Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The final counts by counties are about over and a Democratic incumbent on North Carolina’s Supreme Court has an ever-slight lead over a Republican challenger. Associate Justice Allison Riggs had trailed on election night by roughly 10,000 votes to Jefferson Griffin. But that margin dwindled last week as provisional
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese state media say numerous children were injured by a vehicle outside an elementary school in central China’s Hunan province. Students were arriving for classes on Tuesday morning at Yongan Elementary School in the city of Changde when the incident occurred. No details were immediately available, and it wasn’t
Continue ReadingAP Travel Editor NEW YORK (AP) — Arthur Frommer, whose “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95. Frommer died from complications of pneumonia, his daughter Pauline Frommer said Monday. “My father opened up the world to so many
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Forty-five ex-lawmakers and activists were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison Tuesday in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement. They were prosecuted under the 2020 national security law for their roles in an unofficial primary election. Prosecutors
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Sean Duffy to become transportation secretary in his new administration, positioning him to oversee a complex system that includes pipelines, railroads, cars, trucks, airlines and mass transit systems, as well as funding for highways. Here are some things to know about Duffy. He is a
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — As Dave Coulier continues to go through cancer treatment, he is getting some support from his friend John Stamos. Coulier debuted his newly shaved head in a photo posted to his “Fuller House” co-star’s Instagram page on Monday, five days after he publicly shared that he was recently diagnosed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 20 riders were suspended in midair for hours after a Knott’s Berry Farm ride malfunctioned Monday afternoon. Guests at the Southern California theme park were stuck on the Sol Spin ride after technical difficulties caused it to stop at about 2:00 p.m., a park spokesperson said. The
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — More than 40 of Hong Kong’s best known pro-democracy figures have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on subversion charges, in the biggest single blow to the city’s already shrinking political freedoms following Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on dissent. Among those
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy. Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens ruled Monday that the laws violate women’s rights under the state constitution. Abortion has remained legal in Wyoming while
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas public schools could use teachings from the Bible in lessons as an option for students from kindergarten through fifth grade under a proposal before the state board of education. Hours of testimony were heard Monday for and against the plan. It mirrors Republican-led efforts in other
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti Nueva York (CNN) –– Los adultos jóvenes estadounidenses se informan cada vez más mediante influencers de las redes sociales, la mayoría de los cuales son hombres y se inclinan hacia la derecha, según un nuevo estudio del Pew Research Center. Según el estudio publicado este lunes, si bien una quinta parte de los
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Oregon has added to its emergency supply of the abortion drug mifepristone, Gov. Tina Kotek announced Monday, but most of the state’s plans to respond to a second Trump administration are still up in the air.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Victims and family of those killed in the mass shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs in 2022 filed lawsuits Sunday against the El Paso County commissioners and former sheriff. The lawsuits allege that the killings could’ve been prevented if the sheriff’s office used the state’s red
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Lynsey Harris sits down with OnPoint Community Credit Union Branch Manager Bonnie Pearce to discuss ways to budget finances during the busiest shopping season of the year.
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The Deschutes National Forest on Monday reduced the temporary emergency fire closure area on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District for the Bachelor Complex, which burned over 15,000 acres this summer.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El presidente electo Donald Trump está redoblando sus esfuerzos para asegurar que el exrepresentante Matt Gaetz sea confirmado como secretario de Justicia, llamando directamente a algunos senadores para hablar del republicano de Florida y pedirles su respaldo, dijeron a CNN dos fuentes familiarizadas con el esfuerzo. Ninguna de las dos fuentes
Continue ReadingBy Dawn Sawyer, CNN (CNN) — The elusive deep-water oarfish – considered to be a harbinger of bad news – was spotted yet again on the shores of Encinitas, California. It was the state’s third spotting of the species in the last three months, and only the 22nd over the past century. The 9-foot oarfish
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– La vicepresidenta de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, anunció este lunes en una cadena nacional que 11 personas están detenidas por el incendio en un gasoducto de la empresa estatal Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) ocurrido el 11 de noviembre en el estado Monagas, en el oriente del país, que dejó un saldo
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — Two women testified to the House Ethics Committee that they were paid for “sexual favors” by former Rep. Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, a lawyer for the two women told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday. Additionally, one of the women testified to
Continue ReadingBy Pauline Lockwood, Hira Humayun, and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Nearly one hundred aid trucks were looted in southern Gaza on Saturday in what UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, has described as “one of the worst” incidents of its kind. Of the 109 trucks carrying food supplies for UNRWA and the World
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