By Kimberly King Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The proposed state budget includes the expansion of Medicaid, even though some Republicans had fought to put funding for that program in a separate bill. Lisa Franklin, who suffers from liver failure and owes tens of thousands in medical debt,
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A former soldier who allegedly snuck out of a London prison by strapping himself under a food delivery truck has pleaded not guilty to escaping custody. Daniel Khalife appeared at London’s Central Criminal Court on Thursdav by video link from a high-security prison to deny the charge. Prosecutors say Khalife, who’s 21
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Paris (CNN) — King Charles III became the first British monarch to make a speech from France’s senate chamber on Thursday, praising the “indispensable relationship” between the UK and its neighbor which he said was “as firm as it has ever been.” Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, are on a
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, Ed Lavandera and Ashley Killough, CNN (CNN) — The Defense Department is ramping up resources at the US-Mexico border as officials describe a surge in border crossings in places including Eagle Pass, Texas, where the mayor has declared a state of emergency. Some 800 new active-duty personnel are being sent to the
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La esperanza no está muerta para los rivales republicanos de Donald Trump, pero cualquiera que busque emerger como un verdadero retador debe comenzar pronto a fusionar la oposición al expresidente para frenar su persecución hacia una tercera nominación consecutiva del Partido Republicano. Una nueva encuesta de CNN/SSRS que muestra que
Continue ReadingBy JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — When England soccer player Leah Williamson addressed the United Nations in New York this week she spoke of her recent visit to the world’s biggest Syrian refugee camp in Jordan. She spoke of the power of sport and soccer in particular to change lives after
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s election oversight body has announced that it will hold the next parliamentary elections in the last week of January, delaying the vote which was to be held in November under the constitution. However, the announcement by the Election Commission of Pakistan has ended uncertainty about the
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift’s enormous cultural, economic and musical impact is already known all too well. Now, the University of Melbourne will host an academic conference on the Swift phenomenon, analyzing it further and engaging in “critical dialogue” about the pop star’s impact on everything from fandom and pop culture to
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A prominent leader of Cambodia’s political opposition has been convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison for issuing worthless checks four years ago. His party has called the case politically motivated. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court issued its verdict Thursday against Thach Setha, a
Continue ReadingTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian court has given two death sentences to a Tajik man convicted of carrying out a gun attack that killed two people at a major Shiite shrine in the southern city of Shiraz. The judiciary website Mizan Online says the Iranian Revolutionary Court in Fars province gave Rahmatollah Norouzof two
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says his country is no longer sending arms to Ukraine. The comment appeared to put Poland’s status as a major source of military equipment for Kyiv in doubt as a trade dispute between the neighboring states escalates. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki created some
Continue ReadingBy Matt Foster and Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana State University (LSU) Tigers football player, Greg Brooks Jr., underwent surgery on Friday to remove a “large brain tumor,” according to a statement released Wednesday by his family and reported by CNN affiliate WAFB. “Greg Jr. was diagnosed last week with a large brain tumor
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The Bank of England paused its historic interest rate hiking campaign for the first time in nearly two years Thursday after inflation fell unexpectedly in August. The decision keeps the main borrowing cost for commercial banks in the United Kingdom at 5.25% — still the highest level since
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — The prospect of a US government shutdown grows more likely with each passing day as lawmakers have yet to reach a deal to extend funding past a critical deadline at the end of the month. Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle are hoping to pass a short-term
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt and Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — As the US Women’s National Team (USWNT) prepares to take on South Africa at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, the team is also gearing up to say goodbye to one of its most integral members of the last few years, soccer great Julie Ertz. The game, which
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Continue ReadingISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press A group of 25 state governors that make up the U.S. Climate Alliance and the Biden administration announced a pledge Thursday to quadruple the number of heat pumps in U.S. homes by 2030, from 4.7 million to 20 million. Heat pumps use little electricity, yet are able to heat and cool
Continue ReadingBy MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — The political careers of two of Norway’s most powerful women are under threat after it was revealed that their husbands were trading in shares behind their backs. Anniken Huitfeldt, the current center-left foreign minister, and the former conservative prime minister, Erna Solberg are having to explain
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una mujer musulmana fue condenada a dos años de prisión en virtud de la ley de blasfemia de Indonesia por un video que compartió en TikTok en el que aparecía recitando una oración islámica antes de probar la carne de cerdo mientras visitaba la turística isla de Bali. Lina Lutfiawati,
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Hello Central Oregon, happy Thursday! Today will bring even cooler temperatures and a high-likelihood of scattered showers locally and across the state as the area of low pressure that’s been affecting us brings more moisture in over the eastern portion of the region. Showers should come and go starting just before noon. The pressure system
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