Liz Weston: Someday your boss could help you save for emergencies
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Companies have long helped their workers save for retirement through 401(k)s and other workplace plans. But recent SECURE…
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TxtDot Closures: The week of 10/16/2023
El Paso, TX ( KVIA)- Look at this week’s TxtDot closures. A kind reminder to download the ABC-7 Weather and Traffic Alert for daily alerts on traffic…
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StormTrack Weather: Cool start to the week
El Paso, TX ( KVIA)- Good Morning. It’s back to school for many students and teachers across the borderland; I hope you enjoyed the fall break. The…
Continue Reading French authorities say school where teacher was fatally stabbed last week evacuated over bomb alert
PARIS (AP) — French authorities say a high school where a teacher was fatally stabbed in an attack last week has been evacuated over a bomb alert,…
Continue Reading Biden postpones trip to Colorado to discuss domestic agenda as the Israel-Hamas conflict intensifies
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden postponed a trip to Colorado on Monday to stay in Washington and focus on…
Continue Reading The ancient ways of natural wine are finding new fans
By DEE-ANN DURBIN and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press Writers SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Natural wine is gaining a following in the U.S. even as overall…
Continue Reading Indonesia’s top court rules against lowering age limit of presidential, vice presidential candidates
By EDNA TARIGAN and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top court has ruled against lowering the minimum age of…
Continue Reading EU leaders will meet to deal with the fallout in Europe from the Israel-Hamas war
By LORNE COOK and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders will hold an emergency summit on Tuesday as concern mounts…
Continue Reading France’s Macron holds security meeting amid heightened alert after deadly school stabbing
ARRAS, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has held a special security meeting amid heightened alert against feared terror threats. It…
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Suspect in early morning stand-off with law enforcement has died, police say
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The suspect involved in an hours long stand-off with local law enforcement has died. According to police, they were…
Continue Reading Russia’s foreign minister will visit North Korea amid claims of weapons supplied to Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia says its foreign minister will visit North Korea this week, days after the United States claimed Pyongyang has delivered…
Continue Reading Martti Ahtisaari, former Finnish president, global peace broker and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland and global peace broker who was awarded the Nobel…
Continue Reading Migrant boat sinking off Greek island leaves 3 dead, 10 survivors
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two men reported missing after a migrant dinghy sank off the coast of an eastern Greek island Monday have been found alive,…
Continue Reading Poland gives support to centrist opposition after 8 years of nationalist rule
By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The majority of voters in Poland’s general election supported…
Continue Reading Australian safety watchdog fines social platform X $385,000 for not tackling child abuse content
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s online safety watchdog has fined X — the social media platform formerly…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares gain on back of Wall Street rally as war shock to markets fades
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares advanced Tuesday after U.S. stocks rallied as investors unwound some of last…
Continue Reading Sliding sports at 2026 Olympics won’t take place in Italy after building funds cut
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer Bobsled, skeleton and luge events will not be held in Italy during the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics because the local…
Continue Reading Used clothing from the West is a big seller in East Africa. Uganda’s leader wants a ban
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Owino Market in Uganda’s capital has long been a go-to enclave for rich and…
Continue Reading Ecuador’s youngest elected president faces a practically impossible task
By REGINA GARCIA CANO and GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador ‘s youngest elected president on Monday faced the…
Continue Reading Rite Aid seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it deals with lawsuits and losses
By TOM MURPHY and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press Rite Aid has filed for bankruptcy protection and plans to sell part of its business as it…
Continue Reading Trump has narrow gag order imposed on him by federal judge overseeing 2020 election subversion case
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election…
Continue Reading Few Republicans have confidence in elections. It’s a long road for one group trying to change that
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press SUAMICO, Wis. (AP) — Keep Our Republic, a grassroots pro-democracy group led by a Republican former state…
Continue Reading European Union offers a new growth plan to Western Balkans that partly opens access to single market
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — European Union leaders have offered a new growth plan to the six Western Balkans countries…
Continue Reading Few Republicans have confidence in elections. It’s a long road for one group trying to change that
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press SUAMICO, Wis. (AP) — Kim Pytleski could barely sleep the night before. She replayed the PowerPoint slides in…
Continue Reading Urban battle from past Gaza war offers glimpse of what an Israeli ground offensive might look like
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A battle that killed dozens of civilians and more than a dozen Israeli soldiers nearly a decade…
Continue Reading Jim Jordan’s rapid rise has been cheered by Trump and the far right. Could it soon make him speaker?
By BRIAN SLODYSKO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jim Jordan has such a reputation as a political brawler…
Continue Reading Jim Jordan’s rapid rise has been cheered by Trump and the far right. Could it soon make him speaker?
By BRIAN SLODYSKO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Jim Jordan has such a reputation as a political brawler…
Continue Reading Many frustrated Argentines pinning hopes on firebrand populist Javier Milei in presidential race
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and NATACHA PISARENKO Associated Press SALTA, Argentina (AP) — Javier Milei is a right-wing populist who admires former U.S.…
Continue Reading What’s streaming now: The Rolling Stones, John le Carré, ‘Living for the Dead’ and Harry Bosch
By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a Rolling Stones album, a revealing documentary about spy novelist John le…
Continue Reading With humanitarian aid blocked at Egyptian border, Gaza draws closer to total collapse
By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Truckloads of aid idled at Egypt’s border with Gaza as…
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