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Year: 2024

Florida’s home insurer of last resort is in serious trouble. Will Milton put it over the edge?

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — An exodus of national insurance companies from Florida, combined with local private insurers canceling plans, has left many homeowners there with only one option: Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The state-backed nonprofit home insurance company was set up to be an insurer of last resort for those who

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In closing stretch, Trump is defying polls and betting that voters care more about immigration than the economy

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — At last month’s presidential debate, Donald Trump claimed violent migrant gangs were “taking over” Aurora, Colorado, amplifying and exaggerating a disputed rumor his supporters had spread across the internet in the days leading up to his nationally televised face-off with Kamala Harris. Now, the former president is set to

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ANÁLISIS | Obama, el “hombre de la esperanza y el cambio”, intenta cerrar un trato para Harris

Julia Hernández CNN)– Hace exactamente 16 años, un Barack Obama de aspecto imposiblemente joven recorría Ohio en una gira en autobús, electrizando a grandes multitudes y “cerrando el trato” rotundamente de su aplastante victoria electoral de 2008. Este jueves, en otra noche de octubre, el expresidente de 63 años volvía al escenario, con una inmensa

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Nobel Peace Prize given to Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo for its work against nuclear weapons

Associated Press The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons. Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the award was made as the “taboo against the use of nuclear weapons

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1 dead and 23 rescued after elevator issue at Colorado tourist mine left some trapped 1,000 feet underground for 6 hours

CNN, KUSA, KOAA, KRDO By Jeff Winter, Sarah Moon and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — One person has died and 23 people have been rescued after an elevator malfunction trapped them hundreds of feet underground at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine, a tourist mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado, officials said Thursday. At around noon Thursday,

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Russian and Iranian presidents meet as concerns grow over escalating Middle East attacks

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has met Iran’s president at a time when Tehran is supplying weapons for Moscow’s war in Ukraine and concerns are growing over escalating attacks between Israel and Iran and its militant allies. Russian state media say Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian discussed the situation in the

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Deschutes County commissioners to review appointment options after La Pine Park & Rec Board’s resignation

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Following Wednesday’s resignation of all five members of the La Pine Parks & Recreation District Board, the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners will fill the vacancies as required by state law, starting the process with a Monday afternoon meeting. While the park district is a separate governmental entity, ORS 198.320 directs the Board

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Peacekeepers’ safety in Lebanon ‘in jeopardy,’ UN official warns after Israeli fire injures two

By Niamh Kennedy, Saskya Vandoorne, Lauren Izso and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Concerns are mounting for the safety of United Nations peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon amid Israel’s ground incursion, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix warned on Thursday, after Israeli fire resulted in the injury of two UN troops. Briefing the UN Security Council

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A matter of trust: Bynum, Chavez-DeRemer spar, clash and tangle on many issues in KTVZ’s final Decision 2024 debate

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., and Democratic challenger Janelle Bynum in the hotly contested, closely watched Fifth Congressional race clashed, tangled and sparred on several issues during Thursday evening’s live Decision 2024 debate, each claiming to be the only one voters can really trust to work across the aisle.  “I am a

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