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Temporary shelter for asylum seekers closes in Maine's largest city 08/16/2023 12:51pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Nearly 200 asylum seekers from African countries have traded one temporary home in Maine's largest city for another Wednesday after a basketball arena that served as a shelter closed. About 10 buses and vans lined up outside the Portland Expo to take 191 occupants and their Michael Cera grapples with isolation and sibling strife in 'The Adults' 08/16/2023 12:50pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — When director Dustin Guy Defa set out to make a movie about isolation, grief and familial strife, he wasn’t quite cognizant of the unmistakable ways in which the effects of the coronavirus pandemic were informing his script. Now, however, he concedes that “The Adults,” whi Bolt was missing on police helicopter that crashed in South Carolina, report says 08/16/2023 11:24am • A police helicopter that crashed at a South Carolina airport was missing a bolt that should have been removed and reinstalled during maintenance about six weeks earlier, federal officials said in a report. A second bolt on the Charleston County Sheriff's Office helicopter also was loose and the pilo A Bulgarian businessman was shot dead in broad daylight in a suburb of Sofia 08/16/2023 10:19am • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A prominent Bulgarian businessman whose rollercoaster career reflected his country’s transition from communism to democracy was shot dead in broad daylight on Wednesday, police said. Police said that Alexey Petrov died on the spot after being shot by persons unknown aroun Small Minnesota town will be without police after chief and officers resign, citing low pay 08/16/2023 10:07am • GOODHUE, Minn. (AP) — A small Minnesota town will soon be without a police department, an exodus spurred by low pay for the chief and his officers. Goodhue Police Chief Josh Smith and one other officer are still on the force, but only until their resignations become official on Aug. 23, the Minnea Bonmati wants another championship soccer trophy for Spain. This time a Women's World Cup title 08/16/2023 09:28am • AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Aitana Bonmati remembers the moment Andres Iniesta scored at the 2010 World Cup clearly, even though she was only 12 years old. Iniesta's extra-time goal in the championship match against the Netherlands at Johannesburg gave Spain a 1-0 win for its first and only men's Clashes between rival militias in Libya leave 27 people dead, authorities say 08/16/2023 09:21am • CAIRO (AP) — Clashes between rival militias in Libya’s capital killed at least 27 people and left residents trapped in their homes Tuesday, unable to escape the violence, medical authorities said. The fighting appears to be the most intense to shake Tripoli this year. In addition to the 27 deat Bidens to visit Hawaii on Monday following Maui wildfires 08/16/2023 09:14am • (CNN) — President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden will travel to Hawaii on Monday, the White House announced, as search, rescue and recovery efforts continue following the devastating wildfires there.“The President and First Lady will travel to Maui on Monday, August 21 to meet with Videos put scrutiny on downed power lines as possible cause of deadly Maui wildfires 08/16/2023 08:44am • Awakened by howling winds that tore through his Maui neighborhood, Shane Treu went out at dawn and saw a wooden power pole suddenly snap with a flash, its sparking, popping line falling to the dry grass below and quickly igniting a row of flames. He called 911 and then turned on Facebook video to li Ex-FBI counterintelligence official pleads guilty to conspiracy charge for helping Russian oligarch 08/16/2023 06:10am • NEW YORK (AP) — A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to violate sanctions on Russia by going to work, after he retired, for an oligarch he once investigated. Appearing before a federal judge in New York City, Charles McGonigal, 55, said he DC woman grapples with dog's drowning death: 'This could have all been prevented' 08/16/2023 04:44am • For D.C. resident Jocelyn Lobos-Segura, Monday's severe weather in the Rhode Island Avenue area of Northeast took an unimaginably tragic toll. Her one-year-old Labrador-Border Collie, Mona, was one of 10 dogs who died when a pet day care facility flooded. "I didn't know anything was going on unti Suicide deaths reached a record high in the US in 2022, provisional data shows 08/16/2023 04:37am • (CNN) — More people died from suicide in the United States last year than any other year on record, according to provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 49,449 lives were lost due to intentional self-harm in 2022 — nearly 15 deaths for every 100,0 A Pennsylvania study suggests links between fracking and asthma, lymphoma in children 08/16/2023 03:35am • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Children who lived closer to natural gas wells in heavily drilled western Pennsylvania were more likely to develop a relatively rare form of cancer, and nearby residents of all ages had an increased chance of severe asthma reactions, researchers said in reports released Tues Howard U. ramps up security after random mob attack on students 08/16/2023 12:07am • Security is being ratcheted up on the D.C. campus of Howard University, after several students were randomly and viciously attacked this weekend by a group of teenagers, known to police for their troublemaking. Videos posted on social media this weekend showed the melee, in which Howard students Today in History: August 16, Elvis Presley dies at 42 08/16/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, Aug. 16, the 228th day of 2023. There are 137 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 42. On this date: In 1777, American forces won the Battle of Bennington