’t decide whether to pursue a professional tennis career or move on, go to school and find a different path. So Krejcikova wrote a letter to one of her idols,
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: A beloved former airline is making a brief – and expensive – victory lap, France celebrates its national holiday, and we spotlight a Pacific Northwest destination that should be on your travel list. Flying high Pan Am is synonymous with glamorous travel. Although the
Continue Reading Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution condemning “in the strongest terms” the increasing gang violence and criminal activity in Haiti that is undermining peace, stability and security in the country and the region. Friday’s resolution expresses grave concern at illegal arms and ammunition flowing into Haiti and
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Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A nearly three-year legal saga for Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer ended Friday without a verdict but with tears of relief for the actor and a small coterie of family who had settled into a somber daily routine on wooden benches inside a windowless
Continue Reading Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A nearly three-year legal saga for Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer ended Friday without a verdict but with tears of relief for the actor and a small coterie of family who had settled into a somber daily routine on wooden benches inside a windowless
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