2 dead and thousands evacuated as a typhoon approaches Taiwan
Associated Press KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — An approaching typhoon bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall to Taiwan has killed two people and…
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Mexico’s Sheinbaum keeps doing morning briefings, though her style is unlike her predecessor’s
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum has begun her presidency the same way her predecessor concluded his: with a morning media…
Continue ReadingSwine fever sweeps Italy’s north, threatening production of prized prosciutto and livelihoods
Associated Press CORTELEONA E GENZONE, Italy (AP) — One of Giovanni Airoli’s sows tested positive for African swine fever in late August. Within…
Continue ReadingIsrael presses forward on two fronts and reports 8 combat deaths as fears of a wider war mount
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel pressed forward on two fronts Wednesday, pursuing a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah that left…
Continue ReadingSe teme que al menos 20 niños y profesores hayan muerto en el incendio de un autobús escolar en Bangkok
SofÃa Barruti (AP) — Un autobús que transportaba a jóvenes estudiantes y sus profesores en un viaje escolar se incendió este martes en un…
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Therapists unionize as OHSU, Legacy Health submit plans for merger
By Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Health and Science University and Legacy Health have officially submitted…
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CBS cut mics and fact-checked JD Vance in a more civil VP debate, drawing the ire of Trump and his allies
By Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — CBS moderators Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan had an important choice to make ahead of…
Continue ReadingOnline voting in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant
Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Let the chunk-off begin. Voting started Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s…
Continue ReadingHelene’s flooding swept away 11 workers at a Tennessee factory. Now the state is investigating
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state authorities are investigating the company that owns a plastics factory where 11 workers…
Continue ReadingPush to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — What lies beneath the Great Lakes’ waves is largely unknown, but there’s a new push to learn more…
Continue ReadingSex workers find themselves at the center of Congo’s mpox outbreak
Associated Press KAMITUGA, Congo (AP) — It’s been four months since Sifa Kunguja recovered from mpox, but as a sex worker, she said,…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Kojima, with its proud Jeans Street, draws fans of vintage, deep-blue denim
Associated Press KOJIMA, Japan (AP) — Denim — that All-American fabric — is all about being Japanese in the town of Kojima. The town’s…
Continue ReadingBodies of the children and teachers who died in a Thai school bus fire return home for funeral
Associated Press LAN SAK, Thailand (AP) — The bodies of almost two dozen young students and teachers who died in a bus fire in a suburb of Bangkok…
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Nintendo’s very first museum offers a nostalgic trip back in video game time
By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN (CNN) — Many of us of a certain age can still remember the first time we picked up a Nintendo Entertainment System…
Continue ReadingFact-check fight: CBS News cuts candidates’ mics after JD Vance objects to a moderator’s correction
AP Media Writer CBS News briefly muted the debate microphones of the two vice presidential candidates after Republican JD Vance objected to a…
Continue ReadingSoutherners stay in touch the old-fashioned way after Helene cuts roads, power, phones
Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Isolated and without electricity or phone service since Hurricane Helene inflicted devastation across the…
Continue ReadingHarris and Trump are tested by the Mideast, Helene and the port strike in the campaign’s final weeks
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurricane Helene, the growing conflict in the Mideast and a dockworkers strike are looming over the final weeks…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street edges higher as financial markets steady themselves
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged higher in a quiet Wednesday, and Treasury yields rose following an encouraging update on the…
Continue ReadingHarris hands out meals, consoles families as she surveys Hurricane Helene devastation in Georgia
Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris handed out meals, embraced a shaken family and surveyed Hurricane Helene’s…
Continue ReadingGustavo Petro confirma rescate de seis mujeres colombianas que fueron secuestradas en Veracruz, México
Mauricio Torres (CNN) — El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, confirmó este miércoles que rescataron a seis mujeres colombianas luego de…
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