Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. researchers have concluded that China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor to power future aircraft carriers. Analysts reached the conclusion after poring over satellite images and public documents from a span of several recent years. China’s navy is already the world’s largest numerically, and it has been rapidly
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate since 2000 to win the majority-Arab city of Dearborn, Michigan. Voters say a last-minute visit from Trump to the city helped him beat Kamala Harris there by over 2,000 votes. Harris also lost neighboring Dearborn Heights. Trump had focused on Arab
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Four-year-old Hussein Mikdad survived an Israeli airstrike on his home in a Beirut suburb last month. His mother, three siblings and six relatives were killed. The boy is one of hundreds of Lebanese children wounded in the war that has intensified since September and has killed at least 100 children.
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — A complex international two-week-long game of climate change poker is convening. The stakes? Just the fate of an ever-warming world. Curbing and coping with climate change’s worsening heat, floods, droughts and storms will cost trillions of dollars and poor nations just don’t have it, numerous reports and experts
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Svitlana Vlasova and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Since September 1, the Ukrainian capital Kyiv has been spared from Russian drone attacks on just one night – October 14. Every other night, many of its 4.5 million residents have been woken by sirens and rushed to some form of shelter or hidden
Continue ReadingBy Angela Dewan and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — America’s allies and foes alike have spent the past five days speculating about what Donald Trump’s re-election will mean for their economies, security and the world’s grinding wars. Similar anxieties are brewing among diplomats gathering in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, on Monday for the COP29 climate talks
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — It wasn’t just the Dallas Cowboys’ blowout loss to the Philadelphia Eagles that made headlines on Sunday. It was the sun. The sun caused a stir following the 34-6 loss to their divisional rivals to drop the team’s record to 3-6. Cowboys’ wide receiver Ceedee Lamb voiced support for
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There are few images more indelible in the history of American dance: Judith Jamison, regal and passionate in white leotard and long ruffled skirt, punching the air in “Cry” — Alvin Ailey’s piercing solo about Black womanhood. That searing 1971 piece made her an international star. But it
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — After working at a crowded and dangerous internment camp in Iraq, Air Force Staff Sgt. Heather O’Brien brought home with her anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. A bouncy labradoodle and a Kansas City-area program helped her get back on her feet. Dogs 4 Valor, operated through the Olathe,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attorney representing a conservate prosecutor is struggling to convince Wisconsin’s liberal-leaning Supreme Court to reactivate the state’s 175-year-old abortion ban. Republicans have argued that the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe vs. Wade in 2022 reactivated the ban. But Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul won a ruling from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump says Tom Homan, his former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as “border czar” in his incoming administration. Trump made the announcement late Sunday on his Truth Social site. Homan is a tough-talking former Border Patrol agent who worked his way up to head Immigration
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jaren Jackson Jr. had 20 points and seven rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies routed the Portland Trail Blazers 134-89 on Sunday night. Jake LaRavia added 18 points off the bench for the Grizzlies, who led by as many as 45 points and has won five of their last
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Nature is all around, and with a forest surrounding Sunriver, it’s only natural to have to wait for a herd of elk to move along, as Paul Evenson shared with us Sunday. Share your own special sights from the Share tab.
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — The Singles’ Day shopping festival looks less attractive this year amid a sluggish economy, forcing e-commerce firms to look abroad for growth. Online service provider and e-commerce platform Alibaba started the now-famous event on Nov. 11, 2009, offering attractive discounts to entice shoppers to spend more. The extravaganza,
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — El ataque armado a un bar en la capital del estado mexicano de Querétaro, que dejó este sábado un saldo preliminar de 10 personas muertas y 13 heridas, habría sido dirigido a presuntos delincuentes, dijo este domingo el alcalde de la municipalidad de Querétaro Felipe Fernando Macías, en un video publicado en
Continue ReadingCNN By Kaitlan Collins and Colin McCullough, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Sunday night that Tom Homan, who served as the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in his last administration, will be in charge of the nation’s borders. “I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Monday, led by those seen as benefiting the most from Donald Trump’s reelection as president, but drops for some high-profile Big Tech stocks kept indexes in check. The S&P 500 edged up by 0.1%, coming off its best week of the year following Trump’s victory
Continue ReadingBelén Liotti (CNN Español) –– Tras el anuncio gubernamental de un nuevo aumento de cortes de energía en Ecuador a 12 horas diarias realizado este sábado por el Ministerio de Energía se desató una serie de reacciones de rechazo, indignación y malestar entre la población y los sectores sociales y económicos del país. Ahora puedes
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has pledged to take tougher measures against misuse of political funds after he was reelected by parliament following a major loss in the polls last month by his governing coalition. Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner Komeito together lost a majority in the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Rep. David Schweikert has won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Arizona. Schweikert defeated Democratic former state Rep. Amish Shah in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District. It includes north Phoenix, Scottsdale, Fountain Hills and Paradise Valley. The Maricopa County district was a top target for Democrats, who narrowly missed
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