Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Defense Ministry has sought a record 8.5 trillion yen or $59 billion budget for the next year to fortify its deterrence on southwestern islands against China’s increasing threat. Defense officials are also focusing on unmanned weapons and artificial intelligence to make up for the declining number of servicemembers as
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Associated Press AYER, Mass. (AP) — When Christina Hernon was 5, her throat swelled shut from an infection and her mother rushed her to a local Massachusetts hospital in the dead of night. She couldn’t breathe, suffered a seizure and was near death when a doctor saved her by inserting a tube down her throat.
Continue Reading By Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — A record number of travelers is expected to shuttle through the nation’s airports this Labor Day weekend, with as many as 17 million passengers expected from Thursday through the following Wednesday, the Transportation Security Administration said. The agency, which tracks the numbers of passengers it screens for security,
Continue Reading BANGKOK (AP) — Thai officials say the bodies of three foreign workers who were trapped for days in a railway tunnel in northeastern Thailand that collapsed while under construction have been retrieved after an intensive rescue effort. The tunnel is a part of a Thai-Chinese high-speed railway project linking Bangkok to the northeastern province of
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A prominent German leftist politician was sprayed with a red liquid, likely paint, during a campaign event in the eastern city of Erfurt, ahead of closely watched state elections on Sunday. Sara Wagenknecht, founder of the new Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, was only lightly hit by the liquid but briefly left the stage,
Continue Reading Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Norwegian king’s eldest child, Princess Märtha Louise, will marry American self-professed shaman Durek Verret on Saturday in a picturesque corner of southern Norway. The wedding comes amid widespread criticism of the couple’s actions and waning support for the Scandinavian royals, who have been plagued by negative reports about
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Steph Curry has agreed to a one-year extension with the Golden State Warriors, the team announced on Thursday. According to the NBA’s website, the deal – which will keep Curry in California through the 2026-27 season – is worth $62.6 million. Curry is now guaranteed about $178 million for
Continue Reading AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation is down in Europe. August’s figure is only 2.2%, down from 2.6% in July. The pace of consumer price increases in the 20 countries that use the euro is now close to the 2% goal set out by the European Central Bank, the monetary authority for the
Continue Reading Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Residents of Indian-controlled Kashmir are gearing up for their first regional election in a decade that will allow them to have their own truncated government, also known as a local assembly, instead of remaining under New Delhi’s direct rule. Muslim-majority Kashmir is divided between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan and
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Marmosets can communicate with one another by name and know when they are being addressed, joining a very short list of species exhibiting such behavior, and a first for non-human primates, a new study has found. The monkeys use specific calls, known as “phee-calls,” to call each other, which
Continue Reading Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Dallas’ police chief said Friday that a man intentionally set out to shoot police when he killed an officer sitting in his patrol car and wounded two others in a late-night attack that set off a highway chase and ended with officers fatally shooting the suspect. The shooting Thursday night
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Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Dallas’ police chief said Friday that a man intentionally set out to shoot police when he killed an officer sitting in his patrol car and wounded two others in a late-night attack that set off a highway chase and ended with officers fatally shooting the suspect. The shooting Thursday night
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — An ancient, submerged bridge in a cave on the Spanish island of Mallorca is helping researchers determine when humans first settled on islands across the western Mediterranean Sea thousands of years ago. A new analysis of the 25-foot-long (7.6-meter-long) bridge inside Genovesa Cave has revealed that humans lived on
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By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Labor Day weekend travelers can look forward to lower prices at the gas pump. GasBuddy is projecting the national average price of gas on Labor Day will be $3.27 a gallon – the cheapest for the holiday since 2021. That amounts to a decline of 50 cents,
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By Joe Yogerst, CNN Darvaza, Turkmenistan (CNN) — Rarely does an industrial accident develop into a major tourist attraction. But when a Soviet exploratory team drilled for natural gas in Turkmenistan more than 50 years ago, they are said to have set off a chain reaction that created the Darvaza Gas Crater – a giant,
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Morteza Mehrzadselakjani knows a thing or two about winning. With two Paralympic gold medals to his name already, the Iranian is the not-so-secret weapon of his country’s men’s sitting volleyball team and is aiming for a three-peat at the 2024 Paris Games. At two meters, 46 centimeters (eight-foot-one-inch) tall,
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Update (September 5, 2024): Police just identified the person who died as 93-year-old Chihuahua resident Jesus Roman Villezcas Carrazco. Police say that the red Mercedes was traveling east when it hit the back of the back of the mini van Villezcas was traveling in. Both cars hit concrete barriers then caught fire and Villezcas was
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Head coach Deion Sanders and his Colorado Buffaloes narrowly avoided beginning the season with a surprise defeat as they came from behind to beat the North Dakota State (NDSU) Bison 31-26 on Thursday. Colorado trailed 20-17 at halftime but scored 14 unanswered points in the second half to retake
Continue Reading Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli military strike has hit the first vehicle in a convoy carrying medical supplies and fuel to an Emirati hospital in the Gaza Strip, killing four Palestinians associated with a local transportation company. The Israeli military insisted that the four men carried weapons, while the American
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss city of Basel will host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest from May 13 to 17, organizers announced Friday. The mostly German-speaking city on the Rhine River bordering both France and Germany was selected over Geneva in a faceoff that generated buzz and anticipation across Switzerland. Basel’s city council said in
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Vivian Health examined payroll data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to see where RNs in long-term care work the longest shifts.
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The RealReal explores the blokecore trend, how to wear it, and the hidden histories that preceded it, with help from Vogue, Vice, and Refinery29.
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The General used National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data to determine the most common types of car crashes in America.
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Sqore dove into film history to find every film set in Las Vegas, then compiled a list of 15 of the best that take place in Sin City.
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ADHD Advisor investigated age, gender, racial, ethnic, and wealth disparities in ADHD diagnoses, using data from the CDC, medical studies, and news reports.
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To trace the recent evolution of the “gentleman’s game,” PrimePutt mapped the rapid growth of indoor golf and its ramifications on the golf industry.
Continue Reading By Amanda Musa and Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — DNA evidence from a cigarette butt has led to an arrest in the 1980 killing of a woman in Washington state, police said this week. Kenneth Duane Kundert, 65, was arrested in Arkansas last week on a warrant accusing him of murder in the death of
Continue Reading By Joyce Jiang and Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Two airline passengers who locked a stranger’s crying grandchild in a plane restroom have caused outrage in China and sparked a heated online debate on how to handle upset children in public spaces. The incident went viral this week after one of the two
Continue Reading TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — With politics set aside, well-wishers gathered to wish the Taipei zoo’s oldest giant panda a happy 20th birthday. Visitors crowded around Yuanyuan’s enclosure to take photos of her with a birthday cake in the shape of the number 20. Yuanyuan was born in China and arrived in 2008 with her partner
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Julia Hernández (CNN) — La vicepresidenta Kamala Harris dijo sentirse “profundamente conmovida” por una foto de su sobrina nieta, con coletas, viéndola hablar en la Convención Nacional Demócrata en Chicago la semana pasada. Ahora puedes seguirnos en WhatsApp Channel Aunque Harris no ha hecho hincapié en ello –ha dicho que se presenta para ser presidenta de
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