Open Society Foundations commit $50M to women and youth groups’ work on democracy
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The major philanthropy, Open Society Foundations, said Tuesday it will commit $50 million to…
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Tom Hanks draws on his love of space for immersive documentary ‘The Moonwalkers’
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tom Hanks is a lifelong space buff. The two-time Academy Award-winning actor has channeled his…
Continue Reading Florida discontinues manatee winter feeding program after seagrass conditions improve
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Wildlife officials say a two-year experimental feeding program for starving Florida…
Continue Reading FBI chief makes fresh pitch for spy program renewal and says it’d be ‘devastating’ if it lapsed
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray is making a fresh pitch for the reauthorization of a U.S.…
Continue Reading People of color expect to experience discrimination during health care visits, survey finds
By Rikki Klaus, CNN (CNN) — A trip to the doctor’s office can be stressful, but many people of color in the US say they also expect to…
Continue Reading Hackers access profiles of nearly 7 million 23andMe customers
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A hacker or hackers have accessed nearly seven million profiles of 23andMe customers, a spokesperson for the…
Continue Reading 6 held in Belgium and the Netherlands on suspicion of links to Russia sanction violations
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Continue Reading Former president of Mauritania gets 5-year prison sentence for corruption
By AHMED MOHAMED and SAM METZ Associated Press NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Attorneys for Mauritania’s former President Mohamed Ould Abdel…
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Friends of the Marshall Public Library book sale
If you’re still looking for some unique and affordable gifts, the Friends of the Marshall Public Library have you covered.…
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DEQ awards nearly $332,000 to nine drinking water and wastewater systems across Idaho
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced the award of $331,741 to nine drinking water and wastewater systems to help the…
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Brief planned power outage for small section of downtown Idaho Falls
As part of the ongoing power line relocation and improvements, Idaho Falls Power will need to implement a brief planned outage in a section of…
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Jeremy Best charged with 2 counts of murder in first degree for deaths of wife and unborn child, judge orders competency test
48-year-old Jeremy Albert Best has been charged with two counts of murder in the first degree in connection with the deaths of his wife Kali Randall…
Continue Reading Chris Evert Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of tennis great Chris Evert, who won at least one Grand Slam singles championship 13…
Continue Reading German man accused of forming armed group to oppose COVID measures arrested in Portugal
BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a German man accused of forming an armed group to oppose government measures against the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021…
Continue Reading At COP28 summit, activists and officials voice concern over Gaza’s environment, devastated by war
By MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As leaders, officials and activists descend on Dubai for United Nations climate…
Continue Reading ‘Past Lives,’ ‘May December’ and ‘American Fiction’ lead Spirit Award nominations
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Celine Song’s “Past Lives,” Todd Haynes’ “May December” and Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” got…
Continue Reading CVS Health lays out changes to clarify prescription drug pricing that may save some customers money
The Associated Press CVS Health is introducing changes to how its prescription drug pricing model works, and that could lead to some savings for…
Continue Reading Memorials to victims of Maine’s deadliest mass shootings to be displayed at museum
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Volunteers and city workers have removed mementos, signs and other items that accumulated at…
Continue Reading Grand Theft Auto VI leak followed by an official trailer with a twist: A release date of 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The highly-anticipated trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI arrived a little early after a copy was leaked online. Rockstar Games…
Continue Reading NCAA President Charlie Baker calls for new tier of Division I where schools can pay athletes
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — NCAA President Charlie Baker wants to create a new tier of Division I where athlete can…
Continue Reading US job openings fall to lowest level since March 2021 as labor market cools
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers posted 8.7 million job openings in October, the fewest since March 2021, in a…
Continue Reading The Supreme Court throws out a case that could have limited lawsuits over access for the disabled
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has dismissed a case involving a Maine hotel that could have made it harder for people with disabilities to…
Continue Reading FBI is assisting investigation into Virginia home explosion and a suspect is believed to be dead. Here’s what we know
CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — The FBI and local authorities are examining the cause of a home explosion that erupted in…
Continue Reading Gerry Fraley wins BBWAA Career Excellence Award, top honor for baseball writers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The late Gerry Fraley has been honored with the BBWAA Career Excellence Award. The honor was announced Tuesday by the…
Continue Reading A Florida lottery winner has less than a week to claim a $44 million prize before they lose it
By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — This summer, someone walked into a Central Florida gas station and purchased a winning Quick Pick lottery ticket.…
Continue Reading In ‘Wonka,’ Timothée Chalamet finds a world of pure imagination
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Hugh Grant learned some years ago that if a filmmaker doesn’t make something from the heart, it shows. The films…
Continue Reading In ‘Wonka,’ Timothée Chalamet finds a world of pure imagination
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Like the “Paddington” movies, “Wonka” was dreamt up by Paul King, a lifetime Roald Dahl fan and a writer and…
Continue Reading Trial to determine whether JetBlue can buy Spirit, further consolidating industry, comes to a head
BOSTON (AP) — Closing arguments are about to get underway in the government’s case to block JetBlue from buying Spirit Airlines. The trial in…
Continue Reading Column: Major champions talk signature shots. And one that stands out to them
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Jon Rahm all but locked up the Masters with an 8-iron he carved around the trees. What made him feel just as good was…
Continue Reading Biography of the late Rep. John Lewis that draws upon 100s of interviews will be published next fall
NEW YORK (AP) — An upcoming biography of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis will draw upon hundreds of interviews, along with the civil rights…
Continue Reading Streisand talks acting, music and destiny after release of her memoir ‘My Name is Barbra’
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Her book is called ‘My Name is Barbra’ and it runs nearly 1,000 pages. You expected less…
Continue Reading Kelsey Grammer BBC interview reportedly cut short as talk turned to his support of Donald Trump
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — “Frasier” star Kelsey Grammer had an interview with the BBC cut short by Paramount+ representatives this week…
Continue Reading The past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports
By Laura Paddison and Brandon Miller, CNN (CNN) — The decade between 2011 and 2020 was the hottest on record for the planet’s land and oceans…
Continue Reading Father of slain Italian woman challenges men to be agents of change against femicide
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — The father of a young woman whose murder galvanized Italian outrage against violence targeting women…
Continue Reading British Museum loan to Greece coincides with dispute over demand to return Parthenon Marbles
By THANASSIS STAVRAKIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Acropolis Museum has launched an exhibition that…
Continue Reading Cause sought of explosion that leveled an Arlington, Virginia, home as police tried to serve warrant
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Hours before a massive explosion destroyed a duplex and shook a Virginia suburb of…
Continue Reading CVS will change the way it prices prescription drugs
By Tami Luhby and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — CVS is revamping the way it reimburses its pharmacies for prescription medications,…
Continue Reading US unveils global strategy to commercialize fusion as source of clean energy during COP28
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The United States will work with other governments to speed up efforts to make nuclear fusion a new source of…
Continue Reading Efforts to close gender interest gap in STEM must be stepped up, Gen Z survey shows
By Athena Jones, CNN (CNN) — Despite wide efforts to encourage more girls and young women to pursue careers in STEM, a new survey from Gallup…
Continue Reading Lawmakers in Norway make a deal opening up for deep sea mining in Arctic
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s government and two large opposition parties have agreed to allow seabed mineral exploration in the Arctic.…
Continue Reading A second Trump term ‘poses a threat to the existence of America as we know it,’ says The Atlantic’s top editor
By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, refuses to go gently into that good night. “We can’t…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: What the 2024 Social Security COLA could mean for your retirement
By DALIA RAMIREZ of NerdWallet The Social Security Administration adjusts its benefits payments each year to reflect changes in the cost of living.…
Continue Reading Wikipedia, wrapped. Here are 2023’s most-viewed articles on the internet’s encyclopedia
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Remember what you searched for in 2023? Well, Wikipedia has the receipts. English…
Continue Reading NFL official to have surgery following horror injury after collision with Saints running back Alvin Kamara
By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — An NFL official who was involved in a collision with New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara suffered a…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec. 5: Israel, Presidential debate, Terror plot foiled, Border policy, floods
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Modern earthquakes in the US could be aftershocks from quakes in the 1800s, according to a new study. For…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec. 5: Israel, Presidential debate, Terror plot foiled, Border policy, floods
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Modern earthquakes in the US could be aftershocks from quakes in the 1800s, according to a new study. For…
Continue Reading Nigeria’s president calls for investigation after 85 civilians killed in drone attack
Story by Reuters (Reuters) — Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday called for a thorough investigation into a military drone…
Continue Reading At least 85 confirmed killed by Nigerian army drone attack, raising questions about such mistakes
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s emergency services agency says more than 80 people are confirmed dead after…
Continue Reading UK home secretary to sign new asylum treaty in Rwanda
Story by Reuters (Reuters) — British Home Secretary James Cleverly arrived in Rwanda on Tuesday to sign a new treaty to send asylum seekers to…
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3 things to know this morning – December 5, 2023
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Continue Reading Moody’s cuts China credit outlook to negative, cites slowing economic growth, property crisis
By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Credit rating agency Moody’s has downgraded its outlook for Chinese sovereign bonds to negative,…
Continue Reading ‘It’s chaos:’ Starving Gazans dig for food, supplies under the rubble
CNN By Abeer Salman and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi (CNN) — One man carries six jars of cooking oil as he struggles to walk…
Continue Reading Ukrainian officials say Russian shelling has hit a southern city, killing 2 people in the street
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Local officials say Russian artillery fire has struck the southern Ukrainian city of…
Continue Reading Danish union to take action against Tesla in solidarity with Swedes demanding collective bargaining
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The conflict against Tesla in Sweden is spreading to neighboring Denmark. Transport…
Continue Reading ‘It’s chaos:’ Starving Gazans dig for food, supplies under the rubble
By Abeer Salman and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi (CNN) — One man carries six jars of cooking oil as he struggles to walk across…
Continue Reading Students around the world suffered huge learning setbacks during the pandemic, study finds
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Students around the world suffered historic setbacks in reading and math during the…
Continue Reading Senior EU official warns of huge security risk in Europe over Christmas as Israel-Hamas war rages
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Eropean Union’s Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson is warning that Europe faces “a huge risk of terrorist…
Continue Reading Putin to discuss Israel-Hamas war during a 1-day trip to Saudi Arabia and UAE
MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a one-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia focused…
Continue Reading This project cuts emissions by putting data centers inside wind turbines
By Arya Jyothi, CNN (CNN) — Accounting for up to 1.5% of global electricity use, data centers are fueling the climate crisis. Currently, there…
Continue Reading UK Home Secretary James Cleverly visits Rwanda to try to unblock controversial asylum plan
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — British Home Secretary James Cleverly has flown to Rwanda to try to revive a stalled plan to send asylum-seekers to the East…
Continue Reading French lawmakers approve bill to ban disposable e-cigarettes to protect youth drawn to their flavors
PARIS (AP) — France’s National Assembly has unanimously approved a bill to ban single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes, in an attempt to…
Continue Reading Why Florida State was left out of the College Football Playoff and why it’s so controversial
By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Sunday’s announcement of the four teams selected for the College Football Playoff sent shockwaves through the…
Continue Reading Papua New Guinea’s prime minister says he will sign a security pact with Australia
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says he will sign a bilateral security pact with Australia during a visit…
Continue Reading UN warns that 2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea with 400 Rohingya aboard desperately need rescue
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Aid groups and the United Nations say an estimated 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two…
Continue Reading Munich Airport suspends all flights on Tuesday morning due to freezing rain
BERLIN (AP) — Munich Airport has temporarily suspended flight operations due to freezing rain as cold weather continues to affect the region. All…
Continue Reading Israel strikes in and around Gaza’s second largest city in an already bloody new phase of the war
By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel intensified its bombardment in and around Gaza’s second…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares slip ahead of key US economic reports
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares declined Tuesday on heavy selling of property and technology shares. U.S. futures…
Continue Reading Popular Taiwanese rock band Mayday investigated for lip-synching in China
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Popular Taiwanese rock band Mayday is being investigated by Chinese authorities over allegations of…
Continue Reading UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28 summit grapples with curbing climate change
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from…
Continue Reading Tokyo Olympics sullied by bid-rigging, bribery trials more than 2 years after the Games closed
By STEPHEN WADE and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The bid-rigging trial around the Tokyo Olympics is playing out in a Japanese…
Continue Reading China’s government can’t take a joke, so comedians living abroad censor themselves
By FU TING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Comedian Xi Diao says he knows he should avoid talking politics on stage, but sharing a family name…
Continue Reading Prince Harry challenges UK government’s decision to strip him of security detail when he moved to US
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry is challenging the British government’s decision to strip him of his security…
Continue Reading Lebanon’s Christians feel the heat of climate change in its sacred forest and valley
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BCHARRE, Lebanon (AP) — Majestic cedar trees towered over dozens of Lebanese Christians gathered outside a…
Continue Reading Magnitude 5.1 earthquake felt widely across Big Island of Hawaii; no damage or risk of tsunami
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake on the Big Island of Hawaii was felt widely but there have been no reports of damage or injury. The…
Continue Reading Bus crashes in western Thailand, killing 14 people and injuring more than 30 others
BANGKOK (AP) — A bus has crashed in western Thailand, killing 14 people and injuring more than 30 others. Officials said the accident occurred…
Continue Reading A roadside bombing in the commercial center of Pakistan’s Peshawar city wounds at least 3 people
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities say a roadside bomb went off near a school in the country’s northwest on Tuesday, wounding at…
Continue Reading Assault charges dropped against 17 Austin police officers in 2020 George Floyd protests as city officials request DOJ investigation
By Sara Smart and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A Texas prosecutor has dropped indictments against 17 Austin police officers who were charged…
Continue Reading AI’s future could be ‘open-source’ or closed. Tech giants are divided as they lobby regulators
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Tech leaders have been vocal proponents of the need to regulate artificial intelligence, but they’re…
Continue Reading ‘We are officially hostages.’ How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas hostage strategy
By LORI HINNANT and SAM McNEIL Associated Press NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — The Hamas attack on the kibbutz of Nir Oz started a little after 6:30 a.m. on…
Continue Reading Activists at COP28 summit ramp up pressure on cutting fossil fuels as talks turn to clean energy
By SIBI ARASU and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Activists had a series of events and actions lined up Tuesday at…
Continue Reading ‘We are officially hostages.’ How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas hostage strategy
By LORI HINNANT and SAM McNEIL Associated Press NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — The engineer and his family cowered in the safe room, dark except for a red…
Continue Reading Owners of a funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found to appear in court
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The owners of a Colorado funeral home where 190 sets of…
Continue Reading Brutal killings of women in Western Balkan countries trigger alarm and expose faults in the system
By JOVANA GEC, SABINA NIKSIC and ZANA CIMILI Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A man in Bosnia killed his wife and streamed the murder live…
Continue Reading Handcuffed and sent to the ER – for misbehavior: Schools are sending more kids to the hospital
By ANNIE MA of The Associated Press and MEREDITH KOLODNER of The Hechinger Report SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — Three times a week, on average, a police…
Continue Reading Biden is spending most of the week raising money at events with James Taylor and Steven Spielberg
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is spending most of this week raising money for his reelection…
Continue Reading The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could rule out a tax on wealth favored by some Democrats
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a case over a Washington couple’s $15,000 tax bill that is…
Continue Reading The fourth GOP debate will be a key moment for the young NewsNation cable network
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans are scheduled for their fourth presidential debate this week, again minus Donald Trump.…
Continue Reading In the salt deserts bordering Pakistan, India builds its largest renewable energy project
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press KHAVDA, India (AP) — Shifting to renewable energy is a key issue at the ongoing COP28 climate summit. Some leaders…
Continue Reading Fossil fuel industry nearly quadrupled registrations at climate summit since last year, watchdog report says
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — More than 2,400 people connected to the fossil fuel industry registered to attend the COP28 climate summit in…
Continue Reading Las Vegas teen found with explosive materials after threatening ‘lone wolf’ terror attack, authorities say
By John Miller and Sabrina Shulman, CNN (CNN) — A 16-year-old in Las Vegas was arrested after allegedly threatening a lone wolf terrorist…
Continue Reading UConn falls to worst ranking in 30 years in women’s AP Top 25; South Carolina, UCLA stay atop poll
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer UConn fell to its worst ranking in 30 years when the Huskies dropped to 17th in The Associated Press women’s…
Continue Reading In Southeast Asia, the horror of Kissinger’s explosive legacy goes on
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Fifty years after Henry Kissinger drove American foreign policy in Southeast Asia, the region…
Continue Reading Lawsuit alleges Brian Laundrie shared with his parents that Gabby Petito was ‘gone’ and that he needed a lawyer
By Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — Brian Laundrie told his parents Gabby Petito was “gone” in what is described as a frantic phone call…
Continue Reading More bodies found after surprise eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi, raising apparent toll to 23
By MARDI ROSA TANJUNG Associated Press BATU PALANO, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi…
Continue Reading At least 6 people have died as heavy rains from Tropical Cyclone Michaung hit India’s coasts
NEW DELHI (AP) — Torrential rains and strong winds lashing India’s southern and eastern coasts have killed at least six people, officials…
Continue Reading Israel military says 2 civilians killed for every Hamas militant is a ‘tremendously positive’ ratio given combat challenges
CNN By Mitchell McCluskey and Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN) — Israel believes that it has killed two Palestinian civilians for every Hamas…
Continue Reading Mexico halts deportations and migrant transfers citing lack of funds
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The head of Mexico’s immigration agency has ordered the suspension of migrant deportations…
Continue Reading Police identify suspect in home that exploded near DC and are investigating ‘concerning social media posts’ he allegedly made
By Rob Frehse and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Police identified the suspect inside an Arlington, Virginia, home that exploded Monday while…
Continue Reading Thousands protest Indigenous policies of New Zealand government as lawmakers are sworn in
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Thousands of protesters have rallied against the New Zealand government’s Indigenous policies as the Parliament…
Continue Reading YouTuber who staged California plane crash gets 6 months in prison for obstructing investigation
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department says an influencer who staged a California plane crash to make a YouTube video of himself…
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