GANNETT Syndication Service

• Russia ready for 'concrete steps' toward Brittney Griner prisoner exchange, official says: Updates August 14, 2022
  The Kremlin is ready for "concrete steps" toward freeing Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan in exchange for Russians being held in the U.S. More updates.      
• Salman Rushdie stabbed: Author taken off ventilator after attack, 'on the road to recovery' August 14, 2022
  "Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is "on the road to recovery," two days after he was stabbed at a lecture.      
• Tens of thousands of Afghan allies were left behind. Why have so few reached US safety? August 14, 2022
  A year after the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan, tens of thousands of allies are struggling to reach safety.      
• Denise Dowse, '90210' actress, dies at 64 following severe meningitis battle: 'Heartbreaking' August 14, 2022
  Denise Dowse has died at 64. The 'Beverly Hills, 90210' actress, who played Mrs. Teasley, battled severe meningitis and had been in a coma.      
• 'Stranger Things' star Millie Bobby Brown says she's enrolled at Purdue University August 14, 2022
  "Stranger Things" star Millie Bobby Brown says she's a student at Purdue University, studying human services online, according to Allure magazine.     
• 2 dead as heaviest rainfall in 10 years floods Las Vegas strip for second time in weeks August 14, 2022
  Casinogoers contended with flooding on the Las Vegas strip for the second time in weeks. Videos showed streets turned to lagoons.