Taliban welcomes China's new ambassador to Afghanistan in lavish ceremony (www.cnn.com)
The Taliban has welcomed Zhao Sheng as China’s new ambassador to Afghanistan during a lavish ceremony held at the presidential palace in Kabul on Wednesday....
The first Bob Ross work from ‘The Joy of Painting’ is on sale (www.cnn.com)
It’s hard to quantify the value of painter and all-around cultural icon Bob Ross, but $9.85 million is a good start....
Parts of coastal New England and Atlantic Canada are under tropical storm warnings as Hurricane Lee nears (www.cnn.com)
Hurricane Lee will take a swipe at parts of coastal New England and Atlantic Canada starting Friday with heavy rain and strong winds that could lead to localized flooding and knock out power across communities....
UAW workers launch unprecedented strike against all Big Three automakers | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
The United Auto Workers union is on strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, the first time in its history that it has struck all three of the nation’s unionized automakers at the same time.
UAW to target strikes at Ford, GM and Stellantis at midnight if no deal reached (www.cnn.com)
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain on Thursday night said the union will strike all the Big Three automakers – GM, Ford and Stellantis – at the same time as of midnight if the companies do not reach tentative labor deals with the auto workers....
Federal judge again declares Obama-era DACA program unlawful (www.cnn.com)
A federal judge in Texas ruled Wednesday that a regulation intended to preserve the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is unlawful, delivering a major blow to the Biden administration....
Europe probes China’s electric car subsidies as imports soar (www.cnn.com)
The European Union is launching an investigation into China’s state support for makers of electric vehicles as soaring imports of their cars stoke fears for the future of European auto manufacturers....
Strange light phenomenon seen before some earthquakes is a long-standing mystery. Here’s what scientists think it means (www.cnn.com)
Earthquake lights can take several different forms, according to a chapter on the phenomenon coauthored by Derr and published in the 2019 edition of the Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics....
Escaped Pennsylvania killer Danilo Cavalcante was planning to flee to Canada before he was captured, US marshal says (www.cnn.com)
Escaped Pennsylvania killer Danilo Cavalcante was planning to flee to Canada before he was captured, US marshal says
Lyft’s new feature lets women and non-binary riders request their driver’s gender (www.cnn.com)
Lyft is introducing a new feature that lets women and non-binary riders choose a preference to match with drivers of the same gender....
Indian authorities rush to contain a deadly Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala (www.cnn.com)
A state in southern India is taking measures to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus after two people died from the rare and often deadly disease, shutting schools and testing hundreds to prevent its spread....
Putin signals potential willingness to assist Kim as two leaders meet for expected weapons talks (www.cnn.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled a potential willingness to assist North Korea in developing its space and satellite program Wednesday, as he gave Kim Jong Un a tour of Russia’s vast Vostochny space launch site ahead of expected arms talks....
Ukrainian missiles strike Russian warships in Crimean naval base (www.cnn.com)
Two Russian warships were damaged after Ukraine launched an extensive assault on a Russian ship repair base in Crimea early Wednesday morning, officials said, in what appears to be Kyiv’s most ambitious strike on the port since the war began....
Judge who signed off on raid of Kansas newspaper is facing a complaint about the decision (www.cnn.com)
The judge who signed off on a search warrant authorizing the raid of a newspaper office in Marion, Kansas, is facing a complaint about her decision and has been asked by a judicial body to respond, records shared with CNN by the complainant show.
Pennsylvania escaped inmate Danelo Cavalcante is in custody, source says | CNN (www.cnn.com)
El Chapo’s wife is set to be released from a US prison today (www.cnn.com)
Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, is set to be released from a US prison on Wednesday, officials said....
CDC recommends updated Covid-19 vaccines for everyone 6 months and older (www.cnn.com)
Clinical studies of the vaccines showed that all significantly boosted antibodies against currently circulating coronavirus variants.
Fact check: Biden falsely claims he was at Ground Zero 'the next day' after 9/11 (www.cnn.com)
He did it three times in a single speech last month – falsely claiming to have witnessed a bridge collapse in Pittsburgh in 2022 (he actually visited the site more than six hours after the collapse), falsely claiming his grandfather had died just days prior to his own birth at the same hospital (his paternal grandfather died...
Rapper arrested on a murder charge after allegedly writing a song and making a music video about the crime (www.cnn.com)
A Nevada rapper was arrested on a murder charge after Las Vegas police said he “confessed to the murder in his (song) lyrics.”...
American man rescued from cave in Turkey after being trapped for days (www.cnn.com)
An American caver has been rescued by emergency workers near Anamur, in southern Turkey, after he became stranded hundreds of meters underground earlier this month....
Part of Montana national forest closed after grizzly bear attack, officials say (www.cnn.com)
Authorities have closed portions of Custer Gallatin National Forest just outside of Big Sky, Montana, after a person was attacked by a grizzly bear while hunting....
China’s top chipmaker may be in hot water as US lawmakers call for further sanctions after Huawei ‘breakthrough’ (www.cnn.com)
China’s top chipmaker may be in hot water as US lawmakers call for further sanctions after Huawei ‘breakthrough’::Shares in SMIC, China’s largest contract chipmaker, plunged on Thursday, after two US congressmen called on the White House to further restrict export sales to the company.
See you later, alligator: New Jersey police capture reptile on the loose for 2 weeks | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The alligator, described as a “non-indigenous reptile” between 3 and 4 feet long, was first spotted in the Ambrose Brook at Victor Crowell Park in Middlesex County on August 23, according to the Middlesex Borough Police Department....
Convicted killer who escaped Pennsylvania prison was spotted overnight and changed his appearance, police say (www.cnn.com)
Danelo Cavalcante, the convicted killer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison, was seen overnight Saturday, according to state police, who said the fugitive had “changed his appearance” as the manhunt enters its 11th day....
Bodycam: Pregnant woman accused of shoplifting shot by police (www.cnn.com)
Somehow this is the only country on earth where this seems to happen. When talking about shootings involving guns, okay, fine, the US is certainly an outlier there, but every country has cars and police....
