Ex-health secretary Matt Hancock defends his record at UK’s COVID inquiry
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former British health secretary Matt Hancock is defending his record at the U.K.’s COVID-19 inquiry,…
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Pakistan police arrest 4 men in the death of a woman after a photo with her boyfriend went viral
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan have arrested four people who allegedly killed an 18-year-old woman in…
Continue Reading On 1st day, UN climate conference sets up fund for countries hit by disasters like flood and drought
By JAMEY KEATEN and SIBI ARASU Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world just took a big step toward compensating countries hit…
Continue Reading What to know about Hannukah and how it’s celebrated around the world
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival…
Continue Reading Meta identifies Chinese propaganda threat ahead of 2024 election
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Meta took down thousands of Facebook accounts based in China that were impersonating Americans while posting on…
Continue Reading Breaking the chains: Creator of comic strip ‘Mutts’ frees his Guard Dog character after decades
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Something is different on the comics pages this week. In the panels of “Mutts,”…
Continue Reading Thousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize voters ahead of 2024
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta says it has found and disabled thousands of fake Facebook accounts linked to China that…
Continue Reading Pressure builds to eliminate fossil fuel use as oil executive, under fire, takes over climate talks
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pressure to phase out fossil fuels mounted Thursday on the oil company…
Continue Reading Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlaws LGBTQ+ activism in a landmark ruling
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court has effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism, in the most drastic…
Continue Reading Shane MacGowan, frontman of The Pogues, dies at age 65
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Shane Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for the Christmas…
Continue Reading Pope says he has acute bronchitis, doctors recommended against travel to avoid change in temperature
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says he is suffering from acute and infectious bronchitis. He told an audience on Thursday that doctors recommended he…
Continue Reading Ford says autoworkers strike cut sales by 100,000 vehicles and cost company $1.7 billion in profits
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. says a six-week strike by the United Auto Workers union cut sales by about 100,000 vehicles and cost the company $1.7…
Continue Reading Still alive! Golden mole not seen for 80 years and presumed extinct is found again in South Africa
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Researchers in South Africa say they have rediscovered a mole species that has an…
Continue Reading Four migrants who were pushed out of a boat die just yards from Spain’s southern coast
By CIARÁN GILES and HERNÁN MUÑOZ Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Four migrants have died yards from shore in southern Spain after being forced…
Continue Reading Luke Donald to remain Europe captain for 2025 Ryder Cup
By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Following on from a win at this year’s Ryder Cup, Luke Donald will continue as European captain for the 2025…
Continue Reading DeSantis and Newsom set to face off in unusual debate moderated by Sean Hannity
By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set for a prime-time debate Thursday night in Georgia – but instead of facing his…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Nov. 30: Israel, Henry Kissinger, Jerusalem shooting, Immigration, Covid-19
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season ends today as one of the busiest on record with 20 named storms, including…
Continue Reading China says US arms sales to Taiwan are turning the island into a ‘powder keg’
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese defense ministry’s top spokesperson has said that the U.S. should stop interfering in both Taiwan and the South…
Continue Reading Vehicle wanted in Chicago homicide crashes into Milwaukee school bus during police pursuit
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A vehicle wanted in connection with a homicide in Chicago smashed into a school bus while fleeing police in Milwaukee, sending…
Continue Reading Graduates of a new doctoral program in Indigenous health strive to address disparities in Native communities
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Cole Allick remembers growing up on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in northern North Dakota and…
Continue Reading A Pakistani province aims to deport 10,000 Afghans a day
By ABDUL SATTAR and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities in a Pakistani province are setting targets for police to…
Continue Reading Germany arrests French woman who allegedly committed war crimes after joining IS in Syria
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have arrested a French woman who allegedly committed war crimes in Syria after joining the Islamic State…
Continue Reading Biden administration proposes biggest changes to lead pipe rules in more than three decades
By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed the strongest overhaul of lead in drinking water rules…
Continue Reading Teenage suspects accused of plotting to blow up a small truck at a German Christmas market
BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a 15-year-old boy and an alleged accomplice are accused of plotting to blow up a small truck at a Christmas market in…
Continue Reading UN weather agency says 2023 is the hottest year on record, warns of further climate extremes ahead
By JAMEY KEATEN and BASSAM HATOUM Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.N. weather agency said Thursday that 2023 is all but…
Continue Reading Russian missile strikes in eastern Ukraine tear through buildings and bury families in rubble
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian missiles tore through apartment buildings in eastern…
Continue Reading South Korean farmers rally near presidential office to protest proposed anti-dog meat legislation
By JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of South Korean dog farmers have scuffled with police during a rally near the…
Continue Reading Oklahoma executes Phillip Hancock for 2001 double murder. He claimed the killings were in self-defense
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Oklahoma on Thursday executed 59-year-old death row inmate Phillip Hancock, who was sentenced to death for the…
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3 things to know this morning – November 30, 2023
Here’s what you should know to start your…
Continue Reading Inflation in Europe falls to 2.4%. It shows interest rates are packing a punch
By COURTNEY BONNELL AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Europeans are again seeing some relief as inflation dropped to 2.4% in November, the lowest in…
Continue Reading China mourns Kissinger — ‘a most valued old friend’
By Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The death of Henry Kissinger on Wednesday saw the loss of a diplomat Beijing has long…
Continue Reading Santos refuses to resign a day ahead of expected expulsion vote
By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Lauren Fox, CNN Embattled GOP Rep. George Santos continues his refusal to resign one day ahead of an expulsion vote,…
Continue Reading A friendship forged over 7 weeks of captivity lives on as freed women are reunited
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In the depths of captivity, they formed an unlikely but prized friendship. And reunited…
Continue Reading Elton John addresses Britain’s Parliament, urging lawmakers to do more to fight HIV/AIDS
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Elton John has urged British lawmakers to do more to fight HIV and AIDS. He says the U.K. can be the…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher ahead of US price update, OPEC+ meeting
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday ahead of an update on U.S. consumer inflation and a…
Continue Reading Somali maritime police intensify patrols as fears grow of resurgence of piracy in the Gulf of Aden
By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Somalia’s maritime police force has intensified patrols in the Red Sea following a…
Continue Reading Palestinian student knocked on a neighbor’s door to get help for his friends before realizing he had also been shot
By Khalil Abdallah, Nicole Grether, Polo Sandoval and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — A Palestinian college student described how his training as…
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Landslide season is upon us: Here are the most vulnerable counties in the US
To mark the start of landslide season—November to March—Gutter Gnome ranked 2023’s most landslide-vulnerable…
Continue Reading Truce in Gaza extended at last minute as talks over dwindling number of Hamas captives get tougher
By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and Hamas on Thursday agreed to extend their cease-fire by another…
Continue Reading Officials hoping to identify man found dead in Lake Mead barrel release simulated images of his face
By Jason Hanna and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — More than a year after human remains were found in a barrel in the receding waters of Lake Mead,…
Continue Reading China factory activity contracts in November for 2nd straight month despite stimulus measures
By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — An official survey of Chinese manufacturers shows that factory activity contracted for a second…
Continue Reading DeSantis and Newsom will face off in a Fox News event featuring two governors with White House hopes
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis are squaring…
Continue Reading Haley and DeSantis are relying more on outside campaign groups with time running out to stop Trump
By STEVE PEOPLES, THOMAS BEAUMONT and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations…
Continue Reading Hundreds of thousands in North Carolina will be added to Medicaid rolls this week
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Full Medicaid coverage starts this week for hundreds of thousands…
Continue Reading A look at what to expect as latest UN climate talks get under way in oil-rich UAE
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Middle East plays host to its second straight U.N. climate conference over…
Continue Reading Study says the US is ill-prepared to ensure housing for the growing number of older people
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The United States is ill-prepared to ensure housing and care for the growing ranks of America’s…
Continue Reading Henry Kissinger was a trusted confidant to President Nixon until the bitter, bizarre end
By NANCY BENAC Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Until the bitter end, Henry Kissinger was one of the trusted few in the tight circle of a…
Continue Reading Oklahoma prepares to execute man for 2001 double slaying despite self-defense claim
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma is preparing to execute a man for a double slaying in 2001 despite his claims that…
Continue Reading Henry Kissinger was a trusted confidant to President Nixon until the bitter, bizarre end
By NANCY BENAC Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Until the bitter end, Henry Kissinger was one of the trusted few in the tight circle of a…
Continue Reading OPEC+ suppliers struggle to agree on cuts to oil production even as prices tumble
By COURTNEY BONNELL and JOSH BOAK Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The OPEC oil cartel led by Saudi Arabia and allied producers including Russia are…
Continue Reading The world has ground to make up at climate summit in Dubai after a year of ‘backsliding’
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Climate chaos spared no region this year. Canada burned, the US Southwest boiled, a Libyan city was swept away…
Continue Reading Addo-Ankrah scores 18, Denver beats Idaho 67-65
By The Associated Press MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Isaiah Addo-Ankrah had 18 points in Denver’s 67-65 victory over Idaho on Wednesday night.…
Continue Reading Chinese celebrity chef vows to never cook egg fried rice again after nationalist backlash
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Light, tasty and simple to make, egg fried rice has long been a beloved dish in China and one of most…
Continue Reading Death of Henry Kissinger met with polarized reaction around the world
By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — World leaders and other people offered a polarized reaction to the death of the lionized and vilified…
Continue Reading Suspected drug cartel gunmen abduct 7 Mexican immigration agents at gunpoint in Cancun
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities say suspected drug cartel gunmen abducted seven Mexican immigration agents in Cancun at gunpoint and beat and…
Continue Reading Colombian judge orders prison for 2 suspects in the kidnapping of parents of Liverpool soccer player
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Two suspects in the kidnapping of the parents of Liverpool soccer player Luis Díaz were ordered sent to prison by a judge,…
Continue Reading WHO keeping closer watch on BA.2.86 strain as a dearth of data makes predictions difficult
By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — The World Health Organization has notched up the status of the coronavirus strain BA.2.86 and its offshoots,…
Continue Reading Japan plans to suspend its own Osprey flights after a fatal US Air Force crash of the aircraft
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and TARA COPP Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan plans to suspend its own Osprey flights after a U.S. Air Force Osprey based in…
Continue Reading ‘You couldn’t see anything:’ NTSB documents reveal new details on airliner near-collision
By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The pre-dawn fog was so dense when two jets nearly collided on an Austin airport runway that…
Continue Reading Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100
By NANCY BENAC Associated Press Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated…
Continue Reading Leaked document says US is willing to build replacement energy projects in case dams are breached
By HALLIE GOLDEN and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. government is willing to help build enough new clean energy projects in…
Continue Reading Leaked document says US is willing to build replacement energy projects in case dams are breached
By HALLIE GOLDEN and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. government is willing to help build enough new clean energy projects in…
Continue Reading Louisiana’s tough-on-crime governor-elect announces new leaders of state police, national guard
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Republican Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has announced steps that he says are aimed at…
Continue Reading US Navy releases underwater footage of plane that overshot a runway floating above Hawaii reef
KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) — The U.S. Navy says underwater footage shows two points where a large plane is touching coral in a Hawaii bay. It’s…
Continue Reading South Koreans want their own nukes. That could roil one of the world’s most dangerous regions
By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press CHEORWON, South Korea (AP) — The alliance with the United States has allowed South Korea to build a strong…
Continue Reading Kim’s sister rejects US offer of dialogue with North Korea and vows more satellite launches
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed U.S. calls for a…
Continue Reading South Koreans want their own nukes. That could roil one of the world’s most dangerous regions
By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press CHEORWON, South Korea (AP) — To the steady rat-tat-tat of machine guns and exploding bursts of smoke, amphibious…
Continue Reading Total GivingTuesday donations were flat this year, but 10% fewer people participated in the day
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The nonprofit organization GivingTuesday estimates that donors gave $3.1 billion this year on what…
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Shelter animals at risk of euthanization again; Why does this keep happening?
Volunteers at the Blackfoot animal shelter have said some of their dogs only have until Saturday before they…
Continue Reading Maui officials on standby to stop heavy rains from sending ash into storm drains
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Maui officials are on standby to prevent ash from August’s deadly wildfire in Lahaina from flowing into storm drains.…
Continue Reading Safety officials release details of their investigation into a close call between planes in Texas
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Safety officials are releasing details of their investigation into a close call between a FedEx…
Continue Reading Iowa teen believed to be early victim of California serial killer identified after 49 years
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — An Iowa teen who is believed to be one of the earliest victims of a notorious California serial killer has been identified…
Continue Reading Congress members, activists decry assaults against anti-China protesters during San Francisco summit
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man protesting against the Chinese government during the recent…
Continue Reading Daryl Hall accuses John Oates of ‘ultimate partnership betrayal’ in plan to sell stake in business
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Daryl Hall has accused his longtime music partner John Oates of committing the…
Continue Reading Senator: White House not seeking conditions on military aid to Israel, despite earlier Biden comment
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — National security adviser Jake Sullivan told lawmakers this week that the White House is not…
Continue Reading Jan. 6 suspect who later fired a gun toward Texas officers gets 2 years for firearm charge
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man who shot toward sheriff’s deputies making a welfare call to his house on the day he’d agreed to surrender on charges…
Continue Reading Mary Cleave, the first woman to fly on NASA’s space shuttle after Challenger disaster, dies at 76
By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Mary Cleave, the NASA astronaut who in 1989 became the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission after the…
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Extra deputies patrol for unbuckled motorists
So far this year, the number of fatality crashes has increased each month compared to the previous year despite the fact approximately 85% of…
Continue Reading African company to start making vaginal rings that protect against HIV
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer A South African company will make vaginal rings that protect against HIV, which AIDS experts say should eventually…
Continue Reading Musk uses expletive to tell audience he doesn’t care about advertisers that fled X over hate speech
NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk has said advertisers who have halted spending on his social media platform X in response to antisemitic and…
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Idaho Falls man sentenced to probation on Jan. 6 riot charges
An Idaho Falls man was sentenced to two years probation for his actions at the U.S. Capitol Jan.…
Continue Reading Woman claiming Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is her father refiles defamation complaint
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Texas woman who claims Jerry Jones is her father and that she was forced to stay silent about it for decades…
Continue Reading Iconic Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center to be illuminated
NEW YORK (AP) — The iconic Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center will be lit Wednesday night by more than 50,000 multicolored lights as crowds…
Continue Reading Iowa Lottery posted wrong Powerball numbers — but temporary ‘winners’ get to keep the money
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Powerball losers in Iowa were actually winners for about seven hours this week after the state’s lottery mistakenly…
Continue Reading Kraft debuts dairy-free mac and cheese in the US
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Kraft Macaroni and … Fava Beans? The Kraft Heinz Co. said Wednesday it’s bringing dairy-free macaroni and…
Continue Reading Officer and suspect killed in a shootout after a traffic stop in southwest Colorado
CORTEZ, Colo. (AP) — A police officer and a suspect were killed in a shootout following a traffic stop in southwest Colorado on Wednesday,…
Continue Reading Congress is eying immigration limits as GOP demands border changes in swap for Biden overseas aid
By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican demands to stop the flow of migrants at the…
Continue Reading A climber tumbled hundreds of feet down Oregon’s highest peak. Volunteer rescuers happened to see it – and saved her life
By Sarah Dewberry and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A 36-year-old woman slipped and fell several hundred feet from Oregon’s highest…
Continue Reading Indiana judge dismisses state’s lawsuit against TikTok that alleged child safety, privacy concerns
By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana county judge has dismissed a state lawsuit filed against TikTok that had…
Continue Reading Young activists who won Montana climate case want to stop power plant on Yellowstone River
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Young environmental activists who won a landmark climate change case are trying to…
Continue Reading FBI: Man wearing Captain America backpack stole items from senators’ desks during Capitol riot
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A Virginia man has been arrested on charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing a Captain America…
Continue Reading Astronomers discover nearby six-planet solar system with ‘pristine configuration’
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have used two different exoplanet-detecting satellites to solve a cosmic mystery and reveal a…
Continue Reading Panama’s high court declares mining contract unconstitutional. Here is what happens next
By KATHIA MARTÍNEZ and JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press Panama (AP) — In a historic ruling, Panama’s Supreme Court declared that legislation…
Continue Reading Cybersecurity agency warns that water utilities are vulnerable to hackers after Pennsylvania attack
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The top U.S. cyberdefense agency says hackers are targeting industrial control systems widely used by water and…
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Wyoming coal mine is shedding jobs ahead of the power plant’s coal-to-gas conversion
A Wyoming coal mine that supplies fuel to a power plant that will be converted to burn gas instead of coal will lay off 19 workers.…
Continue Reading Wyoming coal mine is shedding jobs ahead of the power plant’s coal-to-gas conversion
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming coal mine that supplies fuel to a power plant that will be converted to burn gas…
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US moves to protect wolverines as climate change melts their mountain refuges, threatens extinction
The North American wolverine will receive long-delayed threatened species protections under a Biden administration proposal released Wednesday in…
Continue Reading Jill Biden is bringing a holiday ice rink to the White House for children to skate and play hockey
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden is bringing an ice rink to the White House lawn for children to skate and play…
Continue Reading NASCAR to include streaming in new 7-year media rights deal that welcomes Amazon, TNT and Max
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn, (AP) — NASCAR has added two new partners and streaming elements to a seven-year media rights…
Continue Reading Chemical firms to pay $110 million to Ohio to settle claims over releases of ‘forever chemicals’
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — The DuPont Co. and two spin-off firms will pay $110 million to the state of Ohio to settle a…
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