Day: August 15, 2023

Wet weather moves into Hawaii as dangerous heat threatens multiple regions

1:08 pm August 15, 2023

Dangerous heat remains a top story not only for the South and into the Southeast but into the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies, as well. HEAVY RAIN TRIGGERS FLOODING AND WATER RESCUES IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI Temperatures there will be in the low-to-mid 100-degree range for interior sections and into the 90s along the coast, potentially […]

Texas Rep Ronny Jackson responds after new video shows police tackle him to ground, handcuff him at rodeo

1:04 pm August 15, 2023

Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, has responded after authorities released a video Monday showing officers tackling him to the ground and placing him in handcuffs at a rodeo last month as he was attempting to assist a girl having a medical emergency. The video then shows the lawmaker profanely berating the officers and threatening to report […]

Human rights activists say Niger’s detained officials have been inaccessible following coup

12:54 pm August 15, 2023

Human rights activists in Niger say they have been unable to gain access to top political officials detained after mutinous soldiers ousted the democratically elected president nearly three weeks ago. After soldiers ousted President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, they also arrested several former ministers and other political leaders, but requests to see them and […]

Spain’s late match heroics sends squad to Women’s World Cup final

12:52 pm August 15, 2023

Spain’s women’s national soccer team advanced to the Women’s World Cup final on Tuesday for the first time in its history with a narrow 2-1 victory over Sweden. Each of the three total goals scored came in the second half in what was a nail-biter. Spain’s Salma Paralluelo scored in the 81st minute. Paralleulo was […]

Taliban marks 2-year anniversary of return to power in Afghanistan, hails ‘great victory’

12:20 pm August 15, 2023

The Taliban on Tuesday is celebrating their second anniversary of returning to power in Afghanistan with a spokesman for the Islamist group hailing the “conquest of Kabul” that unfolded as American troops were withdrawing from the country. On Aug. 15, 2021, the Taliban entered Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul as former president Ashraf Ghani fled the […]