Donald Trump attacks President Biden on foreign policy as Israel-Hamas war rages
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his record governing the nation for four…
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Caroline Ellison, saying Sam Bankman-Fried corrupted her values, found relief when truth came out
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and KEN SWEET Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried’s former top executive has blamed the FTX founder of…
Continue ReadingTransgender residents in North Carolina, Montana file lawsuits challenging new state restrictions
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Transgender residents of North Carolina and Montana added to a…
Continue ReadingHalloween Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is some spooky background information about Halloween, celebrated annually in the United States on October…
Continue ReadingDespite drought, corn and soybean yields better than expected
By Barry Adams Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — Jared…
Continue ReadingKentucky leaders celebrate end of Army’s chemical weapons destruction program
By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Military and political leaders gathered in Kentucky to mark the end of a…
Continue ReadingSpandex-clad Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White look like total knockouts in new ‘Iron Claw’ trailer
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — The new “Iron Claw” trailer was released on Wednesday, and it features the first full look at its beefed up…
Continue ReadingThe Social Security cost-of-living adjustment is coming — but it won’t be as big as this year’s
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Social Security’s cost-of-living increase for 2024 will be announced Thursday. But…
Continue ReadingDaylight Saving Time Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Daylight Saving Time, a system to reduce electricity usage by extending daylight hours. Facts…
Continue ReadingHis parents shielded him from gunfire as Hamas attacked. He survived. They did not
By MICHAEL CASEY and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press An Israeli-American teenager survived a siege by Hamas attackers over the weekend after his…
Continue ReadingColumbus Day-Indigenous Peoples’ Day Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day. In 2023, both are celebrated on October 9.…
Continue ReadingMahmoud Ahmadinejad Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former president of Iran. Personal Birth date: October 28,…
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DA Gunnels says Deschutes County is ‘close to the edge’ of crisis amid state’s public defender shortage
The state of Oregon has been battling a worsening public defender shortage, and now it’s at a tipping point, many involved believe. Over 2,000 people…
Continue ReadingFamilies in Israel and abroad wait in agony for word of their loved ones taken hostage by militants
By DANICA KIRKA and AMI BENTOV Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — One of those taken hostage is a grandmother who learned Arabic in hopes of…
Continue ReadingWhat was Hamas thinking? For over three decades, it has had the same brutal idea of victory
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — In the three and a half decades since it began as an underground militant group, Hamas has…
Continue Reading‘Turtleboy’ blogger charged with witness intimidation in murder case in Massachusetts
STOUGHTON, Mass. (AP) — A confrontational blogger known as “Turtleboy” is facing charges of witness intimidation and conspiracy related a…
Continue ReadingPlanned purchase of old Louisiana shipyard put on hold amid questions from state financing panel
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Plans by the Port of South Louisiana to purchase what was once a major shipyard for construction of military vessels have been…
Continue Reading‘Messi Meets America’ plays it a little too safe in story of Lionel Messi’s US arrival
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Lionel Messi is widely considered the greatest soccer player in the world, which makes one wonder how…
Continue ReadingFormer Chiefs linebacker to be honored by Pro Football Hall of Fame before Thursday’s game
By Heidi Schmidt Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — The Kansas City Chiefs star known…
Continue ReadingA new docuseries follows Juul’s catastrophic crash and burn
By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — As Juul’s popularity began to surge in 2016, the sleek USB-shaped e-cigarette was seemingly everywhere…
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