ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — Country singer Keith Urban gave just a few hours’ notice before performing a free concert Friday night in the parking lot of a large convenience store and gas station in north Alabama. About 5,500 people turned out for the show in Athens, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) south of Nashville, said
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Up-and-coming actor Aileen Wu feels it’s “a bit unreal” that her feature film debut comes in this weekend’s “Alien: Romulus.” “I’ve been trying to keep a good head on my shoulders and not let it get to me too much,” Wu said in a recent chat with CNN about
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Associated Press A lawsuit claims an employee of a rural Kansas school district repeatedly shoved a teenager with Down syndrome into a utility closet, hit the boy and once photographed him locked in a cage used to store athletic equipment. The suit filed Friday in federal court says the paraprofessional assigned to the 15-year-old sent
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Rusia se está esforzando por reforzar sus defensas más de una semana después del sorprendente ataque relámpago de Ucrania al otro lado de la frontera en la región meridional de Kursk. Funcionarios estadounidenses dijeron a CNN que Rusia ha desviado miles de tropas del territorio ocupado dentro de Ucrania para contrarrestar la
Continue Reading Associated Press Former U.S. Rep. George Santos is expected to plead guilty to multiple counts in his federal fraud case, according to a person familiar with the matter. Santos, a Republican from New York, is expected to enter the plea at a court hearing planned for Monday on Long Island, the person said. The person
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By Kristen Consillio Click here for updates on this story Waianae (KITV) — In a little over a week, there’s been at least three shootings in Waianae and many residents said enough is enough. “It’s very heartbreaking. I was very shocked,” said Paula Greenleaf. “My son is not the kind of person to resort to
Continue Reading Associated Press WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday repeatedly swerved from a message focused on the economy into non sequiturs and personal attacks, including thrice declaring that he was better looking than Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump wound back and forth between hitting his points on economic policy and delivering a
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — Authorities say wildfires are raging across western Turkey for a third straight day exacerbated by high winds and warm temperatures. More than 130 fires have erupted across the country in the past week. That’s according to Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate. Most have been brought under control, but eight major fires
Continue Reading Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The youngest of three girls killed when a teen went on a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class has been mourned in a private funeral. Bebe King, 6, was the second of the girls laid to rest from the July 29 killings in Southport that sparked more than
Continue Reading By Michele Fiore Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — One person is in custody as a Milwaukee family grieves the loss of a 14-year-old boy who was shot outside a park in broad daylight. And family say a few things that happened in the last 24 hours have added to their
Continue Reading TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a New Jersey man has been sentenced to seven years in connection with an arson and antisemitic graffiti last year. Ocean County prosecutors say 35-year-old Ron Carr of Manchester Township was sentenced Friday on arson, bias intimidation and criminal mischief convictions. In a news release, prosecutors say township
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Long lines have been forming at gas stations in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, amid fuel shortages and a price spike in recent months. But electric vehicle driver Mikial Belayneh avoids them completely. “I no longer line up for petrol on the road,” Belayneh, an Addis resident,
Continue Reading By A.J. Bayatpour Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A top federal housing official visited Milwaukee Friday and met with residents of the embattled Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM). Activists say the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) pulled the rug out from under them, pledging
Continue Reading Associated Press U.S. Air Force security guards exchanged gunfire with someone who twice opened fire on an entrance to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland early Saturday, according to a spokesperson for the base. “It was an off-base shooting from a passing vehicle that fired shots towards the gate, prompting our security forces to respond,” base spokesperson
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Associated Press U.S. Air Force security guards exchanged gunfire with someone who twice opened fire on an entrance to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland early Saturday, according to a spokesperson for the base. “It was an off-base shooting from a passing vehicle that fired shots towards the gate, prompting our security forces to respond,” base spokesperson
Continue Reading Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — Eddie Templeton, un cazador de fósiles aficionado, suele saber cuándo ha dado con algo. Desde que era un niño recorre las orillas de los arroyos de Mississippi y ha encontrado varios mamíferos extintos asombrosos, incluyendo una mandíbula de mastodonte, numerosos huesos de un pariente del armadillo gigante e incluso un hueso
Continue Reading By Lynn Chaya/CTVNews.ca Breaking Digital Assignment Editor Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Hurricane Ernesto is expected to pass Bermuda and make its way south of the Maritimes on Monday, then approach Newfoundland and Labrador later that day, a Canadian meteorological expert advised on Friday. In a press briefing
Continue Reading By Christl Dabu/CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — High levels of tiny air pollutants pose a serious health risk and are clearly linked with premature deaths over the long term, the lead researcher of a new Canadian study says. The research focused on ultrafine particles that are
Continue Reading Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Fighters from Sudan’s paramilitary group rampaged through a central village, looting and burning and killing at least 85 people, including women and children, authorities and residents said Saturday, the latest atrocity in the country’s 18-month devastating conflict. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began attacking Galgani in the central province of
Continue Reading AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Teamsters union members will host Vice President Kamala Harris for a roundtable discussion in the near future. But the union’s president, Sean O’Brien, has yet to get an invitation to speak at next week’s Democratic National Convention. Kara Deniz, a spokeswoman for the 1.3 million member union, told the
Continue Reading Associated Press Hurricane Ernesto was being felt this weekend along much of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, even with the storm hundreds of miles offshore and crossing Bermuda. Dangerous rip currents forced some public beaches to close during one of the final busy weekends of the summer season. New York City officials closed ocean-facing beaches for
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Eve Brennan and Allegra Goodwin, CNN (CNN) — Russia is scrambling to shore up its defenses more than a week into Ukraine’s shock, lightning attack across the border on the southern Kursk region. US officials told CNN that Russia has diverted thousands of troops from occupied territory inside Ukraine to counter the
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Cheering crowds filled the streets of Tiaret, Algeria on Friday evening to welcome boxer Imane Khelif back home as she returned from the Paris Olympic Games where she won a gold medal. She posted a video of the parade to her Instagram story on Friday, leading the crowd in
Continue Reading Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tim Walz touted his Nebraska roots Saturday in his first trip back to his home state since becoming the Democratic vice presidential nominee, and drew sharp contrasts between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Playing to the crowd, Walz noted his love of Nebraska football and joked about the historical
Continue Reading Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — Grabaciones de cámaras corporales publicadas este viernes muestran los disparos mortales de la policía a Victoria Lee, una mujer de 25 años cuyo hermano había llamado al 911 para pedir ayuda médica durante una crisis de salud mental en Fort Lee, Nueva Jersey, el mes pasado. Al menos cinco agentes de
Continue Reading Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN Español) — El político opositor venezolano Piero Maroún, secretario de organización de Acción Democrática, dijo la noche de este sábado que fue liberado por las fuerzas de seguridad del país. En su cuenta de X, dijo que “por una confusión en un audio de WhatsApp” fue relacionado con vandalismo y desde la
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — When archaeologists sift through layers of dirt to tell stories of the past, sometimes their discoveries capture stirring traces of humanity. Continuing excavations within the ancient city of Pompeii have revealed the remains of a man and a woman within a small bedroom buried by ash and volcanic glass
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ding Jiaxi knew he would spend his 57th birthday alone in a Chinese prison cell, without a phone call from family or a chance to stretch in the sunlight. It was the activist’s fifth year in those conditions. His wife, Sophie Luo, shared details about her husband’s plight before his
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By Brenda Goodman and Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Among five people charged in the death of actor Matthew Perry, two are doctors: According to federal officials, one agreed to sell ketamine from his former clinic and the other distributed the drug to Perry and taught his live-in-personal assistant how to inject it. Perry was
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov has arrived in Afghanistan in the highest-level visit by a foreign official since the Taliban returned to power three years ago. Aripov, heading a delegation, was welcomed at the Kabul airport by Abdul Salam Hanafi, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister, and other senior members of the government,
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