Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The government of Congo has canceled an auction for 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration, citing late submissions and a lack of competition. The country’s oil minister says a new auction for the sites, known as oil blocks, will be held but he hasn’t announced a date. The 27
Continue ReadingAndrea Gomez (CNN) — Un hombre de Carolina del Norte fue arrestado durante el fin de semana por supuestamente amenazar con dañar a los empleados de FEMA que respondieron al huracán Helene, según la Oficina del Sheriff del condado de Rutherford. William Jacob Parsons, de 44 años, fue arrestado y acusado de ir armado para
Continue ReadingBy Veronica Haynes Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — Hundreds of workers at two more busy downtown Boston hotels will walk off the job and onto the picket line Monday as part of an ongoing contract dispute. UNITE HERE Local 26 said Monday that 685 workers from the Omni Parker House
Continue ReadingWCVB By Veronica Haynes Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WCVB) — Hundreds of workers at two more busy downtown Boston hotels will walk off the job and onto the picket line Monday as part of an ongoing contract dispute. UNITE HERE Local 26 said Monday that 685 workers from the Omni Parker
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN Español) — En un hecho sin precedentes por tratarse de la demanda de un Gobierno extranjero, la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos, a solicitud de siete fabricantes de armas, incluyendo Smith & Wesson, y la distribuidora Interstate Arms, decidirá si una ley federal impedirá que México las demande por supuestamente proveer las
Continue ReadingFULTON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a Texas man shot and wounded two deputies during a traffic stop before they returned fire and killed him. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy initiated a traffic stop around 3:35 a.m. Monday on Interstate 70. A second deputy arrived a short time later. Deputies learned that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MWEA, Kenya (AP) — Kenya is moving 50 elephants from a national reserve to a larger park after overpopulation overwhelmed the ecosystem, in what has been hailed as a conservation success. The elephant population in the 16-square-mile Mwea National Reserve has thrived from the reserve’s capacity of 50 to a whopping 156. On
Continue ReadingAP Pro Football Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson had successful surgery to repair a fractured tibia and fibula he sustained against the Dallas Cowboys. The Lions announced Monday morning that Hutchinson had the surgery at Baylor White Medical Center in the Dallas area. He will return to Detroit this
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel says he expects Tua Tagovailoa to play football this season after suffering his latest concussion earlier this year. Tagovailoa has had multiple concussions in his NFL career, with the most recent coming after the Dolphins QB dove for a first down and took
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Black state lawmakers in Michigan have called on the state’s attorney general and a county prosecutor to investigate Tom Barrett, a GOP candidate for the US House, over a newspaper advertisement in a Black-owned newspaper that listed the wrong date for Election Day. The complaint from
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Your nose may be more powerful than you think. In a single sniff, the human sense of smell can distinguish odors within a fraction of a second, working at a level of sensitivity that is “on par” with how our brains perceive color, “refuting the widely held belief that
Continue ReadingBy Sam Tupper, CNN (CNN) — After years of continuously rising opioid overdoses, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that overdose deaths decreased 3% in 2023, the first annual decrease since 2018. A new study shows how the increased administration of naloxone by non-medical laypersons – or bystanders with little to no medical training – could be one
Continue ReadingAP Congressional Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries crisscrossed Southern California over the weekend as his party works to wrest control of the U.S. House from Republicans. Jeffries rallied in communities far from the presidential battlegrounds, in Little Saigon in Orange County and the high desert of Los Angeles County. California is
Continue ReadingAssociated Press As Native Americans across the U.S. come together on Monday for Indigenous Peoples Day to celebrate their history and culture and acknowledge the ongoing challenges they face, many will do so with a focus on the election. From a voting rally in Minneapolis featuring food, games and raffles to a public talk about
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada said it has identified India’s top diplomat in the country as a person of interest in the assassination of a Sikh activist there and expelled him and five other diplomats Monday, in an escalating dispute over the June 2023 killing and allegations of other crimes. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — When you go through the chore of cleaning your home, you hope the end result is a safer, healthier environment for you and your loved ones. But some of the products you are using might put your health at risk. “Many people assume that when you’re buying something on
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Spike Lee had a memorable first trip to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Michael Jordan welcomed a couple newcomers to it. Jordan greeted Vince Carter and Doug Collins, members of the Hall’s class of 2024, when he saw them during a ceremony Saturday night. Lee
Continue ReadingBy Johannes Sasay-Wada, CNN (CNN) — It felt as though sporting history was being made everywhere you looked this past weekend. On Sunday, we saw the fastest marathon ever run by a woman, while a hometown hero helped to equalize a 50-year record in the MLB playoffs. That’s not to mention a WNBA Finals record
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A dramatic pattern shift is bringing the chilliest air since spring to millions of people in the central and eastern United States, making areas that have struggled so far to shed lingering warmth feel more like November than October. Extended periods of fall chill have been hard to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A new report from Rutgers University estimates that about 40.2 million eligible voters in the quickly approaching U.S. presidential election are disabled. The voting bloc is growing as the U.S. population ages. But voters and advocates say the hurdles that make people feel excluded from the electoral process aren’t being addressed. That ranges
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