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The death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by torrential storms in southern Brazil climbed to 39 on Friday, officials said, as they warned of worse to come."Forget everything you've seen, it's going to be much worse in the metropolitan region," Governor Eduardo Leite said Friday as the streets of the state capital, with a population of some 1.5 million, started flooding after days of heavy downpours in the region.
Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife Imelda were indicted by the Justice Department on charges of accepting bribes, money laundering and improper foreign influence.
Pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked US campuses for weeks were more muted Friday after a series of clashes with police, mass arrests and a stern White House directive to restore order.The news came the same day that dozens of American flag-wielding counter-protesters showed up and confronted the school's pro-Palestinian group, but police separated the two sides, local media reported.
Former White House communications director Hope Hicks took the stand Friday in Donald Trump's New York criminal trial, a tense reunion for the former president and a woman who was once one of his closest aides.
The 'sad beige mom' trend has a new hero, or villain: Adrianna Santiago, who showed on TikTok how she painted a bright green sandbox to make it tan and brown.
The photographer reflects on how he took the memorable shot back in 2004, in one of the martial arts academies that had sprung up near the Shaolin Temple.
Explorer programs, created by the Boy Scouts of America, are supposed to foster interest in policing. They have faced misconduct allegations involving nearly 200 young people.
Susann Sills’ family couldn’t fathom that her husband Scott Sills was involved in her murder — until his arrest and eventual sentencing of 15 years to life in prison.
An unruly passenger who was “physically combative” on a flight last month has been ordered to pay more $20,000 to United Airlines, according to court documents.
Hawaii lawmakers on Friday wrapped up a legislative session heavily focused on addressing Maui's needs after last year's deadly Lahaina wildfire. In a more lighthearted move, they adopted the “shaka” as the official state gesture.
Launch day is finally here: Boeing's Starliner capsule blasts off Monday to the International Space Station on its first crewed mission -- several years after SpaceX first achieved the same milestone.Since then, Boeing has been working on the crewed test flight so the capsule can be certified for NASA's use on regular ISS missions.
The FBI said on Friday that three bodies were found in Mexico's Baja California state, where two Australians and an American went missing last week during a surfing trip in an area hit by cartel violence.Baja California, known for its inviting beaches, is also one of Mexico's most violent states thanks to organized crime groups.
A former government employee was charged this week with submitting false tips about ex-colleagues to the FBI's tip line investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, according to court documents unsealed Friday.
Illegal immigration on the US southern border is a top talking point among Republican politicians, but some are taking it a step further by promoting disinformation about non-citizens voting in the presidential election."Especially when the threat of fraud is growing with every single illegal immigrant that crosses that border."
When Claudio Almiro finally abandoned his ruined home in flood-ravaged southern Brazil, he found himself slogging through waist-deep water.Almiro, who is unemployed, says the disaster took his home and all his possessions.
A high-ranking ballot access consultant for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign was charged with assault in Manhattan last week, the New York Police Department told CNN.
An aggressive mosquito species has moved into Los Angeles. So officials are releasing thousands of sterile mosquitoes in bid to fight them.
Two defendants were found guilty of conspiracy in a groundbreaking trial that could change how Antifa is understood and targeted by prosecutors.
Columbia University is rethinking its commencement plans after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests ended with authorities forcing their way into a barricaded school building and arresting dozens of people, according to a source at the university and two members of student government.
Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly this week when one counter-protester appeared to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black student in a raucous gathering that was endorsed by a far-right congressman from Georgia. “Ole Miss taking care of business,” Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins wrote Friday on the social platform X with a with a link to the video showing the racist jeers. The Associated Press left voicemail messages for Collins on Friday at his offices in Georgia and Washington and sent an email to his spokesperson, asking for an explanation of what Collins meant.
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