Don’t get sick from salmonella this holiday season
By Lisa Drayer, CNN (CNN) — The holidays are here, which means it’s a good time to pay attention to safe food handling practices when cooking…
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Target is taking booze-less spirits mainstream
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — With sales of non-alcoholic beverages recently becoming a nearly half-billion dollar industry, even…
Continue Reading Ukrainian spy agency stages train explosions on a Russian railroad in Siberia, Ukrainian media say
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s spy agency staged two successive explosions on a railroad line in Siberia…
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3 things to do this weekend – December 1, 2023
Here are some events going on in your local neighborhood this…
Continue Reading Vacuum tycoon Dyson loses a libel case against a UK newspaper for a column on his support of Brexit
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Billionaire vacuum cleaner tycoon James Dyson has lost a libel lawsuit against the Daily Mirror.…
Continue Reading NATO chief tells Turkey’s Erdogan that ‘the time has come’ to let Sweden join the alliance
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he has told Turkey’s president that “the time has come” to…
Continue Reading AP Exclusive: America’s Black attorneys general discuss race, politics and the justice system
By MATT BROWN Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The American legal system has never faced greater challenges or demands for reform from people of all…
Continue Reading New York Times report says Israel knew about Hamas attack over a year in advance
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The New York Times is reporting that Israel knew about Hamas battle plans to attack southern…
Continue Reading Mississippi sheriff rolls out reforms after deputies and an officer plead guilty to torturing 2 Black men
By Ryan Young, Pamela Kirkland and Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — On a Tuesday night in January, five sheriff’s deputies from Rankin County,…
Continue Reading In Romania, tens of thousands attend a military parade to mark Great Union Day
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Tens of thousands of people in Romania’s capital have watched a military parade that included troops from NATO allies…
Continue Reading Rafael Nadal to make his tennis comeback in Brisbane next month
By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Tennis great Rafael Nadal has said he will make his long-awaited return from injury at the Brisbane International in…
Continue Reading New US rules, aimed at curbing China, could limit tax credits for electric vehicles
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has proposed new rules that could make it harder for electric vehicles…
Continue Reading 70-year-old Ugandan woman gives birth to twins after fertility treatment
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A 70-year-old woman in Uganda has given birth to twins after receiving fertility treatment, making her one of the world’s…
Continue Reading India-US ties could face their biggest test in years after a foiled assassination attempt on a Sikh
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The warm ties India and the United States have built are being tested after US prosecutors…
Continue Reading Harris heads to Dubai to tackle delicate tasks of talking climate and Israel-Hamas war
By WILL WEISSERT and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will face two delicate tasks when she attends a…
Continue Reading Former SPD officer sentenced to federal prison for beating a man during arrest
By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A former officer of the Shreveport…
Continue Reading Pilgrims yearn to visit isolated peninsula where Catholic saints cared for Hawaii’s leprosy patients
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press KALAUPAPA, Hawaii (AP) — Kalaupapa beckoned to Kyong Son Toyofuku. She had long prayed to visit the…
Continue Reading Pilgrims yearn to visit isolated peninsula where Catholic saints cared for Hawaii’s leprosy patients
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press KALAUPAPA, Hawaii (AP) — Kalaupapa beckoned to Kyong Son Toyofuku. She had long prayed to visit the…
Continue Reading What did Israel know about Hamas’ October 7 attack?
By Rob Picheta and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Hamas’ surprise attack on October 7 left Israel flat-footed, sparking a backlash that is…
Continue Reading Russia’s Lavrov insists goals in Ukraine are unchanged as he faces criticism at security talks,
By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says his…
Continue Reading A secret trip by Henry Kissinger grew into a half-century-long relationship with China
By KEN MORITSUGU and DIDI TANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Official China called Henry Kissinger “an old friend.” A commentator likened him…
Continue Reading Cyprus and Chevron reach a deal to develop an offshore natural gas field, ending years of delays
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — An official says the Cyprus government and U.S. energy company Chevron have reached…
Continue Reading US lawmakers push for federal holiday honoring Rosa Parks on the anniversary of her arrest
By Rikki Klaus, CNN (CNN) — On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a city bus after work in Montgomery, Alabama, and sat down. As the bus…
Continue Reading The Taliban’s new ambassador to China arrives in Beijing as they court foreign investment
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban’s new ambassador to China has arrived in Beijing. It is the first time Afghanistan’s rulers have…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec. 1: Israel, Trump trial, Lead pipes, Climate, TikTok ban
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Many colleges and universities have struggled in recent weeks to balance free speech on the Israel-Hamas…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec. 1: Israel, Trump trial, Lead pipes, Climate, TikTok ban
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Many colleges and universities have struggled in recent weeks to balance free speech on the Israel-Hamas war…
Continue Reading Opinion: In Gaza, my 71-year-old mom watches over the rubble encasing her family
CNN Opinion by Hani Almadhoun (CNN) — Was this real? My nephew’s voice broke. Although he was calling me from Greece, I couldn’t tell if…
Continue Reading The resumption of the Israel-Hamas war casts long shadow over Dubai’s COP28 climate talks
By JON GAMBRELL and MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As world leaders gathered for the COP28 climate summit in Dubai,…
Continue Reading Gunfire erupts in Guinea-Bissau’s capital during reported clashes between security forces
By DARCICIO BARBOSA Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunfire in Guinea-Bissau’s capital erupted late Thursday night and continued through…
Continue Reading Madagascar’s top court ratifies president’s reelection in vote boycotted by opposition
By SARAH TETAUD Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar’s top court has ratified the victory of incumbent President Andry…
Continue Reading What to watch for at Trump’s Fulton County hearing Friday
By Jason Morris, Zachary Cohen and Nick Valencia, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys in the Georgia election…
Continue Reading A UN court is ruling on request to order Venezuela to halt part of a referendum on a disputed region
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court is set to announce whether it will order Venezuela to…
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3 things to know this morning – December 1, 2023
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Continue Reading A blind mole that swims through sand has been rediscovered after nearly 100 years
By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — A blind golden mole that glides through sand has been rediscovered in South Africa, 87 years after wildlife experts…
Continue Reading Japan expresses concern about US Osprey aircraft continuing to fly without details of fatal crash
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top government spokesperson expressed concern on Friday that the U.S. military is…
Continue Reading King Charles says world heading for ‘dangerous uncharted territory’ at global leaders summit
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — King Charles III told world leaders Friday that the warning signs of the climate crisis are being ignored and…
Continue Reading Philippines opens a coast guard surveillance base in the South China Sea to watch Chinese vessels
By JIM GOMEZ, AARON FAVILA and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press THITU ISLAND, South China Sea (AP) — The Philippine coast guard has opened a new…
Continue Reading 11 civilians are killed in an attack by gunmen in Iraq’s eastern Diyala province
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Security officials say 11 people have been killed in an attack by a group armed with…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares slip after Wall Street ends its best month of ’23 with big gains
By ZIMO ZHONG AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares declined on Friday even after Wall Street closed out its best month of the year with…
Continue Reading Nearly 2 months into the war, many Israelis have no idea if their relatives are dead or alive
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Nearly two months after Hamas infiltrated Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking about 240…
Continue Reading Truce could be renewed if Hamas provides list of hostages for release, sources say
By Alex Marquardt, MJ Lee, Arlette Saenz, Michael Callahan and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Israel and Hamas continued to negotiate through…
Continue Reading Top world leaders will speak at UN climate summit. Global warming, fossil fuels will be high in mind
By JAMEY KEATEN and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — International climate talks turned to a power game as…
Continue Reading Why hold UN climate talks 28 times? Do they even matter?
By PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ask most people what the annual U.N. climate talks are and the likely answer…
Continue Reading Rep. George Santos is facing a vote on his expulsion from Congress as lawmakers weigh accusations
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. George Santos of New York will confront a third effort to expel him from the House on…
Continue Reading For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing
By JEFF McMILLAN Associated Press Male survivors of sexual abuse and assault have long felt muzzled, but that might be starting to change as more…
Continue Reading For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing
By JEFF McMILLAN Associated Press When Sam Schultz was sexually assaulted, it felt like a part of them died. It took eight years and the burgeoning…
Continue Reading Gaza truce expires without word of extension, raising possibility of return to fighting
The Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A temporary truce in the Israel-Hamas war expired Friday morning, without immediate word from mediator…
Continue Reading Report: Belief death penalty is applied unfairly shows capital punishment’s growing isolation in US
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — More Americans now believe the death penalty, which is undergoing a yearslong decline of use and…
Continue Reading ‘We owe it to them’: Families of Israelis killed in war find new hope through sperm extraction
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — As a medical social worker at Israel’s Kaplan Hospital, Prof. Shir Daphna-Tekoah is no stranger to trauma.…
Continue Reading Takeaways from AP’s Interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
By JAMES JORDAN, SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an…
Continue Reading The AP Interview: Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says the war with Russia is in a new phase as winter looms
By JAMES JORDAN, SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the war with…
Continue Reading Detainees in El Salvador’s gang crackdown cite abuse during months in jail
By CATERINA MORBIATO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Thousands of detainees swept up in El Salvador’s gang crackdown over the past 1 1/2…
Continue Reading Iran sends a hip-hop artist who rapped about hijab protests back to jail
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian news website says a popular rapper has been sent back to jail less that two weeks after his release…
Continue Reading Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi rearrested less than two weeks after release from prison
By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Iranian dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi was rearrested in northern Iran on Thursday, less than two weeks…
Continue Reading El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele requests leave to campaign for reelection
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has asked the country’s Congress to allow him to stop performing his…
Continue Reading La Asamblea Nacional de Ecuador declara al expresidente Lasso responsable de peculado. ¿Tiene valor real?
macamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La Asamblea Nacional de Ecuador aprobó este jueves una resolución que declara al expresidente Guillermo Lasso…
Continue Reading Las Vegas man accused of threats against Jewish U.S. senator and her family is indicted
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a Las Vegas man on charges of making antisemitic threats against U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen and…
Continue Reading Peruvian rainforest defender from embattled Kichwa tribe shot dead in river attack
By ED DAVEY and DAVID PEREDA ZAVALETA Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Kichwa tribal leader has been shot to death in an area of the Peruvian…
Continue Reading City Council in Portland, Oregon, approves $2.6M for police body cameras
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The City Council in Portland, Oregon, has approved $2.6 million for police body cameras. The Oregonian reported Wednesday…
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Lori Vallow-Daybell extradited to Arizona
Lori Vallow-Daybell is now in an Arizona…
Continue Reading Scotland bids farewell to its giant pandas, who are returning to China after a 12-year stay
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Visitors to the Edinburgh Zoo had their final chance to see and bid farewell to a pair of popular giant pandas who are…
Continue Reading Former Wisconsin GOP Attorney General Brad Schimel is running for the state Supreme Court
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel is running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court…
Continue Reading Young humpback whale leaps out of Seattle bay, dazzling onlookers
By MANUEL VALDES Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A humpback whale visiting the waters off Seattle dazzled onlookers Thursday morning with several…
Continue Reading Young humpback whale leaps out of Seattle bay, dazzling onlookers
By MANUEL VALDES Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A humpback whale visiting the waters off Seattle dazzled onlookers Thursday morning with several…
Continue Reading Myanmar’s military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A major offensive against Myanmar’s military-run government by an alliance of three militias of…
Continue Reading Myanmar’s military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A major offensive against Myanmar’s military-run government by an alliance of three militias…
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If you plan to hunt next season, here’s some things to consider
Last winter was extremely harsh on the mule deer population across Idaho.…
Continue Reading Not so dead as a dodo: ‘De-extinction’ plan to reintroduce bird to Mauritius
By Tom Page, CNN (CNN) — An audacious collaboration between geneticists and conservationists plans to bring back the extinct dodo and…
Continue Reading Live updates | Live updates | Eight Israeli hostages are released during extended truce
By The Associated Press The Israeli military says a total of eight Israeli hostages have been released from captivity in the Gaza Strip. The army…
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Federal jury convicts Rexburg man of fraud, aggravated identity theft for stealing from construction partnership
A federal jury found a 52-year-old Rexburg man guilty of four counts of wire fraud and four counts of aggravated identity theft after a six-day…
Continue Reading Congressmen ask DOJ to investigate water utility hack, warning it could happen anywhere
By FRANK BAJAK and MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Three members of Congress are asking the U.S. Justice Department to…
Continue Reading Hamas says its militants killed three people at Jerusalem bus stop
CNN By Ibrahim Dahman and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Hamas said the attackers behind a Jerusalem bus stop shooting that killed three people on…
Continue Reading Judge blocks Montana’s TikTok ban from taking effect on January 1
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily halted Montana’s groundbreaking statewide TikTok ban, which was set to go into effect at the start of 2024,…
Continue Reading Montana miner backs off expansion plans, lays off 100 due to lower palladium prices
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press The owner of two precious metals mines in south-central Montana is stopping work on an expansion project and…
Continue Reading Black Lives Matter distances itself from activist’s endorsement of Trump
By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — The national Black Lives Matter organization on Thursday dismissed as an “imposter” an activist who…
Continue Reading Federal judge blocks Montana’s first-in-the-nation ban on TikTok, says it’s unconstitutional
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Thursday that Montana can’t enforce a first-in-the-nation law banning the video sharing app TikTok in…
Continue Reading Drivers would pay $15 to enter busiest part of NYC under plan to raise funds for mass transit
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Most drivers would pay $15 to enter Manhattan’s central business district under a plan…
Continue Reading Rock climbers found her body buried in rural Nevada over 26 years ago. Authorities just revealed her identity
Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Over 26 years after a woman’s body was discovered buried beneath a pile of rocks in rural Nevada, authorities…
Continue Reading Longtime Kentucky lawmaker Kevin Bratcher announces plans to seek a metro council seat in Louisville
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky state Rep. Kevin Bratcher has announced plans to run for a Louisville Metro…
Continue Reading Haslam family refutes allegation from Warren Buffett’s company that it bribed truck stop chain execs
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An attorney for the billionaire Haslam family has called the bribery allegations from Warren…
Continue Reading Florida’s GOP chairman is a subject in a rape investigation
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The chairman of Florida’s Republican Party is the subject of a rape…
Continue Reading Georgia Republicans advance House and Senate maps as congressional proposal waits in the wings
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans are pushing forward new legislative maps that would preserve their majorities in…
Continue Reading Usual Mountain West power Boise State meets title game newcomer UNLV
By The Associated Press Boise State (7-5) at UNLV (9-3) in the Mountain West Championship, 3 p.m. EST Saturday (Fox) Line: Boise State by 2½,…
Continue Reading Biden lights the National Christmas Tree, taking his turn to bring holiday spirit to Washington
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has gotten his turn at bringing the holiday spirit to Washington. The…
Continue Reading Indiana man suspected in teen girl’s disappearance charged with murder after remains found
ARLINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A 59-year-old man suspected in the June disappearance of a 17-year-old neighbor has been charged with murder after human…
Continue Reading Publishing industry heavy-hitters sue Iowa over state’s new school book-banning law
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press The nation’s largest publisher is suing over Iowa’s new law that bans public school libraries and classrooms…
Continue Reading Mississippi Supreme Court delays decision on whether to set execution date for man on death row
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has temporarily delayed ruling on…
Continue Reading Don’t eat pre-cut cantaloupe if the source is unknown, CDC says, as deadly salmonella outbreak grows
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer U.S. health officials say consumers should not eat pre-cut cantaloupe if they don’t know the source. That comes…
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Take measures to prevent frozen waterlines
Due to colder temperatures on the horizon, the Idaho Falls Water Division reminds property owners and tenants to prepare for the potential of frozen…
Continue Reading Florida Supreme Court: Law enforcement isn’t required to withhold victims’ names
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida law enforcement agencies aren’t required to withhold victims’ names under the Marcy’s Law…
Continue Reading US prosecutors say plots to assassinate Sikh leaders were part of a campaign of planned killings
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement authorities say in court papers that the plot driven by a government official…
Continue Reading Casino workers seethe as smoking ban bill is delayed yet again in New Jersey Legislature
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A bill that would end smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos continues to go nowhere. The…
Continue Reading Mom convicted of killing kids in Idaho taken to Arizona in murder conspiracy case
PHOENIX (AP) — A woman sentenced to life in an Idaho prison for murdering her two youngest children and another woman is now in an Arizona jail on…
Continue Reading Mom convicted of killing kids in Idaho taken to Arizona in murder conspiracy case
PHOENIX (AP) — A woman sentenced to life in an Idaho prison for murdering her two youngest children and another woman is now in an Arizona jail on…
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Family of Marine killed in Afghanistan fails to win lawsuit against Alec Baldwin
A lawsuit against Alec Baldwin filed by relatives of a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan has been resolved in the actor’s favor. Baldwin’s attorney,…
Continue Reading Hurricane season that saw storms from California to Nova Scotia ends Thursday
By FREIDA FRISARO and DAVID FISCHER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A busy Atlantic hurricane season is now coming to a close. This…
Continue Reading Family of Marine killed in Afghanistan fails to win lawsuit against Alec Baldwin
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Alec Baldwin didn’t have to pay anything to resolve a $25 million lawsuit filed by…
Continue Reading Texas judge rips into Biden administration’s handling of border in dispute over razor wire barrier
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A judge for now isn’t stopping Border Patrol agents from cutting razor wire that…
Continue Reading Cockpit voice recordings get erased after some close calls. The FAA will try to fix that
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say they will give investigators a better tool for understanding accidents and close calls between planes. The…
Continue Reading A new study says about half of Nicaragua’s population wants to emigrate
By GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A new study says that about half of Nicaragua’s population of 6.2 million want to…
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