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Biden will meet with families of Americans taken hostage by Hamas on Wednesday at the White House
By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will hold his first in-person meeting with the families of…
Continue Reading Auto union boss urges New Jersey lawmakers to pass casino smoking ban
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Shawn Fain, the international president of the United Auto Workers union, recently won…
Continue Reading Rights group says security services in Belarus raid apartments and detain election observers
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A local human rights center says security services in Belarus are breaking into…
Continue Reading Young Thug trial on pause until January after co-defendant is stabbed in jail
ATLANTA (AP) — The trial for rapper Young Thug and five other people is on pause until early next year after one of the defendants was stabbed in…
Continue Reading George Santos attorney expresses optimism about plea talks as expelled congressman appears in court
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos ‘ lawyer expressed optimism about plea…
Continue Reading US agency takes first step toward requiring new vehicles to prevent drunk or impaired driving
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators say they have taken the first step toward requiring devices in vehicles that prevent drunk or impaired…
Continue Reading Maryland judiciary seeks applications to replace slain judge
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s state judiciary is accepting applications to replace a circuit court judge who was killed earlier this year.…
Continue Reading Kwamé Ryan to become music director of Charlotte Symphony in 2024-25
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Kwamé Ryan was hired as music director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra in North Carolina and given a four-year…
Continue Reading South Africa to build new nuclear plants. The opposition attacked the plan over alleged Russia links
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The South African government has announced plans to build new nuclear power…
Continue Reading Suspect in fatal grocery store shooting leaves behind debit card, leading to his arrest
GARY, Ind. (AP) — Police in Gary, Indiana, say a debit card left behind at the scene of a fatal shooting helped officers track down and arrest a…
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Rising costs make hauling recyclables impractical for Idaho Falls
Due to a significant increase in fees associated with the recycling process, the Idaho Falls Sanitation Division will no longer provide recycling…
Continue Reading Online sports betting to start in Vermont in January
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Gov. Phil Scott has announced that online sports betting starts in Vermont on Jan. 11. He says the state Department of…
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Teton County to host second event on Draft Water Quality Management Plan
Teton County would like to remind the public there is still time to provide feedback on the draft Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP) via the…
Continue Reading Thousands gather to honor Mexico’s Virgen of Guadalupe on anniversary of 1531 apparition
By FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Thousands of people sang the traditional Mexican birthday song “Las mañanitas” at Mexico…
Continue Reading Maná drummer Alex González shares big plans for 2024, including playing London for the first time
By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — During a career than spans over four decades, Grammy-winning Mexican rockers Maná have toured the…
Continue Reading Polish far-right lawmaker extinguishes Hanukkah candle in parliament
A far-right lawmaker in the Polish parliament has used a fire extinguisher to extinguish a candle on a menorah that was lit for Hannukah in the…
Continue Reading Son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai lobbies UK foreign secretary for his release
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai will meet with…
Continue Reading The Dutch counterterror agency has raised the national threat alert to the second-highest level
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch counterterrorism agency has lifted the country’s threat alert to its…
Continue Reading Death of Adam Johnson sparks renewed interest in guard mandates for youth hockey
By PAT EATON-ORBB AP Sports Writer SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — A day after professional hockey player Adam Johnson suffered a fatal cut to his…
Continue Reading Scientists uncover a surprising phenomenon in the Himalayas that might be slowing the effects of climate change
By Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — Glaciers in the Himalayas are melting rapidly, but a new report showed an astonishing phenomenon in the…
Continue Reading Swedish authorities say 5 people died when a construction elevator crashed to the ground
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — All five people inside a construction site elevator that crashed to the ground in Stockholm have died, a Swedish…
Continue Reading After 20 years in prison, a wrongfully convicted man is freed. Here’s what he plans to do next
CNN, WCCO By Cheri Mossburg, Brad Parks, Rachel Webb and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Marvin Haynes has spent most of his life behind bars for a…
Continue Reading Kentucky woman seeking court approval for abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity
By BRUCE SCHREINER and KIMBERLEE KRUESI FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Attorneys for a pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to…
Continue Reading Judge scolds Giuliani for false claims about election workers during defamation trial
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia election workers’ defamation…
Continue Reading Spain seizes 11 tons of cocaine in shipping containers. Most of the drugs found among frozen tuna
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say that they have confiscated 11 tons of cocaine and arrested 20 people in two different operations against the…
Continue Reading German prosecutors indict 27 people in connection with an alleged far-right coup plot
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they have filed terrorism charges against 27 people, including a self-styled…
Continue Reading For a brilliant gift-opening move, consider the wide range of creative chess sets
By KIM COOK Associated Press Part game, part sport — part home decor? Chess sets come in a range of designs from the museum-worthy to the…
Continue Reading Passengers lodge in military barracks after Amsterdam to Detroit flight is forced to land in Canada
DETROIT (AP) — Passengers aboard a Delta Air Lines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit spent the night in a military barracks in eastern Canada after…
Continue Reading Bloody diarrhea, jaundice, hepatitis: Thousands fall ill in war-ravaged Gaza amid spike in infectious diseases
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Bloody diarrhea, jaundice, acute hepatitis and respiratory infections. These are just some of the diseases…
Continue Reading Finland to reopen 2 out of 8 border crossings with Russia after a 2-week closure over migrant influx
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s government says it will reopen two out of eight border crossing points with Russia…
Continue Reading Column: Rahm goes back on his word. But circumstances changed
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Jon Rahm is the latest player to go back on his word by joining LIV Golf. He was among the early proponents of the…
Continue Reading Pakistani armed forces suffer deadliest attack this year
By Sophia Saifi and Saleem Mehsud, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Twenty-three Pakistani soldiers were killed Tuesday when a six-man suicide…
Continue Reading 80 years after his death at Pearl Harbor, a sailor’s remains are returned home
By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Every December, Deb Conti’s grandmother would pull out the wrinkled letter and faded photograph she…
Continue Reading Russia blasts a southern Ukraine region and hackers strike Ukrainian phone and internet services
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has came under heavy attacks from the air and from cyberspace. Local officials said…
Continue Reading Harvard president remains leader of Ivy League school following backlash on antisemitism testimony
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard President Claudine Gay will remain leader of the prestigious Ivy League school following her comments last week at…
Continue Reading Singer Zahara, South Africa’s Afro-soul sensation and beloved ‘Country Girl,’ dies aged 36
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African singer Zahara, who rose from an impoverished rural background with no…
Continue Reading As more Rohingya arrive by boat, Indonesia asks the international community to share its burden
By EDNA TARIGAN and REZA SAIFULLAH Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia says it is appealing to the international community for…
Continue Reading MI6 chief thanks Russian state television for its ‘help’ in encouraging Russians to spy for the UK
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency has thanked Russian state television for…
Continue Reading Chinese leaders consider next steps for economy as debt and deflation cloud outlook for coming year
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — State media say Chinese leaders have wrapped up a two-day annual meeting to set economic…
Continue Reading A Moldovan court annuls a ban on an alleged pro-Russia party that removed it from local elections
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — An appeals court in Moldova has annulled a decision that banned hundreds of candidates from an alleged pro-Russia…
Continue Reading At least $2.1 billion in new funds pledged at COP28, as foundations focus on health and agriculture
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press With the United Nations climate talks wrapping up in Dubai, foundations and other funders pledged at least $2.1…
Continue Reading Court overturns conviction of former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif ahead of parliamentary election
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has overturned the 2018 conviction of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a…
Continue Reading In Florida farmland, Guadalupe feast celebrates, sustains 60-year-old mission to migrant workers
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press NARANJA, Fla. (AP) — Martin Monjaraz takes special pride in helping to organize the Guadalupe festival…
Continue Reading As Navalny vanishes from view in Russia, an ally calls it a Kremlin ploy to deepen his isolation
MOSCOW (AP) — The loss of contact with Alexei Navalny at the prison colony where the opposition leader was being held likely signals a Kremlin…
Continue Reading DeSantis attorneys ask federal judge to dismiss Disney’s free speech lawsuit
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Gov. Ron DeSantis are asking a federal judge to dismiss a free speech lawsuit filed by Disney after the…
Continue Reading Ranked choice voting bill moves to hearing in front of Wisconsin Senate elections committee
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A bipartisan bill that would dramatically rework how Wisconsin residents choose…
Continue Reading Prosecutors want a former Albanian prime minister under house arrest on corruption charges
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian prosecutors have asked lawmakers to strip former Prime Minister Sali Berisha of…
Continue Reading An asylum-seeker in UK has died onboard a moored barge housing migrants
LONDON (AP) — British officials say an asylum-seeker on board a barge housing migrants off the south coast of England has died and a police…
Continue Reading Kenya marks 60 years of independence, and the president defends painful economic measures
By EMMANUEL IGUNZA AND BRIAN INGANGA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president is defending the high taxes the government recently…
Continue Reading A Jordanian soldier is killed in a clash with drug smugglers along the border with Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Jordanian troops have clashed with dozens of drug smugglers along the country’s northern border with Syria, leaving several…
Continue Reading EU remembers Iranian woman who died in custody at awarding of Sakharov human rights prize
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Parliament is remembering a young woman who died in Iranian police custody during a ceremony at which she and a…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Would your documents survive a disaster? What to protect and how to do it
By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Floods, fires, historic storms — severe weather events are on the rise. If your home was hit by high water or a fire…
Continue Reading Choice Hotels launches hostile takeover bid for rival Wyndham after being repeatedly rebuffed
Choice Hotels is launching a hostile takeover offer for Wyndham Hotels & Resorts after attempts to reach a deal with the hotel chain were…
Continue Reading Tricia Tuttle appointed as the next director of the annual Berlin film festival
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s culture minister has announced that Tricia Tuttle, a former director of the London Film Festival, will become the new…
Continue Reading 5 Things to know for Dec 12: Hostages, Ukraine, Supreme Court, Abortion, Climate
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Every year, Google releases a list of users’ most-searched terms. The top trending term in the US and…
Continue Reading Alexey Navalny fails to attend trial after his team loses contact with jailed Russian opposition leader
By Niamh Kennedy, Darya Tarasova and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — The trial of Alexey Navalny was postponed on Tuesday, one day after his team…
Continue Reading Thousands of protesters gather in Brussels calling for better wages and public services
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of protesters have gathered in the capital of the European Union, calling for better…
Continue Reading Congo and rebel groups agree a 3-day cease-fire ahead of the presidential vote, US says
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The White House says Congo’s security forces and rebel groups have agreed on a 72-hour…
Continue Reading 5 big promises made at annual UN climate talks and what has happened since
By GAURAV SAINI, Press Trust of India and SIBI ARASU, Associated Press Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When United Nations…
Continue Reading UK leader Sunak is racing to persuade lawmakers to back his Rwanda migration bill in a key vote
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is trying to cajole recalcitrant lawmakers into supporting his…
Continue Reading Australians prepare for their first cyclone of the season
BRISBANE, Australia: (AP) — Residents have begun evacuating and battening down homes and businesses as the first tropical cyclone of Australia’s…
Continue Reading Prominent Gaza professor and writer killed in airstrike, weeks after telling CNN he and his family had ‘nowhere else to go’
CNN By Sana Noor Haq and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — In October, Refaat Alareer was deliberating whether to stay at his home in the heart of…
Continue Reading Japan court convicts former soldiers in landmark sexual assault case that gripped social media
By Helen Regan, Saki Toi and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — A Japanese court on Tuesday found three ex-soldiers guilty of sexual…
Continue Reading Poland’s newly elected prime minister is to present his government and face a confidence vote
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s newly elected prime minister, Donald Tusk, is set to deliver his inaugural speech to parliament and present a…
Continue Reading Israel and the US face growing isolation over Gaza as offensive grinds on with no end in sight
By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and the United States were increasingly isolated as they faced…
Continue Reading New climate summit draft calls for transition away from fossil fuels, but still has ‘loopholes’
By Angela Dewan and Ella Nilsen, CNN Dubai (CNN) — A new draft of the centerpiece agreement at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai makes an…
Continue Reading A bronze top hat has disappeared from a larger-than-life sculpture of Abraham Lincoln in Kentucky
By Carma Hassan and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — For more than a decade, a large bronze top hat has rested next to a stately statue of Abraham…
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Continue Reading A court sets aside the South African president’s recognition of the Zulu king
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African court has overturned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to recognize…
Continue Reading Japan court convicts 3 ex-servicemen in sexual assault case brought by former junior soldier
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has convicted three former servicemen in a sexual assault case that authorities…
Continue Reading Poor countries need trillions of dollars to go green. A long-shot effort aims to generate the cash
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A major, long-shot effort is gearing up to mobilize money to save Planet Earth…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asia markets rise ahead of US consumer prices update
Asian markets advanced Tuesday following a positive close on Wall Street. Investors are eagerly awaiting a crucial U.S. inflation report later in the…
Continue Reading Turkey suspends all league games after club president punches referee at a top-flight match
ANKARA, Turkey The Turkish Football Federation has suspended all league games in the country after a club president punched the referee in the face…
Continue Reading Montana county to vote on removing election oversight duties from elected official
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press Commissioners in a Montana county are expected to vote on whether to remove the election oversight duties from a…
Continue Reading China’s homegrown C919 aircraft arrives in Hong Kong in maiden flight outside the mainland
HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese C919 commercial passenger jet has arrived in Hong Kong in the Chinese-made aircraft’s first foray outside of…
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A sobering history of drunk driving in the US and why it's still so prevalent
CheapInsurance.com analyzed federal data to trace the history of America’s battle with the dangers of drunk…
Continue Reading As COP28 negotiators wrestle with fossil fuels, activists urge them to remember what’s at stake
By UZMI ATHAR, Press Trust of India DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As this year’s global climate talks reach a conclusion, activists are…
Continue Reading Here’s what we know about a Texas woman’s battle for an abortion
By Zoe Sottile, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — In one of the most high-profile abortion cases since the fall of Roe V. Wade, a…
Continue Reading Inside the unit deploying small explosive drones in Ukraine’s cash-strapped war
CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Kosta Gak and Christian Streib, CNN Kherson, Ukraine (CNN) — Zip-tying old grenades and mortars to tiny, online-bought…
Continue Reading Australia credits improving relations with Beijing after China lifts some meat export bans
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia says China has lifted import bans on three Australian meat suppliers in…
Continue Reading Whale seen in video with swimmers dies off Australian beach
By Angus Watson, CNN Sydney (CNN) — A sperm whale that became stranded on a sandbank at a popular beach near Perth, Western Australia on the…
Continue Reading Malaysian leader appoints technocrat as second finance minister in Cabinet shuffle
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has appointed a technocrat as second finance minister in a Cabinet shuffle…
Continue Reading Suicide bomber attacks police station in northwest Pakistan, killing 3 officers and wounding 16
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a suicide bomber has detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a police station’s main gate in northwest…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy will arrive on Capitol Hill to grim mood as Biden’s aid package for Ukraine risks collapse
By LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will arrive on Capitol Hill to a…
Continue Reading Backlash to House testimony shines spotlight on new generation of Ivy League presidents
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The university presidents called before a congressional hearing on antisemitism last week…
Continue Reading Battle over creating new court centers on equality in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The constitutional right of equal treatment under the law is at the center of a…
Continue Reading Hong Kong leader praises election turnout as voter numbers hit record low
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader John Lee on Tuesday praised the 27.5% voter turnout in the city’s weekend…
Continue Reading Florida school board may seek ouster of Moms for Liberty co-founder over Republican sex scandal
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida school board is scheduled to consider whether to seek the resignation of a…
Continue Reading Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear sworn in for 2nd term in Republican-leaning Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has renewed his oath of office in a ceremony at the state…
Continue Reading Journalists tackle a political what-if: What might a second Trump presidency look like?
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — No votes have been cast in the 2024 presidential race yet. But journalists have recently shifted…
Continue Reading Whitmer’s fight for abortion rights helped turn Michigan blue. She’s eyeing national impact now
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation this week that repealed a law…
Continue Reading How the 2016 election could factor into the case accusing Trump of trying to overturn the 2020 race
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Donald Trump have signaled their desire to invoke the 2016…
Continue Reading FBI chief in India following explosive US assassination plot indictment
By CNN Staff (CNN) — FBI director Christopher Wray is in India this week for a trip aimed at strengthening security cooperation and deepening a…
Continue Reading Inside the unit deploying small explosive drones in Ukraine’s cash-strapped war
By Nick Paton Walsh, Kosta Gak and Christian Streib, CNN Kherson, Ukraine (CNN) — Zip-tying old grenades and mortars to tiny, online-bought…
Continue Reading US inflation likely cooled again last month as Fed prepares to assess interest rates
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s steady slowdown in U.S. inflation likely continued in November, though…
Continue Reading Climate talks enter last day with no agreement in sight on fossil fuels
By JON GAMBRELL, JAMEY KEATEN, SIBI ARASU and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hopes for finishing a critical…
Continue Reading Miss Nicaragua pageant director announces her retirement after accusations of ‘conspiracy’
By GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant, Karen Celebertti, has announced her retirement…
Continue Reading War-wracked Myanmar is now the world’s top opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan, says UN agency
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has regained the unenviable title of world’s…
Continue Reading Lewiston mass shooter’s brain tissue being tested for CTE
By Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — Tissue samples from the brain of the shooter who killed 18 people during an October rampage at a bowling alley…
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