Edmunds When you’re shopping for a used car, truck or SUV on a tight budget, reliability is critical because you don’t have much money to spend on repairs. It’s important to get a vehicle history report and carefully inspect the vehicle for evidence of indifferent maintenance or owner abuse. But it also helps to pick
Continue ReadingAssociated Press It was a heart-wrenching choice. But when Daniel Gammerman decided to never set foot back in an Orthodox synagogue, he thought of it as an act of love. Not toward the Jewish community he was born into, but to himself. “A synagogue is a spiritual place, but it’s also a community place,” said
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart’s employees and their dependents are being offered expanded cancer treatment with doctors at the Mayo Clinic through the retailer’s insurance coverage. The nation’s largest private employer said Wednesday that those covered by the insurance and diagnosed with most types of cancer will be able to get a second
Continue ReadingBy Blane Bachelor, CNN (CNN) — In late August, UK television personality Kirstie Allsopp found herself in an unexpected media storm after a series of her social media posts describing her 15-year-old son’s trip through Europe went viral. “My little boy has returned from 3 weeks inter-railing,” Allsopp wrote on X, referring to a popular
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Greenland court has ruled that anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson must remain in detention until Oct. 23 while Denmark’s Justice Ministry decides whether to approve his extradition to Japan. It was unclear when Denmark will decide whether to send him to Japan, where he is accused of obstructing
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say hundreds of firefighters, assisted by waterbombing planes and volunteers, have made significant progress in containing a deadly forest blaze burning for four days in the south of the country. The fire service says the fire, which killed two local residents Sunday, is receding, with firefighting forces focusing on
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Respiratory virus season has arrived in the United States and health officials say that October is a prime time to get vaccinated. Vaccines for Covid-19, flu and RSV are available now. While the respiratory virus season tends to peak between December and March, getting vaccinated in the fall can
Continue ReadingHANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Dartmouth College is announcing a new center named for its winningest football coach on what would have been his 68th birthday. Buddy Teevens, known nationally for his efforts to make football safer, died in September 2023 of injuries he had sustained in a bicycle accident six months earlier. Dartmouth President Sian
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Week 4 was the final slate of NFL matches when all teams were in action until Week 15, and the full schedule led to thrills, spills and everything in between across the 16 games. Between pivotal victories, decisive defeats and nail-biting finishes, Week 4 had everything to offer fans.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The fall of a front-line town nestled atop a tactically significant hill is unlikely to change the course of Ukraine’s war against Russia. But the loss underscores Kyiv’s worsening position, in part the result of firm Western red lines, military officials and analysts said. Vuhledar, a town Ukrainian forces
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s multilayered air-defense system is credited with protecting the country from serious damage or casualties from an Iranian strike by some 180 missiles. Israel has developed a sophisticated system capable of detecting incoming fire and deploying only if the projectile is headed toward a population center or sensitive military or civilian infrastructure.
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — High-scoring matches, unwanted records and an unlikely winning run – Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League round seemed to have it all. But while some of the world’s strongest teams flexed their muscles in this season’s competition, many of the tournament minnows were left licking their wounds after being on the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The four contenders to lead Britain’s Conservative Party have taken turns to argue why they have what it takes to lead the right-of-center party back from a catastrophic election defeat. Former Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick, ex-Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch, former Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and ex-Security Minister Tom Tugendhat each made
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese musicians and dancers perform in Cairo for an audience that is mostly refugees from the war-torn country. The band, which incorporates traditional instruments and dance from various regions of Sudan, say they want to preserve traditional ways of making music that are threatened by the country’s ongoing conflict. Sudan
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Today, temperatures will drop about 10-15 degrees from what we saw yesterday. Highs will be in the low 70s, close to normal. Skies will be clear and there will be a breeze this afternoon with gusts 15-20mph. Overnight lows will have that “Brrr” factor, dropping again to the 20s and 30s.The ridge that was to
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, is now worth nearly 80% less than when he bought it in 2022, according to estimates from investment giant Fidelity. The new valuation comes as companies have halted spending on the platform to prevent their ads from running alongside potentially objectionable content,
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, is now worth nearly 80% less than when he bought it in 2022, according to estimates from investment giant Fidelity. The new valuation comes as companies have halted spending on the platform to prevent their ads from running alongside potentially objectionable
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, is now worth nearly 80% less than when he bought it in 2022, according to estimates from investment giant Fidelity. The new valuation comes as companies have halted spending on the platform to prevent their ads from running alongside potentially objectionable
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — The Las Vegas Aces’ quest for a three-peat is close to an end as they went down 88-84 against the New York Liberty in Game 2 of the WNBA semifinals. The win gave the Liberty a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series with Sabrina Ionescu scoring a joint game-high
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — A U.S. bomb from World War II has exploded at a Japanese airport, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights. No one was hurt, and no aircraft were nearby when the bomb exploded Wednesday at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan. It had
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