Fire breaks out in an encampment of landless workers in Brazil’s Amazon, killing 9
Associated Press At least nine people have been killed in Brazil’s Amazonian state of Para when a discharge of high-voltage electricity sparked a…
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Sudan’s generals agree to meet in effort to end their devastating war, a regional bloc says
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An African regional bloc says Sudan’s warring generals have agreed to hold a face-to-face meeting as…
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New Mexico court reverses ruling that overturned a murder conviction on speedy trial violations
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court has upheld a man’s murder conviction, overruling a state Court of Appeals decision that…
Continue Reading Skiing Santas hit the slopes in Maine
NEWRY, Maine (AP) — Ho ho ho, away they go — Santa’s helpers took the day off on Sunday with a few hundred of the jolly ol’ elves…
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Anthony ISD nurse retires after 48 years of employment
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) –After dedicating nearly half a century to looking after the wellbeing of Anthony ISD students, District Nurse Marlene White…
Continue Reading UN agency warns of Afghans dying in harsh winter if there’s no proper shelter after leaving Pakistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency has warned that Afghans could die in harsh winter conditions if they don’t get adequate shelter…
Continue Reading Iowa man arrested in the death of a Nebraska priest
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa man is under arrest in the death of a Catholic priest who was stabbed in the rectory of his a small Nebraska church. The…
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Blinken calls sexual violence inflicted by Hamas ‘beyond anything I’ve seen’
CNN By Jack Forrest and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday forcefully condemned sexual violence perpetrated by…
Continue Reading New Mexico police are trying to identify 4 people who died in fiery head-on crash
ESPANOLA, N.M. (AP) — Authorities said Sunday that they are still trying to identify four people who died in a fiery two-vehicle crash on a New…
Continue Reading Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’ is No. 1 at the box office, a first for the Japanese anime master
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in Hayao Miyazaki’s decades-spanning career, the 82-year-old Japanese anime…
Continue Reading Diamonds in the vacuum cleaner: Paris’ luxury Ritz hotel finds guest’s missing ring
PARIS (AP) — Lost a very expensive diamond ring? Try checking the vacuum cleaner. That’s what employees of Paris’ luxury Ritz hotel did — and…
Continue Reading Thousands march in Europe in the latest rallies against antisemitism stoked by the war in Gaza
BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of people have marched in the Belgian and German capitals to protest soaring antisemitism since the outbreak of the…
Continue Reading Police chase in Philadelphia ends in shootout that leaves 2 officers, suspect wounded
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say the pursuit of a suspected gunman ended in a shootout that left two officers and a suspect wounded.…
Continue Reading Baku to the future: After stalemate, UN climate talks will be in Azerbaijan in 2024
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For years, climate change has been a factor — not the only one — in…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy will meet Biden at the White House amid a stepped-up push for Congress to approve more aid
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will meet at the White…
Continue Reading Thousands demonstrate against antisemitism in Berlin as Germany grapples with a rise in incidents
BERLIN (AP) — Several thousand people have demonstrated against antisemitism in Berlin as Germany grapples with a large increase in anti-Jewish…
Continue Reading The Dodgers gave Shohei Ohtani $700 million to hit and pitch — but also because he can sell
By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s jaw-dropping $700 million, 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers has some…
Continue Reading Drug lords go on killing spree to hunt down corrupt officers who stole shipment in Mexico’s Tijuana
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A recent killing spree in the Mexican border city of Tijuana could have been lifted from a TV…
Continue Reading Divers recover the seventh of 8 crew members killed in crash of a US military Osprey off Japan
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Divers on Sunday recovered the remains of the seventh of the eight crew members from a U.S.…
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Opinion: Here’s who should have won Time’s ‘Person of the Year’
CNN Opinion by Holly Thomas (CNN) — Taylor Swift is Time’s 2023 “Person of the Year,” and apparently, I’m the only millennial…
Continue Reading Tennessee residents clean up after severe weekend storms killed 6 people and damaged neighborhoods
By KRISTIN M. HALL, PATRICK WHITTLE and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Residents of central Tennessee communities…
Continue Reading Biden’s focus on bashing Trump takes a page from the winning Obama and Bush reelection playbooks
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Joe Biden, a centerpiece of his reelection campaign is trying to negatively…
Continue Reading A woman is charged with manslaughter after 2 sets of young twins were killed in a 2021 London fire
LONDON (AP) — A woman has been charged with four counts of manslaughter after two sets of young twins were killed in a fire that ripped through a…
Continue Reading At UN climate talks, cameras are everywhere. Many belong to Emirati company with a murky history
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit in Dubai, surveillance…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Chilly Start to the Week Ahead with a Glimpse of Rain on Thursday
Good morning and happy Sunday! As we wake up to freezing temperatures under the ABC-7 First Alert, today’s high is expected to reach 53 degrees.…
Continue Reading Biden and Congress are mulling big changes on immigration. What are they and what could they mean?
REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is taking a more active role in Senate negotiations over changes to the…
Continue Reading In coup-hit West Africa, regional leaders recognize Niger’s junta but seek fast return to democracy
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Leaders from across West Africa say they now recognize the junta in power in Niger and are…
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One person taken to the hospital after northeast El Paso crash
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person has been taken to the hospital following a crash in northeast El Paso Sunday morning, according to police. It…
Continue Reading Children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi accept the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf
By JARI TANNER and JAMES BROOKS Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — The children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi have accepted this…
Continue Reading A gigantic new ICBM will take US nuclear missiles out of the Cold War-era but add 21st-century risks
By TARA COPP Associated Press F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. (AP) — The control stations for America’s nuclear intercontinental ballistic…
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