By Aya Elamroussi, Melissa Alonso and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — Ophelia, now a tropical depression, is impacting parts of the mid-Atlantic after its landfall early Saturday near Emerald Isle, North Carolina, slammed the coast with heavy rain, strong winds and flooding. Here are the storm’s latest impacts: Across North Carolina and Virginia, as many
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As a state representative running a longshot campaign for South Carolina governor, Nikki Haley would often explain her opposition to abortion with a story about her family. “I’m strongly pro-life, very pro-life, and not because my party tells me to be, but my husband was adopted,
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — At the annual meeting of world leaders last year, the U.N. chief sounded a global alarm about the survival of humanity and the planet. This year, the alarm rang louder and more ominously, and the message was even more pressing: Wake up and take action
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Why Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private jet plummeted into a field northwest of Moscow is still a mystery. The Russian military leaders he tried to oust with his armed rebellion remain in power. His mercenary army is under new management. And President Vladimir Putin, whose authority was badly dented by the short-lived mutiny,
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN, MATTHEW LEE and VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Once rock-solid, the support that Ukraine has gotten from its biggest backers for its fight against Russia is showing cracks. Political posturing in places like Poland and Slovakia, where a trade dispute with Ukraine has stirred tensions, and Republican reticence in
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Business and Technology Writer For Lachlan Murdoch, this moment has been a long time coming. Assuming, of course, that his moment has actually arrived. On Thursday, his father Rupert Murdoch announced that in November he’ll step down as the head of his two media companies: News Corp. and Fox Corp. Lachlan
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Twice a year, the sun doesn’t play favorites. Everyone on Earth is seemingly on equal status – at least when it comes to the amount of light and dark that they get. On Saturday, we enter our second and final equinox of 2023. If you reside in the Northern
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Great Lakes’ frigid fresh water used to keep shipwrecks so well preserved that divers could see dishes in the cupboards. Downed planes that spent decades underwater were left so pristine they could practically fly again when archaeologists finally discovered them. Now, an invasive mussel is
Continue ReadingBy CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana folklorist Nick Spitzer and Mississippi blues musician R.L. Boyce are among nine 2023 National Heritage Fellows set to be celebrated later this month by the National Endowment for the Arts, one of the nation’s highest honors in the folk and traditional arts. Spitzer and
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — In May, Viveca Chow hurriedly transferred $3,700 over her phone while standing in the lobby of a building in Queens, New York. She made the upfront payment to secure an apartment minutes after seeing it. It was a moment the 28-year-old lifestyle influencer — forced to leave her
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This month, Bola Gbadebo visits the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council’s Skills Lab, housed within the Deschutes County Juvenile Center, which provides learning opportunities for youth 11-18in skills ranging from a food handler’s card to first aid certification. Mid Oregon Credit Union doubled this month’s One Class at a Time award to $1,000.
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Sunday is a key implementation date for legislation passed during the 2023 Legislative Session with an effective date of 91 days after adjournment. The House and Senate majority offices issued a list Friday of the legislation, which they said “includes investments and policy changes that will make Oregon more affordable for
Continue ReadingCNN By Kaanita Iyer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced Friday that he is switching parties and will serve as a Republican-affiliated mayor of the blue-leaning city. While the Dallas mayoral office is nonpartisan, Johnson previously served as a Democrat in the Texas legislature. He slammed his former party in an op-ed
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials have pledged to set up checkpoints to “dissuade” migrants from hopping freight trains to the U.S. border. The announcement came Friday at a meeting that Mexican security and immigration officials had with a representative of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the border city of Ciudad Juarez. So many
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Stacker examined how growing seasons have changed across every state with data from the National Centers for Environmental Information.
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Morris Bart analyzed crash data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to determine the myriad causes behind traffic deaths in the U.S.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El senador Bob Menendez supuestamente aceptó sobornos en lingotes de oro, aseguran los fiscales en una acusación federal que se reveló este viernes. Acusan de soborno al senador Bob Menendez; el Departamento de Justicia confisca lingotes de oro y US$ 500.000 Pero, un momento, ¿realmente se pueden tener lingotes de oro? Sí.
Continue ReadingBy Sahar Akbarzai, Shirin Faqiri, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Richard Roth, CNN (CNN) — A journalist was attacked on Wednesday evening in New York City by an official who was part of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s camp, a news channel has alleged. Iran International correspondent Kian Amani was filming outside the Millennium Hilton New York One
Continue ReadingCNN By Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it is “likely” Israel will reach a normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia, in what would mark a seismic foreign policy shift for both countries as they edge closer to reaching a deal mediated by the US. Speaking to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins
Continue ReadingBy Marlon Sorto, CNN (CNN) — Two men have been charged in the drive-by shooting of an 11-year-old boy in New Mexico – one of several recent killings cited by the state’s governor before she enacted a controversial order suspending open and concealed gun carry laws in parts of the state. Jose Romero, 22, and
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