Melaleuca awards long-time employees with $3.4 million in Longevity Bonuses
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Nigeria’s leader presents $34 billion spending plan for 2024, prioritizing the economy, security
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s leader has presented a $34.8 billion spending plan for 2024 to federal…
Continue Reading Finland closes last crossing point with Russia, sealing off entire border as tensions rise
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — NATO member Finland has closed its last remaining border crossing with Russia. The move Wednesday…
Continue Reading US sanctions financial network tied to Iranian oil sales
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On Wednesday the U.S. Treasure Department imposed a new round of sanctions against a group of…
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Grand Teton announces change to backcountry camping permits
Effective Jan. 10, 2024, Grand Teton National Park will change the backcountry camping permit fee to $20, plus a $7 per person, per night fee to camp…
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PCSD 25 hosts 2nd annual Apprenticeship-Plus Night
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Continue Reading 3 dead, 1 hospitalized in explosion that sparked massive fire at Ohio auto repair shop
HILLSBORO, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an explosion at an auto repair shop in Ohio has left three people dead and another person hospitalized. The…
Continue Reading Ukraine insists it sees no sign of NATO war fatigue even as fighting and weapons supplies stall
By LORNE COOK and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister insists that NATO allies are showing no sign of war…
Continue Reading Three teenagers injured in knife attack at a high school in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in northeastern Poland say three teenage students were injured when a classmate attacked them with a knife at a…
Continue Reading Opposition protesters in Kosovo use flares and tear gas to protest against a war crimes court
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Opposition protesters in Kosovo have used flares and tear gas to protest against a senior war crimes court official in the…
Continue Reading Consumer Reports: Electric vehicles less reliable, on average, than conventional cars and trucks
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicles have proved far less reliable, on average, than gasoline-powered cars, trucks and…
Continue Reading A boulder-strewn village, screeching seabirds and sheep: Taking Portugal’s roads less traveled
By KRISTEN DE GROOT Associated Press There’s a village built among massive boulders. Screeching seabirds. Lots of Roman ruins, sheep, old…
Continue Reading South Africa march demands a permanent Gaza cease-fire on day of solidarity with Palestinians
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Members of South African political parties, civil society organisations and other…
Continue Reading Court clears France’s justice minister of conflict of interest
PARIS (AP) — A special court has cleared France’s justice minister of conflict of interest, ruling he was not guilty of having used his office to…
Continue Reading Five journalists were shot in one day in Mexico, officials confirm
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Mexico confirmed Wednesday that a reporter was shot and wounded the previous day in the western state of…
Continue Reading Venezuela’s planned vote over territory dispute leaves Guyana residents on edge
By JUAN ARRÁEZ and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press SURAMA, Guyana (AP) — Congregants of an Anglican church in a sparsely populated rainforest…
Continue Reading Elton John to address Britain’s Parliament in an event marking World AIDS Day
LONDON (AP) — Elton John is to address Britain’s Parliament on his work fighting HIV at an event to mark World AIDS Day. The British star’s…
Continue Reading Wolverines threatened with extinction as climate change melts their snowy mountain refuges, US says
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The North American wolverine will receive long-delayed federal protections under a Biden…
Continue Reading Correction: Book Ban-Iowa story
In a story published November 28, 2023, about a federal lawsuit seeking to throw out an Iowa law that bans some books and outlaws discussion gender…
Continue Reading Wolverines threatened with extinction as climate change melts their snowy mountain refuges, US says
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The North American wolverine will receive long-delayed federal protections under a Biden…
Continue Reading Mali’s government will probe Tuareg rebel leaders as crucial 2015 peace deal appears to crumble
Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s military government has announced an investigation into the Tuareg rebel leaders who signed a peace…
Continue Reading US says wolverines are threatened with extinction as climate change melts their snowy refuges in the Rocky Mountains
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — US says wolverines are threatened with extinction as climate change melts their snowy refuges in the Rocky…
Continue Reading Israel compares Hamas to the Islamic State group. But the comparison misses the mark in key ways
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — It has become an Israeli mantra throughout the latest war in Gaza: Hamas is ISIS. Since the…
Continue Reading US economic growth for last quarter is revised up to a 5.2% annual rate
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Shrugging off higher interest rates, America’s consumers spent enough to help drive the…
Continue Reading Co-founder of Students for Trump was charged with assault after allegedly hitting a woman with a gun, court records show
By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Fournier, a co-founder of the political organization Students for Trump, was arrested and charged with…
Continue Reading Pakistan acquits ex-Premier Nawaz Sharif in a graft case. He’s now closer to running in elections
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has acquitted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a graft case, removing a…
Continue Reading UK’s Sunak ramps up criticism of Greek leader in Parthenon Marbles spat
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has escalated his war of words with the leader of Greece. Sunak…
Continue Reading Australian police officer charged with manslaughter over death of 95-year-old woman tasered in nursing home
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — An Australian police officer has been charged with manslaughter after he allegedly tasered a 95-year-old woman…
Continue Reading Gay couple in Nepal becomes the 1st to officially register same-sex marriage in the country
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A gay couple in Nepal on Wednesday became the first in the nation to receive…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka says it struck a deal with creditors on debt restructuring to clear way for IMF funds
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka says it has reached an agreement in principle with a group of…
Continue Reading 3 people killed in explosion at Ohio auto shop
By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Three people have been killed in an auto shop explosion that rattled an Ohio neighborhood, CNN affiliate WKRC…
Continue Reading In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis
By TIFFANY STANLEY and LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — As Charles Richardson gradually lost his eyesight to complications from…
Continue Reading Taylor Swift is Spotify’s most-streamed artist of 2023, ending Bad Bunny’s 3-year reign
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s her, hi — Taylor Swift is Spotify’s 2023 most-played artist. According to…
Continue Reading In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis
By TIFFANY STANLEY and LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — As Charles Richardson gradually lost his eyesight to complications from…
Continue Reading Argentina’s president-elect announces his pick for economy minister
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei says he’s chosen Luis Caputo, a…
Continue Reading Edmunds tests the best automotive hands-free driving systems
By NICK KURCZEWSKI Edmunds Hands-free driver assistance technology has seemingly gone from a sci-fi fantasy to everyday driving reality in a very…
Continue Reading Blinken seeks a new extension of the Gaza cease-fire as he heads again to the Middle East
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration would like to see a new…
Continue Reading COP28 leader hits back at allegations he used climate talks to strike oil deals
By Angela Dewan, CNN (CNN) — The COP28 president-designate Sultan Al Jaber has strongly denied accusations that his team sought to use the…
Continue Reading Hate crimes explained: Could suspect who shot 3 Palestinian students be charged with a hate crime?
By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — The shooting of three Palestinian college students in Vermont has prompted calls for the suspect to be charged…
Continue Reading As Airbnb falters, hostels seek to compete
By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Airbnb may have met its match. There’s no shortage of customers who have sworn off the company after being ghosted by…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Nov. 29: Israel, Presidential race, Gas prices, Fruit recall, France smoking ban
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Cold weather is stretching across the US while parts of the East are getting walloped by lake-effect snow.…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Nov. 29: Israel, Presidential race, Gas prices, Fruit recall, France smoking ban
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Cold weather is stretching across the US while parts of the East are getting walloped by lake-effect snow.…
Continue Reading Dutch version of controversial book on British royal family taken off shelves in Netherlands
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A new book on the British royal family has been pulled from shops in the Netherlands amid reports that a translation…
Continue Reading 5 ancient Native American inventions that are still used in our modern world
By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — What do snow goggles, suspension bridges, and lacrosse have in common? They are all innovations that were created…
Continue Reading At least 40 civilians killed by al-Qaida-linked rebels in a Burkina Faso town, UN rights office says
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 40 civilians were killed last weekend by al-Qaida-linked rebels trying to take…
Continue Reading Emirati-designated COP28 leader forcefully denies report UAE wanted to seek oil deals in summit
By JON GAMBRELL and MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations…
Continue Reading India opens an investigation after US says it disrupted a plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has set up a high-level inquiry after U.S. authorities raised concerns with New Delhi that…
Continue Reading Biden targeting GOP’s Boebert in fresh political attack on Republicans
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — President Joe Biden will try to turn Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado into the…
Continue Reading The world economy will slow next year because of inflation, high rates and war, OECD says
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy, which has proved surprisingly resilient this year, is expected to falter…
Continue Reading Sweden’s economy shrinks in the third quarter to signal that a recession may have hit the country
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s economy shrank in the third quarter of 2023 to mark the second time of contraction and signal that a recession may have…
Continue Reading Toyota selling part of Denso stake to raise cash to develop electric vehicles
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is selling a part of its stake in components maker Denso to raise cash for its drive toward…
Continue Reading An ailing Pope Francis appears at a weekly audience but says he’s not well and has aide read speech
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis presided at his weekly audience with the public at the Vatican, but he…
Continue Reading Indigenous community in Ecuador wins legal fight to reclaim ancestral land after more than 80 years
By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — An indigenous community has won a court battle to regain ownership over its ancestral homeland in the Ecuadorian…
Continue Reading Kuwait’s ruling emir, 86, was hospitalized due to an emergency health problem but reportedly stable
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The ruling emir of oil-rich Kuwait has been hospitalized “due to an emergency health problem” but later was…
Continue Reading Are the annual climate summits working? These countries are going to the courts, instead
By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Few leaders paint a picture of the climate crisis as vividly as United Nations chief António Guterres. He has…
Continue Reading This 10-month old is among the children still held captive or missing in Gaza
By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — At 10-months-old, Kfir Bibas has now spent more than a fifth of his young life in captivity, his doe-eyed face and…
Continue Reading Mediators look to extend truce in Gaza on its final day, with one more hostage swap planned
By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — International mediators worked Wednesday to extend the…
Continue Reading Search and rescue operations underway after US special operations aircraft crashes off coast of Japan
By Jessie Yeung and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Search and rescue operations are underway after a US special operations aircraft crashed…
Continue Reading Myanmar and China conduct naval drills together as fighting surges in border area
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar and China are conducting naval drills together as the military government in the Southeast Asian nation loses ground in the…
Continue Reading Australia proposes new laws to detain potentially dangerous migrants who can’t be deported
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government has proposed new laws that would place behind bars some of the…
Continue Reading US military Osprey aircraft with 8 aboard crashes into the sea off southern Japan
TOKYO (AP) — A U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying eight people has crashed into the sea off southern Japan, and the Japanese coast guard is…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mostly fall after Wall Street rallies
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly fell Wednesday although a strong report on U.S. consumer confidence and hopes…
Continue Reading ‘I kissed her but she wouldn’t wake up.’ Grandfather grieves for 3-year-old granddaughter killed as she slept in Gaza
CNN By Jomana Karadsheh, Florence Davey-Attlee and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Picking through the rubble of his destroyed home, Khaled Nabhan…
Continue Reading ‘I kissed her but she wouldn’t wake up.’ Grandfather grieves for 3-year-old granddaughter killed as she slept in Gaza
By Jomana Karadsheh, Florence Davey-Attlee and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Picking through the rubble of his destroyed home, Khaled Nabhan lifts…
Continue Reading New Zealand leader plans to ban cellphone use in schools and end tobacco controls in first 100 days
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s new prime minister plans to ban cellphone use in schools and repeal…
Continue Reading Kansas will redesign its planned 2024 license plate after hundreds of people complained it doesn’t represent the state
By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Kansas is going back to the drawing board after hundreds of people blasted the state’s new license plate design…
Continue Reading A Hong Kong Court hears final arguments in subversion trial of pro-democracy activists
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has started hearing the final arguments of some of the city’s best-known…
Continue Reading Charges against a woman who police say was struck by Charlotte officers have been dropped
By Dianne Gallagher, Shawn Nottingham and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors have dropped charges against Christina Pierre, the woman who…
Continue Reading Rosalynn Carter set for funeral and burial in the town where she and her husband were born
By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Rosalynn Carter will receive her final farewells Wednesday in the same tiny town where she was…
Continue Reading Pepperdine beats Idaho State 77-62
By The Associated Press MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Michael Ajayi’s 25 points helped Pepperdine defeat Idaho State 77-62 on Tuesday. Ajayi also…
Continue Reading Winning the presidential nomination is all about delegates. But how does the process work?
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — By now, Americans should be well aware that the process of electing a president isn’t like…
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Red Kettle donations are critically low for local Salvation Army
The Salvation Army in Pocatello has a goal of raising $125,000 during its Red Kettle fundraiser this year, but it’s experiencing a low donation…
Continue Reading Michigan to join state-level effort to regulate AI political ads as federal legislation pends
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ALI SWENSON Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign legislation in the…
Continue Reading Opening statements to begin in the final trial in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Opening statements are scheduled to begin in the third and final trial…
Continue Reading A mom chose an off-the-grid school for safety from COVID. No one protected her kid from the teacher
By SHARON LURYE of The Associated Press and CHARLES LUSSIER of The Advocate BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — When Raynesha Cummings enrolled her three…
Continue Reading Ukraine makes new push to defeat Russia’s electronic warfare
By Clare Sebastian, CNN London (CNN) — In early November, drone video surfaced online appearing to show a targeted strike blowing up three…
Continue Reading Conservative attack on government regulation reaches the Supreme Court
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to the Securities and Exchange…
Continue Reading Trump embraces the Jan. 6 rioters on the trail. In court, his lawyers hope to distance him from them
By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers have suggested their strategy in his…
Continue Reading US life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn’t close to…
Continue Reading Georgia Republicans move to cut losses as they propose majority-Black districts in special session
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans are moving to preserve their majorities as they propose additional Black voting…
Continue Reading Climate contradictions key at UN talks. Less future warming projected, yet there’s more current pain
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The world is heading for considerably less warming than projected a decade ago, but that good news is…
Continue Reading Coal power, traffic, waste burning a toxic smog cocktail in Indonesia’s Jakarta
By EDNA TARIGAN and FADLAN SYAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pollution is causing respiratory illnesses and deaths to rise in…
Continue Reading Australia apologizes for thalidomide tragedy as some survivors listen in the Parliament gallery
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Survivors of the harmful morning sickness drug thalidomide were in the public gallery…
Continue Reading Writer John Nichols, author of ‘The Milagro Beanfield War’ with a social justice streak, dies at 83
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Writer John Nichols, author “The Milagro Beanfield War,” has died. He was 83. The…
Continue Reading Medical workers ‘trapped’ in hospital and unable to reach wounded during Israeli operation in West Bank, MSF chief says
By Kareem Khadder and David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — The head of Médecins Sans Frontières said Tuesday that he had been “trapped” with staff…
Continue Reading Heavy winds knock over Christmas tree in front of White House, but it’s back upright
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Christmas Tree in front of the White House fell down Tuesday afternoon amid high…
Continue Reading Novelist Tim Dorsey, who mixed comedy and murder in his Serge A. Storms stories, dies at 62
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Dorsey, a former police and courts newspaper reporter who found lasting fame as the…
Continue Reading US mediators reject attempt by flight attendants to clear the path for a strike at American Airlines
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — There will be no strike by American Airlines flight attendants around the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Federal…
Continue Reading Hong Kong’s pro-democracy leaders give final defense as landmark national security trial nears an end
By Chris Lau and Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Dozens of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy figures are one step closer to learning…
Continue Reading Judge dismisses liberal watchdog’s claims that Wisconsin impeachment panel violated open meeting law
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a liberal watchdog group’s claims that a panel researching the…
Continue Reading Former Indiana lawmaker pleads guilty to casino corruption charge
By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former Indiana lawmaker has pleaded guilty to a fraud charge in connection with a casino…
Continue Reading US gas prices have fallen or remained steady for 10 weeks straight. Here’s why
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not just you. Across the U.S., prices at the pump have felt milder in recent…
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Man arrested following indictment for second degree murder, use of firearm during crime of violence
A 20-year-old Lapwai man was arrested by the United States Marshals Service on Monday in Pendleton, OR, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit…
Continue Reading Sandy Hook families who won $1 billion in damages from Alex Jones offer to settle for at least $85 million
By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The families of Sandy Hook shooting victims offered Infowars host Alex Jones a “path out of bankruptcy” if he…
Continue Reading Alaska landslide survivor says force of impact threw her around ‘like a piece of weightless popcorn’
WRANGELL, Alaska (AP) — A survivor of the deadly landslide in Alaska last week says the force of the impact threw her around like a “piece of…
Continue Reading New Mexico creates new council to address cases of missing and slain Native Americans
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is creating a new advisory council that will be charged with…
Continue Reading Sports Illustrated is the latest media company damaged by an AI experiment gone wrong
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Computer-generated writers … writing computer-generated stories? Sports Illustrated is the…
Continue Reading Honduran opposition party leader flees arrest after being stopped in airport before traveling to US
By MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The president of Honduras’ main opposition party fled an international airport…
Continue Reading Akron police officers didn’t violate policy in fatal shooting of Jayland Walker, internal probe determines
By Raja Razek and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — The police officers involved in last year’s shooting death of a 25-year-old Black man in the Ohio…
Continue Reading Puerto Rico’s famous stray cats will be removed from grounds surrounding historic fortress
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hundreds of stray cats that roam a historic seaside tourist area of Puerto Rico’s…
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