Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An animal rights group trying to get real fur out of the bearskin caps worn by King’s Guards at Buckingham Palace took aim Thursday at the cost of the ceremonial garb. The price of the caps soared 30% in a year to more than 2,000 pounds ($2,600) apiece for the
Continue ReadingBy Yoonjung Seo, Lucas Lilieholm and Mike Valerio, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — New pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un touring what state media said is a uranium enrichment facility have given an extremely rare glimpse inside the isolated nation’s closely guarded nuclear weapons program. According to a report from Korean Central
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Pete Buttigieg on Thursday slammed former President Donald Trump’s recent false claims that migrants are eating pets, saying it’s a strategy to distract from the Republican presidential nominee’s record. “There’s even more to it than demonizing immigrants – although that’s obviously part of what he’s doing,” said Buttigieg, appearing on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up his visit to Singapore on Friday by praising its tradition of interfaith harmony, closing out his four-nation trip through Asia with the same message of tolerance that he delivered at the start. Francis presided over a gathering of young people from some of the religious traditions
Continue ReadingBy Drew Scofield Click here for updates on this story CLEVELAND, Ohio (WEWS) — Fishermen rescued a 42-year-old kayaker in Lake Erie on Wednesday morning after he didn’t return to shore the previous evening. A U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue team was launched when the kayaker became overdue for his return. According to a
Continue ReadingBy Juliana Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hyundai and General Motors (GM) have agreed to look for ways to work together on developing new vehicles, supply chains and technologies in an effort to cut costs and move more quickly. Global carmakers are under intense pressure to come up with new electric vehicle (EV) and
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CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, Ore. (KTVZ) – The fire danger level within Crater Lake National Park has dropped from extreme to high due to recent moisture and predicted cooler temperatures. Effective Friday at 12:01 a.m., the park will rescind the fire ban implemented on July 25. To ensure public safety and to provide the highest
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was diagnosed with a concussion for the third time in his NFL career, leaving his team’s game Thursday night against Buffalo after running into defensive back Damar Hamlin and hitting the back of his head against the turf. Tagovailoa remained down for
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s leader says the country has met all the conditions set by the International Monetary Fund to qualify for a new $7 billion loan to help prop up its economy. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at a Cabinet meeting Thursday praised his finance team and other advisers for complying with the requirements. The
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Edmunds takes on the Environmental Protection Agency’s electric vehicle performance estimates to achieve real-world results.
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While true hypoallergenic dogs don’t exist, Pettable spoke to experts to learn which breeds may be better pets for people with anxiety and allergies.
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Reasons to be Cheerful reports that cities around the world are trying everything from reflective paint to underground water channels to manage the hotter days ahead.
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Stacker examined the history and challenges of third parties in U.S. presidential races using data from the Federal Election Commission, Pew Research, and other sources. This article is part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the threats it faces. To learn more, visit usdemocracyday.org.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s government has declared three days of national mourning over the death of former President Alberto Fujimori. The government also granted him a state funeral despite his convictions on human rights abuses and corruption. Fujimori, who governed the South American country with an increasingly authoritarian hand between 1990 and
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti Washington (CNN) –– El expresidente Donald Trump regresó a una de sus antiguas tradiciones: citar encuestas online basura para afirmar que era el claro ganador de un debate presidencial que, según encuestas científicas, perdió. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel Lo hizo en 2016, después de sus debates contra Hillary Clinton. Lo hizo en
Continue ReadingMauricio Torres (CNN Español) –– El Gobierno de Venezuela llamó a consultas a su embajadora en España, Gladys Gutiérrez, en reclamo a que la ministra de Defensa española, Margarita Robles, dijo que el país sudamericano vive una “dictadura”. La cancillería de Venezuela dijo en un comunicado que las declaraciones de Robles son “insolentes, injerencistas y
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This week on Show Us Your Garden, we have three lovely gardens to display, the first a labor of love between a father and son with the construction of a wishing well. Another lovely garden has a metal sculpture of a butterfly in the foreground. And the third garden is defined by several box gardens
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea has for decades been known as the world’s largest “baby exporter” – sending hundreds of thousands of children overseas after the country was ravaged by war and many mothers left destitute. Many of those adopted children, now adults scattered across the
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese “reusable experimental spacecraft” believed to be the country’s secretive space plane has landed back on Earth after more than eight months in orbit – the latest development in a largely covert race between the United States and China to hone such technology. China’s spacecraft blasted
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling the Violence Against Women Act his proudest legislative achievement. Biden wrote and championed the law when he was a U.S. senator. It was signed into law in 1994 and turns 30 years old on Friday. At a White House event on Thursday to mark the
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