As a DJ, village priest in Portugal cues up faith and electronic dance music for global youth
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press LAÚNDOS, Portugal (AP) — Guilherme Peixoto, a village priest in northern Portugal, has been busy this…
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Stock market today: Wall Street rallies and adds to its strong gains in November
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rose sharply Friday, keeping November on track to be one of its best months of the…
Continue ReadingUS and India reaffirm security ties as their top diplomats and defense officials hold talks
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The top diplomats and defense chiefs from India and the United States have met in New Delhi to…
Continue ReadingMan is convicted of murder in deaths of 2 Dallas hospital workers and sentenced to life
By Jason Hanna and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — A man who authorities said shot and killed two Dallas hospital employees while he was visiting the…
Continue ReadingHedgehog’s spines, anteater’s snout: A long-lost mammal is rediscovered in Indonesia
Story by Reuters (CNN) — Scientists have rediscovered a long-lost species of mammal described as having the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of…
Continue ReadingHollywood’s strikes are over, but a painful industry-wide transition isn’t
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood’s months of labor unrest are coming to an end, but the post-strike landscape that awaits…
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Judge blocks enforcement of Portland’s daytime camping ban
PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — A judge on Thursday placed a temporary hold on the enforcement of Portland’s daytime ban on homeless camps that was slated…
Continue ReadingSaterfield’s 14 lead Portland State past UCSB 82-76
By The Associated Press SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Jorell Saterfield scored 14 points as Portland State beat UCSB 82-76 on Thursday. Saterfield…
Continue ReadingThe Great Grift: COVID-19 aid thieves bought fancy cars, a Pokemon card – even a private island
By RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press YANKEETOWN, Fla. (AP) — A freshwater spring bubbles amid the mangroves, cabbage palms and red cedars on…
Continue ReadingOctober 7 was the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. The Shoah Foundation is now documenting it
By Nick Watt, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — “Every year at school in Israel we used to get a lecture from a Holocaust survivor,” said Tomer…
Continue ReadingJewish refugees from Israel find comfort and companionship in a countryside camp in Hungary
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BALATONOSZOD, Hungary (AP) — Zusha Pletnyov left his home in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk in 2014, when…
Continue ReadingFrench far-right leader Marine Le Pen raises a storm over her plan to march against antisemitism
By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has set off a cacophony of criticism over her plans to attend…
Continue Reading96-year-old Korean War veteran still attempting to get Purple Heart medal after 7 decades
By STEVE KARNOWSKI, MARK VANCLEAVE and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) — Earl Meyer remembers in vivid detail when his…
Continue ReadingSan Francisco bidding to reverse image of a city in decline as host of APEC trade summit
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — World leaders, CEOS, protesters and thousands of others will soon descend on San Francisco for a…
Continue ReadingDisputes over safety, cost swirl a year after California OK’d plan to keep last nuke plant running
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than a year after California endorsed a proposal to extend the lifespan of its last…
Continue ReadingClashes over Israel-Hamas war shatter students’ sense of safety on US college campuses
By KEVIN McGILL, STEPHEN SMITH and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As a Jewish student, Eden Roth always has felt safe and…
Continue ReadingPalestinian soccer team prepares for World Cup qualifying games against a backdrop of war
By JOHN DUERDEN Associated Press Makram Daboub may be struggling to prepare his Palestinian team for the start of 2026 World Cup qualification but he…
Continue ReadingSZA leads the 2024 Grammy nominations as women outpace men in the leading categories
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Killing her ex? That’s a bad idea. Writing “Kill Bill” and releasing her critically…
Continue Reading‘We are totally ready’: Ukraine prepares for fresh Russian attacks on energy as winter nears
By Victoria Butenko, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Oleksandr Gindyuk is determined not to be caught off guard if electricity supplies fail…
Continue ReadingRussia parades Ukrainian war prisoners as ‘volunteers’ for its army in apparent violation of international law
By Anna Chernova and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN (CNN) — A group of former Ukrainian servicemen, including prisoners of war, have “volunteered” to…
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