Associated Press Some 200,000 mail carriers have reached a tentative contract deal with the U.S. Postal Service that includes backdated pay raises and a promise to provide workers with air-conditioned trucks. The new agreement, which still needs to be ratified by union members, runs through November 2026. Letter carriers have been working without a new
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — “When I was 5, I began getting sexually abused by my stepfather, and he got me pregnant when I was 12,” Hadley Duvall says in a new campaign ad released by Vice President Kamala Harris Thursday. Duvall, a rape survivor turned reproductive rights advocate, has been featured in several
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Karl Peterson has been living the cruel inverse of the American dream. His rent keeps getting higher, but his apartments keep getting smaller. Peterson left the Midwest nine years ago for the epicenter of an economic boom, only to gradually learn that endless sunshine and desert views are increasingly
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — A tentative deal has been reached to end the five-week-long strike at troubled aircraft maker Boeing, the union announced to its 33,000 striking members early Saturday. The deal still needs to be ratified by a majority of the rank-and-file membership of the International Association of Machinists before
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A mile and a half beneath the ocean’s surface, the seafloor seems nearly as alien as the surfaces of other planets. Deep-sea volcanic ridges, formed by the collisions of tectonic plates, create underwater hot springs in an otherwise frigid environment. These hydrothermal vents belch warm towers of elements that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government says some electricity has been restored on the island after one of the country’s major power plants failed and left millions without electricity for two days. Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said that the country had 500 megawatts of energy in its electrical grid early Saturday.
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The family of a missing Broadway dancer whose credits include “Hamilton” and “MJ The Musical” is expanding its search beyond the South Carolina hiking trailhead where authorities found his car earlier this month. Zelig Williams, 28, was last seen on October 3 at his home in Columbia, according to a
Continue ReadingGonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — La sugerencia del expresidente Donald Trump de que las fuerzas armadas estadounidenses deberían utilizarse para hacer frente “al enemigo desde dentro” el día de las elecciones ha reavivado la preocupación sobre lo que podría pedirles a los militares si gana un segundo mandato como comandante en jefe. Y son los altos
Continue ReadingReligion News Service (RNS) — In mid-September, Val Smith, chief sustainability officer at Citigroup, one of the United States’ Big Four of banking, met with four religious environmental activists to discuss the company’s record on fossil fuel investment. In 2021, Citi had pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, but according to reports by
Continue ReadingTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The man who gained social media fame for riding out two hurricanes in his boat in Tampa has been arrested. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrest records show 54-year-old Joseph Malinowsky, known as “Lt. Dan” in TikTok posts, was arrested Friday for trespassing and failure to appear in court on previous charges
Continue ReadingReligion News Service (RNS) — This past Sunday, worshippers returned to Biltmore Church, a megachurch in Asheville, North Carolina, for the first time in person after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. It was bittersweet, said Bruce Frank, the church’s pastor. People were glad to be together, even as many are still grieving. “There is
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A California man has been charged with drugging and sexually assaulting nine women, including one woman who died from the drugs, prosecutors said Friday. Michael DiGiorgio, 50, faces multiple charges including murder, rape by use of a drug and furnishing a controlled substance, according to court records obtained by
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Oscar se ha fortalecido a un huracán de categoría 1 con vientos máximos sostenidos de 128 km/hora, informa el Centro Nacional de Huracanes (HNC). Las cifras surgen en base a mediciones recién obtenidas de un avión cazahuracanes que investigaba la tormenta. No se espera que este huracán impacte en EE.UU. La tormenta
Continue ReadingBy Isaac Yee, Victoria Butenko and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — North Korean soldiers have been filmed receiving uniforms and equipment at a training ground in Russia’s far east, appearing to confirm reports from South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) that 1,500 soldiers have been shipped over for military training to be deployed in Ukraine.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LEWISVILLE, Texas (AP) — Two neighboring Texas cities illustrate the divide in American politics between the diverse, potential electorate in the country and the actual electorate, which is heavily white and wealthier. For a long time, the presumption has been that closing that gap between places like Lewisville and Flower Mound north of
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall will be activated for the team’s Week 7 matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs, according to head coach Kyle Shanahan, seven weeks after he was shot in the chest during an attempted robbery in San Francisco’s Union Square. Pearsall was hospitalized overnight
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Saturday that Republican former President Donald Trump was “cruel” for how he talked about the grieving family of a Georgia mother who died after waiting 20 hours for a hospital to treat her complications from an abortion pill, as she put combating restrictions on reproductive
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The family of a Guatemalan journalist has celebrated his transfer to house arrest following his jailing for over two years amid his newspaper’s anti-corruption investigations. José Rubén Zamora, the founder of newspaper El Periódico, was released from jail Saturday evening. The daily specialized in anti-corruption reporting before closing a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LEWISVILLE, Texas (AP) — Deep in the heart of Texas’ sprawl, the city of Lewisville embodies the Lone Star State. Bisected by Interstate 35 and ribboned with six- and eight-lane thoroughfares lined with chain stores, Mexican restaurants and pawn shops, Lewisville, 23 miles north of Dallas, is the prototypical slice of the nation’s
Continue ReadingBy Carlos Castañeda Click here for updates on this story BAY AREA, California (KPIX) — Thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric customers in the Bay Area began the day Friday without power after the utility turned off electricity to areas most threatened by high winds and fire danger. The so-called Public Safety Power Shutoffs began
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