Columbus, OH

The Independent

  It was a balmy summer night in 2020, shortly after the lifting of Germany’s first COVID-19 lockdown, and Omar Diallo and two friends from his home country of Guinea wanted to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice.“We were enjoying life, playing music, walking through the city at night — we just wanted to be together again and have a good time,” Diallo, 22, told The Associated Press in Erfurt, in the eastern state of Thuringia.He was not prepared for how the day would end. Suddenly Diallo and his friends were confronted by three black-clad white men.“They...

Being Black in Germany has never been easy – Elections could make it harder still

Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland party surged in elections in two eastern states on Sunday. The populist and anti-immigration AfD notched its first statewide win in Thüringia, while in Saxony, the AfD finished just behind the Christian Democratic Union, the center-right party of former Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Germany’s far right surges in regional elections

The far-right Alternative for Germany is set to do very well in state elections in the east.

Far right eyes political earthquake as Germans head to the polls

Voters in two former East German states began casting ballots Sunday in elections expected to deal a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government and deliver big gains for the far-right AfD. Opinion polls have the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) ahead in Thuringia and a close second in Saxony, while also predicting a strong showing for the upstart far-left BSW.

Germans vote in state elections set to hand victory to far right

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party was on track to coming first in the state election in Thuringia on Sunday, an exit poll said, but it is unlikely to be able to form a government. Known as AfD, Alternative for Germany could become the first far-right party to win...

Far-right Alternative For Germany party set for shock election win

Redlands, CA

Authorities are working to determine whether human remains found in a concrete “bunker” underneath a man’s California mobile home belonged to a missing couple who lived next door at a nudist resort, police said.

Authorities work to identify human remains found in concrete ‘bunker’ under missing California couple’s neighbor’s home

The United States has seized Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s airplane after determining that its acquisition was in violation of US sanctions, among other criminal issues. CNN’s Kylie Atwood reports.

 US seizes Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s airplane in the Dominican Republic

IDF international spokesperson Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani speaks to CNN’s Dana Bash about how the six killed hostages were found.

IDF spokesperson shares how hostages were found

Colorado State

Clear Creek County, CO

A suspect has been identified in the death of Paul Peavey, a Colorado dog breeder found dead on Saturday.

Authorities identify suspect in killing of Colorado dog breeder

In the years since the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912, we have become familiar with haunting images of the doomed passenger liner’s bow, lying at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean. Now, new photos taken this summer show that the view has changed dramatically.

New Titanic photos show major decay to legendary wreck

Maine State

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Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

A tiger mauled its handler at a popular amusement park in Australia, leaving the experienced worker hospitalized with “serious lacerations and puncture wounds”.

Tiger mauls handler at amusement park

Arizona State

Tempe, AZ

A Wells Fargo employee at a corporate office in Arizona clocked in to what would be her last-ever shift on a Friday morning. Her body was found four days later at her cubicle desk, where she died sometime during the weekend, according to the Tempe Police Department.

Wells Fargo employee found dead at her desk days after she last clocked into work, authorities say

Monday was the deadliest day of the year so far for Pakistan, the latest flare-up in a long-running insurgency driven by inequality, ethnic resentments and colossal Chinese investments.

Roadside executions the latest grim chapter for Pakistan’s oldest insurgency

Wyoming State

WyoFile

Wyoming’s U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and Rep. Harriet Hageman handily staved off Republican challengers in Tuesday’s primary election. The Associated Press called the race at 8 p.m.

Barrasso, Hageman handily defeat Republican challengers

Boston, MA

More than 10,000 hotel workers at 24 hotels stretching from Boston to the West Coast to Hawaii went on strike early Sunday morning, disrupting travel during a busy Labor Day weekend.

More than 10,000 US hotel workers strike during Labor Day weekend

CNN’s Derek Van Dam reports Mexico’s largest state, Chihuahua, is suffering through a months-long drought which has dried up lakes and dams, killed fish, and even devastated bee colonies.

Mexico’s largest state suffering from devastating drought

Pennsylvania State

A convicted killer captured last year after two weeks on the run in southeastern Pennsylvania’s rolling farmlands has pleaded guilty to escape and burglary charges.

Convicted killer who spent 2 weeks on the run in Pennsylvania pleads guilty to escape charges

Three years after the departure of the final US troops from Afghanistan, the situation in the country is bleak, with the Taliban tightening its grip as it introduces increasingly oppressive laws that restrict political freedoms and suppress the rights of women.

Leader of Afghanistan’s resistance movement says he will defeat the Taliban ‘no matter the odds’

Fort Washington, PA

A nearly five decade long search is now over, officials reveal the identity of a missing man found frozen in a cave along the Appalachian trail.

Mystery of ‘Pinnacle Man’ found frozen in a cave solved after nearly five decades

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AfD becomes first far-right party to win German state election since 1945

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the first far-right party to win a state election in Germany since the Nazi era, dealing a crushing blow...

AfD becomes first far-right party to win German state election since 1945

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