By LISA RATHKE Associated Press ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. (AP) — Vermont state and federal officials are urging farmers to document and report their losses from the catastrophic flooding that hit the state two weeks ago and inundated crops. U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, Gov. Phil Scott and agriculture officials toured damage at Paul Mazza’s Fruit and
Continue ReadingBy FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The U.N. chief has urged Russia to resume the internationally brokered deal so that grain can be shipped from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports during the war. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made the appeal during a speech in Rome on Monday at the opening of a three-day food
Continue ReadingBy Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Children from families in the top 1% financially are more than twice as likely to attend an elite university than those from middle-class families with comparable SAT and ACT scores, a new study found. The research was conducted by Opportunity Insights, a group of Harvard researchers and policy analysts
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Responding to intensifying concerns among his supporters, top advisers to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met with key donors and fundraisers over the weekend in Utah, where they promised a new direction to jumpstart his fledgling White House bid. During the two-day retreat at a luxury lodge
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The world’s biggest luxury group, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, has announced a sponsorship deal with the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics. Antoine Arnault, one of the heirs to the LVMH empire, confirmed the deal during a news conference Monday with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued an air quality advisory Monday for parts of Central and Southern Oregon due to smoke from wildfires burning around the region and state.
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Corea del Norte lanzó dos misiles balísticos desde el interior del país hacia el este, según el Ministerio de Defensa japonés. Los detalles están siendo analizados, pero se presume que ambos misiles cayeron en el mar de Japón, al este de la península coreana, fuera de la Zona Económica Exclusiva
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Lazarus Limo usually starts his day at 10 a.m. ET, driving passengers and delivering food for Uber around Chapel Hill, North Carolina. “I tend to set a minimum target of how much I should get by the end of the day. As soon as I get my
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A trial to determine if a new Florida law targeting drag shows is constitutional won’t start until next spring. A filing posted in federal court in Tallahassee late last week shows that the trial won’t start until the beginning of June 2024. It is scheduled to last two days and will
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The NL-leading Atlanta Braves added a pair of relievers to their injury plagued bullpen Monday, acquiring right-hander Pierce Johnson from Colorado and lefty Taylor Hearn from Texas. The Braves have baseball’s best record (64-34) and a big lead in the NL East, but they have been
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Denny Hamlin became just the 15 driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win 50 races. He also set the track record for wins at Pocono Raceway with seven. Hamlin has three Daytona 500 victories, crown jewel Coca-Cola 600 and Southern 500 wins and
Continue ReadingEllie Stevens (CNN) — Trader Joe’s announced a recall of two types of cookies, stating that they may contain a foreign material, rocks, in a statement on Friday. According to the statement, Almond Windmill Cookies with sell by dates of 10/19/23 through 10/21/23 or Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies with sell by dates of 10/17/23 through
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service said Monday it is ending its decades-old policy of making unannounced home and business visits, in an effort to help keep its workers safe and to combat scammers who pose as IRS agents. Effective immediately, revenue agents will no longer make unplanned visits
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled a starry lineup to its 48th edition on Monday, even if remains unclear if stars will be there to walk red carpets due to ongoing writers and actors strikes. Among the films making their world premieres at TIFF this
Continue ReadingOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Republican-controlled Oklahoma Senate has overridden Gov. Kevin Stitt’s vetoes of two bills that would extend existing agreements with Native American tribes for another year. The overrides Monday were the latest development in an ongoing dispute between Stitt and several Oklahoma-based tribes. The Republican governor wants to renegotiate tribal compacts on
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed new legislation that marked the final step in outlawing gender-affirming procedures, a crippling blow to Russia’s already embattled LGBTQ+ community. The bill finalized Monday bans any “medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person,” as well as changing one’s gender in official documents and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Men’s college basketball traditional powers Kansas and North Carolina will play each other in regular-season games in 2024 and 2025. The first meeting will be Nov. 8, 2024, in Lawrence, Kansas. The second will be Nov. 14, 2025, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The teams will square off for the first
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Montana (AP) — Wildlife workers put out bear traps for a third night Monday as they try to capture a grizzly bear that killed a woman who was traveling alone on a forest trail near Yellowstone National Park. Amie Adamson, 48, Derby, Kansas, died in Saturday’s fatal mauling near
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Montana (AP) — Wildlife workers put out bear traps for a third night Monday as they try to capture a grizzly bear that killed a woman who was traveling alone on a forest trail near Yellowstone National Park. Amie Adamson, 48, Derby, Kansas, died in Saturday’s fatal mauling near
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli parliament’s vote stripping the Supreme Court of certain powers is “unfortunate,” the White House says, calling for “consensus” amid major protests. “As a lifelong friend of Israel, President Biden has publicly and privately expressed his views that major democratic changes to be enduring must
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