Israel-Hamas war latest: Two-day death toll from Israeli strikes in Lebanon reaches 564
Lebanese health authorities have raised the death toll from two days of Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah militants in Lebanon to 564.…
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Soccer pitch collapses as parts of the UK are hit by flash floods
LONDON (AP) — A soccer pitch in London collapsed and parts of the United Kingdom are submerged by flash floods after some areas saw a month’s…
Continue Reading Japan asks China to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens after a schoolboy was fatally stabbed
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa has asked her Chinese counterpart to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens…
Continue Reading Weeks after a school shooting, students return for classes at Apalachee High School
Associated Press/Report for America WINDER, Ga. (AP) — Students have begun pouring into Apalachee High School weeks after a school shooter killed…
Continue Reading Brick by brick, Morocco rebuilds 12th-century mosque destroyed by 2023 earthquake
Associated Press TINMEL, Morocco (AP) — The hand-carved domes and brick-laid arches had almost all been put back together when an earthquake shook…
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5 executions have happened over a week’s span in the US. That’s the most in decades
Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Death row inmates in five states have been put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of…
Continue Reading There are 5 executions set over a week’s span in the US. That’s the most in decades
Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high…
Continue Reading Guterres tells UN meeting that impunity, inequality and other challenges risk engulfing the world
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the United Nations is warning world leaders that impunity, inequality and uncertainty are…
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Average student loan debt increased in first half of 2024 in Texas
Experian compiled statistics on student loans in…
Continue Reading Brazil’s Lula talks climate at UN, but Amazon fires back home undermine his message
Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva opened the U.N. General Assembly with a call on the world to…
Continue Reading Unversed in UNGA? Stumped by SDGs? Here’s a handy glossary of UN General Assembly meeting lingo
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly’s yearly meeting of world leaders is here. And with it comes an array of…
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UTEP WBB kicked off day one of practice on Monday
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP women’s basketball made its return to Foster Stevens Center for day one of practice for the regular 2024-25 season on…
Continue Reading Several states are making late changes to election rules, even as voting is set to begin
Associated Press In Georgia, election workers will have to hand count the number of ballots cast after voting is completed. In North Carolina, some…
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UTEP MBB made its return back to the lab on Monday for the regular season
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP men’s basketball kicked off day one of the 2024-25 season on Monday at Foster Stevens Center. The Miners returned all…
Continue Reading Severe obesity is on the rise in the US
AP Health Writer Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity — especially women — has climbed…
Continue Reading Hello, I’m Johnny Cash’s statue: A monument to the singer is unveiled at the US Capitol
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnny Cash now stands among the most famous politicians, trailblazers and activists of American history as he…
Continue Reading Reconstruction set to begin on Copenhagen’s fire-damaged Old Stock Exchange landmark
Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Workers are set to begin the reconstruction of the 400-year-old Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen five…
Continue Reading Tearful Caroline Ellison gets 2 years in prison over her role in FTX fraud
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried ’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire, was sentenced…
Continue Reading As Israel’s fight with Hezbollah heats up, people of Gaza fear being forgotten
Associated Press MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — As the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah grabs global attention, Palestinians in Gaza…
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Gantt, Kohler Earn CUSA HonorsÂ
DALLAS, Texas (KVIA) — For the third-straight week, Mattie Gantt and Kalia Kohler have been named Conference USA Volleyball Co-Setters of the…
Continue Reading OceanGate employee pushes back against idea of ‘desperation’ to complete missions
Associated Press A key employee with the company that owned the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic has…
Continue Reading Climate solutions: 2 kinds of ocean energy inch forward off the Oregon coast
Associated Press NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — On a cloudy late August morning, Burke Hales was on a boat a mile off the central Oregon coast, pointing to a…
Continue ReadingNORAD detecta 4 aviones militares rusos cerca de Alaska después de que el Ejército de EE. UU. desplegara recientemente soldados en la zona
SofÃa Barruti (CNN) — El Comando de Defensa Aeroespacial de América del Norte dice que detectó cuatro aviones militares rusos volando cerca…
Continue Reading Biden in farewell U.N. address says peace still possible in conflicts in Mideast and Ukraine
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Joe Biden declared in his final address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that the U.S. must…
Continue Reading Texas man who waived his right to appeal death sentence is executed for killing infant son
Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who had waived his right to appeal his death sentence received a lethal injection Tuesday…
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Chemicals linked to breast cancer leach into our foods, study finds
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 200 chemicals connected to breast cancer are used in the making of food packaging and plastic tableware,…
Continue Reading How colorful, personalized patches bring joy to young cancer patients
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — When Oliver Burkhardt underwent leukemia treatment at age 9, he’d enter the hospital wearing his patch-covered…
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US officials work feverishly to stop Israel-Hezbollah confrontation ‘spiraling to a regional war’
By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US believes Israel has significantly weakened Hezbollah in strikes…
Continue ReadingTrump plays the fear card on the economy – and it seems to be working
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump had an apocalyptic warning for a group of farmers in swing state Pennsylvania: If he…
Continue ReadingTrump plays the fear card on the economy – and it seems to be working
CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump had an apocalyptic warning for a group of farmers in swing state Pennsylvania: If…
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