By Arielle Argel Click here for updates on this story HILO, Hawaii (KITV) — The Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC) is training dogs to detect the invasive Coconut Rhinoceros Beetles (CRB) after CRB grubs were reported for the first time on the Big Island. As of now, BIISC has started training a dog named
Continue ReadingBy TW STARR Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — The mystery of who is responsible for an oil spill on Twelve Mile Bayou over the weekend remains. Caddo Parish sheriff’s deputies discovered the spill over the weekend. Oil was found as far south as state Highway173 near Dixie Blanchard Road.
Continue ReadingCNN By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Big Tech has given workers an ultimatum: Come back to the office, or find a new job. Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and a host of other leaders of America’s biggest companies have made it clear that their success hinges upon everyone working in person. Autodesk isn’t
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL and SARA CLINE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The toll from a fiery pileup in dense fog on a Louisiana interstate has risen to eight dead and 63 injured. Authorities announced the new totals Tuesday evening, a day after Monday’s “super fog” of marsh fire smoke and fog snared more than
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” will have a very well known narrator: former first lady Michelle Obama. HarperCollins Publishers announced Tuesday that the audio download will go on sale Oct. 31, the 60th anniversary of the book’s original release. Michelle Obama has read
Continue ReadingBy Erica Paige Click here for updates on this story KINSTON, North Carolina (WLOS) — A mother is now facing abduction charges after violating a court order. On Saturday, Oct. 21, officers with Kinston Police Department responded to a call regarding two juveniles who were abducted from a residence in Kinston. When officers arrived on
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Manifestantes que se oponen a la operación de la empresa Minera Panamá se enfrentaron con la Policía local este lunes en Ciudad de Panamá, en hechos que, según las autoridades, derivaron en actos de vandalismo y robo, con el consiguiente arresto de 30 personas. La multitudinaria protesta comenzó la
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story MITCHELL COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Mitchell County woman whose 45 dogs were recently surrendered is now telling her side of the story. Pam Jezik, the owner of Fifi’s Friends Rescue at Laughing Dog Farm, is speaking out almost two weeks after the dogs
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE, JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo say extremists with ties to the Islamic State group killed at least 26 people in the country’s east. Attackers with the Allied Democratic Forces killed people in the city of Oicha in North Kivu province on Monday. Most of the victims
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick highlights an author she has long admired, Jesmyn Ward. On Tuesday, Winfrey has selected Ward’s “Let Us Descend,” which comes out this week. “Let Us Descend” is a slave narrative set in the 19th century and follows a teenage
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cruel joke for trick-or-treaters or coveted seasonal delight? The great Halloween debate over candy corn is on. In the pantheon of high-emotion candy, the shiny tricolor kernels in white, orange and yellow are way up there. Fans and foes alike point to the same attributes:
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — Bitcoin is rocketing higher, topping $35,000 for the first time since May 2022. It’s up 20% over the past five days. The famously volatile cryptocurrency has more than doubled in value this year as investors grow excited about the prospect of being able to buy bitcoin funds
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Bobi, the world’s oldest dog ever, has died after reaching the almost inconceivable age of 31 years and 165 days, said Guinness World Records (GWR) on Monday. His death at an animal hospital on Friday was initially announced by veterinarian Dr. Karen Becker. She wrote on Facebook that “despite
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — T’Yonna Major was a 9-year-old girl with an oversized heart – a ravenous reader, a generous friend, a loving daughter — and she was a fearless vaulter. Vaulting requires athletes to run full speed directly at a solid object that is often taller than they are and attempt
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Big money donations are booming at America’s colleges, helping fund higher education for millions of students. But big donations often come with strings attached. Major donors typically give to specific purposes at schools. The biggest donors often sit on universities’ board of trustees, which governs the university
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Big Tech has given workers an ultimatum: Come back to the office, or find a new job. Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and a host of other leaders of America’s biggest companies have made it clear that their success hinges upon everyone working in person. Autodesk isn’t giving
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN Beijing (CNN) — China’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu was fired on Tuesday two months after he disappeared from public view, becoming the second high-profile minister to lose his job recently without any official explanation. Li was also removed from his state positions as a member of the Central
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims that recent Ukrainian attacks have denied the Russian fleet safe bases and secure maritime corridors in the western part of the Black Sea. That area is where Kyiv’s troops are looking to squeeze the Kremlin’s occupying forces out of the Crimean
Continue ReadingBy AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Eighty-five year-old Yocheved Lifschitz spoke of a “hell that we never knew before and never thought we would experience” as she described the harrowing assault on her kibbutz by Hamas militants and the terror of being taken hostage into the Gaza Strip. She spoke a day after
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Yocheved Lifshitz, una de las dos rehenes recientemente liberadas por Hamas, describió su terrible experiencia tras ser secuestrada por el grupo extremista en el ataque del 7 de octubre, diciendo que pasó “por un infierno”. Con su hija arrodillada junto a su silla de ruedas, la frágil abuela de 85
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