Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The longtime leader of the Texas Democratic Party is stepping down. Gilberto Hinojosa’s announcement Friday comes after another election cycle of lopsided defeats for Texas Democrats. The party also saw voters this week make a dramatic swing toward the GOP on the heavily Hispanic southern border. Hinojosa has been
Continue ReadingBy Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — Just days after winning a comeback election, President-elect Donald Trump is evaluating how his campaign promises might translate into policy. When it comes to rolling out the broad-based tariffs that he pledged on the campaign trail, the strategy is not yet formed, multiple sources familiar with the matter
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — This week, we’re introducing you to Gidget, who could easily be mistaken for a bucking bronco the way he bounds around! He’s a beautiful Bull Mastiff Terrier and Staffordshire mix who is well known at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center. “He’s been here for almost three years. He’s our longest-residing resident,” said
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — In Morocco, politicians and activists are questioning limitations imposed on preachers regarding what they may say about war in the Middle East during sermons. Parliamentarian Nabila Mounib this week complained that imams were curtailed in how they can speak about the plight of Palestinians and call for religious struggle
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Christiansen Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — As Joanna Dumdey walked into her private room, a camera sat fixed above her head. The new equipment inside the Via Elegante Tucson Foothills Assisted Living And Memory Care Community uses artificial intelligence to track if or when 84-year-old Dumdey and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art, or Dak’Art, has opened in the Senegalese capital. The international arts festival, founded in 1989 by the government, has over the years become one of the most important platforms promoting African artists. Organizers say the theme of this year’s edition is “Wake.”
Continue ReadingBy Claire Graham Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — If you look around Tucson, you might be lucky enough to spot a little magenta Bug, making its way around, spreading some joy at each stop. But what’s remarkable about it, is that one woman has been driving this particular VW
Continue ReadingKGUN By Claire Graham Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — If you look around Tucson, you might be lucky enough to spot a little magenta Bug, making its way around, spreading some joy at each stop. But what’s remarkable about it, is that one woman has been driving this particular
Continue ReadingBy Sara Machi Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Leo High School in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood is marking Veterans Day early—with an annual tradition that included a special moment more than six decades in the making. Every year around Veterans Day, students, staff, and alumni honor the graduates of Leo
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A relatively trouble-free presidential election was good news for those working to restore faith in the system. Less encouraging was a flood of misinformation that sought to undermine trust in voting and sow chaos, something experts say is likely to get worse in the years ahead. The most significant test
Continue ReadingBy Michael Chen Click here for updates on this story SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Surveillance video captured a man in a hoodie, taking a sledgehammer to a restaurant door in Tierrasanta, before breaking in. “The whole window was smashed in. There was glass all over the floor,” said Elizabeth Sifuentes. That was the scene that
Continue ReadingBy Faith Egbuonu Click here for updates on this story Charlie De Mar (WBBM) — A South Chicago neighborhood man had just dropped off his kids at school and was about to grab a coffee—only to be shot in an attempted robbery. The man, Phillip Radford, survived—but he is paralyzed from the shooting, now having
Continue ReadingWBBM By Faith Egbuonu Click here for updates on this story Charlie De Mar (WBBM) — A South Chicago neighborhood man had just dropped off his kids at school and was about to grab a coffee—only to be shot in an attempted robbery. The man, Phillip Radford, survived—but he is paralyzed from the shooting, now
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Continue ReadingROME (AP) — The Pompeii archaeological park plans to limit visitor numbers to 20,000 a day and introduce personalized tickets starting next week in a bid to cope with over-tourism and protect the world heritage site, officials said Friday. The move comes after what authorities called a record summer that saw over 4 million people
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The decadeslong ban of Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” in his native India is now in doubt — not because of a change of heart more than two years after the author’s near-fatal stabbing, but because of what amounts to some missing paperwork. Earlier this week, a court in
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Dickens Click here for updates on this story CHULA VISTA, California (KGTV) — Burma Dunn has been working the polls for 22 years. Burma, 85, says doing this never gets old. “My parents did it. I made my first political speech when I was 14,” said Burma. Burma registered to vote when she
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The husband of a missing Texas woman has been charged with murder in connection with her disappearance. Fifty-three-year-old Brad Simpson was charged Thursday in Bexar County, where he is jailed on a total of $5 million in bonds on charges of murder, unlawful restraint, assault, tampering with evidence and possession of a prohibited
Continue ReadingDULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a man shot and killed two women and two children at separate Minnesota homes before killing himself. Duluth police say all five of the dead knew one another, but they didn’t say how or disclose a possible motive for the shootings. A woman and a 15-year-old boy were found
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN Singapore (CNN) — A humble suburban school in Australia has fended off competition from skyscrapers, museums and airport terminals to be named World Building of the Year 2024. Darlington Public School, in the Sydney suburb of Chippendale, beat more than 220 other shortlisted designs to win the coveted annual prize at
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