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Interim leader takes helm in Bangladesh, to bring peace and prepare elections
By Julhas Alam, The Associated Press on August 8th, 2024
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took the oath of office as head of Bangladesh’s interim government Thursday after an uprising prompted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down and flee to India. The key tasks for Yunus now are restoring peace in Bangladesh and preparing for new elections following weeks of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tornado death raises Tropical Storm Debby toll to 7 as heavy rains keep falling
By Makiya Seminera And John Minchillo, The Associated Press on August 8th, 2024
LUCAMA, N.C. (AP) – Tropical Storm Debby spawned damaging tornadoes that killed one person, flooded a town and temporarily shut down part of Interstate 95 early Thursday as it blew into North Carolina after making a second landfall overnight. The storm was expected to churn up the East Coast, where residents as far north as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nobel laureate Yunus arrives in Bangladesh to take over as interim leader
By Julhas Alam, The Associated Press on August 8th, 2024
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Bangladesh’s next leader Muhammad Yunus arrived home Thursday from an overseas trip and will take office later in the day, as he looks to restore calm and rebuild the country following an uprising that ended the 15-year, increasingly autocratic rule of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Yunus landed at Dhaka’s Hazrat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A powerful earthquake hits off southern Japan; tsunami advisory issued
By The Associated Press on August 8th, 2024
TOKYO (AP) – A powerful earthquake struck off Japan’s southern coast on Thursday, triggering a tsunami advisory. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake registered a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 and was centered off the eastern coast of Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu at a depth of about 30 kilometers (18.6 miles). It issued ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Utah man who killed woman is put to death by lethal injection in state’s first execution since 2010
By Hannah Schoenbaum, The Associated Press on August 8th, 2024
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A Utah man who killed his girlfriend’s mother by cutting her throat was put to death by lethal injection early Thursday in the state’s first execution since 2010. Taberon Dave Honie, 48, was convicted of aggravated murder in the July 1998 death of Claudia Benn. Honie was 22 when he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Utah man who killed woman put to death by lethal injection in state’s first execution since 2010
By Hannah Schoenbaum, The Associated Press on August 8th, 2024
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A Utah man who killed his girlfriend’s mother by cutting her throat was put to death by lethal injection early Thursday in the state’s first execution since 2010. Taberon Dave Honie, 48, was convicted of aggravated murder in the July 1998 death of Claudia Benn. Honie was 22 when he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tropical Storm Debby makes 2nd landfall in South Carolina, heavy rain expected up the East Coast
By Jeffrey Collins And John Minchillo, The Associated Press on August 8th, 2024
HUGER, S.C. (AP) – Tropical Storm Debby has made a second landfall in South Carolina on its way up the East Coast, where residents as far north as Vermont could get several inches of rain this weekend. The National Hurricane Center says Debby came ashore early Thursday near Bulls Bay, South Carolina. The storm is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!July ends 13-month streak of global heat records as El Nino ebbs, but experts warn against relief
By Alexa St. John, The Associated Press on August 7th, 2024
Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El Nino climate pattern ebbed, the European climate agency Copernicus announced Wednesday. But July 2024 ‘s average heat just missed surpassing the July of a year ago, and scientists said the end of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas man who claimed intellectual disability is executed for 1997 killing of female jogger
By Juan A. Lozano And Michael Graczyk, The Associated Press on August 7th, 2024
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – A Texas man who claimed an intellectual disability in a late attempt at a reprieve was executed Wednesday evening for the killing of a woman who was jogging near her Houston home more than 27 years ago. Arthur Lee Burton, 54, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!1 of last GOP congressmen who voted to impeach Trump advances in Washington’s US House race
By Hallie Golden, The Associated Press on August 7th, 2024
SEATTLE (AP) – One of the last remaining U.S. House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump and a candidate endorsed by the former president have advanced in Tuesday’s primary to the general election in Washington state’s 4th Congressional District. U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse is seeking a sixth term in the conservative Washington district that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump-backed Jerrod Sessler advances to November election in Washington state race for US Congress
By The Associated Press on August 7th, 2024
SEATTLE (AP) – Donald Trump-backed candidate Jerrod Sessler advanced into the general election in Washington state’s conservative 4th Congressional District. Sessler faced off in Tuesday’s primary against U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of the last remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump, as well as Tiffany Smiley, another conservative candidate endorsed by Trump. The ... Read More »
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