Russia claims Selydove as concern rises over N. Korean troops
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Moscow said Tuesday it had seized the war-battered mining town of Selydove in eastern Ukraine where Kyiv’s forces are buckling and as concern grows in Kyiv and abroad over North...
View ArticleMexican Supreme Court justice resigns amid controversial judicial reform
MEXICO CITY (CN) — Supreme Court Justice Alfredo Gutiérrez Ortiz Mena announced his resignation Tuesday in a letter to Mexico’s Senate citing a controversial judicial reform it passed in September....
View ArticleUS ports receive $3 billion in competitive grants to switch to clean energy
(CN) — The Biden administration on Tuesday awarded $3 billion in competitive grants to U.S. ports from the East Coast to the West Coast as part of its program to transition terminal operations and...
View ArticleIn ‘Ibelin’ and ‘Grand Theft Hamlet,’ video game realms draw filmmakers with...
NEW YORK (AP) — Film productions often wrestle with shifts in the weather, the threat of the crew going into overtime or the fading of a day’s light. Less common are concerns over the cast slipping...
View ArticleIn a first since 1938, Des Moines, Iowa, kids will trick-or-treat on Halloween
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For the first time since 1938, children in Des Moines, Iowa, will go trick-or-treating on Halloween. Going door-to-door for candy on All Hallows’ Eve has long been commonplace...
View ArticleFamily releases video showing final moments before Black man’s death in...
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who died after he was placed in a spit hood and restrained in a Missouri prison was motionless for nearly 10 minutes before a nurse checked on him, prison video...
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‘This is not who we are’: Steps from the White House, Harris delivers plea...
WASHINGTON (CN) — Vice President Kamala Harris made her final case for the White House Tuesday, telling supporters during a packed rally on the National Mall that handing former President Donald Trump...
View ArticleSeattle city attorney sued over barring elected judge from hearing criminal...
SEATTLE (CN) — The Seattle City Attorney’s Office is facing a lawsuit in which voters and a coalition of community groups accuse it of abusing prosecutorial discretion for “effectively removing” an...
View ArticleCatholic hospital to provide emergency abortions after California attorney...
EUREKA, Calif. (CN) — A Catholic hospital in Northern California will now provide emergency abortion care to its patients following a lawsuit by California Attorney General Rob Bonta. Bonta’s office...
View ArticleSupreme Court lets Virginia purge 1,600 voters
WASHINGTON (CN) — In an apparent 6-3 decision on Wednesday, the Supreme Court granted Virginia’s emergency request to toss 1,600 people off the state’s voter rolls, days before Election Day. The...
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Macron’s Morocco visit turns the page on years of hostility
MARSEILLE, France (CN) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s speech in Morocco’s Parliament this week prompted a standing ovation from a government that just months earlier was on bad terms with...
View ArticleRecent whale deaths highlight risks from Antarctica’s booming krill fishery
MIAMI (AP) — Two humpback whales were found dead and another seriously injured this year in huge nets used to collect krill for fishmeal and omega-3 pills near Antarctica, The Associated Press has...
View ArticleHow Mexican cartels manage the flow of migrants on their way to the US border
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — The first place where many migrants sleep after entering Mexico from Guatemala is inside a large structure, a roof above and fenced-in sides on a rural ranch. They call...
View ArticleTexas targets gender care doc
TERRELL, Texas — A Texas doctor faces a lawsuit from the state for providing puberty blockers and other gender-affirming medical services to minors, which is illegal in Texas under a 2023 law. Attorney...
View ArticleFor ‘A Real Pain,’ Jesse Eisenberg learned to embrace the chaos of Kieran...
(AP) — Jesse Eisenberg did not know Kieran Culkin was about to drop out of his movie. It was just a few weeks before shooting was about to begin on “A Real Pain,” and Eisenberg and much of the crew...
View ArticleProsecutors in Bob Lee murder trial show footage reportedly of stabbing
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — The trial of Nima Momeni, a tech worker accused of fatally stabbing Cash App founder Bob Lee, entered its third week in San Francisco Superior Court Wednesday with the prosecution...
View ArticleAnonymous Diddy accuser
MANHATTAN — A federal judge in New York will not let a woman who accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her and threatening her life 20 years ago proceed with her lawsuit anonymously. While the...
View ArticleLA County sues Coke, Pepsi over plastic packaging
(CN) — Los Angeles County filed lawsuit Wednesday night against soda companies like Pepsico and Coca-Cola, claiming that their plastic packaging has contributed to public and environmental health...
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Is the USS Hornet the most haunted ship in America?
ALAMEDA, Calif. (CN) — Sitting in frigid Seaplane Lagoon off the coast of Alameda, the USS Hornet has had a storied history. One of only four such carriers left in the world, it served admirably in...
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French painkiller’s sale to US company sparks outrage over health sovereignty
MARSEILLE, France (CN) — The French pharmaceutical company Sanofi’s move to sell 50% of Opella, which produces the beloved painkiller Doliprane, to U.S. private equity firm CD&R has ignited...
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