Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Employees for Arizona’s most populous country are joining election workers in an around-the-clock operation to help process early ballots. Maricopa County ballots this year are longer than usual, and the envelopes need to be processed so they can be prepared for actual counting. The county was unsure how long it
Continue ReadingCNN By Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Young Thug was sentenced to time served as part of a sweeping case that originally included dozens of defendants. The rapper, whose given name is Jeffery Williams, was released Thursday night after more than 900 days in custody, according to jail records. He will have
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Basketball superstar LeBron James threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid Thursday evening, emphasizing that “the choice is clear” just days ahead of Election Day. Sharing a video with clips of offensive remarks from former President Donald Trump, the Los Angeles Lakers player said in a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is boasting that its new intercontinental ballistic missile is “the world’s strongest,” a claim seen as pure propaganda after experts assessed it as being too big to be useful in a war situation. The ICBM launched Thursday flew higher and for a longer duration than any
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince William’s roadshow for environmental innovation will arrive in South Africa next week as the heir to the British throne announces the winners of his annual Earthshot Prize, aimed at finding new ways to combat climate change and other threats to the planet’s air, water and wildlife. William will travel
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN) — La Oficina del Asesor Jurídico Especial del Ejército de Estados Unidos presentó cargos por homicidio y obstrucción de la justicia en contra de un soldado considerado responsable de la muerte de la sargento Sarah Roque, ocurrida en la base de Fort Leonard Wood, en Missouri, informó la institución militar en un
Continue ReadingSTUART, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man is recovering from a shark bite just over a decade after being bitten at the same beach. Treasure Coast Newspapers reports that 28-year-old Cole Taschman was surfing with two friends at Bathtub Beach in Stuart last Friday afternoon when the attack occurred. He believes the shark that bit
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Uno de los meses más secos de la historia de Estados Unidos está llegando a su fin tras desencadenar la peor sequía en más de 20 años en algunas zonas del Este, donde las temperaturas se han disparado muy por encima de la media. Octubre podría terminar como uno de los
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN) — El presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, criticó este miércoles al fallecido expresidente Raúl Alfonsín a quien, según el mandatario, “lo muestran como el padre de la democracia, siendo que fue partidario de un golpe de Estado”. Milei hizo estas declaraciones durante un foro en Córdoba, donde habló sobre las medidas que
Continue ReadingJoaquin Doria (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de Javier Milei anunció la salida de Diana Mondino de la Cancillería tras una decisión tomada por la ministra en contra de la postura oficial: Argentina votó a favor de una resolución de la Asamblea General de la ONU contra el embargo de Estados Unidos a Cuba. El
Continue ReadingAP Soccer Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Through all the matches, goals and titles, Christine Sinclair’s favorite memory of the Thorns was one of her earliest, when she walked on the field in Portland for the very first National Women’s Soccer League season. More that 16,000 fans were at Providence Park for the Thorns’ home
Continue ReadingCOUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A judge gave a man probation and a suspended sentence after he pleaded guilty to attacking a former U.S. senator as she was running along a riverside park in western Iowa. Dominic Henton was given the suspended sentence and probation for the Nov. 8, 2023, assault of Martha McSally, a
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Scarlett Johansson is rounding up her fellow “Avengers” to mobilize ahead of Election Day. Johansson called upon her Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) costars Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Chris Evans, Danai Gurira, Mark Ruffalo and Paul Bettany to encourage their collective followers to vote in the election in a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has voted to extend the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping force in the Western Sahara for another year Thursday with Algeria refusing to vote in protest at the resolution’s failure to include a reference to monitoring human rights in the disputed north African territory. The
Continue ReadingCNN By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance suggested in an interview that aired Thursday that White upper- and middle-class children are incentivized to identify as transgender to gain admission to elite colleges. “Think about the incentives,” Vance told prominent podcast host Joe Rogan. “If you are a, you know,
Continue ReadingBILOXI, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Gulf Coast will have an oyster season for the first time since 2018. The state Department of Marine Resources announced in a statement Wednesday that the season will open at sunrise, Nov. 13, in eight harvesting areas. But the season will last only 10 days. Department director Joe Spraggins
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump met with Arab Americans in the nation’s largest Arab-majority city as the Republican presidential nominee works to court the potentially decisive group despite his history of Islamophobic rhetoric and policy. Trump was greeted with cheers and applause Friday from a modest crowd at The Great Commoner restaurant
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — A federal grand jury has been regularly convening in the continuing criminal investigation into music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, three sources told CNN. Jurors on Thursday were expected to hear from a witness who claims he is in possession of videos that allegedly contain footage of celebrities potentially being
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N.-backed human rights experts say Russia’s torture of Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war is a crime against humanity. Chair of the independent investigation commission investigating human rights violations in Ukraine said Thursday that the panel previously described Russia’s widespread and systematic use of torture in Ukraine and Russia
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — The union representing striking Boeing factory workers says members will vote Monday on a new contract offer from the company that provides slightly bigger wage increases than an offer that was rejected last week. Boeing ‘s latest offer would raise wages 38% over four years, or a compounded increase of about 43%,
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