Part of SH-48 in Rigby to close for utility installation
Due to a utility installation, State Highway 48 between South Clark Street and U.S. Highway 20 Business Loop will be closed starting…
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Kenya says it won’t deploy police to fight gangs in Haiti until they receive training and funding
By EMMANUEL IGUNZA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya says it won’t deploy its police officers to Haiti until all…
Continue Reading Police say 2 Jewish schools in Montreal were hit by gunshots; no injuries reported
MONTREAL (AP) — Montreal police say two Jewish schools in the city were hit overnight by gunshots. Staff members discovered bullet holes on the…
Continue Reading Lyrics can be used as evidence during rapper Young Thug’s trial on gang and racketeering charges
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has ruled tha tprosecutors will be allowed to use rap lyrics as evidence when rapper Young…
Continue Reading Man accuses riverboat co-captain of assault during Alabama riverfront brawl
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Black riverboat co-captain at the center of an Alabama riverfront brawl that drew national attention has been accused of…
Continue Reading North Carolina woman and her dad get additional jail time in the beating death of her Irish husband
LEXINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge has sentenced the wife of an Irish businessman and her father to additional prison time after their…
Continue Reading How to support military kids on Veterans Day and beyond
By CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — It’s often said the whole family serves when a member is in the armed forces. Like military spouses,…
Continue Reading College student hit by stray bullet dies. Suspect was released earlier for intellectual disability
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee college student who was hit by a stray bullet while walking near campus has…
Continue Reading Rome scrubs antisemitic graffiti from Jewish Quarter on 85th anniversary of the Nazi Kristallnacht
MILAN (AP) — Rome is removing antisemitic graffiti that was scrawled on buildings in the city’s old Jewish Quarter on the 85th anniversary of…
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New film tracks animal migrations in and out of Grand Teton
A new wildlife documentary chronicling the large mammal migrations of Grand Teton National Park was released online this week, showing how the park…
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ISDA announces 2024 Specialty Crop Grant application
The new deadline for submitting all application materials is Thursday, Feb. 1,…
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RFP released for Future Affordable Workforce Housing at 90 Virginian Lane
Proposals are required to provide at least 150 permanently deed restricted homes for the local…
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Police identify deceased in fatal crash
The Caribou County Sheriff’s Office has released the identities of those killed in a fatal crash…
Continue Reading Jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi ends hunger strike
By Jomana Karadsheh, Hande Atay Alam and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has ended…
Continue Reading Minneapolis police lieutenant disciplined over racist email promoted to homicide unit leader
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis police lieutenant who was placed on paid leave for more than a year for forwarding a racist email has been…
Continue Reading White House says Israel agrees to 4-hour daily pauses in Gaza fighting to allow civilians to flee
AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Israel has agreed to put in place four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in its assault on Hamas…
Continue Reading The Census Bureau sees an older, more diverse America in 2100 in three immigration scenarios
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The Census Bureau is predicting an older and more diverse America in the coming decades, along with other…
Continue Reading Video chat service Omegle shuts down following years of user abuse claims
NEW YORK (AP) — Omegle, a video chat service that connects users with strangers at random, is shutting down after 14 years following ample misuse…
Continue Reading Albania’s deal with Italy on migrants has been welcomed by many. But others are confused and angry
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press SHENGJIN, Albania (AP) — Some in the Western Balkans country saw it as reciprocation when the leaders of Albania…
Continue Reading Election offices are sent envelopes with fentanyl or other substances. Authorities are investigating
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities on Thursday were trying to determine who sent letters filled with fentanyl…
Continue Reading Top US accident investigator says close calls between planes show that aviation is under stress
Associated Press The nation’s top accident investigator says a surge in close calls between planes at U.S. airports this year is a clear warning…
Continue Reading Man receives the first eye transplant plus a new face. It’s a step toward one day restoring sight
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Surgeons have performed the world’s first transplant of an entire human eye, an…
Continue Reading Nation’s first openly gay governor looking to re-enter politics after nearly 20 years
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — The nation’s first openly gay governor is looking to re-enter politics nearly 20 years after he left. Former New Jersey…
Continue Reading Australian man survives crocodile attack by biting back
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — An Australian cattle farmer has managed to survive a crocodile attack after biting the huge predator on the eyelid.…
Continue Reading Heather McDonald finds creative and financial freedom with popular ‘Juicy Scoop’ podcast
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press In 2015 Heather McDonald launched her podcast “Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald” as a way to promote her…
Continue Reading Japanese Americans were jailed in a desert. Survivors worry a wind farm will overshadow the past.
By ED KOMENDA and LINDSEY WASSON Associated Press JEROME, Idaho (AP) — Behind the barbed wire, the little boy pressed his ink-covered index finger…
Continue Reading Japanese Americans were jailed in a desert. Survivors worry a wind farm will overshadow the past.
By ED KOMENDA and LINDSEY WASSON Associated Press JEROME, Idaho (AP) — Behind the barbed wire, the little boy pressed his ink-covered index finger…
Continue Reading Wisconsin Assembly to vote on early ballot processing bill
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin elections officials would be able to process absentee ballots…
Continue Reading Former Catalan politician shot in the face in Madrid
By Pau Mosquera and Al Goodman, CNN Madrid (CNN) — The former president of Spain’s Popular Party (PP) in Catalonia, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, was…
Continue Reading Opinion: The Republican debater with only one gear – ‘D’ for ‘dislikeable!’
Opinion by Todd Graham (CNN) — Whether it was due to a less crowded debate stage or the experienced bench of moderators, the third Republican…
Continue Reading Canada says it can fight climate change and be major oil nation. Massive fires may force a reckoning
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and VICTOR CAIVANO Associated Press FORT MCMURRAY, Canada (AP) — During a May wildfire that scorched a vast swath of spruce and…
Continue Reading Another labor deal averts strike at eight more Vegas casinos
By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The Culinary union has reached a deal with MGM Resorts International covering 25,400 members, averting a…
Continue Reading Canada says it can fight climate change and be major oil nation. Massive fires may force a reckoning
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and VICTOR CAIVANO Associated Press FORT MCMURRAY, Canada (AP) — Thousands of wildfires in Canada have incinerated an area…
Continue Reading Veteran Spanish conservative politician shot in face in Madrid street
MADRID (AP) — Veteran Spanish right-wing politician Alejandro Vidal-Quadras has been taken to a hospital in Madrid after being shot in a street in…
Continue Reading Two Pittsburgh students taken to hospital after ingesting unknown edible candy
By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — Two students from…
Continue Reading Uzbekistan hosts summit of regional economic alliance
MOSCOW (AP) — An economic grouping that includes several ex-Soviet nations along with Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey has held a summit in…
Continue Reading Teen driver charged with DUI Manslaughter in Wellington granted house arrest
By Jossie Carbonare Click here for updates on this story WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — Gabriel Glushien, 19, is…
Continue Reading In Wisconsin, old fashioneds come with brandy. Lawmakers want to make it somewhat official
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — In Wisconsin, the old fashioned cocktail comes with brandy, not bourbon. Now, state lawmakers…
Continue Reading Rescue group gives second life to dogs by pairing them with veterans in need
By Jennifer Franciotti Click here for updates on this story FOREST HILL, Maryland (WBAL) — Rescue dogs from animal…
Continue Reading Poland’s outgoing minister asks new legislators to seek further war reparations from Germany
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s outgoing deputy foreign minister has written to newly-elected legislators and senators to urge them to…
Continue Reading Analysts warn that Pakistan’s anti-migrant crackdown risks radicalizing deported Afghans
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Analysts say that Pakistan’s crackdown on undocumented migrants risks radicalizing Afghans who…
Continue Reading US applications for jobless benefits inch down, remain at historically healthy levels
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Slightly fewer Americans applied for jobless claims last week, further indicating that the labor market remains strong…
Continue Reading Myanmar’s military chief says a major offensive by ethnic groups was funded by the drug trade
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government has charged that a major offensive in the country’s…
Continue Reading Back in China 50 years after historic trip, a Philadelphia Orchestra violinist hopes to build ties
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Davyd Booth believes strongly that people everywhere are the same and that music touches the heart…
Continue Reading Student is suspected of injuring a person with a weapon at a German school
BERLIN (AP) — German police say a student with a weapon is suspected of having injured a person at a school in the country’s southwest. German…
Continue Reading What is Diwali, the Festival of Lights, and how is it celebrated in India and the diaspora?
By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated…
Continue Reading US diplomat assures Kosovo that new draft of association of Serb municipalities offers no autonomy
By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The U.S. ambassador has urged Kosovo’s government to proceed with…
Continue Reading Nigeria’s president signs controversial bill for a presidential yacht and SUVs for lawmakers
By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president has signed a controversial bill that earmarks $6.1 million…
Continue Reading Russia launches deadly missile strike on civilian ship at Ukrainian Black Sea port, Kyiv says
By Christian Edwards, Kosta Gak and Mariya Knight, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — A Russian missile struck a cargo ship as it docked in the Ukrainian Black…
Continue Reading College student dies after being hit by a stray bullet in a Nashville park
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A Belmont University freshman has died after being hit in the head by a stray bullet while walking on a trail near…
Continue Reading Avoid these 3 business mistakes during the holiday season
By RANDA KRISS of NerdWallet Mistakes during the holiday season can be detrimental to a business’s bottom line — but small-business owners still…
Continue Reading Vatican rules some transgender people and babies of same-sex couples can be baptized
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — A new ruling by the Vatican’s doctrine department has opened the door to Catholic baptism for…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Nov. 9: GOP debate, Impeachment probe, Israel, Actors strike, Meta
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A Mississippi city is now at the center of a Department of Justice investigation following allegations of…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Nov. 9: GOP debate, Impeachment probe, Israel, Actors strike, Meta
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A Mississippi city is now at the center of a Department of Justice investigation following allegations of…
Continue Reading Apple hits setback in dispute with European Union over tax case
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Apple might end up on the hook after all for billions of euros in back taxes to Ireland in the…
Continue Reading Spain’s Socialists to grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in exchange for support of new government
By CIARÁN GILES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Socialist Party has struck a deal with a fringe Catalan separatist…
Continue Reading Australian surfer Laura Enever officially breaks world record after taming giant wave
By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Australian surfer Laura Enever can finally celebrate officially breaking a world record for the largest wave ever…
Continue Reading A Russian missile hits a Liberia-flagged ship in Odesa, Ukraine’s main Black Sea port
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian port of Odesa hit a Liberian-flagged freighter, killing a port worker and injuring…
Continue Reading Last 12 months on Earth were the hottest ever recorded, analysis finds
ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press The 12 months ending in October were the hottest ever recorded on Earth and likely the planet’s hottest…
Continue Reading Humanity just lived through the hottest 12 months in at least 125,000 years
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Month after month since June, the world has been abnormally hot. Scientists have compared this year’s…
Continue Reading A TotalEnergies pipeline project in East Africa is disturbing community graves, watchdog says
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A New York-based climate watchdog says the French oil company TotalEnergies is failing…
Continue Reading Putin visits Kazakhstan, part of his efforts to cement ties with ex-Soviet neighbors
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Kazakhstan, part of his efforts to cement ties with the ex-Soviet neighbor and major…
Continue Reading Germans commemorate ‘Night of Broken Glass’ terror as antisemitism is on the rise again
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Across Germany, in schools, city halls, synagogues, churches and parliament, people are coming…
Continue Reading The UK’s interior minister accuses police of favoring pro-Palestinian protesters
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s interior minister has accused the country’s largest police force of being more lenient…
Continue Reading CAIR received an ‘unprecedented’ 1,283 reports of anti-Arab and Islamophobic bias in the last month, new data shows
By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has documented an “appalling” rise in…
Continue Reading Japanese automaker Nissan’s profits zoom on strong sales, favorable exchange rates
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan has reported that its profit zoomed more than 10-fold in the last quarter from a year…
Continue Reading Thousands fall ill in eastern Pakistan due to heavy smog, forcing closure of schools, markets, parks
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Toxic gray smog has sickened tens of thousands of people in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore, forcing authorities to…
Continue Reading Biden goes to Illinois auto plant saved by union agreement, a sign his policies are helping workers
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is going to a Stellantis auto plant in the small city of Belvidere, Illinois.…
Continue Reading Japan’s SoftBank hit with $6.2B quarterly loss as WeWork, other tech investments go sour
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology company SoftBank Group has reported it racked up a huge loss in the…
Continue Reading Israeli strikes pound Gaza City, where tens of thousands have fled in recent days
By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes pounded Gaza City overnight and…
Continue Reading India, Pakistan border guards trade fire along their frontier in Kashmir; one Indian soldier killed
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian and Pakistani soldiers have exchanged gunfire and shelling along their highly militarized frontier in disputed…
Continue Reading New island emerges after undersea volcano erupts off Japan, but experts say it may not last long
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An undersea volcano’s eruption off Japan three weeks ago has provided a rare view of the…
Continue Reading Mobile and resilient, the US military is placing a new emphasis on ground troops for Pacific defense
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — As China’s navy grows and its land-based missile systems expand, the United States is…
Continue Reading Clash between Constitutional and appeals courts raises concerns over rule of law in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s top court of appeals has clashed with the country’s Constitutional Court over the release of a newly elected but…
Continue Reading Toxic foam coats sacred river near New Delhi as Indian capital battles hazardous pollution
By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A thick layer of toxic foam has once again coated parts of a sacred river near New Delhi as the Indian capital…
Continue Reading Profits slip at Japan’s Sony, hit by lengthy Hollywood strike
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sony has reported that its profit in the July-September quarter slipped 29% from a year earlier,…
Continue Reading The actors strike is over. What’s next for your favorite stars, shows and Hollywood?
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Missed your favorite actors? After nearly four months of striking, they’re coming back. Wednesday’s deal between striking…
Continue Reading ‘We’re feeling this moment in our bones’: Death of Jewish protester has shaken his Southern California synagogue
By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Shock and grief have reverberated through the congregation of Temple Etz Chaim since one of its longtime…
Continue Reading UN rights chief says both Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes
By Michael Rios and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Both Hamas and Israel have committed war crimes in the past month, the United Nations human…
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Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher after China reports that prices fell in October
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after a another mixed close on Wall Street…
Continue Reading Japanese automaker Honda reports its 3Q profit jumped on strong demand at home and in the US
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Honda has reported that its profit jumped 34% in the July-September quarter from a year earlier as…
Continue Reading An industrial robot crushed a worker to death at a vegetable packing plant in South Korea
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Police say an industrial robot crushed a worker to death at a vegetable packaging…
Continue Reading MGM’s CEO says tentative deal to avoid strike will be reached with Las Vegas hotel workers union
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The CEO of MGM Resorts International says the company is close to reaching a tentative deal with the…
Continue Reading The man charged in last year’s attack against Nancy Pelosi’s husband goes to trial in San Francisco
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man accused of breaking into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco…
Continue Reading Western and Arab officials are gathering in Paris to find ways to provide aid to civilians in Gaza
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Officials from Western and Arab nations, the United Nations and nongovernmental organizations are…
Continue Reading The US and Chinese finance ministers are opening talks to lay the groundwork for a Biden-Xi meeting
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her Chinese counterpart are meeting in San Francisco to…
Continue Reading Turkey is marking its centennial. But a brain drain has cast a shadow on the occasion
By ROBERT BADENDIECK Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey is marking its centennial but a brain drain is casting a shadow on the occasion.…
Continue Reading Judge to hear arguments as Michigan activists try to keep Trump off the ballot
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A judge in Michigan is expected to hear arguments Thursday on whether Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has the…
Continue Reading Holocaust survivor recalls ‘Night of Broken Glass’ horrors in interactive, virtual reality project
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Charlotte Knobloch was 6 years old when she saw the synagogues of Munich burning and watched…
Continue Reading Ballot shortages in Mississippi created a problem for democracy on the day of a governor’s election
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, MICHAEL GOLDBERG and AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — People in Mississippi’s largest county are…
Continue Reading Nearly half of Democrats disapprove of Biden’s response to the Israel-Hamas war, AP-NORC poll shows
By BILL BARROW and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly half of Democrats disapprove of how President Joe Biden is handling the…
Continue Reading Verdict is in: Texas voters tell oldest judges it’s time to retire
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas voters rejected a proposal to raise the mandatory retirement age for judges. The…
Continue Reading GOP candidates hit Trump and back Israel. Here are highlights from the Republican debate
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As they face an increasingly urgent task to emerge as a clear alternative…
Continue Reading Blinken arrives in Seoul for talks focused on North Korea and its military cooperation with Russia
By MATTHEW LEE Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, suspected North Korean cooperation with…
Continue Reading Stroud Stays Cool As He Leads Comeback Victory Over Tampa Bay
By Brian Barefield Click here for updates on this story Nov. 8, 2023 (Houston Style Magazine) — Less than a minute in…
Continue Reading PUMPKINS: Revitalize Houston’s Earth – The 3rd Annual Pumpkin Compost Drop-Off
By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story Nov. 2, 2023 (Houston Style Magazine) — Halloween is just…
Continue Reading Michigan couple back from Gaza, recall fear and desperation of being trapped amid war
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man recounted the fear and desperation he and his wife…
Continue Reading Ex-worker’s lawsuit alleges music mogul L.A. Reid sexually assaulted her in 2001
NEW YORK (AP) — Antonio “L.A.” Reid, the Grammy-winning music executive who influenced the career of artists including Pink, Usher and Mariah…
Continue Reading Alabama sets a date to execute a death row inmate by nitrogen gas, governor says, a method never used in the US
By Devon M. Sayers and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Alabama has scheduled the nation’s first execution by nitrogen hypoxia, an alternative to…
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