Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, who dressed as a giant panda, hosted their final White House Halloween trick-or-treating event on Wednesday. The first lady wore the costume in a nod to the furry creatures’ return to the National Zoo in Washington. Jill Biden also added an educational theme
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is partnering with a major airline trade group to increase the availability of sustainable aviation fuels in the state. The goal is to cut planet-warming emissions from the airline industry. Wednesday’s announcement comes as some say the state is not doing enough to address the health
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon State Fire Marshal incident management team sent to North Carolina in mid-October will return home at the end of the week after a two-week deployment. The team was in Yancey County, helping with Hurricane Helene recovery. Oregon Incident Commander Lance Lighty and Plans Section Chief Bill Boos will replace
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, running back Saquon Barkley and team owner Jeffrey Lurie hit the links this week at Merion Golf Club with quite a final member of their foursome, former President Barack Obama. Hurts was not permitted to actually play golf, per terms of his $255 million contract. Hurts still
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un cometa apodado el “cometa de Halloween” se desintegró el lunes durante su máxima aproximación al sol, y la misión del Observatorio Solar y Heliosférico de la Agencia Espacial Europea y la NASA captó imágenes de sus últimos momentos. Los astrónomos descubrieron por primera vez el cometa C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) el
Continue Readingmondemanola (CNN Español) — El presidente Javier Milei nombró a Gerardo Werthein como el nuevo canciller de Argentina, informó el portavoz presidencial, Manuel Adorni, en una publicación en su cuenta de X y sin dar mayores detalles. Más tarde, la Oficina del mandatario emitió un comunicado con más información sobre el relevo en la Cancillería. Werthein
Continue ReadingAndrea Saint Martin (CNN Español) — El cantante Bad Bunny publicó el martes un video con la descripción que tituló Garbage (basura en inglés) en lo que parece ser una alusión a los comentarios de “isla flotante de basura” que hizo el domingo un comediante invitado a un mitin del expresidente Donald Trump en el Madison Square Garden
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CALI, Colombia (AP) — The United Nations, scientists and governments made an urgent call Wednesday for increased funding to protect coral reefs under threat of extinction. Research this year shows that 77% of the world’s reefs are affected by bleaching, mainly due to warming ocean waters amid human-caused climate change. It’s the largest
Continue ReadingZION, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a house fire killed three people and injured a fourth person in a north Chicago suburb. The Zion Fire Rescue Department says firefighters were dispatched to a two-story home in the city of Zion near the Wisconsin border late Tuesday after callers reporting seeing smoke and fire. The department
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El Ejército de República Dominicana dijo que capturó a 58 haitianos indocumentados en las provincias de San Juan de la Maguana y Pedernales, en el oeste del país, de acuerdo con un comunicado difundido el miércoles. Según el comunicado, la noche del martes en San Juan, en una
Continue ReadingGREENWOOD, Ark. (AP) — Three people have been killed in a house fire in western Arkansas. Greenwood Police say officers responded to the fire early Wednesday. A fourth person has been hospitalized from the fire with life-threatening injuries. The victims were a 46-year-old woman and two children, including a 5-year-old. The Greenwood Public Schools district
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The World Series had its most-watched game in five years Tuesday night as the New York Yankees avoided a sweep. The Yankees’ 11-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 averaged 16.28 million viewers on Fox, Fox Deportes and streaming, according to Nielsen. That is the most-watched game in
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BANDON, Ore. (AP) — Dozens of people reported feeling an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 that struck off the southern coast of Oregon on Wednesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. No tsunami was expected. More than 75 people reported feeling light shaking from the temblor, which had an epicenter about 170
Continue ReadingBANDON, Ore. (AP) — Dozens of people reported feeling an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 that struck off the southern coast of Oregon on Wednesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. No tsunami was expected. More than 75 people reported feeling light shaking from the temblor, which had an epicenter about 170
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Erik and Lyle Menendez’s resentencing hearing has been set for Dec. 11, when a judge will decide whether they will have a shot at freedom after spending 34 years behind bars for the shotgun killings of their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills home. The date was decided
Continue ReadingAndrea Saint Martin (CNN Español) — Genaro García Luna, exsecretario de Seguridad de México durante el Gobierno del expresidente Felipe Calderón y quien fuera condenado a poco más de 38 años de cárcel en Estados Unidos por vínculos con el narcotráfico, presentó este miércoles un recurso para apelar el veredicto y la sentencia en su
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time in almost a year, demonstrating an improved potential ability to launch long-range nuclear attacks on the mainland U.S. The launch was likely meant to meant grab American attention days ahead of the U.S. election and respond to
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s President Javier Milei has dismissed his foreign minister hours after the country voted against the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba at the U.N. Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino was replaced by the current Argentina’s ambassador to the U.S., Gerardo Werthein, Milei’s spokesman Manuel Adorni announced on his X account.
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer The Washington Post has lost at least 250,000 subscribers since announcing last Friday that it would not endorse a candidate for president — roughly 10 percent of its digital following, the newspaper reported Wednesday. The Post would not officially confirm that figure, saying it was a private company, but it was reported
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Hasta 35 agentes de ISIS murieron en ataques estadounidenses contra múltiples campamentos de ISIS en Siria el lunes por la noche, anunció el miércoles el ejército de Estados Unidos. “Las fuerzas del Comando Central de EE.UU. llevaron a cabo una serie de ataques contra varios campamentos conocidos de ISIS en Siria,
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