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Month: October 2024

In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad

AP Aerospace Writer SpaceX pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms. A jubilant Elon Musk called it “science fiction without the fiction part.” Towering almost 400 feet (121 meters), the empty Starship blasted off at sunrise

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Milton and Helene are taking a toll on the mental health of Floridians, leaving a trail of anxiety and frayed nerves

CNN By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — In a harsh new world of climate disasters, Amber Henry clutched her four young children as they stood atop the oven in their home in Lakeland, Florida. Transformers exploded outside. The surging floodwaters from Hurricane Milton poured in through the windows late Wednesday and their refrigerator slowly floated

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Ukraine’s human rights envoy urges response to alleged killings of Ukrainian POWs in Kursk

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman has urged international organizations to respond to a claim that several Ukrainian prisoners of war were executed in Russia’s Kursk region where Kyiv had launched an incursion in August. Dmytro Lubinets said on Telegram that he sent letters to the United Nations and the International Committee of

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Moreno’s abortion comment rattles debate in expensive Senate race in Republican-leaning Ohio

Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An off-the-cuff comment about reproductive rights by Republican Bernie Moreno in Ohio’s tight Senate race has put abortion at the center of debate in the most expensive Senate campaign this year. And that’s just where Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown wanted it. Moreno insists he was joking after cellphone video

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Milton and Helene are taking a toll on the mental health of Floridians, leaving a trail of anxiety and frayed nerves

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — In a harsh new world of climate disasters, Amber Henry clutched her four young children as they stood atop the oven in their home in Lakeland, Florida. Transformers exploded outside. The surging floodwaters from Hurricane Milton poured in through the windows late Wednesday and their refrigerator slowly floated away.

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Eggnog before Thanksgiving? Shoppers eager for a new season scramble retail calendars

AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After sipping pumpkin spiced lattes in August and putting up Halloween decorations in late September, Samantha Kowalczyk already looks forward to drinking eggnog-flavored coffee and filling her Wilmington, Delaware, home with cinnamon and sugar cookie scented candles and other holiday aromas. The 30-year-old thinks seasonal flavors and scents

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China’s Premier Li talks trade in Vietnam despite differences over South China Sea

BANGKOK (AP) — China has agreed to assist Vietnam on cross-border railway development and take steps to expand agricultural imports from its smaller neighbor. Vietnam’s official media said that Chinese Premier Li Qiang pledged Sunday that China would further open its market to high-quality fruits, seafood and other Vietnamese products. Li’s visit to Hanoi came

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Dijeron que eran trabajadores de servicios públicos, pero cuando salieron de la casa, la esposa estaba atada y el esposo estaba muerto

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Uno de los dos sospechosos acusados ​​de hacerse pasar por trabajadores de servicios públicos antes de matar a un hombre de Michigan y atar a su esposa fue detenido sin incidentes en Shreveport, Luisiana, este sábado, dijeron las autoridades. El sospechoso, que no ha sido identificado, fue arrestado en relación con

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They said they were utility workers. But when they left the house, the wife was tied up and the husband was dead

By Paradise Afshar and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A Michigan man has been charged with felony murder after he and another individual allegedly impersonated utility workers before killing a man and tying up his wife, according to local authorities. Carlos Jose Hernandez, 37, a resident of Dearborn, Michigan, was charged with felony murder and two

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Biden anunciará más de US$ 600 millones para la resiliencia de la red eléctrica durante la visita para evaluar los daños del huracán Milton

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden hará otro viaje a una comunidad devastada por un huracán con una visita este domingo a Florida, donde anunciará más de US$ 500 millones en proyectos para la resiliencia de la red eléctrica, dijo la Casa Blanca, mientras tormentas más costosas y frecuentes continúan presionando la financiación

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Un estadounidense libanés murió en un ataque aéreo israelí mientras cuidaba a los desplazados, dice su familia

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — —Cuando los ataques aéreos israelíes comenzaron a llover sobre el sur del Líbano, el primer instinto de Kamel Ahmad Jawad no fue buscar seguridad ni regresar a Estados Unidos. En cambio, se ofreció como voluntario en un hospital para ayudar a quienes no podían correr, aunque quisieran hacerlo. El 1 de

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Biden announces more than $600 million for electric grid resilience during visit to survey Hurricane Milton damage

By Nikki Carvajal and Michael Williams, CNN St. Petersburg, Florida (CNN) — President Joe Biden made yet another trip to a community devastated by a hurricane with his Sunday visit to Florida, where he announced more than half a billion dollars in projects for electric grid resilience, as costlier and more frequent storms continue to

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From the pulpit, Harris calls out Trump for hurricane misinformation. Biden surveys Florida’s damage

Associated Press GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Kamala Harris used an appearance Sunday before a largely Black church audience in battleground North Carolina to call out Donald Trump for spreading misinformation about the government’s hurricane response. President Joe Biden visited Florida for the second time this month to survey storm damage. Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee,

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Trump spread conspiracies on mail-in voting for years. Now his campaign is urging people to vote early and by mail

By Em Steck, Andrew Kaczynski and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s campaign is making a last-minute push to advocate for early and mail-in voting, methods the former president has falsely vilified for years as dangerous and fraudulent. With less than a month to go in a tight race, Trump’s campaign is urging people

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With AI warning, Nobel winner joins ranks of laureates who’ve cautioned about the risks of their own work

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — When computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for his work on machine learning, he immediately issued a warning about the power of the technology that his research helped propel: artificial intelligence. “It will be comparable with the Industrial Revolution,” he said just after

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Israel says 4 soldiers killed by Hezbollah drone attack while Israeli strike in Gaza leaves 20 dead

Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers and severely wounded seven others Sunday, the military said, in the deadliest strike by the militant group since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago. The Lebanon-based Hezbollah called

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SpaceX está a punto de intentar su vuelo de prueba más ambicioso hasta el momento con Starship. Esto es lo que debes saber

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — SpaceX se prepara para lanzar el último vuelo de prueba de Starship, el sistema de cohetes más poderoso jamás construido, que algún día podría usarse para transportar humanos a la Luna y Marte. Se espera que el despegue del cohete propulsor Super Heavy, coronado por la nave espacial Starship no tripulada,

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Un sketch de ‘SNL’ reúne a demócratas y republicanos para ‘Family Feud’

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — A menos de un mes de las elecciones presidenciales, “Saturday Night Live” enfrenta a demócratas contra republicanos en un sketch de “Family Feud” en su último episodio. Decididamente más dócil que algunos de sus sketches y chistes de temática política de las últimas semanas, el programa de juegos proporcionó una excelente

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Muere una persona y otras nueve resultan heridas tras tiroteo cerca de la Universidad Estatal de Tennessee después del desfile de bienvenida, dicen las autoridades

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Un hombre murió y otras nueve personas resultaron heridas en un tiroteo este sábado cerca de la Universidad Estatal de Tennessee mientras la escuela de Nashville celebraba su regreso a casa, y los investigadores creen que al menos uno de los heridos participó en el tiroteo, dijeron las autoridades. Al menos

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They fled their homes to escape Boko Haram. Now Nigeria is resettling them back despite their fears

Associated Press DAMASAK, Nigeria (AP) — When Boko Haram launched an insurgency in northeastern Nigeria in 2010, Abdulhameed Salisu packed his bag and fled from his hometown of Damasak in the country’s battered Borno state. The 45-year-old father of seven came back with his family early last year. They are among thousands of Nigerians taken

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Lithuanians vote in parliamentary election with many looking for change despite a strong economy

Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanians voted Sunday in the first round of parliamentary elections that could lead to the center-right governing coalition being replaced by the opposition Social Democrats and smaller center-left parties. Despite economic successes, strict COVID-19 measures and an influx of migrants have cast shadows over conservative Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė’s

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Florida neighbors band together to recover after one-two punch from hurricanes Helene and Milton

Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — When ankle-deep floodwaters from Hurricane Helene bubbled up through the floors of their home, Kat Robinson-Malone and her husband sent a late-night text message to their neighbors two doors down: “Hey, we’re coming.” The couple waded through the flooded street to the elevated front porch of Chris and Kara

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House Republicans attempt to avoid 2022 letdown with new tactic on abortion: ‘We’re both pro-choice’

By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju and Michelle Shen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Republicans in the nation’s toughest House districts are making a major pivot on abortion with a surprising result — they’re starting to sound like Democrats. GOP candidates in suburbs of places like Tucson, Des Moines and Syracuse are going public with vows never

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11 miembros de una familia Amish, incluido un bebé de 1 año, son hospitalizados tras consumir hongos tóxicos

Andrea Saint Martin (CNN) — Once miembros de una familia Amish, incluido un bebé de 1 año, fueron hospitalizados en Pensilvania el viernes por la noche después de ingerir hongos silvestres “tóxicos”, informaron las autoridades locales. Un miembro de la familia en el municipio de Peach Bottom, en el sureste de Pensilvania, dijo a las

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Ataques atribuidos a las disidencias de las FARC dejan al menos 17 heridos en El Plateado, Colombia

Andrea Saint Martin (CNN Español) — Ataques que autoridades atribuyeron a las disidencias de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) dejaron este sábado al menos 17 personas heridas en la localidad de El Plateado, en el departamento del Cauca, informó la Defensoría del Pueblo del país sudamericano. En un mensaje en su cuenta de

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11 in Amish family, including 1-year-old, hospitalized after eating ‘toxic mushrooms’

By Jordan D. Brown and Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Eleven members of an Amish family – including a 1-year-old – were hospitalized in Pennsylvania Friday night after ingesting wild, “toxic mushrooms,” local authorities said. A member of the family in southeastern Pennsylvania’s Peach Bottom Township told authorities they became sick after eating wild mushrooms

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Identifican restos humanos hallados en un congelador en Colorado como los de una chica de 16 años desaparecida durante casi 20 años

Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — La cabeza y las manos humanas descubiertas en el congelador de una casa de Colorado en enero fueron identificadas como pertenecientes a una chica de 16 años que llevaba casi 20 años desaparecida, según las autoridades locales. Amanda Overstreet fue identificada como la víctima mediante pruebas de ADN, según un comunicado

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America First Policy Institute, a group advising Trump, says its systems were breached

Associated Press The America First Policy Institute says “hostile foreign actors” breached its systems. AFPI is a group helping to lay the groundwork for a future Donald Trump administration. It says it discovered the breach last week but would not disclose what materials were compromised. AFPI has been publishing policy guides and penning executive orders

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Líderes de América Latina se pronuncian por el Día de la Raza o Día de la Resistencia Indígena

Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN Español) — Los mandatarios de varios gobiernos de América Latina se pronunciaron este sábado por la conmemoración del denominado Día de la Raza, reconocido en otros países también como Día de la Hispanidad o Día de la Resistencia Indígena, por el aniversario de la llegada de Cristóbal Colón al continente. Los mensajes

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Toronto police open hate crime investigation after Jewish girls’ school hit with gunfire in 2nd incident this year

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Police in Toronto, Canada, are opening a hate crime investigation after shots were fired overnight into the window of a Jewish girls’ elementary school – the second time this year the school was targeted by gunfire, officials said. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. Saturday at the Bais Chaya

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Walz tries to burnish his everyman image with trip home to Minnesota

By Aaron Pellish, CNN Mankato, Minnesota (CNN) — As a high school marching band played a rendition of Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz walked down the 50-yard line at Friday’s crosstown rivalry football game between Mankato East High School and Mankato West High School. Walz, accompanying the latter team’s captains, received an introduction that would work equally

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ANÁLISIS | La CIA, un infante de Marina y una recompensa de US$ 15 millones. Este presunto complot contra Maduro parece un guion de Hollywood, por una razón

Andrea Saint Martin (CNN) — Era la historia inspiradora perfecta, justo a tiempo para Navidad. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel El 20 de diciembre del año pasado, Estados Unidos aseguró la liberación de 10 ciudadanos estadounidenses en Venezuela, seis de ellos detenidos injustamente, a cambio de un aliado cercano del presidente autoritario Nicolás Maduro y un

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Walz tramps through tall grass but bags no birds as pheasant hunting season opens

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz tramped through tall grass with a shotgun in hand on the opening day of Minnesota’s pheasant hunting season. Saturday’s event gave the campaign a chance to highlight the governor’s rural roots and love of outdoor sports. Neither Walz nor Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan managed

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Harris helps pack aid boxes for North Carolina hurricane victims ahead of Sunday campaign push

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday helped pack diapers into boxes of personal care products destined for North Carolina hurricane victims, agreeing with one helper who said “it takes a village.” “You’re exactly right,” Harris replied to Greg Hatem, owner of The Pit Authentic Barbecue restaurant as she put

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Protestors crowd mayor’s office after housing board moves to outsource Section 8 program

By A.J. Bayatpour Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A group of activists and public housing residents marched into Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s office Friday, Oct. 11, calling on him to stop the housing authority board from outsourcing the city’s Section 8 housing program to a Florida company. Organizers from Common

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Wolf sightings reported near South Lake Tahoe

KOVR By Brady Halbleib Click here for updates on this story     HOPE VALLEY, California (KOVR) — Once thought extinct in California, wolves are making a surprising comeback. After no confirmed reports for nearly 100 years, since the early 1900s, seven packs are roaming in Northern California. However, now, there are signs that there could be

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SpaceX gets approval for Starship launch amid standoff with FAA

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Federal regulators granted SpaceX its long-awaited license to move forward with a fifth uncrewed test launch of Starship, the most powerful rocket system ever constructed. The US Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches, announced Saturday that SpaceX had “met all safety, environmental and other licensing requirements for

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Students treated for rabies after bats found in NAU dorm; some living with strangers off campus

By Adam Mintzer Click here for updates on this story     FLAGSTAFF, Arizona (KNXV) — Several Northern Arizona University students are being treated for rabies after bats were found in their dormitory. “A few students were treated following exposure assessments and guidance from CCHHS and their primary care physicians,” an NAU spokesperson wrote in a statement

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As parts of Florida went dark from Helene and Milton, the lights stayed on in this net-zero, storm-proof community

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — William Fulford moved from Virginia Beach, Virginia, to a new waterfront development in Florida in 2023. Nestled between Sarasota Bay and the southwestern part of Tampa Bay, the new home by Bradenton Beach was everything Fulford, a retired custom homebuilder, ever wished for. The developers of the new Hunters

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