At least 46 killed in Taiwanese apartment building inferno
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Officials say at least 46 people were killed and another 41 injured after a fire broke out…
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Japan PM dissolves lower house for Oct. 31 national election
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has dissolved the lower house of parliament for Japan’s first…
Continue ReadingRobert Durst sentenced to life in best friend’s murder
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — New York real estate heir Robert Durst has been sentenced to life in prison without a chance of…
Continue ReadingDespite soothing words, the Taliban are much as they were
By Nic Robertson and Tim Lister, CNN The Taliban are the most unlikely of populists: brutal, myopic, the epitome of intolerance. During five years in…
Continue ReadingIn Mexico, children as young as 10 recruited by drug cartels
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Jacobo grew up in the western Mexico state of Jalisco, home to the Jalisco New Generation…
Continue ReadingCalifornia highway reopens but fire still a threat to homes
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A key Southern California highway closed for days because of a wildfire was reopened Thursday evening but authorities…
Continue ReadingBali reopens to foreign travelers as COVID-19 surge subsides
By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — The Indonesian resort island of Bali has reopened for international travelers to…
Continue ReadingBali reopens to foreign travelers as COVID-19 surge subsides
By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — The Indonesian resort island of Bali has reopened for international travelers to…
Continue ReadingTexas state website that included LGBTQ resources disabled after governor’s Republican primary challenger criticized its content
By Raja Razek and Carma Hassan, CNN The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) disabled a website with resources for LGBTQ youth…
Continue ReadingParents say Walgreens mistakenly injected them and their two kids with the Covid-19 vaccine instead of flu shot
By Amy Simonson and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Joshua and Alexandra Price say they and their two children were mistakenly given the Covid-19 vaccine…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand businessman sent to jail for child abuse images
SYDNEY (AP) — One of New Zealand’s best-known businessmen Ron Brierley has been sentenced in a Sydney court to 14 months in prison for possessing…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand businessman sent to jail for child abuse images
SYDNEY (AP) — One of New Zealand’s best-known businessmen Ron Brierley has been sentenced in a Sydney court to 14 months in prison for possessing…
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Northern lights’ faint appearance in C.O. skies is ‘just the beginning’
Earlier this week, at least one cold Central Oregonian was lucky enough to capture the Northern Lights at Sparks Lake through a camera lens.…
Continue ReadingYellowstone sets September and year-to-date attendance records
By Forrest Brown, CNN Yellowstone National Park has done it again. After setting an attendance record in August of more than 920,000 recreational…
Continue ReadingFDA to take up Moderna, J&J Covid-19 booster questions, including mix-and-match shots
By Maggie Fox and Jen Christensen, CNN Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration meet Thursday and Friday of this week to tackle the…
Continue ReadingEste Halloween va a ser una fiesta como nunca en EE.UU.
Ángela Reyes (CNN Business) — El año pasado, Halloween incluyó toboganes de dulces caseros —tuberías que permitían a las personas dar…
Continue ReadingIn Japanese court, 5 ask N. Korea to pay for their suffering
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court is hearing from five people who say they were promised “paradise on Earth” in…
Continue ReadingFire destroys school in small eastern Washington town
ALMIRA, Wash. (AP) — A fire has destroyed a school in an eastern Washington town. Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers says the fire at Almira…
Continue ReadingAdele says her new album, ’30,’ is being released Nov. 19
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Adele has been gone from the public spotlight, musically speaking, since after the release…
Continue ReadingAs Covid cases drop in Georgia and Florida, some states with colder weather see an increase
CNN By Madeline Holcombe and Amir Vera, CNN Southern states, many of which have been hotspots, are now starting to see a decrease in Covid-19 cases…
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