By Amanda Musa and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Defense attorneys for a former Ohio police officer who fatally shot unarmed Black man Andre Hill told jurors in opening statements of his murder trial Thursday he was justified because he thought Hill had a gun and the officer feared for his life. Prosecutors, however,
Continue ReadingSince it started as a hashtag in 2012, GivingTuesday has become one of the biggest fundraising days of the year for nonprofits in the U.S. It happens every year on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving and this year, it is on Dec. 3. The #GivingTuesday hashtag started as a project of the 92nd Street Y in
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Venice will extend its day-tripper tax through next year, increasing the number of days and doubling the fee to 10 euros for last-minute visitors. Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro stressed Thursday that the tax aims to help the city and its citizens battle overtourism, avoiding huge influxes of visitors during crowded holidays and
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — The wife of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan was released from a high-security prison in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Thursday, a day after a court granted her bail in a graft case. The release of Bushra Bibi came six months after an appeals court suspended a 14-year sentence
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer The parent company of WWE and UFC is buying Professional Bull Riders, On Location, and IMG from Endeavor Group in an all-stock deal valued at $3.25 billion. The sale to parent company TKO is part of Endeavor’s efforts to shed some of its assets as it looks to be taken private in
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s government and King Charles III are bracing for a heated conversation about reparations for the transatlantic slave trade, as the issue looks set to overshadow a summit of Commonwealth leaders in Samoa. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer told reporters on his journey to the
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — An Olympic breakdancer, a Chipotle burrito and a pop star walk into a bar. This may sound like the start to a bad joke, but it could be a scene unfolding across the US on October 31, according to online search data. Google’s annual “Frightgeist” list has unveiled 25
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is clearly a confident man, but even he looked surprised by the moment of magic he produced as his team thrashed Sparta Praha in the Champions League Wednesday. While the 5-0 win is somewhat routine given City’s domination in recent years, Haaland’s goal was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka police have arrested three persons in connection with a possible attack on Israel travellers in the Indian ocean island, a government minister said on Thursday, a day after the authorities stepped up the security across the country, with the United States warning of an attack targeting
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — When he traveled to Japan for a “short term” work assignment back in 1992, Dave Prucha, from California, would never have predicted that he’d still be there 32 years later. The former university professor, who had never visited the East Asian country before then, says he thought he’d stay
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — European Union regulators slapped LinkedIn on Thursday with a 310 million euro ($335 million) fine for violations of the bloc’s stringent data privacy rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission reprimanded the Microsoft-owned professional social networking site over concerns about the “lawfulness, fairness and transparency” of its personal data processing for advertising purposes. The
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — This year’s election is shaping up to be particularly ugly for the business world, with two presidential candidates who could not be further apart in their approaches to taxes and regulation. On top of that, control of Congress is also up for grabs, which could significantly hurt
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — With confetti falling from the rafters, a boisterous Brooklyn crowd bellowing and the victorious New York Liberty celebrating, the curtain fell on the 2024 WNBA season. But this was no ordinary year for women’s hoops. From record-breaking rookies to never-before-seen viewing figures culminating in a pulsating, back-and-forth finals that
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Kevin Durant led the Phoenix Suns to a nail-biting 116-113 overtime win to spoil the Los Angeles Clippers’ grand opening of their new arena, the Intuit Dome. In the arena’s first NBA game since construction was completed in August, the Clippers looked like they would begin this new era
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on a school where displaced people were sheltering in the central Gaza Strip killed at least 17 people on Thursday, nearly all women and children, Palestinian medical officials said. The strike came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Israel had accomplished its
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Taliban officials in Afghanistan’s south have banned all media from showing images of living things to comply with the Taliban’s morality laws. Thursday’s decision was announced by the Information Ministry in Helmand, the latest province to crack down on the broadcast and photography of humans and animals. In August, the country’s Vice
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — An outbreak of infections linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has a lot of people across the United States concerned about their exposure to dangerous E. coli bacteria. It is not yet known which specific food ingredient in the burgers has been contaminated, but as of Tuesday, dozens of people
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Yesterday’s rain was very underwhelming. A lot of us saw some darker clouds, it probably felt a little misty outside, but only a couple areas received trace amounts. Rain was mostly immeasurable across Central Oregon. We won’t see rain again until the second half of our weekend.We start on our warming trend today as a
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The Euclid telescope is creating the largest and most accurate 3D map of the universe. So far, the observatory behind the mission has completed 12% of its survey and aims to unveil the full mosaic within the next six years. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has helped amplify and spread false and misleading internet claims about recent hurricanes in the United States and the federal government’s response, part of a wider effort by the Kremlin to manipulate America’s political discourse before the presidential election, new research shows. The content, spread by Russian state media
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