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Month: October 2024

Biden warns hurricane-relief funding needed soon as he calls on Congress to ‘step up’

By Michael Williams and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and other leaders are warning that Congress will soon need to pass additional funding to fill the federal government’s rapidly dwindling disaster-relief coffers after two major hurricanes slammed into the Southeastern US. While officials have stressed that the federal government has enough

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1 dead and 23 rescued after elevator issue at Colorado tourist mine left some trapped 1,000 feet underground for 6 hours

KKTV, TELLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CNN By Jeff Winter, Sarah Moon and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — One person has died and 23 people have been rescued after an elevator malfunction trapped them hundreds of feet underground at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine, a tourist mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado, officials said Thursday. At around

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Iran engages in urgent diplomacy as it braces for Israel’s response to missile attacks

By Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s government is extremely nervous and has been engaging in urgent diplomatic efforts with countries in the Middle East to gauge whether they can reduce the scale of Israel’s response to its missile attack earlier this month and – if that fails – help protect Tehran, sources familiar with the matter

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Snubbed by Tesla, Mexican government pledges to create its own small, affordable electric car

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Snubbed by Tesla, Mexico’s new president pledged Friday to create a Mexican-made small, affordable electric car to compete with vehicles imported from China. President Claudia Sheinbaum said Teslas were too “onerous,” or expensive, for the Mexican market anyway. Tesla’s cheapest car, the Model 3, costs about $30,000. Tesla CEO Elon Musk

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‘We’ve been here before’: Trudeau says Canada will prioritize interests in potential U.S. trade renegotiation

By Charlie Buckley Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO (CTV Network) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that if the next U.S. president re-opens trade negotiations for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Canada will prioritize its own interests. “We’ve done this before; we can do it again if we need to,” Trudeau said

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Workers rescued from above Milwaukee County Courthouse after suspended scaffolding partially collapses

By Mariam Mackar and Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WTMJ) — Two workers were rescued after becoming trapped above the Milwaukee County Courthouse Thursday when the suspended scaffolding they were working on partially collapsed. It happened around 2:30 p.m. Thursday. People were seen lowering ropes down to the workers

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7 Lisbon High School football players suspended from team; 2 hazing investigations being conducted

By Connor Clement Click here for updates on this story     LISBON, Maine (WMTW) — Seven players on the Lisbon High School football team have been suspended from the program as a result of a hazing investigation being conducted by the Lisbon School Department and an outside agency, according to the superintendent of schools. Superintendent Richard

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Denver’s McMeen Elementary School looks abroad for teachers to serve multilingual students

By Anna Alejo Click here for updates on this story     DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — Last school year, Denver Public Schools responded to an unprecedented enrollment of new-to-country students. CBS Colorado followed one school’s experience via its special coverage McMeen in the Middle. That registration surge has stabilized. But the school district continues to serve many

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