Turkey’s main opposition party elects Ozgur Ozel as new leader
By ANDREW WILKS ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s main opposition party has voted for fresh leadership, five months after a devastating election defeat…
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COP28 conference looks set for conflict after tense negotiations on climate damage fund
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Negotiators on a climate-related loss and damages fund have agreed the World Bank will…
Continue Reading Ukrainian war veterans with amputated limbs find freedom in the practice of jiu-jitsu
By HANNA ARHIROVA and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Nervous ahead of their first jiu-jitsu championship, the war…
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UTEP’s quest for a bowl game ends with 21-13 loss against Western Kentucky
EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP Miners’ quest to go to a bowl game this season has come to an end. The Miners needed to win all three of their remaining…
Continue Reading Afghan farmers lose income of more than $1 billion after the Taliban banned poppy cultivation
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan farmers have lost income of more than $1 billion from opium sales after the Taliban outlawed poppy cultivation, according…
Continue Reading Gaza has lost telecom contact again, while Israel’s military says it has surrounded Gaza City
By WAFAA SHURAFA, NAJIB JOBAIN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza lost communications Sunday in its third…
Continue Reading Californians bet farming agave for spirits holds key to weathering drought and groundwater limits
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) — Leo Ortega started growing spiky blue agave plants on the arid hillsides around his Southern…
Continue Reading Gunmen kill 5 people in an apparent dispute over fuel theft in central Mexico, police say
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican police say gunmen on motorcycles fatally shot five men on the outskirts of the city of Puebla in an apparent dispute…
Continue Reading Survivors say trauma from abusive Native American boarding schools stretches across generations
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Donovan Archambault was 11 years old in 1950 when he was sent from the Fort Belknap Indian…
Continue Reading Maine considers electrifying proposal that would give the boot to corporate electric utilities
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Taking a page from the “throw-the-bums-out” script in politics, Mainers will vote on…
Continue Reading U.S. regulators will review car-tire chemical that kills salmon, upon request from West Coast tribes
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press Federal regulators will review the use of a chemical found in tires after a petition from Native American tribes in…
Continue Reading Halftime Update: UTEP leads Western Kentucky, 3-0
EL PASO, Texas – In what’s been a very low scoring affair at the Sun Bowl, the UTEP Miners are holding on to a 3-0 lead over the Western Kentucky…
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El Pasoans weigh in on how internet outage impacted them
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoans reacted to Spectrum’s internet outage that impacted thousands across the city Saturday, saying the interruption…
Continue Reading Skeleton marching bands and dancers in butterfly skirts join in Mexico City’s Day of the Dead parade
By LISSETTE ROMERO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Thousands of people turned out Saturday to watch Mexico City’s Day of the Dead parade as…
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Tilisa’s Triumph: A Journey of Unyielding Spirit
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In this week’s Sunday Funday moment, Tilisa Elliott, a 15-year-old from North Carolina, shines as a symbol of boundless…
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NMSU defeats Middle Tennessee to earn bowl eligibility for the second straight year
UPDATE — The New Mexico State Aggies beat the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 13-7, to move to 7-3 on the season. The victory grants the Aggies Bowl…
Continue Reading Big Weekend: Rich Eisen reflects on NFL Network turning 20 and calling Chiefs-Dolphins on Sunday
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Rich Eisen has had many memorable moments during his long tenure at NFL Network. This weekend though might end up being…
Continue Reading Spanish league slams racist abuse targeting Vinícius Júnior during ‘clasico’ at Barcelona
MADRID (AP) — The Spanish league has denounced racist abuse targeting Vinícius Júnior at last weekend’s “clasico” match between host…
Continue Reading German airport closed after armed man breaches security with his car
BERLIN (AP) — German news agency dpa has reported that the airport in the northern city of Hamburg has been closed to passengers and flights have…
Continue Reading Chelsea’s Emma Hayes expected to become US women’s soccer coach, AP source says
By ANNE M. PETERSON and JAMES ROBSON AP Sports Writers U.S. Soccer is closing in on naming Chelsea’s Emma Hayes as the new coach of the women’s…
Continue Reading Minneapolis police investigating another fire at a mosque
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police are investigating another fire at a mosque, and faith leaders want them to look closely at the motive if the…
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ABC-7 StormTrack Weather: Warm quiet weekend
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — After an exciting cool down we’re warming things up again! You can expect a warm quiet weekend. Highs are expected to be…
Continue Reading Protest marches from US to Berlin call for immediate halt to Israeli bombing of Gaza
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and OLEG CETINIC Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — From Washington to Milan to Paris, tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian…
Continue Reading All treats, no tricks: Sacramento kids go viral after filling empty candy bowl with their own Halloween haul
KOVR By Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — It’s all treats, no tricks in a…
Continue Reading Mark Zuckerberg undergoes knee surgery after the Meta CEO got hurt during martial arts training
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg’s latest martial arts sparring session sent him to the operating table.…
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Muslim Americans helped Biden win Michigan in 2020. Now, his Israel-Gaza response is throwing their support into question
CNN Arit John, Dianne Gallagher and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Dearborn, Michigan (CNN) — In 2020, Eman Hammoud was one of thousands of Michigan…
Continue Reading Women’s lawsuit accuses Kansas City, Kansas, of allowing police corruption to thrive for years
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Five women who say they were sexually assaulted or harassed by a former Kansas City, Kansas, detective filed a lawsuit…
Continue Reading Leroy Stover, Birmingham’s first Black police officer, dies at 90
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The City of Birmingham’s first Black police officer, Leroy Stover, has died. He was 90. Birmingham Police on Friday…
Continue Reading A Norway spruce from West Virginia is headed to the US Capitol to be this year’s Christmas tree
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A 63-foot (19-meter) Norway spruce from the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia is on its way to the West Lawn of the…
Continue Reading New vehicles from Detroit’s automakers are planned in contracts that ended UAW strikes
By TOM KRISHER and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis plans to build a new midsize pickup truck, along with battery-run…
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