Associated Press IGUALA, Mexico (AP) — On Sept. 26, 2014, dozens of students from a teachers college in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero disappeared. After years of obfuscation and delays, government officials determined that they had been abducted by local, state and federal authorities, including the military. Since then, the investigation has seemingly come
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country. As the country prepares for its first election since then, many say they’re still waiting for change. As Sri Lanka sank into economic collapse in 2022, people
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Six years after a teenage Greta Thunberg walked out of school in a solitary climate protest outside of the Swedish parliament, young people around the world staged fresh marches and said their protests are not being sufficiently acted upon. Emissions of heat-trapping gases and temperatures have been rising and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Going into November’s election, neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump has a decisive edge with the public on the economy, turning an issue that was once a clear strength for Trump into the equivalent of a political jump ball. About 4 in 10 registered voters say Republican Trump would do
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In-person voting for this year’s presidential election began Friday, a milestone that kicked off a six-week sprint to Election Day after a summer of political turmoil. Voters lined up to cast their ballots in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia, the states with the first early in-person voting opportunities. About a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — The politics of immigration look different from communities on the Southwest border that are voting in hotly contested congressional races. The border town of Sunland Park, New Mexico, is where a steady stream of weary people, often escorted by smugglers, scale a border wall or a nearby mountain
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — The politics of immigration look different from communities on the Southwest border that are voting in hotly contested congressional races. The border town of Sunland Park, New Mexico, is where a steady stream of weary people, often escorted by smugglers, scale a border wall or a nearby mountain
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A paid passenger on an expedition to the Titanic with the company that owned the Titan submersible testified before a U.S. Coast Guard investigatory panel Friday that the mission he took part in was aborted due to an apparent mechanical failure. The Titan submersible imploded last year while on another trip to the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TIXTLA, México (AP) — Clemente Rodríguez has been documenting the long search for his missing son with tattoos. First, it was an ink drawing of a turtle — a symbol of 19-year-old Christian Rodríguez’s school — with a smaller turtle on its shell. Then, an image of Mexico’s patron saint, the Virgin of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has put inmate Freddie Owens to death in the state’s first execution in more than a decade. Friday’s execution came after an unintended 13-year pause on capital punishment in South Carolina that came about because prison officials couldn’t get the drugs needed for lethal injections. Owens was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A closely watched First Amendment rights case in Wisconsin involves a former campus chancellor who was fired after making pornographic videos with his wife. Joe Gow argued Friday for keeping his tenured teaching position even as he faces removal for unethical behavior. He hopes to convince a personnel committee
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Jurors have begun deliberating whether a mentally ill man who said he heard “killing voices” should be convicted of murder for fatally shooting 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 or be found not guilty by reason of insanity. The jurors got the case of Ahmad Alissa Friday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer has pleaded guilty to all charges after a crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy. Ian Cramer changed his plea Friday in the Dec. 6, 2023, death of Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Martin. The charges included homicide while fleeing
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — One of America’s most acclaimed magazine writers, Olivia Nuzzi of New York magazine, has been placed on leave while a “third-party review” is conducted after the publication said Nuzzi disclosed that she “had engaged in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign
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Bend’s Regency Village celebrated a very special birthday on Thursday, as resident Jim Reeve is turning 102 years young! He’s a well-traveled man, serving in North Africa in the Army and taking his trailer to visit all 50 states after he retired.
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that “the Jewish people” would be partially to blame if he loses in November, escalating his persistent campaign trail criticism of Jewish voters and insisting that Democrats hold a “curse” over them. “I’m not going to call this as a
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — La Cámara de Diputados de México aprobó este jueves el dictamen que reforma diversos artículos de la Constitución, donde se propone la adscripción de la Guardia Nacional a la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena). Con 362 votos a favor, cero abstenciones y 133 votos en contra, el pleno
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The RealReal used data from Textile Exchange to explore the far-reaching prevalence of polyester, including in the fast fashion industry.
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BestColleges reports on a study that indicates the bachelor’s degree will increasingly become the gateway to good jobs in the 2030s.
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Spokeo analyzed data from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act database to determine the states most popular among Gen Z homebuyers in 2023.
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