WCVB, FAMILY HANDOUT , COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, CNN By Mary Saladna and Veronica Haynes Click here for updates on this story CANTON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A Massachusetts man convicted as a teen of killing a 14-year-old classmate “for the heck of it” in Canton has been granted parole — 37 years after he was sent
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Health officials say it’s important to get flu and COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the holidays when respiratory bugs tend to spread. While virus numbers are not high right now in the U.S., health experts say COVID-19 tends to jump in the winter months, a rise that usually starts around
Continue ReadingAssociated Press EVESHAM, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters are battling blazes in the parched New Jersey Pinelands, where they say conditions are the driest they have been in at least 120 years. A forest fire in the Philadelphia suburb of Evesham forced the evacuation of a dozen homes Thursday and was threatening dozens of other residences.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Republican Jeff Hurd has won the U.S. House seat in Colorado that Rep. Lauren Boebert left. Hurd’s victory fulfills the congresswoman’s hope that her mid-election departure from the race would make it easier for a different Republican to retain the seat after she nearly lost it in 2022. Hurd is a more mild-mannered
Continue ReadingBy Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump remains likely to allow Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to serve out the remainder of his term, which expires in May 2026, according to a senior adviser to Trump who requested anonymity to describe private conversations. The adviser cautioned that Trump could always change his
Continue ReadingRepublican Jeffrey Hurd won election to a U.S. House seat representing Colorado on Thursday, maintaining Republican control of the 3rd District seat now represented by GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert. Boebert, who nearly lost her seat to Democrat Adam Frisch in 2022, decided this year to run for former Republican Rep. Ken Buck’s vacant seat in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for state lawmakers to convene a special session in December to help safeguard the state’s progressive policies on climate change, reproductive rights and immigration ahead of another Trump presidency. The Thursday announcement comes a day after former President Donald Trump resoundingly defeated Vice
Continue ReadingBy Michael Williams, Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — For years, President Joe Biden has used a single phrase to diminish his onetime rival Donald Trump while signaling his own adherence to American political tradition: “You can’t love your country only when you win.” As Biden conceded his vice president’s loss to
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Moore Click here for updates on this story YEMASSEE, South Carolina (WYFF) — Dozens of monkeys are on the loose in South Carolina after escaping a research center. Update at 10:20 a.m. from Yemassee Police Department: Situation Update: We can confirm that 43 Rhesus macaque primates escaped the Alpha Genesis facility on Castle
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Dina Titus won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Nevada on Thursday. The Las Vegas district picked up Republican-leaning suburban areas after redistricting, turning it into a target for the GOP. But for the second election in a row, Titus defeated Republican Mark Robertson, a retired Army colonel. She has served seven
Continue ReadingBy Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Ibrahim Dahman, Kareem Khadder, Eyad Kourdi and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli airstrike on a multi-story building in northern Gaza killed at least 27 people, relief officials said, as the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders in the area, where it is mounting a major offensive. The home of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, and changes to queries about race and ethnicity, are on track to be on the questionnaire for the most comprehensive survey of American life by 2027. U.S. Census Bureau officials said Thursday that the new or revised questions on the American Community Survey will show up
Continue ReadingBELLAIRE, Mich. (AP) — A high-profile election official in Michigan has lost a write-in campaign to keep her job. Sheryl Guy has been the clerk in Antrim County, the cradle for unfounded election conspiracy theories back in 2020. At first, Guy had said she wouldn’t seek reelection. Then she decided to get in the race
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — La energía fue restablecida en algunas áreas de Cuba después de que el huracán Rafael azotara la isla el miércoles, causando un apagón nacional. Dos plantas eléctricas han sido parcialmente restauradas y áreas en el este y centro de Cuba, junto con partes de la muy afectada Pinar del
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges at the International Criminal Court have unsealed an arrest warrant for an alleged rebel from the Central African Republic accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity more than a decade ago. The warrant, which was originally issued under seal in 2018, says that Edmond Beina commanded a group
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Hours after former President Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, the Biden administration moved Wednesday to limit oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Oil drilling had been banned for decades in the Arctic refuge — a pristine natural region in northeast Alaska home
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Due to staffing issue, the Madras, Corvallis and Lakeview DMV offices will be closed Thursday, November 7. Much of the Oregon DMV’s services are available online.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin pledged to work with President-elect Donald Trump when possible in her victory speech, but also vowed to fight him to protect the national health care law and abortion rights. Baldwin narrowly won re-election to a third term over Republican businessman Eric Hovde, who
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Police say they have detained two people after someone repeatedly fired at cars on a busy highway near North Carolina’s capital this week, injuring one person. Several people reported gunfire on a stretch of Interstate 40 in Raleigh and Cary since Monday during the morning rush hour. One woman
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