By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Republicans will reclaim the Louisiana governor’s office, CNN projects, with state Attorney General Jeff Landry winning a majority of the vote Saturday in the state’s “jungle primary” and avoiding the need for a November runoff. Landry hailed the result Saturday night on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter,
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials reported intense combat as Russian forces relentlessly assaulted the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka for a fifth consecutive day Saturday. City leader Vitalii Barabash reported that Moscow was deploying additional forces to encircle the strategically important city in the eastern Donetsk region, situated just north of the Russian-held regional
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business New York (CNN) — Grab physical DVDs while you still can. Netflix mailed its last red-enveloped DVD last month. Now Best Buy will stop selling DVDs and Blu-ray discs at the end of the 2023 holiday season, too. Best Buy says that streaming has made DVDs obsolete and it can
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A proposed gag order aimed at reining in Donald Trump’s incendiary rhetoric puts the judge overseeing his federal election interference case in a tricky position: She must balance the need to protect the integrity of the legal proceedings against the First Amendment rights
Continue ReadingBy Justin Gamble, CNN (CNN) — A Mexican American woman has become the first female kicker at Jackson State University, a NCAA Division I Historically Black College and University. Leilani Armenta told CNN she was nervous when she stepped onto the field during the team’s September 23 game against rival Bethune-Cookman University, but she knew
Continue ReadingKHIAM, Lebanon (AP) — Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah, who was killed in Israeli shelling of southern Lebanon, has been laid to rest in his hometown in a funeral procession attended by hundreds of people. Draped in a Lebanese flag, Abdallah’s body was carried on a stretcher Saturday through the streets of the southern town of
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The Louvre Museum in Paris and Versailles Palace evacuated visitors and staff Saturday after receiving bomb threats. The government has put France on high security alert after a fatal school stabbing by a suspected extremist. The Louvre communication service said no one was hurt and no incident was reported. Paris police said
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police in the Polish capital on Saturday detained a man who climbed the top of a monument and reportedly threatened to blow himself up. Large numbers of police and special counterterrorism officers sealed off a large square where the man had shouted something through a megaphone for hours. An Associated Press
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday spoke with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging the leaders to allow humanitarian aid to the region and affirmed his support for efforts to protect civilians. The weekend calls in Washington
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El eclipse solar anular del anillo de fuego de este sábado alterará las condiciones climáticas en la superficie de la Tierra a medida que se desarrolle en el cielo. Los cambios en la temperatura, la velocidad del viento y la humedad ocurren cuando la luna cruza frente al sol durante un
Continue ReadingBy Andrea Kane, CNN (CNN) — Doctors, researchers and laypeople have come a long way in the understanding of concussions. Once comic fodder depicted as cartoon characters seeing stars, the condition is finally getting the attention it deserves, with strict concussion protocols in place in amateur and professional organized sports. According to the US Centers
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Argentina celebra este domingo 19 de noviembre el balotaje presidencial. Los ciudadanos deberán elegir a su próximo presidente entre dos candidatos: Sergio Massa, del oficialismo, y Javier Milei, de la Libertad Avanza. Acá te contamos dónde votar, cuáles son los documentos válidos y cómo es el proceso de votación. ¿Dónde
Continue ReadingYEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan has approved the parliament’s decision to join the International Criminal Court in a move that has further strained the country’s ties with its old ally Russia. Last week, Armenia’s parliament voted to join the ICC by ratifying the Rome Statute that created the tribunal. Countries that have
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Imagine you’re at the movies: The lights have dimmed, the previews are over, chatter dwindles to a hush. You take a sip of soda through a straw. You pop some artificially buttery popcorn into your mouth. You tear open a bag of Skittles and start to chew.
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The United Nations says it will repatriate nine peacekeepers from a South African contingent in eastern Congo who were accused of sexual assault and other abuse. The U.N. said it decided to immediately repatriate the peacekeepers and a senior officer of the South African army “due
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister has called on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza, warning that the war might expand to other parts of the Middle East if Hezbollah joins the battle. Hossein Amirabdollahian said Saturday that would make Israel suffer “a huge earthquake.” He told reporters in
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Tengo que admitirlo con una extraña culpa retrospectiva: una vez Hamas me salvó de un secuestro en Gaza. El grupo extremista que está detrás de las masacres y los secuestros, la matanza de civiles y la cínica puesta en peligro de su propio pueblo detuvo a una banda islamista segundos
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — With a two-letter word, Australians struck down the first attempt at constitutional change in 24 years, a move experts say will inflict lasting damage on First Nations people and suspend any hopes of modernizing the nation’s founding document. Preliminary results from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) suggested
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — El 7 de octubre, Hamas, el grupo islamista que controla Gaza, lanzó un ataque sorpresa a gran escala contra Israel. A la operación la llamó “Tormenta de al-Aqsa”. El portavoz de las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI), el teniente coronel Richard Hecht, dijo que los militantes de Hamas
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(Update: Adding video interview with Senior Planner Damian Syrnyk, KTVZ.COM Poll) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend community is invited to an informational open house Thursday evening to learn more about the Stevens Road Tract planning amendments that will help guide how 261 acres of land in southeast Bend will be developed. The open house will take
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