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Messing up pronunciations can be a source of both annoyance and amusement, but language learning platform Babbel has put together a handy guide to…
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Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The police commissioner of the Bahamas has resigned after two officers and a sergeant were recently indicted in a U.S.…
Continue ReadingAP Technology Writer Waymo is gearing up to bring its robotaxi service to Miami which will accelerate an expansion that’s been happening while its…
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer Efforts to reduce the nation’s persistently high maternal mortality rates involve state panels of experts that investigate…
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer Efforts to reduce the nation’s persistently high maternal mortality rates involve state panels of experts that investigate…
Continue ReadingAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The reliability of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids has dramatically improved, narrowing a wide gap with…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say a Pakistani court has indicted imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and dozens of his…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone has started a nationwide rollout of the single-dose Ebola vaccine. The campaign, which…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has named security, energy and competitiveness as the priorities for his…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — Five sets of ancestral remains from Australia that had been in German museum collections since the 19th century have…
Continue ReadingBy Saskya Vandoorne, Aaron Cooper, Mark Morales, Holmes Lybrand, Brynn Gingras, Chris Boyette and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — A woman who stowed…
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but remains at historically healthy levels. Jobless…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has arrived in Uruguay for the final stages in years-long…
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, Ivan Watson, Rebecca Wright and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul (CNN) — A South Korean politician who grappled with an armed soldier in…
Continue ReadingCNN By Helen Regan, Ivan Watson, Rebecca Wright and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul (CNN) — A South Korean politician who grappled with an armed…
Continue ReadingBy Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Mick Krever and Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — Israeli forces dressed in civilian clothes raided a hospital in the…
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Judges of a European Union-backed court have ordered the arrest of Kosovo’s three other war veterans on alleged offenses…
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Syrian rebels have driven government forces from Hama, a major city that the country’s regime…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Jill Biden has used a tour of the United Arab Emirates’ capital to praise efforts to…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia is spreading disinformation to American audiences in an effort to erode U.S. support for Ukraine as…
Continue ReadingAP Airlines Writer The Biden administration has only seven weeks left in office, but officials are still trying to enact consumer-protection…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of Britain’s armed forces has warned that the world stands at the cusp of a “third nuclear age,’’…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have arrested a Chinese man sought by Beijing for allegedly helping transfer and…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to stay in office until the end of his term in 2027 and said he will name…
Continue ReadingLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Three-time Olympic equestrian gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin has been suspended from all competition for one year…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo’s health minister said the government…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Officials say an employee at a hospital in central Germany died in an attack by a man wielding a crossbow. Police and prosecutors…
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A potent winter storm stretching from the Midwest to the Northeast is knocking out power and disrupting travel…
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A potent winter storm stretching from the Midwest to the Northeast is knocking out power and disrupting…
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Eight members of the OPEC+ alliance of oil exporting countries decided Thursday to put off increasing…
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The S&P 500 is on track to close 2024 with a gain of nearly 27%, after setting 50 record highs this year.…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting director of the Secret Service says the agency is “reorganizing and reimagining” its culture and…
Continue ReadingVALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has clashed indirectly with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at an annual…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s parliament has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol, a stunning fall from grace for…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — The day after the inferno struck Notre Dame on April 15, 2019, Philippe Villeneuve walked despondently into the…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s state-run airline says it is preparing to resume direct flights to European countries early next…
Continue ReadingAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A pair of European satellites rocketed into orbit Thursday on the first mission to create…
Continue ReadingHELSINKI (AP) — A man has gone on trial in Finland on charges of war crimes allegedly committed against Ukrainian forces in a Russia-backed…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian insurgents swept into the central city of Hama on Thursday and government forces withdrew, dealing another…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police officials say they are checking reports that a kidnapped American died after being…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis’ mayor pushed back Thursday against the need for a Justice Department deal to enact reforms in…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Chinese online retailer Temu has been told to suspend operations in Vietnam after it failed to meet an…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The right frame can freeze a moment in time, creating meaning for the masses from a fist pump over a…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A gunman who critically wounded two kindergartners at a tiny religious school in Northern California was…
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on the promise that his policies would reduce high borrowing costs…
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, John Miller, Brynn Gingras and Mark Morales, CNN New York (CNN) — Words written on ammunition. A smiling surveillance photo. A…
Continue ReadingBy Ivan Watson, Rebecca Wright, Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The leader of South Korea’s main opposition…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Crime-solving techniques applied to a medieval illuminated manuscript in Paris may have solved a…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — The world’s oldest known wild bird has sparked “special joy” among scientists after she laid an egg – her…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A growing number of young people in Kenya see kung fu as a path toward future employment. Kung fu has…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KOVACICA, Serbia (AP) — UNESCO has inscribed ethnic Slovak naïve paintings from a village in Serbia on its list of intangible…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to take on the “alliance of naysayers” and the bureaucratic…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New clues emerged Thursday in the hunt for the masked gunman who stalked and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An imprisoned far-right extremist group leader who was the top target of the federal investigation of the Jan.…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Richard Andre Newman thought he would live the rest of his life in his quiet, leafy neighborhood in…
Continue ReadingThe World Bank says Afghanistan’s economy is showing modest signs of growth after two years of severe contraction. In its latest development update…
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The huge rally for U.S. stocks lost momentum on Thursday as Wall Street counted down to a big jobs report…
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jack Payne had 17 points in Idaho’s 82-77 win over Kansas City on Wednesday night. Payne had eight rebounds and four…
Continue ReadingVERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Chase Forte had 21 points in South Dakota’s 94-80 victory against Idaho State on Wednesday night. Forte added five…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Fifty-thousand multi-colored lights were illuminated on Rockefeller Center’s iconic Christmas tree Wednesday evening to…
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin has topped the $100,000 mark, extending a rally in the world’s most popular cryptocurrency sparked by…
Continue ReadingExcellon Resources, a Canadian-owned mining company, is in the middle of a five-year exploratory drilling project for a potential mine in Idaho’s…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — London’s Royal Albert Hall, the gilded concert venue known for an annual “Rule Britannia” singalong, is…
Continue ReadingMAKAWAO, Hawaii. (AP) — Five Hawaiian crows on Wednesday were released on Maui for the first time as part of an ongoing effort to return the…
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has held phone calls with U.S. congressional leaders while visiting Guam. Lai said in post…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president replaced his defense minister Thursday as opposition parties moved to impeach…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are searching for 13 workers who went missing after a construction site caved in in the southern business center…
Continue ReadingBoise Police responded to reports of someone driving recklessly through fences and on the greenbelt before crashing into one of the ponds at Esther…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand authorities have “grave concerns” for three mountain climbers from the U.S.…
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer ESPN is continuing their transition into more direct-to-consumer offerings and being more accessible with Wednesday’s launch of…
Continue ReadingRirie Elementary School will be canceled for Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, because of a gas line being repaired. That means there would be no heat in the…
Continue ReadingBy Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — A Syrian photographer working for the German press agency DPA has been killed in an airstrike in the Hama…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) — One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he is “optimistic” about President-elect Donald Trump’s second term and expressed some…
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo, CNN (CNN) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has accepted the resignation of his Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun amid…
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Just one retail chain was enough for Taylor Swift to have the top-selling book last week and the biggest…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International accuses Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip during its war with Hamas, saying it…
Continue ReadingBy Nada Bashir, CNN (CNN) — Amnesty International on Wednesday said that it had gathered “sufficient evidence to believe” that Israel’s…
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writers CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami wants things reconsidered. So does South Carolina. The Big 12 is puzzled. And Mississippi coach…
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A jury in Texas has sentenced a man for killing and dismembering three people whose bodies were found in a burning…
Continue ReadingAP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democrats and Republicans agreed on at least one thing before November’s election: California would…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. donors gave $3.6 billion on Tuesday, an increase from the past two years, according to estimates from the…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people, according to the…
Continue ReadingBy Mick Krever, Jeremy Diamond, Eugenia Yosef and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military on Wednesday said that a February strike on…
Continue ReadingThe City of Idaho Falls Water Division will be replacing a water main valve on the 2500 block of South Boulevard on Thursday, Dec.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho National Lab and Idaho State University are coming together to solve energy and security challenges in the U.S. with the signing of a…
Continue ReadingDecember 6th marks the 21st year of the ‘Christmas Box Angel Candlelight Vigil’ in Idaho…
Continue ReadingPALERMO, Calif. (AP) — Two children were in “extremely critical condition” Wednesday after being shot at a tiny religious K-8 school in…
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Oregon and Ohio State are bringing in the nation’s top recruiting class as high school prospects…
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer A basic tenet of journalism — calling someone for comment on a story — was seen as a threat by defense secretary nominee Pete…
Continue ReadingNormally, our community calls the Idaho Falls Fire Department for help, but this time, Idaho Falls firefighters need your help filling an ambulance…
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and…
Continue ReadingLUQUE, Paraguay (AP) — Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-famous sushi. It’s brewed in centuries-old mountaintop warehouses,…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jerry Nadler says that he will be stepping down as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee next…
Continue ReadingALPINE, Texas (AP) — A U.S. attorney in Texas says three U.S. Army soldiers have been arrested on human smuggling charges. U.S. Attorney Jaime…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LUANDA, Angola (AP) — President Joe Biden’s long-delayed trip to Africa was overshadowed by his controversial pardon of his son…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed with old, unstable mines that can cause the earth to suddenly give way.…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Security cameras captured video of a University of Mississippi student leaving his campus apartment twice on the morning he was last…
Continue ReadingCNN By Rob Picheta and Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has been forced to resign just three months into…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The new Los Angeles police chief says in an interview with The Associated Press that his department is working…
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