VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the northern Pacific Coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia on Sunday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS said the quake was located off the tip of Haida Gwaii, an archipelago located about 1,720 kilometers (1,069 miles) north of Vancouver. It
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — Practitioners of different religious traditions marched down Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Copacabana Beach on Sunday to support religious freedom in Brazil , where cases of intolerance have doubled over the past six years. Hundreds of men, women and children from more than a dozen faiths participated in the event
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] U.S. Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a person with a firearm near former President Donald Trump ’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, while he was golfing Sunday, according to two law enforcement officials. The Republican presidential candidate is safe.
Credit: Television Academy I The 76th Primetime Emmy nominees announced by actors Tony Hale and Sheryl Lee Ralph, alongside Television Academy Chair Cris Abrego, at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. By The Associated Press Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards will be held Sunday night at
At least 41 people were wounded Sunday afternoon when a Russian aerial bomb struck a multi-story residential building in Kharkiv, regional authorities said. At least 41 people were wounded Sunday afternoon when a Russian aerial bomb struck a multi-story residential building in Kharkiv, regional authorities said. Published [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]
Flooding in Myanmar triggered by Typhoon Yagi has killed at least 113 people and displaced more than 320-thousand people across the country, the military authorities said Sunday. Flooding in Myanmar triggered by Typhoon Yagi has killed at least 113 people and displaced more than 320-thousand people across the country, the military authorities said Sunday. Published
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It’s noisy, smelly, shy – and New Zealand’s bird of the year. The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, won the country’s fiercely fought avian election on Monday, offering hope to supporters of the endangered bird that recognition from its victory might prompt a revival of the species. It followed a campaign
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Three years after a former Georgia district attorney was indicted on charges alleging she interfered with police investigating the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the case’s slow progression through the court system has sputtered to a halt, one the presiding judge insists is temporary. Jackie Johnson was the state’s top prosecutor
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Sunday tapped a longtime aide to serve as the kingdom’s new prime minister. The Royal Court said the king has asked Jafar Hassan, a former planning minister and the current head of Abdullah’s office, to form a new government. Hassan has a Ph.D. in political science
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — For many Haitian immigrants, Sunday mornings in Springfield, Ohio, are spent joyfully worshipping God as they sing and pray in their native Creole. This Sunday, they needed that uplifting balm more than ever. Their community is reeling — confused, frustrated, hurt — from false accusations that they are eating their neighbor’s
