Over the past few years, numerous towns in Italy have resorted to selling homes for just over a dollar in a bid to revitalize their dwindling communities. Zungoli near Naples and Sicily’s Sambuca were the most recent Italian destinations to get in on the act, launching schemes promoting dilapidated properties for just over a dollar
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What does triumph feel like? If we really, really want something, we often spend a lot of time — days, years — fantasizing about how we’ll react when we finally reach that mountaintop. Will we cheer? Laugh? Raise our hands up high? I had one of those moments this week, and you know what happened?
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Ninety-four days from the Iowa caucuses, the Democratic presidential contenders each got 12 minutes to try to impress likely voters on the state party’s biggest night of the year. The Iowa Democratic Party’s Liberty and Justice Celebration — the renamed former Jefferson-Jackson Dinner — once helped launch then-Sen. Barack Obama ahead of Hillary Clinton in
Continue Reading The state of California could take over Pacific Gas and Electric if the utility company does not pull itself out of bankruptcy by the middle of next year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a news conference Friday. “PG&E as we know it may or may not be able to figure this out. If they
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EL PASO, Texas — A drunk driver going the wrong way on Loop 375 in his SUV is to blame for a late night, head-on crash that claimed the life of another motorist, El Paso police said Monday. Authorities indicated 42-year-old Esteban Israel Lopez has been charged with intoxication manslaughter in the wake of Friday
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A multistate salmonella outbreak has sickened 10 people and caused one death, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The outbreak is believed to be connected to ground beef. So far no one supplier has been linked to the outbreak. People who have been sick reported eating different brands, purchased from several
Continue Reading Country singer Chely Wright revealed that she suffered a stroke after her 48th birthday. In a Twitter post urging women to know the signs of the disease, the singer said she had a migraine for three days last year shortly after she turned 48. After dropping her sons off to school, she went to the
Continue Reading In their book “She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement,” journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey detail how their reporting on the Harvey Weinstein case inspired women across the country to come forward with their own stories. But while the hashtag that originated with activist Tarana Burke went viral after
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CHICAGO, Illinois — A 15-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder in the shooting of 7-year-old girl who was out trick-or-treating on Halloween, according to police. The teen is scheduled to appear in court Saturday to face two counts of attempted first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery in the shooting, which also
Continue Reading A pronoun is never just a pronoun. It always points to something bigger. On this one essential fact we can all agree. That was the starting point in Allison Hope’s recent column. Writing at CNN, Hope sought to discredit Peter Vlaming, a public high school teacher in West Point, Virginia, who was fired by his
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces police were investigating the “suspicious death” of a 49-year-old man found Friday in a mobile home at a trailer park. Neighbors in the 300 block of Karen Avenue said William Dean was the victim of an apparent stabbing. Police would not discuss the cause of Dean’s death pending
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Energy Secretary Rick Perry will not participate in a closed-door deposition with impeachment investigators but would consider testifying in an open hearing, according to the Department of Energy. “The Secretary will not partake in a secret star chamber inquisition where agency counsel is forbidden to be present,” department spokesperson Shaylyn Hynes said in a statement
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Nota del editor: Ganador del Premio Marta Brunet por la novela Allegados (2017) y profesor del Campus Creativo de la Universidad Andrés Bello. Su nueva novela que será publicada próximamente se llama “Casa Propia”. (CNN Español) — Leo los titulares de matutinos chilenos con la noticia de que a excancilleres les preocupa la imagen país
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A top White House official told lawmakers he tried to find out whether President Donald Trump told a key US diplomat he wanted Ukraine to investigate the Bidens, multiple sources familiar with his closed-door impeachment inquiry deposition on Capitol Hill told CNN. His actions show concern inside the White House about the extent of the
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A wildfire erupted overnight in the hills above communities in Southern California’s Ventura County, forcing evacuations for thousands of people even as weather conditions may be improving for firefighters battling blazes across the state. The Maria Fire broke out Thursday night on a mountain between the communities of Santa Paula and Somis, and raced downhill,
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Turn on the BBC America cable channel on any given Saturday from now on, and you’ll see natural history programs like “Blue Planet.” The channel is adopting a new name, Wonderstruck, on Saturdays only, and “counter-programming the world with the world,” Sarah Barnett says. Barnett, the president of both the AMC Networks Entertainment Group and
Continue Reading Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have set themselves apart from the Democratic presidential field in explicitly advocating Medicare for All proposals. Under their plans, an expanded Medicare system would fully cover everyone in the country. There would be no co-pays, deductibles and premiums — and no private insurance. Warren has repeatedly been asked how
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Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas ended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, telling supporters he couldn’t raise enough money to remain competitive with his party’s leading 2020 contenders. He announced his exit hours before Iowa Democrats began their biggest evening of the year — with most of the party’s presidential field
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EL PASO, Texas — At least one person was injured after a police cruiser, a city bus and another car collided in south central El Paso on Friday evening. The crash happened just after 6 p.m. along Alameda Avenue near S. Estrella Street. Traffic investigators had a lengthy stretch of Alameda blocked off as they
Continue Reading Premiums are dropping. Insurers are returning. Congressional Republicans have largely ended their repeal efforts. Obamacare is looking healthier as its seventh open enrollment period begins Friday, even as the nation’s uninsured rate has begun to tick up and a federal appeals court considers a case that could invalidate the entire law. Many consumers signing up
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A juvenile is a primary suspect in the shooting of a 7-year-old trick-or-treater in Chicago that left the girl in critical condition, a police spokesman said. Detectives also recovered a firearm that may be connected to the shooting, Chicago police chief communications officer Anthony Guglielmi said via Twitter. “Criminal charges pending. Excellent work by detectives
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EL PASO, Texas — Nanette Lattimer-Gamboa can’t do her job without her hands. When she began suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, her work, as a licensed massage therapist, was put at risk. “I was at the point where I was going to quit doing massages because it was getting super painful,” she said. Nanette wanted a
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President Donald Trump appeared Friday to name Chad Wolf, an official at the Department of Homeland Security, as the agency’s acting secretary, three weeks after Kevin McAleenan submitted his resignation to the White House. Speaking to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, Trump was asked about the vacancy. “Is Chad Wolf going
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The original “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” was a hit with both critics and comic book fans when it was released in 2018. Now, fans of the Oscar-winning film have a little something to look forward to. The franchise announced the sequel Friday to the pure delight of fans everywhere. The new movie is set to
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EL PASO, Texas — As the entire nation experiences a shortage of a drug that fights cancer in children, El Paso children worry about missed treatments. “It’s kind of scary because this is a drug that she needs every four weeks, because she is high risk,” said Sandra Ozaeta. Ten-year-old Hailee Ozaeta has been battling
Continue Reading (CNN) — En una entrevista con el Washington Examiner el jueves, el presidente Donald Trump planteó una idea. “En algún momento, me voy a sentar, tal vez como una charla junto a la chimenea en la televisión en vivo, y leeré la transcripción de la llamada, porque la gente tiene que escucharla”, dijo sobre su
Continue Reading An Indiana woman found dead with an 8-foot python snake wrapped around her neck died from asphyxiation, officials said Friday. The snake was a reticulated python, which is native to southeast Asia and is considered to be the longest snake in the world. The Benton County dispatch in Oxford, Indiana, received a 911 call Wednesday
Continue Reading Sen. Kamala Harris is closing three of her four presidential campaign offices in New Hampshire and has fired all her field organizers in the state as she homes in on her struggling campaign in Iowa, an aide tells CNN. The California Democrat is closing her offices in Nashua, Portsmouth and Keene. Her Manchester headquarters will
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Click here for updates on this story SALEM, OR (KPTV) — Deputies are investigating a report of a man in a ski mask attacking an 18-year-old jogger in rural Marion County. The teen and his family told deputies he was jogging in the area of Taylor Park Road and Mobley Lane Southeast outside of Lyons
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