El Paso City Council hosting Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Workshops
EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — El Paso Mayor and City Council are holding budget workshops to discuss the Fiscal Year 2025 budget, which includes significant…
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Hundreds of new UK lawmakers are sworn in as Parliament returns after a dramatic election
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of newly elected lawmakers are gathering in Britain’s Parliament after the election that brought a…
Continue Reading France’s leftist coalition demands the right to form a government after fractured parliament vote
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The leftist coalition that won the most seats in France’s National Assembly in surprise results is now…
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A rare voice box transplant helped a cancer patient speak again, part of a pioneering study
AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering…
Continue Reading Pope begs for new peace efforts after latest attacks in Ukraine, Gaza
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is appealing for concrete new measures to end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. The appeal came after attacks targeted…
Continue Reading Putin hosts India’s prime minister to deepen ties, but Ukraine looms over their relationship
Associated Press Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, seeking to deepen the two nuclear powers’…
Continue Reading Ukrainian boxer sacrifices Olympic dreams and life to fight against Russia’s invasion
Associated Press ROMNY, Ukraine (AP) — More than 400 Ukrainian athletes have been killed since the start of the war, including many of the…
Continue Reading Russia’s war threatens Ukraine’s Olympic future, not just the present. A young gymnast offers hope
Associated Press CHORNOMORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s war on Ukraine is demolishing the seeds of a sports culture that was a European powerhouse.…
Continue Reading UK utility giant Thames Water will seek fresh funding to keep business afloat
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s largest utility company Thames Water says it will seek fresh funding to keep the business afloat even as it warned it…
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After her brother suffered a brain injury in a bike crash, this Olympic BMX rider has a new perspective on what success means
CNN By Martynas Ruseckas, CNN (CNN) — BMX rider Saya Sakakibara is all too aware of the risks of her chosen profession. Her brother sustained a…
Continue Reading UNHCR chief meets Pakistan’s premier to discuss the situation of Afghan refugees following clampdown
Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency has met the Pakistani prime minister to discuss the situation of Afghan…
Continue Reading Ukraine mourns as rescuers search the rubble of a Kyiv children’s hospital struck by a missile
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says rescue operations have stretched into a second day at a major…
Continue Reading Yemen’s Houthi rebels target a US-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Aden
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted United States-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Aden…
Continue Reading A driverless car hits a person crossing against the light in China
BEIJING (AP) — A driverless ride-hailing car in China hit a pedestrian, and people on social media are taking the carmaker’s side, because the…
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5 fun fall festivals in Europe to check out besides Oktoberfest
Contiki used travel guides and news reports to explore five European fall festivals other than Oktoberfest taking place this…
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These U.S. cities have the best public transit
ConsumerAffairs conducted a comprehensive analysis of the public transit systems in U.S. metropolitan areas to determine which cities had the best…
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U.S. metros where financial advisor income has grown the most
SmartAsset ranked 295 metro areas based on the change in median income for advisors in…
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2024's dirtiest cities in America
LawnStarter ranked the dirtiest cities in the U.S. after completing a study of more than 300 cities based on air pollution, water quality, waste…
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Winners of the paycheck battle for world's highest-paid athletes
Way.com reports on a list of top-paid athletes and the source of their…
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A mother's calling: Inside the fight to make prison phone calls free
The 19th reports on how Connecticut families brought an end to expensive prison communication, providing a lifeline for the voices behind…
Continue Reading Large pile of confiscated illegal fireworks explodes in the southern Philippines, injuring 27 people
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) — At least 27 people, including 19 police and other government personnel, have been injured when a large pile of…
Continue Reading The Taliban’s morality police are contributing to a climate of fear among Afghans, UN says
The Taliban’s morality police are contributing to a climate of fear and intimidation among Afghans. That’s according to a U.N. report…
Continue Reading Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet are officially divorced
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet are officially divorced. A Los Angeles County judge’s dissolution of the marriage of the two…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Fed chair’s comments give scant clues on rate cuts
AP Business Writer Shares were mixed Wednesday in Asia after remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in front of Congress did little to change…
Continue Reading Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index logs another record high close as world markets rally
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index has ended at a record high close. The share benchmark gained 2% to 41,580.17. The Nikkei 225…
Continue Reading Papua New Guinea minister facing domestic assault charge steps down. Opposition demands resignation
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s opposition leader has urged the country’s premier Tuesday to fire the…
Continue Reading New Mexico Attorney General amends complaint against major companies under new EPA regulations
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — New Mexico Attorney General, Raul Torrez, filed an amended complaint against including 3M and DuPoint, for allegedly…
Continue Reading El Paso County launches property fraud-combating software
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Clerk, Delia Briones, has launched a software aimed at combatting property fraud. The software is called…
Continue Reading Australia appoints special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government has named a special envoy to confront  a rise in antisemitism across the…
Continue Reading Rescuers search for dozens buried by an Indonesian landslide that killed at least 23 people
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue workers are digging through tons of mud and rubble as they search for dozens of missing people after a landslide…
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