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Continue ReadingAssociated Press LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — After a summer of historic tumult, the path to the presidency for both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump this fall is becoming much clearer. The Democratic vice president and the Republican former president will devote almost all of their remaining time and resources to just seven states. They
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A bus crashed into a group of students and their parents at a school in eastern China early Tuesday, killing 11 people and injuring 13, police said. The students and parents were at the gate of a middle school in Tai’an city in the eastern province of Shandong just before 7:30 a.m.,
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Two people have been rescued unharmed Tuesday after spending a night aboard a disabled yacht in the heavy seas off the Australian coast. The 60-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman were rescued at 7:30 a.m. from their 62-foot yacht. It had been abandoned 185 miles east of the New South Wales state
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Darren, a teen idol who helped ignite the 1960s surfing craze as a charismatic beach boy paired off with Sandra Dee in the hit film “Gidget,” died Monday at 88. Darren died in his sleep at a Los Angeles hospital, his son Jim Moret told news outlets. Moret
Continue ReadingBy Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will testify publicly before Congress next week about his controversial nursing home advisory from the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, informed sources and a House subcommittee say. As CNN reported earlier, Cuomo, who testified in June behind closed doors before members of the
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The pilot of a plane that flipped and crashed during an emergency landing in a field near Bend Airport last Friday, escaping with minor injuries, got the plane turned right-side-up, disassembled and trucked back home. We talked Monday with a resident whose family owns the field where it happened.
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Gloria Zarza Guadarrama le dio a México su primera medalla de oro en los Juegos Paralímpicos de París 2024. La atleta mexicana, de 40 años, se coronó en lanzamiento de bala F54, con una marca de 8,06 metros, por delante de la brasileña Elizabeth Rodrigues Gomes y la uzbeka Nurjon
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti Londres (CNN) –– Volkswagen está evaluando cerrar fábricas en Alemania por primera vez en sus 87 años de historia, mientras profundiza los recortes de costos en medio de la creciente competencia de los fabricantes de vehículos eléctricos de China. En un comunicado emitido este lunes, el fabricante de automóviles alemán, uno de los
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Juliana Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific has canceled dozens of flights as it conducts an inspection of its entire Airbus A350 fleet after finding engine problems affecting the plane. The airline, one of the world’s largest users of the long-haul jet, said it identified
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pope Francis urged Indonesia to live up to its promise of “harmony in diversity” and fight religious intolerance on Wednesday, as he set a rigorous pace for an 11-day, four-nation trip through tropical Southeast Asia and Oceania that will test his stamina and health. Francis had a packed first
Continue ReadingMANILA, Philippines (AP) — A fierce storm is blowing out of the northern Philippines after leaving at least 14 people dead in landslides, floods and swollen waterways. Tropical Storm Yagi swept past Paoay town in Ilocos Norte province into the South China Sea Tuesday with sustained winds of up to 75 kilometers per hour and
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Entre lágrimas, aplausos y agradecimientos, el futbolista Luis Suárez, de 37 años, anunció durante una conferencia de prensa que el del viernes contra Paraguay, en el Estadio Centenario, será su último partido con la selección uruguaya. Así cierra una brillante carrera durante la cual disputó 4 mundiales, ganó una Copa
Continue ReadingBy Eric J. Dockery Click here for updates on this story BAKERSFIELD, California (KERO) — Nasim Haq has recently retired, & for the past five years he’s wanted travel from the US to Pakistan. He left Bakersfield on Friday Aug 30, & plans to be on the road & sea for the next 54 days.
Continue ReadingBy Mauricio Torres and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, amid a crackdown on the country’s opposition movement following July’s disputed election. The Venezuela Prosecutor’s Office requested the warrant Monday, accusing Gonzalez of “crimes associated with terrorism.” Gonzalez has failed to respond to three summons
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Ahora que los niños están de regreso en el colegio, muchas escuelas no les permiten llevar sus teléfonos a clase. En muchas ciudades y estados se han propuesto o aprobado leyes para prohibir los teléfonos en las escuelas. La mayoría de las escuelas ya tienen políticas que los prohíben para uso
Continue ReadingAP College Football Writer The Sept. 1 deadline for the Mountain West and Washington State and Oregon State to renew their football scheduling arrangement passed without an agreement, and the conference said Monday it is anticipating making schedules for next season without the Pac-12 schools. The announcement does not necessarily close the door on the
Continue ReadingBy Madi Vollmer Click here for updates on this story BAKERSFIELD, California (KERO) — Everett Williams is celebrating his centennial with family, friends, and other local Bakersfield Veterans. It’s hard to imagine what life was like 100 years ago, but one local World War II Veteran says, he made it through the ugly days of
Continue ReadingCNN By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Joey Chestnut demolished his world hot dog eating record Monday, beating longtime rival Takeru Kobayashi in a showdown billed as “unfinished beef” between the two biggest global stars in professional competitive eating. Chestnut devoured 83 all-beef hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes while Kobayashi ate 66 hot dogs and buns
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, Gul Tuysuz and Avery Schmitz, CNN (CNN) — More than a dozen members of a Turkish national youth organization were taken into custody in Turkey after local authorities say they assaulted two US Marines. The Marines, assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, were on liberty in Izmir when the assault occurred
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