Azerbaijan and Armenia agree to prisoner swap and to work towards peace deal
By Angela Dewan, CNN (CNN) — Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed to a prisoner exchange, and to work towards normalizing ties and a peace…
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Wyden cosponsors bill to create Workforce Housing Tax Credit, boost supply of middle-income housing
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta,…
Continue ReadingAustralia swelters under extreme heat as rare early cyclone barrels toward northern coast
By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A tropical cyclone has rapidly intensified off the northern coast of Australia as millions across the country endure…
Continue Reading3 Alabama officers are fired and 1 is suspended after fatal shooting of a man during vehicle repossession
By Aya Elamroussi and Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Three officers in Alabama were fired and another was suspended without pay in connection to…
Continue ReadingBloodshed, fear, hunger, desperation: Palestinians try to survive war’s new chapter in southern Gaza
By ISABEL DEBRE, SAMY MAGDY and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The roads are so ravaged that the dead and wounded arrive by…
Continue ReadingItaly quits Belt and Road plan as Europe rethinks China relations
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Italy, the only G7 country to join China’s flagship Belt and Road Initiative, will leave the global…
Continue ReadingWhat is Bodhi Day? And when do Buddhists celebrate it?
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press Buddhists around the world are celebrating Bodhi Day. Also called Buddha’s Enlightenment Day, it commemorates…
Continue ReadingRecorded 911 calls underscore the real time terror of the deadly Las Vegas university shooting
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fire alarms blared in the background of recorded 911 calls that police released of terrified…
Continue ReadingHouston has a population that’s young. Its next mayor, set to be elected in a runoff, won’t be
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A mayoral runoff Saturday between state Sen. John Whitmire, 74, and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee,…
Continue ReadingIndonesia’s youth clean up trash from waterways, but more permanent solutions are still elusive
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — At a lake in the West Javan city of Bogor, children and teenagers paddle toward piles of…
Continue ReadingFederal judge prohibits separating migrant families at US border for 8 years
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday prohibited the separation of families at the border for purposes of…
Continue ReadingHigh-profile attacks on Derek Chauvin and Larry Nassar put spotlight on violence in federal prisons
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press Derek Chauvin was stabbed nearly two dozen times in the law library at a federal prison in…
Continue ReadingThe Census Bureau wants to change how it asks about disabilities. Some advocates don’t like it
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The U.S. Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, and some advocates are complaining…
Continue ReadingTaiwan says it spotted a Chinese surveillance balloon as the island’s election nears
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says it has spotted a Chinese surveillance balloon in the Taiwan Strait along with a…
Continue ReadingAttention all Barbz: Nicki Minaj releases ‘Pink Friday 2,’ 13 years after the original
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nicki Minaj’s highly anticipated fifth studio album, “Pink Friday 2,” is here. Out…
Continue ReadingFree toy store in Nashville gives families the dignity of choice while shopping for holiday gifts
By KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When country music star Brad Paisley and his wife, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley,…
Continue ReadingSolid US hiring lowers unemployment rate in latest sign of a still-sturdy job market
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a healthy 199,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell,…
Continue ReadingChronic fatigue syndrome is more common than some past studies suggest, CDC says
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials on Friday released the first nationally representative estimate of how many U.S.…
Continue ReadingDrought vs deluge: Florida’s unusual rainfall totals either too little or too much on each coast
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — In Florida, this year has been a tale of two states as far as rainfall totals, with…
Continue ReadingAt COP28, pageantry is over and negotiations get intense; ‘It’s go time’ to save planet in peril
By SETH BORENSTEIN, DAVID KEYTON and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Teams of veteran negotiators fanned out…
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