Some Lebanese who fear war is coming have an unusual backup plan: Moving to Syria
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs have been scrambling to make contingency plans since an Israeli…
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Harris opposes US Steel’s sale to a Japanese firm during joint Pennsylvania event with Biden
Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris used a joint campaign appearance with President Joe Biden in the critical swing…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s children return to school as Russia launches drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched an overnight barrage of drones and cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv, officials said…
Continue ReadingFederal workers around nation’s capital worry over Trump’s plans to send some of them elsewhere
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Worries of being uprooted from their jobs have returned for Laura Dodson and other federal workers, who have…
Continue ReadingDistrict attorney’s progressive policies face blowback from Louisiana’s conservative Legislature
Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams promised to address the city’s history of…
Continue ReadingQ&A: Author Clare Hammond reveals how railways made and broke Myanmar
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — For three months in 2016, Clare Hammond, a British journalist working in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar,…
Continue ReadingAlmodóvar returns to Venice with ‘The Room Next Door’ and gets a nearly 20 minute ovation
AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar returned to the Venice Film Festival with stars Tilda Swinton and Julianne…
Continue ReadingChrista McAuliffe, still pioneering, is first woman with a statue on New Hampshire capitol grounds
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Decades after she was picked to be America’s first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe is still a…
Continue ReadingGlobal benchmarks are mixed in cautious trading ahead of US holiday and jobs report
AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed in cautious trading Monday ahead of the Labor Day holiday in the U.S., when stock…
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Wildfire damage means part of Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge will remain closed until next June
LAKEVIEW, Ore. (KTVZ) – The nearly month-old Warner Peak Fire is now 100% contained, but over 82,000 acres of the Hart Mountain National Antelope…
Continue ReadingLAKEVIEW, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Warner Peak Fire has been fully contained, but over 82,000 acres of the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge will…
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Crews strengthen lines on nearly 3,700-acre Copperfield Fire SE of Chiloquin that destroyed 8 homes, 19 other buildings
A wind-fanned wildfire reported Sunday afternoon southeast of Chiloquin grew to over 3,600 acres by Tuesday but was fully lined by Tuesday night…
Continue ReadingStorm sets off floods and landslides in Philippines, leaving at least 14 dead
Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Officials say a storm has unleashed pounding rains that set off landslides and flooded northern…
Continue ReadingResuelven el misterio del “Hombre Pináculo” que fue encontrado congelado en una cueva hace casi cinco décadas
Belén Liotti (CNN) –– Un hombre que fue encontrado congelado en una cueva de Pensilvania en 1977 finalmente fue identificado, y se cerró el…
Continue ReadingESPN networks, ABC and Disney channels go dark on DirecTV on a busy night for sports
AP Sports Writer ESPN has gone off the air on a major carrier for the second straight year during the U.S. Open tennis tournament and in the midst of…
Continue ReadingLinda Deutsch, AP trial writer who had a front row seat to courtroom history, dies at 80
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Linda Deutsch, a special correspondent for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first…
Continue ReadingGrief and fury on Israel’s streets, as hostage killings pile pressure on Netanyahu to secure ceasefire deal
CNN By Lauren Izso, Tamar Michaelis, Tara John, Michael Rios and Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — From bustling Tel Aviv to the southern Israeli city…
Continue ReadingCeasefire talks thrown into tumult after the discovery of six hostages slain in Gaza
By Alex Marquardt and Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — The Saturday discovery of the deaths of six hostages has thrown negotiations for a ceasefire…
Continue ReadingI’m 36 — when do I have to give up crop tops?
By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — As a pre-teen in Y2K, the (small) shadows of crop tops loomed large. They were an inescapable fixture of red…
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Disney pulls ABC, ESPN and other channels from DirecTV in carriage standoff
By Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — Disney on Sunday pulled its ABC stations, ESPN and other cable networks from DirecTV’s lineup as the two…
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