By Ubah Ali Click here for updates on this story CASTLE ROCK TOWNSHIP, Minnesota (WCCO) — After a decade of delays, legal woes and vandalism, Minnesota’s first Muslim-exclusive cemetery broke ground on Tuesday in the south metro. The 72 acres of land were purchased in 2014 by the Al-Maghfirah Cemetery Association in Castle Rock Township
Continue ReadingBy WABC Staff Click here for updates on this story RANDALL’S ISLAND, New York (WABC) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday announced the city is closing the migrant shelter on Randall’s Island early next year. The city plans to shut down the Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center by the end of
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to staffing, the Prineville DMV office will be closed Thursday, agency officials announced. Much user business can be accomplished online at https://dmv2u.oregon.gov/eServices/_/
Continue ReadingBy Janice Yu Click here for updates on this story QUEENS, New York (WABC) — The FDNY has shut down a haunted house in Queens, saying the spooky attraction that offers a maze, escape room and even overnight stays is unsafe. They dubbed themselves the number one haunted house in New York City, but the
Continue ReadingA new report shows Wisconsin is seeing dam failures more frequently, in another sign that the state is seeing stronger storms. The Wisconsin Policy Forum released findings Thursday that show Wisconsin recorded 34 dam failures from 2000 through 2023, which was the second-highest total for that period behind only South Carolina. The report says 28
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The hosts of ABC’s “The View” are responding to Donald Trump a day after he insulted co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Whoopi Goldberg. The co-hosts walked onto the set Thursday to the song “Dirty” by Christina Aguilera. Goldberg noted that was one of the words Trump used to attack
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky and Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — TD Bank will pay $3 billion to settle charges that it failed to properly monitor money laundering by drug cartels, regulators announced Thursday. The fine includes a $1.3 billion penalty that will be paid to the US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a
Continue ReadingRoof panels atop the home of the Tampa Bay Rays were ripped to shreds by Hurricane Milton. Debris scattered across the field and throughout the seating areas after the deadly storm barreled across Florida. Aerial video and images showed the domed building’s roof completely tattered, giving a clear line of sight into the stadium. It the latest
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After 40 years and three generations of owning the Minnesota Twins, the Pohlad family announced Thursday it’s considering selling the team. The Pohlads said they decided during the summer to explore a sale. The family has hired Allen & Company, a New York-based investment bank, to direct the process.
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — En algunas áreas de Alabama y el norte de California, en Estados Unidos, podrían ser visibles este jueves las coloridas auroras mucho más al sur de lo que normalmente aparecen, debido a una poderosa llamarada solar y eyección de masa coronal liberada del sol, según el Centro de Predicción
Continue ReadingAndrea Gomez (CNN) — Los pagos mensuales de los beneficiarios de la Seguridad Social en Estados Unidos aumentarán apenas un 2,5% el año que viene, ya que la constante disminución de la inflación pone un freno al ajuste anual del costo de vida (COLA, por sus siglas en inglés) del programa, anunció el jueves la
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt and Eleni Giokos, CNN (CNN) — George Baldock, a British-born soccer player who played for Panathinaikos and the Greek national football team, has died at the age of 31, Greece’s Ministry of Citizen Protection confirmed to CNN. Baldock’s body was found in a swimming pool at his home in the southern Athens suburb of Glyfada, Reuters
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Gateway Pundit, the far-right conspiracy site, has settled a defamation lawsuit from two Georgia election workers who were falsely accused of rigging the 2020 results. Details of the settlement were not made public. But the parties said in a court filing this week that they have “reached agreement to settle
Continue ReadingBy Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — With former President Donald Trump ruling out any more presidential debates between now and Election Day, CNN shifted course Thursday and invited both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris to participate in town hall events with voters. Harris immediately accepted the network’s invitation. “Trump may want to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Mozambicans are waiting for early election results a day after a vote for a new president passed off peacefully despite opposition candidates claiming fraud and manipulation by the longtime ruling party. Vote-counting began straight after polls closed Wednesday evening and some preliminary results could be posted within days. The
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even in an election year, most seem to agree on one aspect about Ali Abbasi’s much-debated Donald Trump film “The Apprentice”: Sebastian Stan is a remarkably good Trump and Jeremy Strong is chillingly riveting as the New York power broker Roy Cohn. One reviewer recently wrote Strong’s portrayal
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has signed the state’s first relief package to address Hurricane Helene’s devastation. The bill signed Thursday allocates $273 million for immediate needs and gives flexibility to agencies and displaced residents in western counties. The Republican-dominated legislature approved the measure unanimously the day before. Nearly
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Prospective homebuyers waiting on the sidelines for a further drop in mortgage rates received unwelcome news on Thursday. The average rate on a standard, 30-year fixed mortgage was 6.32% in the week ending October 10, mortgage financing provider Freddie Mac said Thursday. It was the largest one-week increase in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, an unexpected moment that stoked national pride about the country’s growing cultural influence. Han, known for her experimental and often disturbing stories that explore human traumas
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON, Mass. (AP) — Ethel Kennedy, who lost her husband Robert F. Kennedy to assassination, has died. She was 96. She was by her husband’s side when the senator was killed while running for president in 1968. She endured that tragedy and many others while raising their 11 children. A millionaire’s daughter and
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