By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s center-left forces have won big in Rome and most other significant mayoral races, dealing a heavy blow to right-wing parties that have been hoping to capture the premiership in the next national election. Roberto Gualtieri from Italy’s Democratic Party trounced a challenger backed by a party
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After making their relationship Instagram-official in February, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are now engaged.
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By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Kevin De Bruyne really wants to play in a second Champions League final because he barely remembers his first. The Manchester City midfielder sustained a fractured nose and eye socket during the 1-0 loss to Chelsea in Porto in May after colliding with Antonio Rudiger. A dazed De Bruyne
Continue Reading GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Officials at Grambling State University have blamed “outsiders” for a recent spate of violence on campus, including a shooting that left one person dead and seven others wounded. The shooting happened around 1 a.m. Sunday on the campus quad of the historically Black university. An indoor homecoming event was taking place
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The Federal Reserve reported Monday that U.S. industrial production fell 1.3% in September, much more than expected as the lingering effects of Hurricane Ida continue to stymie activity. It was the worst showing since February’s 3.1% decline, when severe winter storms hammered much of
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By Nectar Gan, CNN A murder suspect who garnered widespread sympathy from the Chinese public has died after more than a week on the run, triggering an outpouring of sadness and outrage on social media. Ou Jinzhong, who was accused of killing two neighbors and injuring three others in China’s southern Fujian province, killed himself
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CNN By Walé Azeez, CNN Business Facebook plans to hire up to 10,000 workers in Europe to build a “metaverse” that will combine virtual and augmented reality technologies in a new online realm. The US tech giant announced the recruitment drive on Sunday, saying it would take place over five years. Facebook said the investment
Continue Reading By Walé Azeez, CNN Business Facebook plans to hire up to 10,000 workers in Europe to build a “metaverse” that will combine virtual and augmented reality technologies in a new online realm. The US tech giant announced the recruitment drive on Sunday, saying it would take place over five years. Facebook said the investment was
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CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday mourned the loss of Colin Powell, describing him as a “dear friend” and a dedicated public servant who broke barriers as the first Black US secretary of state. “Colin Powell was a good man,” Biden said in a statement. “He will be remembered as one
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Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Business) — Apple está listo para iniciar su segundo evento de productos de la temporada, un mes después de presentar su nueva línea de iPhone 13. En un evento virtual este lunes a la 1 pm ET, se espera que la compañía revele dos portátiles MacBook Pro de gama alta impulsados
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By Elinda Labropoulou and Allegra Goodwin, CNN Three human rights activists unfurled a banner reading “No Genocide Games” and a Tibetan flag at the flame-lighting ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Monday. The ceremony — which takes place in ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the ancient Olympics — was attended by International Olympic
Continue Reading By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq says it has detained the mastermind behind a deadly 2016 bombing in a Baghdad shopping center, which killed around 300 people and wounded 250. The car bombing in central Baghdad was the deadliest attack by a single bomber in the Iraqi capital after the 2003 U.S.-led
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By John Bonifield, CNN Dr. Christina Yannetsos’ patient was about her age, 38, and extremely sick with Covid-19. “I remember having a conversation with her kids who were probably anywhere from 10 to teenagers, and them asking me if their mom was going to die,” Yannetsos, an emergency medicine physician at the University of Colorado
Continue Reading By John Bonifield, CNN Dr. Christina Yannetsos’ patient was about her age, 38, and extremely sick with Covid-19. “I remember having a conversation with her kids who were probably anywhere from 10 to teenagers, and them asking me if their mom was going to die,” Yannetsos, an emergency medicine physician at the University of Colorado
Continue Reading CNN By Chandelis Duster and Kara Scannell, CNN Former President Donald Trump is set to appear in a video deposition on Monday for a case involving an alleged assault during a 2015 demonstration outside of Trump Tower. His video deposition follows an order from New York state Supreme Court Judge Doris Gonzalez. The case centers
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell and Chandelis Duster, CNN Former President Donald Trump answered questions under oath for about 4 1/2 hours Monday as part of a lawsuit brought by men alleging they were assaulted by his security during a demonstration outside Trump Tower in 2015, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said. “We examined Mr. Trump on
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has set a new goal for fighting climate change over the next decade, saying it will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to 40% below 2018 levels by 2030. The country had faced criticism that its initial plan for a 26.3% reduction was too modest. In promising
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has set a new goal for fighting climate change over the next decade, saying it will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to 40% below 2018 levels by 2030. The country had faced criticism that its initial plan for a 26.3% reduction was too modest. In promising
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is launching a wide-ranging strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds used in products including cookware, carpets and firefighting foams. Environmental Protection Agency head Michael Regan says his agency is taking a series of actions to limit pollution from a cluster of long-lasting chemicals known
Continue Reading By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S.’ expanding legal marijuana market is driving strong sales and profit growth for multistate operators like Florida’s Trulieve Cannabis Corp. The company, which sells cannabis products in 11 states from Arizona to Pennsylvania, is expanding via acquisitions, including its recently completed $2.1 billion buyout
Continue Reading By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dualtone Records is marking the birthday of Chuck Berry by announcing the release of a live album from the late rock ’n roll legend. “Live From Blueberry Hill” is taken from performances recorded between July 2005 and January 2006 at Blueberry Hill café in St.
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is launching a wide-ranging strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds used in products including cookware, carpets and firefighting foams. Environmental Protection Agency head Michael Regan says his agency is taking a series of actions to limit pollution from a cluster of long-lasting chemicals known
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A heavily redacted report has been released by a Florida sheriff into the disappearance of a college student who was later found dead. The young woman’s family says it supports their belief that law enforcement didn’t act quickly enough when they reported her missing. Miya Marcano’s body was found on Oct.
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Colin Powell, el primer secretario de Estado negro de Estados Unidos, murió por complicaciones de covid-19, dijo su familia en Facebook. Su liderazgo en varias administraciones republicanas ayudó a dar forma a la política exterior estadounidense en los últimos años del siglo XX y los primeros años del XXI. Tenía
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EL PASO, Texas — Covid-19 deaths across the Borderland are down, as are hospitalizations. In El Paso, vaccination rates are almost at 77%, the closest we’ve been to what health experts consider herd immunity. That’s the good news. The bad news is Covid cases among children are going up.That could be because the Covid vaccine
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are investigating fuel pump failures in more than 600,000 diesel Ram trucks that could cause the engines to stall or lose power. The probe covers Ram 2500, 3500, 4500 and 5500 heavy-duty trucks with 6.7-liter Cummins turbodiesel engines. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted on
Continue Reading CNN By Devan Cole, CNN Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has died from complications from Covid-19, his family said on Facebook. He was 84. “General
Continue Reading CNN, GETTY IMAGES, WHITE HOUSE PRESS OFFICE, UNTV, THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK, POOL By Devan Cole, CNN Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and ALAN SUDERMAN AP Business Writers Sinclair Broadcast Group says that some of its servers and work stations were encrypted with ransomware and that data was stolen from its network. The company operates dozens of TV stations across the U.S. and some were reporting disruptions to their operations. Sinclair said it started
Continue Reading By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Witnesses say Ethiopian military airstrikes have hit the capital of the country’s Tigray region and killed at least three people, returning the war abruptly to Mekele after several months of peace.. The airstrikes on Monday came days after a new military offensive was launched against the
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