U.S. military kills ISIS-K planner in targeted airstrike
WASHINGTON, DC — Acting swiftly on President Joe Biden’s promise to retaliate for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport, the U.S. military…
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Hurricane Nora sweeps past Puerto Vallarta, heads north
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Newly formed Hurricane Nora has swept past Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta area and is heading north for possible close…
Continue Reading US airstrike targets Islamic State member in Afghanistan
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States military struck back at the Islamic State in Afghanistan…
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Board recommends parole for RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan on 16th attempt
By Ray Sanchez and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, was recommended for parole…
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Biden is warned ‘another terror attack in Kabul is likely’ as mission enters ‘most dangerous period’
By Jeremy Diamond, Kate Sullivan and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were warned by their national security…
Continue Reading Gunmen in Nigeria release schoolchildren abducted three months ago
By Nimi Princewill and Ahmad Ibrahim, CNN Scores of schoolchildren who were abducted at gunpoint at a school in Nigeria’s north-central Niger…
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Judge blocks Florida governor’s order banning mask mandates
By TERRY SPENCER and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has ruled that Florida school districts may impose mask…
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Mexican president stopped by protest, misses news conference
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The SUV carrying Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was stopped and surrounded by a radical teachers’ group,…
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COVID vaccination site opens at Dulles for arriving Afghans
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has opened a mass COVID-19 vaccination site for arriving Afghans near…
Continue Reading The climate crisis is taking these farmers’ most valuable resource
A historic 20-year megadrought, fueled by the climate crisis, is reducing the supply of water for some Arizona…
Continue Reading See inside US air base preparing Afghans for new life in America
Thousands of evacuees from Afghanistan are passing through Ramstein Air Base in Germany on their way to a new life in the US. Journalist Atika…
Continue Reading Nigerian doctors are on strike amid an exodus of talent, but abandoned patients fight for their lives
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Emmanuel Agbenro sits helplessly inside his sparsely-decorated ward at a hospital in Nigeria. He is supposed to be having…
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Rudy Giuliani shaves in public at an airport dining area. Grossed out viewers lose their appetites. CNN’s Jeanne Moos…
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Victoria Roberts and her granddaughter were driving down a California highway when a plane made an emergency landing and clipped their car. CNN…
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By Jodi Upchurch, CNN Rudy Giuliani doesn’t shy away from a public shave, a plane wing clips a moving car, and late-night hosts get tongue-tied…
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OnlyFans reversed its decision to ban sexually explicit content on the platform, after backlash from creators like Allie Rae who earn a living on the…
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It may save your life, but can you pronounce it? The Pfizer vaccine’s new name “Comirnaty” is getting raked over the coals. CNN’s Jeanne Moos…
Continue Reading Bunker L479: World War II bunker turned into an Airbnb in France
By Reuters A bunker built by German troops in northern France during World War II has been restored and refitted as an underground guesthouse. The…
Continue Reading ‘We will hunt you down and make you pay’: Biden warns attackers
President Joe Biden addresses the terror attack near the Kabul airport that killed more than 60 people and wounded…
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13 U.S. troops dead in ISIS Kabul attacks; Biden vows revenge
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two suicide bombers and gunmen targeted crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport on Thursday, in the waning days of a…
Continue Reading Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden…
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Capitol Police officer who killed Ashli Babbitt on January 6 speaks publicly for first time: ‘I know that day I saved countless lives’
By Marshall Cohen The veteran US Capitol Police officer who killed pro-Trump rioter Ashli Babbitt went public Thursday, revealing his identity and…
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Mexico: help for U.S. on migrants ‘can’t go on forever’
By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has again sidestepped questions about reinstating the U.S. “Remain in…
Continue Reading Capitol Police officers sue Trump, allies over insurrection
By COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Capitol Police officers who were attacked and beaten during the Capitol…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for August 26: Afghanistan, Covid, Capitol riot, weather, Hong Kong
With nearly 46 billion robocalls made in the US in 2020, CNN Business explains what’s really going on with the fake number on your caller…
Continue Reading Man arrested after food injected with needles at supermarkets
By Jack Guy, CNN A man has been arrested on suspicion of contaminating food after processed meat and microwaveable products were injected with…
Continue Reading Terror threat: Americans at Kabul airport gates told to ‘leave immediately’
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. Embassy in Kabul on Wednesday advised U.S. citizens at a number of gates at the Hamid Karzai International Airport to…
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State Dept. says 1,500 Americans in Afghanistan yet
UPDATE: WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that there are approximately 1,500 people who may be Americans left…
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Naked ‘Nevermind’ baby sues Nirvana for ‘child pornography’
By Rob Picheta, CNN Spencer Elden, who appeared as a naked baby on the cover of Nirvana’s 1991 album “Nevermind,” has claimed the…
Continue Reading Attempted murder probe after seven poisoned at university
By Inke Kappeler, CNN German police have opened an attempted murder investigation after seven people who had consumed food and drink at a university…
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