Fires in Brazil threaten jaguars, houses and plants in the world’s largest tropical wetlands
By LUCAS DUMPHREYS and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press POCONE, BRAZIL (AP) — Firefighters in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands earlier this month…
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Deschutes County road construction update: Week of Nov. 19-25
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Here is Deschutes County’s road construction update for the week of Nov. 19-25. Hunnell Road: Loco Road to Tumalo Road…
Continue ReadingFar-right outsider Javier Milei wins Argentina’s presidency
By Stefano Pozzebon, David Shortell, Abel Alvarado, Eva Rothenberg and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Javier Milei won Argentina’s presidential…
Continue ReadingCongo’s presidential candidates kick off campaigning a month before election
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and a politician hoping to…
Continue ReadingAlabama police chief says department policies violated in fatal shooting of Black man outside home
DECATUR, Ala. An Alabama police chief says he believes department policies were violated when an officer shot and killed a man in his front yard…
Continue ReadingNTSB investigators focus on ‘design problem’ with braking system after Chicago commuter train crash
CHICAGO (AP) — Federal safety officials investigating a Chicago commuter train crash that injured nearly 40 people when it slammed into…
Continue Reading32 killed in attacks in the Abyei region, which is disputed between Sudan and South Sudan
By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Heavy fighting in a disputed region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan has killed at…
Continue ReadingHollywood’s feast and famine before Thanksgiving, as ‘Hunger Games’ prequel tops box office
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” topped the North American box office in its first weekend…
Continue ReadingDeSantis won’t condemn Musk for endorsing an antisemitic post. ‘I did not see the comment,’ he says
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is refusing to condemn Elon Musk’s post…
Continue ReadingEmma Stone to host ‘Saturday Night Live’ for fifth time
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Emma Stone will finally join the Five-Timers Club when she hosts the upcoming episode of “Saturday Night…
Continue ReadingBen Dunne, an Irish supermarket heir who survived an IRA kidnapping and a scandal, dies at 74
LONDON (AP) — An Irish businessman who survived a kidnapping by the IRA and triggered a scandal that shook Ireland’s politics has died.…
Continue ReadingThe Bidens start Thanksgiving early by serving dinner and showing ‘Wonka’ to service members
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden visited naval installations in Virginia on Sunday to kick off the…
Continue ReadingHeartbreak for Kohli and India as Australia wins the Cricket World Cup for 6th time. Head hits 137
By CHETAN NARULA Associated Press AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Australia has won the Cricket World Cup for a record-extending sixth time. Australia…
Continue Reading‘All I wanted to do was live’: After years of debate, a suicide safety net for the Golden Gate Bridge is nearing completion. Survivors say it’ll give many a 2nd chance at life
Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — On September 25, 2000, Kevin Hines climbed over the rail of the Golden Gate Bridge. White fog hung below the gray…
Continue ReadingA toddler accidentally fires his mother’s gun in Walmart, police say. She now faces charges
WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — Police say a mother is facing a child endangerment charge after her toddler found a gun in her purse and accidentally fired it…
Continue ReadingAn orphaned teenager who was taken to Russia early in the Ukraine war is back home with relatives
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An orphaned Ukrainian teenager who was taken to Russia last year during the war in his country returned home on his 18th…
Continue ReadingSenate Democratic campaign chairman seeks to defy odds amid Manchin retirement and sets sights on Cruz and Scott
By Manu Raju and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Gary Peters already had what seemed like an impossible task: Holding Democrats’ razor-thin…
Continue ReadingYemen’s Houthi rebels hijack an Israeli-linked ship in the Red Sea and take 25 crew members hostage
By ISABEL DEBRE and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have seized an Israeli-linked ship in a…
Continue ReadingMiss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios wins Miss Universe crown
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Miss Nicaragua, Sheynnis Palacios, has won the Miss Universe competition in El Salvador, the first to wear the…
Continue ReadingK-12 schools improve protection against online attacks, but many are vulnerable to ransomware gangs
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some K-12 public schools are racing to improve protection against the threat of online…
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