Italian border police are looking for a truck driver who is shown on a widely circulated video whipping female migrants after he found them in the back of his truck near the French border. According to authorities, smugglers loaded the 12 Eritrean women on his truck at a rest stop near the border on Monday while the trucker was having lunch. Once closed inside the truck, the women apparently started agitating due to the heat, with outdoor temperatures over 30 degrees C, drawing the driver’s attention. Читать дальше...
A European aid worker who was arrested two months ago in Central African Republic over spying allegations has begun a hunger strike to protest the conditions of his detention. Both his family and the Portuguese honorary consul spoke to The Associated Press. Martin Joseph Figueira is a consultant for the American nongovernmental organization FHI 360 and was arrested in May. The organization says the allegations against Figueira “do not align with the facts surrounding his visit." He is accused of... Читать дальше...
The Senate candidate said he had "serious concerns" about Biden.
Nearly thirty years after “Twister,” a new generation of storm chasers has arrived. In “Twisters,” directed by Lee Isaac Chung, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos and Glen Powell have a rousing week in Oklahoma's Tornado Alley. Like their predecessors, they want to better understand the natural phenomenon at hand. In her review, Associated Press Film Writer Lindsey Bahr writes that despites its distracting references to the first film, Chung has made a solid entry into the disaster movie canon with... Читать дальше...
The Indian Navy says that search teams have rescued nine crewmembers, mostly Indians, and are searching for seven others after an oil tanker capsized this week off the coast of Oman. The tanker, the MT Prestige Falcon, capsized in the Arabian Sea late Monday southeast off Oman's Ras Madrakah area, according to Oman’s Maritime Security Agency. The cause of the capsizing and the condition of the tanker and its cargo were not immediately known. But the Indian Navy, which sent a warship to help in the search operations... Читать дальше...
Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s disciplinary hearing with the African National Congress has been postponed for more arguments, as he faces expulsion for campaigning against the organization he once led as head of a new political party. The hearing could see Zuma, 82, become the first former leader to be thrown out of the ANC. He joined the ANC in the late 1950s when it was a liberation movement fighting against apartheid. Zuma was forced to step down as South African president in 2018 amid allegations of corruption. Читать дальше...
The Monterey County District Attorney announced the arrest of a man in connection with the murder of a Pruendale restaurant owner and his mother-in-law in 1991.
Two men have been sentenced for their role in an armed standoff on a busy Massachusetts highway in 2021 that lasted more than eight hours and caused traffic delays during a busy Fourth of July weekend. Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer was sentenced Tuesday to three to five years in Middlesex Superior Court and Steven Anthony Perez was sentenced to just over a year and half behind bars. They were convicted of multiple gun charges last month related to the standoff. Prosecutors say the two were part of... Читать дальше...
Much of the U.S. and Canada is cleaning up or still dealing with a new wave of severe storms that have caused deaths and damage this week from the Plains to New England. Water rescues and evacuations took place in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas on Wednesday after as much as 11 inches of rain fell overnight. A confirmed tornado blew a B-52 bomber off its base Tuesday and left streets clogged with debris in Rome, New York. Flooding left drivers stranded around Toronto. The East Coast from Maine to... Читать дальше...
“The Bear,” meanwhile, could be in for a familiar feast on the comedy side.
Capital One said Wednesday it plans to offer $265 billion in lending, investing and philanthropy projects as part of its $35 billion merger with Discover Financial. The plan is designed to appease federal bank regulators, who have been initially skeptical of approving the merger, which would create the world’s largest credit card company if it goes through. The five-year, $265 billion community benefit plan consists of several initiatives by Capital One, including a plan to lend $200 billion to low- and middle-income consumers... Читать дальше...
“The Bear” has gone on a tear at Wednesday morning’s Emmy nominations with a comedy-series record 23, and “Shogun” led all nominees with 25 in a dominant year across categories for FX. “The Bear” could easily top the 13 nominations it got last year. Another FX show, “Shogun,” could be the favorite in the drama category, but Emmy veteran “The Crown” could also loom large. The nominations come just six months after the last Emmys, which were delayed by last year’s Hollywood strikes. The Emmys will air on ABC on Sept. Читать дальше...
NASA has confirmed that meteor streaked across the New York City skyline before disintegrating over nearby New Jersey. William Cooke, the head of the space agency’s Meteoroid Environments Office, said the fireball was first sighted at an altitude of 51 miles above Manhattan at around 11:17 a.m. on Tuesday. He says the meteor passed over Newark, New Jersey, before disintegrating 31 miles above Mountainside. He says no meteorites reached the planet's surface and that the space rock moved at a speed... Читать дальше...
An international foundation says its founder, the late French cleric Abbe Pierre, has been accused of sexual assault or harassment by several women. Abbe Pierre was one of France’s most beloved public figures and a lifelong advocate for the homeless. In a statement Wednesday, the Emmaus Community said it is making public allegations of acts that may amount to sexual assault or sexual harassment. The statement also said specialized investigators heard and analyzed testimonies from seven women, including... Читать дальше...
‘Shogun’ tops all Emmy nominees with 25 and ‘The Bear’ leads comedies with 23, setting a new comedy series record.
Leading opposition parties in Tunisia say politically motivated arrests and gag orders are creating impossible conditions for holding democratic elections later this year. The National Salvation Front is a coalition of secular and Islamist opponents to President Kais Saied. Its members say a government crackdown on opponents has created a climate of fear and made campaign requirements like signature-gathering nearly impossible. For months, many of Tunisia’s leading opposition figures have languished behind bars. Читать дальше...
Heavy rain overnight has helped firefighters gain more control over a forest fire burning at a military bombing range in the New Jersey Pinelands. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service says half an inch of rain fell overnight at the Warren Grove Air to Ground Range. The range is a training facility for the New Jersey Air National Guard. The rain helped firefighters bring the blaze to 80% containment on Wednesday, when just under 2 square miles had burned. No structures were threatened. The bombing range... Читать дальше...
Nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party select a different candidate, according to a new poll. It sharply undercuts his post-debate claim that “average Democrats” are still with him even if some “big names” are turning on him. The new survey by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, conducted two weeks after Biden’s debate flop, also found that only about 3 in 10 Democrats are extremely or very confident that Biden... Читать дальше...
Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro has been released from prison in Florida after completing his sentence for a contempt of Congress conviction and is expected to speak hours later at the Republican National Convention. The federal Bureau of Prisons says Navarro was released Wednesday after serving four months for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Republican then-President Donald Trump's supporters.... Читать дальше...
After California finally cooled off a little, another heat wave is already coming.
A common refrain on the streets of Butler, Pennsylvania, in the wake of Saturday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump was: “Of all the places.” The town is rural and neighborly. And it's in Trump country. Residents expressed shock that an attempt would be made on his life in such a Trump stronghold. Butler County sits on the western edge of a presidential swing state. The Republican won there twice with about 66% of the vote, and about 57% of the county's 139,000 registered voters are Republican. Читать дальше...
A new lawsuit says extending the six-year terms of Georgia's elected public service commissioners violates the state constitution. Georgia WAND Education Fund and Georgia Conservation Voters Education Fund in a Wednesday lawsuit, are trying to overturn the law passed this year allowing the five Republicans to serve longer terms. The groups want a judge to order elections as soon as possible for the three commissioners whose terms have expired or will expire this year. That could mean that Commissioners Tim Echols... Читать дальше...
Water rescues underway during flooding in Arkansas, officials say. Storms this week have left several dead across US.
Greece’s Culture Ministry has ordered the closure of the Acropolis — the country’s biggest cultural attraction — for several hours in the middle of the day, while authorities warn of extreme heat as southern Europe swelters in sizzling temperatures. Meteorologists say the hot air from Africa is forecast to continue baking Greece for several more days and at least through Sunday, with the heat wave peaking on Wednesday and Thursday when temperatures were expected to reach 43 degrees Celsius (109 Fahrenheit). Читать дальше...
The force is not strong in “Skywalkers: A Love Story,” a shallow “Man on Wire” for social media influencers about a pair of Russian daredevils who stealthily scale urban heights to attain the precious treasure of a much-liked Instagram post, writes Associated Press Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review. There’s a novel thrill to the high-wire relationship of Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, a Moscow couple who squabble atop skyscraper spires the way others might at the grocery store check-out line. Читать дальше...
