Slightly fewer number of Americans apply for jobless benefits as layoffs remain rare
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inched up modestly this week after reaching their lowest level in eight…
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Biden to send disaster assistance to Louisiana, as salt water threatens the state’s drinking water
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced federal disaster assistance for Louisiana, which is…
Continue Reading NATO’s secretary-general meets with Zelenskyy to discuss ‘ending Russia’s aggression’
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
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UTEP receives $7 million grant to elevate Hispanic student success in STEM
EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has been chosen to become a center for thought leadership in Hispanic Serving…
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Michael Gambon, ‘Harry Potter’ actor, dies age 82
Originally Published: 28 SEP 23 08:01 ET By Zahid Mahmood, CNN (CNN) — Actor Michael Gambon has died at 82 after a “bout of pneumonia,” a…
Continue Reading Inspired by llamas, the desert and Mother Earth, these craftswomen weave sacred textiles
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press COLCHANE, Chile (AP) — In northern Chile, Teófila Challapa learned to weave surrounded by the hills…
Continue Reading Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony live this year, with Elton John and Chris Stapleton performing
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Dave Matthews, H.E.R., Chris Stapleton, St. Vincent and New…
Continue Reading SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: From bananas to baby socks, lawyers stick to routines before arguments
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers at the Supreme Court have some occasionally eccentric rituals. The Biden…
Continue Reading Michael Gambon, veteran actor who played Dumbledore in ‘Harry Potter’ films, dies at age 82
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Michael Gambon, the Irish-born actor knighted for his illustrious career on the stage and screen and…
Continue Reading The Turkish government withdraws from a film festival after a documentary was reinstated
By ANDREW WILKS ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish government says it has withdrawn its support for the country’s oldest film festival after organizers…
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Billionaire Ryan Cohen takes over as CEO at GameStop, adding to chairman role
Billionaire Ryan Cohen, the largest individual investor in GameStop, is taking over as CEO at the video game retailer. Cohen is already the board…
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Casting call for “Opportunity Knock$” Season Two in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The award-winning series “Opportunity Knock$” returns to El Paso to shoot season two. Producers have announced…
Continue Reading 6 women are rescued from a refrigerated truck in France after distress call to a BBC reporter
By SYLVIA HUI and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The BBC and French authorities say six female migrants trapped inside a…
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StormTrack Weather: Near record highs Thursday, storm chances return
Good Morning! Temperatures will heat up again through Friday. Expect highs in the mid and upper 90s this afternoon with the record to beat 97 degrees…
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Road closures in El Paso County, Las Cruces Thursday, September 28
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Here is a list of road closures scheduled for Thursday, September 28 for El Paso County and the City of Las Cruces. For…
Continue Reading US guitarist Al Di Meola suffers a heart attack on stage in Romania but is now in a stable condition
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The award-winning U.S. guitarist Al Di Meola has suffered a heart attack while performing in Romania’s capital. The…
Continue Reading Thai police say drug bust nets methamphetamine, crystal meth and heroin worth $8.2 million
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand said Thursday they made one of the country’s biggest ever seizures of…
Continue Reading China’s defense minister has been MIA for a month. His ministry isn’t making any comment
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese defense ministry has given its first public statement on the disappearance of the minister from public view about a…
Continue Reading Man arrested in killing of Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere was released from prison in 2022
By BRIAN WITTE and LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police have arrested a man in the killing of a Baltimore tech entrepreneur…
Continue Reading Iraq’s prime minister visits wedding fire victims as 2 more people die from their injuries
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has visited injured patients and the families of…
Continue Reading Cleanup of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate after climate protest to be longer and more expensive
BERLIN (AP) — A company that manages official buildings in Berlin says the Brandenburg Gate will have to be cleaned at greater effort and expense…
Continue Reading Rights watchdog accuses the World Bank of complicity in rights abuses around Tanzanian national park
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A rights watchdog is accusing the World Bank of enabling the Tanzanian government’s…
Continue Reading Miguel Cabrera’s career coming to close with Tigers, leaving lasting legacy in MLB and Venezuela
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera sat in a gray chair beside his two stalls in the Detroit Tigers’ clubhouse early…
Continue Reading Vietnam sentences climate activist to 3 years in prison for tax evasion
Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese state media says a climate activist has been sentenced to three years in prison on charges of tax…
Continue Reading An explosion following a lightning strike in the Uzbek capital kills 1 person and injures 162
An explosion in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, has killed a teenage boy and injured at least 162 people. Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health said a fire…
Continue Reading Storm Elias slams into a city in central Greece, filling homes with mud and knocking out power
By PETROS GIANNAKOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press VOLOS, Greece (AP) — A second powerful storm in less than a month hammered parts of…
Continue Reading M.S. Swaminathan, who helped India’s farming to grow at industrial scale, dies at 98
Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, a renowned agricultural scientist who revolutionized India’s farming and was a…
Continue Reading The American soldier who bolted into North Korea 2 months ago has returned to the US
By ERIC GAY, MATTHEW LEE and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The American soldier who sprinted into North Korea across the…
Continue Reading The American soldier who bolted into North Korea 2 months ago has returned to the US
By ERIC GAY, MATTHEW LEE and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The American soldier who sprinted into North Korea across the…
Continue Reading Spanish police raid soccer federation as part of probe into Barcelona’s payments to referee official
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish police have raided offices of the country’s soccer federation as part of an…
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