Egypt floats plan to end Israel-Hamas war. The proposal gets a cool reception
By SAMY MAGDY, NAJIB JOBAIN and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas on Monday gave cool public receptions to an Egyptian…
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The secret life of gift cards: Here’s what happens to the billions that go unspent each year
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Gift cards make great stocking stuffers — just as long as you don’t stuff them in a drawer and forget…
Continue ReadingThe year of social media soul-searching: Twitter dies, X and Threads are born and AI gets personal
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer We lost Twitter and got X. We tried out Bluesky and Mastodon (well, some of us did). We fretted about AI bots…
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Rain expected throughout the High Desert with snow hitting the mountain peaks by Christmas
There is a Winter Weather Advisory in effect from Sunday at 10PM, to Tuesday ending at 10AM. After experiencing freezing patchy fog Sunday morning,…
Continue Reading1 persona muerta y 3 personas heridas en tiroteo en un centro comercial de Nochebuena en Colorado, dice la policÃa
SofÃa Barruti (CNN) — Una persona murió a causa de una herida de bala y otras tres resultaron heridas en un centro comercial en Colorado el…
Continue ReadingResumen de noticias de la guerra entre Israel y Hamas del 25 de diciembre
SofÃa Barruti 🔄 Para ver las actualizaciones más recientes haz clic aquà Palestinos lloran a sus familiares, muertos en un ataque israelÃ…
Continue ReadingThey met on a Greyhound bus on Christmas Day. They’ve been married for 60 years
By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Ruth Underwood woke up with a start, and realized – to her horror – that she’d fallen asleep on a…
Continue Reading276 Indians stuck in a French airport for days for a human trafficking probe arrive in India
By ANGELA CHARLTON and RAFIQ MAQBOOL Associated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) — A charter plane that was grounded in France for a human trafficking…
Continue Reading1 person dead and 3 injured in Christmas Eve mall shooting in Colorado, police say
By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — One person was killed and three others were injured during a Christmas Eve shooting at a mall in Colorado,…
Continue ReadingConociendo a mi abuela haciendo sus medias navideñas
SofÃa Barruti (CNN) —Â Nota del editor: Madeline Holcombe es escritora del equipo de bienestar de CNN y cubre salud mental, relaciones con la…
Continue Reading“Es mucho… Estamos sufriendo porque no tenemos la mano de obra”, dice el sheriff del condado de Maverick a CNN
SofÃa Barruti (CNN)Â — Al discutir el impacto en las fuerzas del orden locales mientras Estados Unidos lucha con un aumento de inmigrantes…
Continue ReadingCalifornia police seek a suspect in the hit-and-run deaths of 2 young siblings
Associated Press ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in a California community are seeking a suspect in a hit-and-run collision that killed two…
Continue ReadingFire breaks out on Russian nuclear ship Sevmorput but is quickly extinguished, authorities say
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s emergencies ministry says a fire broke out on a nuclear-powered container ship and icebreaker in the northern port of…
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Widgi Creek neighborhood holds fourth annual Christmas Golf Cart Parade
The Widgi Creek neighborhood held its fourth annual Christmas Golf Cart Parade recently, a big, colorful hit that was fun for all participants and…
Continue ReadingBeijing sees most hours of sub-freezing temperatures in December since 1951
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing recorded the most hours of sub-freezing temperatures in December in more than seven decades as a cold wave has enveloped…
Continue ReadingChina approves 105 online games after draft curbs trigger massive losses
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China’s authority in charge of press and publications has approved 105 online games,…
Continue ReadingSuspect found dead after standoff, fire at California home on Christmas Eve
Associated Press HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. (AP) — An armed man who faced off with officers at a California home for several hours on Christmas Eve was…
Continue ReadingAfghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over
By MOHAMMAD HABIB RAHMANI Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Bahara Rustam, 13, took her last class at Bibi Razia School in Kabul on Dec.…
Continue ReadingPakistani police free 290 Baloch activists arrested while protesting extrajudicial killings
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police say they have freed 290 Baloch activists who were arrested when they attempted to…
Continue ReadingBeijing records longest cold wave in modern history
CNN By Xiaofei Xu, CNN (CNN) — Beijing recorded its longest cold wave since records began in 1951 as the biting temperatures and snowfall…
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