By Rob Picheta, CNN Lublin and Kostrogaj, Poland (CNN) — A few days ago, eastern Poland was basking in unseasonably warm weather. But the winters here are long and harsh, and they can arrive with little warning. It’s Friday night in Lublin, and the weather has changed. The city’s youth are out, en masse, huddled
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China has reported its exports and imports both fell in September from a year earlier as global demand remained muted. Customs data released Friday showed exports for September slid 6.2% to $299.13 billion in the fifth straight month of decline. Imports also slid 6.2%, to
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government asked a court Friday to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church after an Education Ministry investigation concluded the group for decades has systematically manipulated its followers into donating money, sowing fear and harming their families. The request submitted to the Tokyo District Court
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — “Love is strong, but our bolt cutters are stronger,” reads a new Facebook post from Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. In the post shared on social media earlier this week, the park management expresses concern about ‘love locks.’ These popular objects are padlocks that are hung from a
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Castellanos became the first player to hit multiple homers in consecutive postseason games, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-1 win in Game 4 of their NL Division Series that knocked the 104-win Atlanta Braves out of the playoffs for the second straight year. The
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Four members of a Troutdale family on their way to view the annular eclipse were killed and another driver seriously injured in the fiery head-on collision of a pickup and SUV on U.S. Highway 97 north of Redmond Thursday evening. Oregon State Police released details Saturday as they looked for witnesses to the tragedy.
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes knows the Kansas City Chiefs’ offense is still trying to put everything together. It was evident in the way they struggled against Denver on third down Thursday night. The way they kept getting bottled up in short-yardage situations. And in how they
Continue ReadingCNN By Paul P. Murphy, Tara John, Brent Swails and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The footage is from the last two years, but it is chillingly prescient. In a December 2022 video, Hamas fighters can be seen flooding a training area, shooting rockets and capturing pretend prisoners as they surround mock Israeli buildings. The
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA LAUER, REBECCA BOONE and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Audio of 911 calls from a deadly August wildfire released late Thursday by Maui County authorities reveals a terrifying and chaotic scene as the inferno swept through the historic town of Lahaina and people desperately tried to escape burning homes and
Continue ReadingBy Yahya Abou-Ghazala (CNN) — When Hamas fires rockets at Israel, advanced warning detectors set off alarms in targeted neighborhoods, civilians flee to an extensive network of bomb shelters, and the vaunted Iron Dome system works to intercept projectiles in the air. But in Gaza, none of those high-tech defenses were available to protect Maisara
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CheapInsurance.com used the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s vehicle theft trend data to find the most frequently stolen cars in each state.
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SmartAsset ranked 281 metro areas based on the added annual income that someone could expect with a graduate degree when compared with having only a bachelor’s degree.
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The Daily Yonder looks at how grassroots election deniers are affecting rural election officials and threatening civic infrastructure in rural America in the wake of the 2020 presidential election.
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GetMyBoat interviewed boaters from all over the U.S. on their perfect weekend getaway through the waterways of North Carolina.
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Stacker put together a list of Halloween traditions that are no longer practiced, using historical documents, news sources, and academic research.
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TD Bank examines how pervasive the impact of inflation has been on consumer spending.
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Las imágenes se remontan a los dos últimos años, pero son escalofriantemente premonitorias. En un video de diciembre de 2022, se puede ver cómo combatientes de Hamas se agrupan en una zona de entrenamiento, donde disparan cohetes y capturan a supuestos prisioneros mientras rodean edificios israelíes simulados. El campamento, según muestra
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge issued a death warrant on Thursday for the state’s longest-serving death row inmate, scheduling his execution for next month. Thomas Creech was convicted of killing two people in Valley County in 1974 and sentenced to death row. But after an appeal that sentence
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul and Sophia Saifi, CNN New Delhi and Islamabad (CNN) — In October 1952, five years after the Indian subcontinent won independence from its British colonial rulers, a young Pakistan cricket team stepped foot in the newly formed Republic of India. They had arrived to play a highly anticipated test series – the
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — As the death of Elijah McClain became a rallying point at police reform rallies in Colorado and across the county in 2020, the young man’s final words have become synonymous with the tragic case. Prosecutors also played them during a trial for two officers charged in
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