By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Kate Bush has said that she is “very keen” to start working on a new album, in a revelation that’ll be met with huge excitement by her legions of fans. In a rare interview that aired Friday, the British singer-songwriter told the BBC’s “The Today Podcast: Bonus Episode” that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The two historic churches are less than a mile apart in Philadelphia. Christ Church is where some of the Founding Fathers worshipped, and where colonial America made its break with the Church of England. Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is located on the oldest parcel of land continuously owned
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek ferry crews have curtailed a four-day strike by several hours, announcing Friday they would go back on the job in the early afternoon instead of at midnight. The strike had threatened to disrupt the travel plans of thousands of Greeks heading to islands for a long weekend ahead of a
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Amanda Boyce stumbled across Sunil Rajput’s Instagram profile by accident. Sitting in her home in Brisbane, Australia, Amanda was absentmindedly scrolling social media. As she flicked through Instagram stories — one after the other, snapshots of different people’s lives popping up on her phone screen — she suddenly found
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — A controversial late missed penalty call overshadowed the Los Angeles Rams’ impressive 30-20 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday Night Football. With just over 90 seconds remaining in LA’s SoFi Stadium and the Rams leading by eight, Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold looked to pass from his own endzone
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s state-run media say security forces have arrested the son-in-law of the country’s former longtime military ruler, Than Shwe, for allegedly posting inflammatory statements on his Facebook account. Nay Soe Maung, a 67-year-old retired colonel and a former army medical officer, was the latest to be arrested and jailed for writing Facebook
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on has praised the Serbian president for meeting her and other European Union leaders instead of attending a Russia-organized summit of developing economies held earlier this week. Von der Leyen was also in Bosnia on Friday as part of a trip this
Continue ReadingBy Jon Passantino, CNN (CNN) — Two more members of the Los Angeles Times editorial board resigned Thursday after the newspaper’s owner blocked an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, a contentious decision that has engulfed the publication in turmoil. Robert Greene, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer, resigned from his position over billionaire Times owner
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by two percentage points to a record-high 21% in an effort to combat growing inflation. Government spending on the military is straining the economy’s capacity to produce goods and services and driving up workers’ wages. The central bank said in a statement Friday
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — The banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party has claimed responsibility for an attack on the headquarters of a key defense company in Ankara that killed at least five people. A statement from the PKK’s military wing said Friday two members of its so-called “Immortal Battalion,” carried out the attack in response to
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — For decades, Election Day in the US has been held on Tuesdays — when many people have to block off time between their responsibilities at home and at work to vote. There are, however, 28 states where employers must give you time off to do so. Here’s what else
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump will compete for West Virginia’s four electoral votes in the Nov. 5 general election. Republican presidential candidates have won the state by comfortable margins since 2000. In the U.S. Senate race, Republican Gov. Jim Justice is running against Democrat Glenn Elliott to succeed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican former President Donald Trump and five third-party candidates will compete for New Mexico’s five electoral votes, but the most competitive race on the ballot will likely be a U.S. House race that could determine control of the narrowly divided chamber. Democratic Rep. Gabriel Vasquez
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — North Korean troops are poised to be deployed by Russia on the battlefield in Ukraine as early as this weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed Friday. Western officials have warned that North Korean units joining the fight would stoke the almost three-year war and bring geopolitical consequences as far
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Temperatures are jumping quite a bit from where they were yesterday. We will reach the low to mid 60s today under mostly sunny skies. It will be a quiet and dry day. Lows tonight in the 30s and 40s. Bundle up for your Friday night Halloweekend plans. Tomorrow, temperatures will creep up a few more
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Luka Dončić and Klay Thompson combined impressively in only their first game together to lead the Dallas Mavericks over the San Antonio Spurs 120-106 in the latest edition of the I-35 Rivalry. Dončić missed the entire preseason with a calf injury, but the Slovenian superstar and the four-time NBA
Continue ReadingSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Authorities in Bosnia have described an attack by a teenager who broke into a police station — killing one officer and wounding another — as an act of terrorism. The assault happened around 9 p.m. in the north-western town of Bosanska Krupa on Thursday. The assailant, born in 2009, went into
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Children who have coughs that go on for weeks may have a type of walking pneumonia that’s been surging in the US this year, and they may need a different antibiotic regimen to treat it, infectious disease experts say. “It’s very much been on our radar since early summer,
Continue ReadingBy Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — Iceland’s economy is outperforming most European peers after the nationwide introduction of a shorter working week with no loss in pay, according to research released Friday. Between 2020 and 2022, 51% of workers in the country had accepted the offer of shorter working hours, including a four-day week,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have held wide-ranging discussions to bolster strategic ties between the two countries. They met in New Delhi where the two countries signed various agreements on enhancing cooperation in the defense sector, information technology, clean energy, skill development and artificial
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