New Zealand’s new government scraps world-leading smoking ban to fund tax cuts
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Rescuers are 16 feet away from 41 Indian workers trapped for over 2 weeks in tunnel, official says
NEW DELHI (AP) — Officials in India say rescuers are 5 meters (about 16.4 feet) away from the 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a…
Continue Reading Elevator drop at platinum mine in South Africa kills 11 workers, injures 75
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A mine operator says an elevator suddenly dropped while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa,…
Continue Reading Russian court extends detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich until end of January
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian media say a court in Moscow has extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested on…
Continue Reading Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s death, in stable condition after stabbing, lawyer says prison officials told him
KOLD, POOL, CNN By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — An attorney representing Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer convicted in the 2020…
Continue Reading Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd’s death, in stable condition after stabbing, lawyer says prison officials told him
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Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mixed ahead of US consumer confidence and price data
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Continue Reading Chinese AI firm SenseTime denies research firm Grizzly’s claim it inflated its revenue
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — SenseTime, a major Chinese artificial intelligence company known for its facial recognition…
Continue Reading ‘You have to accept that you can be killed. But it is always scary.’ The story of one bloody battle in a trench in eastern Ukraine
CNN By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Anna Coren and Helen Regan, CNN Avdiivka, Ukraine (CNN) — “Guys, leave me here. I can’t walk,” pleads a…
Continue Reading ‘You have to accept that you can be killed. But it is always scary.’ The story of one bloody battle in a trench in eastern Ukraine
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Continue Reading 1 of 3 Palestinian students shot in Vermont may never walk again after bullet hit his spine, his mother says
By Elizabeth Wolfe and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — One of the three Palestinian college students who were shot while walking in Vermont may not…
Continue Reading 1 of 3 Palestinian students shot in Vermont may never walk again after bullet hit his spine, his mother says
CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — One of the three Palestinian college students who were shot while walking in Vermont may…
Continue Reading High stakes and glitz mark the vote in Paris for the 2030 World Expo host
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Continue Reading Freed Israeli hostage describes deteriorating conditions while being held by Hamas
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Continue Reading Teenage siblings freed from Hamas captivity, only to learn their mother had been murdered
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Continue Reading Cities crack down on homeless encampments. Advocates say that’s not the answer
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Continue Reading Michigan Democrats poised to test ambitious environmental goals in the industrial Midwest
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign a clean energy package soon that will…
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Continue Reading Tensions are bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water
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Continue Reading Germany is having a budget crisis. With the economy struggling, it’s not the best time
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Continue Reading Alex Murdaugh, already convicted of murder, will be sentenced for stealing from 18 clients
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Already serving time for murder, disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh will now be sentenced for stealing…
Continue Reading ‘Past Lives,’ Lily Gladstone win at Gotham Awards, while Robert De Niro says his speech was edited
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Celine Song’s wistful romance “Past Lives” has earned top honors at the Gotham Awards at an…
Continue Reading Bears outlast Vikings 12-10 on 4th field goal by Santos after 4 interceptions of Dobbs
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Continue Reading All 41 workers rescued from collapsed tunnel in India after 17-day ordeal
By Rhea Mogul, Aishwarya Iyer, Vedika Sud, Sania Farooqui and Jack Guy, CNN New Delhi, India (CNN) — Cheers greeted a group of 41 workers as…
Continue Reading Indonesia opens the campaign for its presidential election in February
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Candidates have opened their campaigns for Indonesia’s presidential election, which…
Continue Reading Relatives and a friend of Israelis kidnapped and killed by Hamas visit Australia’s Parliament House
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Relatives and a friend of Israelis kidnapped and killed by Hamas are visiting Australia…
Continue Reading Elephant herd tramples car after baby struck along Malaysian highway
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Continue Reading 5 things to know for Nov. 28: Israel, Rosalynn Carter, Climate, Tunnel collapse, Google
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Today is Giving Tuesday, a day of generosity dedicated to volunteering, donating, and doing good for…
Continue Reading Calls for cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war roil city councils from California to Michigan
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Continue Reading This photographer uncovers Hong Kong’s creatures of the night
CNN By Arya Jyothi, video by Jadyn Sham, Kristie Lu Stout and Kevin Broad, CNN (CNN) — A green pit viper coiled around a drainpipe, three…
Continue Reading This photographer uncovers Hong Kong’s creatures of the night
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Continue Reading Peru’s top prosecutor blames President Boluarte for deaths of protesters as political crisis deepens
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Intoxicated brothers arrested after argument turns to death threat
The Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office reports two brothers have been arrested after a drunken argument turned into a death…
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2023 Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle sells out in record time
ottery players who participated in the 2023 Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle will be celebrating the holidays and could begin the New Year as Idaho’s newest…
Continue Reading Montana man dies after falling while ice climbing in Custer Gallatin National Forest, authorities say
By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A Montana man died this weekend after falling while ice climbing in part of the Custer Gallatin National Forest,…
Continue Reading One year after protests shook China, participants ponder the meaning of the brief flare of defiance
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Continue Reading Sandy Hook families offer to settle Alex Jones’ $1.5 billion legal debt for a minimum of $85 million
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Families of children and educators killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have made an offer to…
Continue Reading Opponents vow ‘beginning of the end’ for Myanmar’s junta as resistance launches nationwide offensive
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Continue Reading Panthers fire Frank Reich after 11 games and name Chris Tabor their interim head coach
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Continue Reading Taika Waititi says he directed ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ because he was ‘poor’ at the time
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Continue Reading Oshkosh and Dutch firms awarded a $342 million contract to produce equipment trailers for US Army
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Continue Reading “Mr. Big Stuff” singer Jean Knight dies at 80
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Continue Reading A Southwest Airlines passenger opened an emergency exit and climbed onto a plane’s wing while the aircraft was at the gate
By Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — A man on a Southwest Airlines flight opened an emergency exit door and climbed onto the plane’s wing Sunday…
Continue Reading Montana man intends to plead guilty to threatening US Sen. Jon Tester
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man intends to plead guilty to threatening to kill U.S. Sen. Jon Tester under a deal with federal prosecutors. The…
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2nd annual Soup 4 Tots Charity Soup Competition set Nov. 28
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Greater Idaho Falls Chamber partners with Local News 8
The Greater Idaho Falls Chamber announced a groundbreaking partnership with Local News 8, the leading news source in the Idaho Falls region.…
Continue Reading Climate summit host UAE planned to use the event to make oil deals, leaked notes suggest
By Angela Dewan and Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — The United Arab Emirates’ team organizing the COP28 climate talks that begin this week was…
Continue Reading Americans are set to spend a record $12 billion online shopping today
Enticed by deep discounts, Americans are expected to celebrate Cyber Monday by spending a record-setting $12 billion online…
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Reading Time with the Queens receives 2023 Human and Civil Rights Award
The City of Pocatello Human Relations Advisory Committee announced Reading Time with the Queens as the recipient of the City’s 2023 Human and…
Continue Reading Minnesota Wild fire coach Dean Evason, assistant Bob Woods after losing 14 of their first 19 games
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have fired coach Dean Evason and assistant Bob Woods. General manager Bill Guerin announced the moves.…
Continue Reading Niger’s junta revokes key law that slowed migration for Africans desperate to reach Europe
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s junta says it has signed a decree revoking a 2015 law that was enacted to curb…
Continue Reading Woman shocked with Taser while on ground is suing police officer and chief for not reporting it
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Continue Reading New York’s cannabis board votes to settle lawsuits that have stalled legal dispensaries
NEW YORK (AP) — New York cannabis regulators have approved a deal to settle lawsuits that have blocked recreational marijuana shops from opening.…
Continue Reading US closes border crossing to vehicles and limits traffic at another in response to illegal entries
PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. authorities say they are closing a Texas border crossing to vehicles and limiting traffic at an Arizona crossing to shift more…
Continue Reading Women falls to death down a well shaft hidden below rotting floorboards in a South Carolina home
SALEM, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say an 83-year-old woman has died after she fell through rotting floorboards in a century-old South Carolina house…
Continue Reading Nikki Haley draws the largest crowd of her campaign in her home state of South Carolina
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Continue Reading Celebrities, politicians among those named in sex abuse suits filed under NY’s Adult Survivors Act
NEW YORK (AP) — For a year, New York’s Adult Survivors Act gave adults claiming they had been sexually assaulted a chance to file civil lawsuits,…
Continue Reading US Navy to discuss removing plane from environmentally sensitive Hawaii bay after it overshot runway
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Continue Reading Official who posted ‘ballot selfie’ in Wisconsin has felony charge dismissed
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Continue Reading Trump says he will renew efforts to replace ‘Obamacare’ if he wins a second term
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Continue Reading 2 men exonerated for 1990s NYC murders after reinvestigations find unreliable witness testimony
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Continue Reading Argentina’s right-wing president-elect to meet with a top Biden adviser
By AAMER MADHANI and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Argentine President-elect Javier Milei is getting a meeting with a top Biden…
Continue Reading 1 student killed, 1 hospitalized in stabbing at North Carolina high school
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Officials say a stabbing at a North Carolina high school has left one student dead and another hospitalized. News outlets…
Continue Reading Diplomatic spat over the Parthenon Marbles scuttles meeting of British and Greek leaders
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Continue Reading Remains of a WWII heavy bomber gunner identified nearly 80 years after his death
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Continue Reading New Mexico Supreme Court upholds Democratic-drawn congressional map
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Continue Reading Roommates sue Maryland county over death of pet dog shot by police
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Continue Reading Stephen Colbert’s ‘The Late Show’ pulled until next week as host recovers from surgery
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Continue Reading Man accused of threatening shooting at New Hampshire school changes plea to guilty
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Court records say a Maine man charged with using social media to threaten to commit a shooting at a New Hampshire high…
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Pros and cons of Black Friday, Cyber Monday deals
A recent report from Moody’s investors says consumers are more cautious due to inflation and higher interest rates heading into the holiday…
Continue Reading Why environmentalists are suing the National Park Service to prevent it from planting trees
By Jonathan Park and Janna Van Vranken, CNN (CNN) — The National Park Service wants to replant sequoia groves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon…
Continue Reading Idaho asks Supreme Court to let abortion law that penalizes doctors to take full effect
Idaho asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow its state abortion ban that imposes penalties on doctors who perform abortions to…
Continue Reading University of North Carolina shooting suspect found unfit for trial, sent to mental health facility
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The University of North Carolina graduate student charged with…
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Idaho gas prices continue to fall as part of seasonal slump
Idaho drivers are continuing to see prices plunge at the…
Continue Reading Texas governor skydives for first time alongside 106-year-old World War II veteran
FENTRESS, Texas (AP) — Add this to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s high ambitions: Parachuting from a plane. The three-term Republican governor skydived…
Continue Reading Hiam Abbass’ Palestinian family documentary ‘Bye Bye Tiberias’ applauded at Marrakech Film Festival
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Continue Reading Google will start deleting ‘inactive’ accounts in December. Here’s what you need to know
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Election recount decides newest D91 school board trustee
The results for a contested Idaho Falls school board election are…
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EIPH to hold free STD testing clinic starting on World AIDS Day
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New home sales in the United States fell in October as typical mortgage rates reached their highest levels this…
Continue Reading Google to begin deleting inactive accounts this week
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Continue Reading First testimonies shed light on the conditions endured by Hamas’ Israeli hostages
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Continue Reading Putin signs Russia’s largest national budget, bolstering military spending
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Continue Reading Kenya raises alarm as flooding death toll rises to 76, with thousands marooned by worsening rains
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Woman arrested after crashing into Idaho Falls building
The former Idaho Canvas Company building on the intersection of Yellowstone Avenue and Lomax Street now has a giant hole in it after a car crashed…
Continue Reading Retailer’s mistake leads to man winning $25,000 a year for life
Michael Sopejstal, who lives in Illinois, said he takes a drive through Indiana over to Michigan every few weeks to eat at his favorite…
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If you want to take a day trip to Venice next year, you’re going to have to…
Continue Reading Sierra Leone military barracks foiled attack ignites fears over coup attempt
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Continue Reading Failed wheel bearing caused Kentucky train derailment, CSX says
LIVINGSTON, Ky. (AP) — CSX says a failed wheel bearing on a train car caused a derailment that sparked a chemical fire in a small Kentucky town.…
Continue Reading Militants in latest ship attack near Yemen were likely Somali, not Houthi rebels, Pentagon says
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Continue Reading Diplomas for sale: $465, no classes required. Inside one of Louisiana’s unapproved schools
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