Digging up rap’s roots: How African rhythms birthed American hip-hop
By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s,…
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Digging up rap’s roots: How African rhythms birthed American hip-hop
CNN By Lauren Lee, CNN (CNN) — Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late…
Continue ReadingMigrant dies and another is in critical condition after boat partially deflates in English Channel
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — One person died Friday and another is in critical condition after a boat carrying more than 60 migrants…
Continue ReadingKremlin foe Navalny was moved from a prison east of Moscow, his allies say, but new site is unclear
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Allies of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny said his lawyer was told in court…
Continue ReadingIsraeli military says it mistakenly killed 3 Israeli hostages in battle-torn part of Gaza
By NAJIB JOBAIN, JACK JEFFERY and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops mistakenly shot three hostages to death…
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Oregon National Guard’s Youth ChalleNGe program graduates over 140 cadets at Redmond ceremony
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Youth ChalleNGe Program graduated over 150 cadets from their 22-week program at the Deschutes County Fair &…
Continue Reading2 attacks launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels strike container ships in vital Red Sea corridor
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels slammed into a cargo…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street closes out its 7th straight winning week with a quiet finish
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street drifted through mixed trading on Friday to put a quiet end to another rocking week. The…
Continue ReadingSexton and Fonteccio lead short-handed Jazz to 122-114 win over Trail Blazers
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Collin Sexton scored 27 points, Simone Fonteccio had 24 and the Utah Jazz beat the struggling Portland Trail Blazers 122-114…
Continue ReadingMore than 100 injured in a Beijing rail collision as heavy snow hits the Chinese capital
BEIJING (AP) — Two subway trains have collided in heavy snow in Beijing, sending 515 people to the hospital, including 102 with broken bones.…
Continue ReadingA rescue dog without paws is getting boots for Christmas
By Rhea Mogul, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Some cases are so awful that dog rescuer Catherine Lumsden doesn’t have the words to express how angry…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea to see population plummet to 1970s levels, government says
By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea, the country with the world’s lowest birth rate, expects it to fall…
Continue ReadingGunmen kill 11 people, wound 8 others in an attack on a police station in Iran, state TV says
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected members of a separatist group killed 11 people and wounded eight others in a nighttime attack on a…
Continue ReadingTexas Longhorn who snarled New Jersey train service will spend his remaining days in an animal sanctuary
CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Jessica Moskowitz, CNN (CNN) — A rambunctious steer who wandered onto the tracks at Newark’s Penn Station and…
Continue ReadingLiberals seek ouster from Wisconsin judicial ethics panel of Trump lawyer who advised fake electors
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Liberals are calling for former President Donald Trump’s Wisconsin lawyer to step down from…
Continue ReadingA US pine species thrives when burnt. Southerners are rekindling a ‘fire culture’ to boost its range
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America WEST END, N.C. (AP) — As the U.S. tries to restore a key forest ecosystem in the Southeast,…
Continue ReadingHong Kong police issue new cash bounties for self-exiled activists, including a US citizen
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong police on Thursday placed HK$1 million ($128,000) bounties on five more democracy activists…
Continue ReadingCanadian man charged with murder in sprawling international investigation into ‘suicide kits’ sold online
By Lindsay Isaac and Paula Newton, CNN (CNN) — They live an ocean apart from one another but now share a bond of anguish and outrage over the…
Continue ReadingHow the US keeps funding Ukraine’s military — even as it says it’s out of money
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has been increasingly pressuring Congress to pass stalled legislation to…
Continue ReadingVermont, ranked as one of the safest states, sees dramatic spike in gun violence
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The recent shootings of three college students of Palestinian descent in Vermont’s largest…
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