Associated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Mozambicans are waiting for early election results a day after a vote for a new president passed off peacefully despite opposition candidates claiming fraud and manipulation by the longtime ruling party. Vote-counting began straight after polls closed Wednesday evening and some preliminary results could be posted within days. The
Continue Reading AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even in an election year, most seem to agree on one aspect about Ali Abbasi’s much-debated Donald Trump film “The Apprentice”: Sebastian Stan is a remarkably good Trump and Jeremy Strong is chillingly riveting as the New York power broker Roy Cohn. One reviewer recently wrote Strong’s portrayal
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Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has signed the state’s first relief package to address Hurricane Helene’s devastation. The bill signed Thursday allocates $273 million for immediate needs and gives flexibility to agencies and displaced residents in western counties. The Republican-dominated legislature approved the measure unanimously the day before. Nearly
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By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Prospective homebuyers waiting on the sidelines for a further drop in mortgage rates received unwelcome news on Thursday. The average rate on a standard, 30-year fixed mortgage was 6.32% in the week ending October 10, mortgage financing provider Freddie Mac said Thursday. It was the largest one-week increase in
Continue Reading Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, an unexpected moment that stoked national pride about the country’s growing cultural influence. Han, known for her experimental and often disturbing stories that explore human traumas
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AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Zack Steffen remembers the phone call, the one he considers the toughest moment of his career. It was coach Gregg Berhalter in late 2022 telling the goalkeeper he was not part of the United States’ World Cup roster, even as some viewed him as the No. 1 pick
Continue Reading Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince William and the Princess of Wales have carried out their first joint public engagement since the end of Kate’s chemotherapy by meeting the bereaved parents of victims of a stabbing rampage in the seaside town of Southport. The royal couple spent 90 minutes meeting privately with the families of
Continue Reading No. 1 Texas (5-0, 1-0 SEC) vs No. 18 Oklahoma (4-1, 1-1) in Dallas, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (ABC) BetMGM College Football Odds: Texas by 14 1/2. Series record: Texas leads 63-51-5. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Texas is back to No. 1 and remembers last season’s stinging defeat to the Sooners, their only loss in the
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Former President Bill Clinton will hit the trail this weekend to begin what is expected to be a very targeted push across battleground states through Election Day, three sources familiar with his plans told CNN. The former president will seek to appeal to rural voters, among whom polls have shown
Continue Reading Associated Press BOSTON, Mass. (AP) — Ethel Kennedy, who lost her husband Robert F. Kennedy to assassination, has died. She was 96. She was by her husband’s side when the senator was killed while running for president in 1968. She endured that tragedy and many others while raising their 11 children. A millionaire’s daughter and
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the New York City Marathon.November 1, 2026 – The New York City Marathon is scheduled to take place.November 2, 2025 – Kenya’s Hellen Obiri sets a women’s course record to win the women’s race. Kenya’s Benson Kipruto wins the men’s race.FactsThe annual 26.2-mile marathon usually attracts
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Un ataque aéreo israelí mató al menos a 28 personas e hirió a decenas más que se refugiaban en una escuela convertida en refugio en Deir al-Balah, en el centro de Gaza, este jueves, informó la Sociedad de la Media Luna Roja Palestina. El ataque a la escuela Rafidah hirió al
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Boris Johnson, former prime minister of the United Kingdom. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1964 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Father: Stanley Johnson, environmentalist, writer, former politician Mother: Charlotte Johnson Wahl, painter Marriages: Carrie Symonds
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Ethel Kennedy, a matriarch of America’s most celebrated political family who carried on her husband Robert F. Kennedy’s fight for civil justice after witnessing his assassination on the night he won the 1968 Califonia Democratic presidential primary, has died at the age of 96. “It is with our hearts full of love that we announce
Continue Reading Communities in Florida still reeling from the impact of Hurricane Helene are now also grappling with the still-unfolding damage from Hurricane Milton. The storm crashed into a community south of Tampa, drenching counties with torrents of rain, downing power lines and bridges and kicking up dangerous storm surges. Experts advise people who want to help
Continue Reading By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Ethel Kennedy, the widow of former US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and a longtime human rights activist, died Thursday, her family said. She was 96. Former Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III announced the news of his grandmother’s passing on X. Ethel Kennedy was hospitalized after suffering a
Continue Reading AP Basketball Writer Danny Green, the sharpshooting guard who won an NCAA championship at North Carolina before helping three different franchises win NBA championships, announced his retirement as a player on Thursday. Green won NBA titles with San Antonio in 2014, Toronto in 2019 and the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020, and was a starter
Continue Reading Associated Press MAYS LANDING, N.J. (AP) — The first couple of New Jersey’s Atlantic City have pleaded not guilty to beatings and other abuse of their teenage daughter. Mayor Marty Small Sr. and Atlantic City schools Superintendent La’Quetta Small appeared in court Thursday. They were indicted last month on child endangerment and other charges. Prosecutors
Continue Reading Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The head of Africa’s top public health agency says that an outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg fever in Rwanda is under control and that travel bans to the East African country are unnecessary. Jean Kaseya of the Africa CDC said on Thursday that the risk of Marburg spreading out
Continue Reading By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s Prince and Princess of Wales made a surprise visit to Southport, northwest England, on Thursday, where they met the bereaved families of three children killed in a knife attack in July. The visit was the first public appearance for Catherine, known as Kate, since she finished her chemotherapy
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A new 3D scan has revealed previously unseen details of the wreck of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton’s HMS Endurance, which was found in 2022 – more than a century after the ship sank. The scan, seen by CNN on Thursday, makes it look as though the ship, which sank
Continue Reading PARIS (AP) — Passengers including European Parliament officials were evacuated from a train departing from the eastern French city of Strasbourg after “light smoke” emerged from the train. Around 20 firefighters were deployed to the busy station at 2:45 p.m. local time Thursday, according to the Bas-Rhin firefighters’ office. It added that a section of
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Al Pacino is enjoying being a late-in-life dad. The legendary actor talked about being a father to a brood, including to 16-month-old Roman with producer Noor Alfallah, in a new interview with People. “It’s just so wonderful to have children,” the 84-year-old father of four said. “For me,
Continue Reading Associated Press WINTER PARK, Florida (AP) — Many Jews worldwide will mark Yom Kippur in fasting and prayer at their synagogues this weekend. But for the faithful in Florida, destructive Hurricane Milton has disrupted plans for observing the Day of Atonement — the holiest day of the year in the Jewish faith — that begins
Continue Reading Associated Press The social media ads promised the young African women a free plane ticket, money and a faraway adventure in Europe. Just complete a computer game and a 100-word Russian vocabulary test. But instead of a work-study program in fields like hospitality and catering, some of them learned only after arriving on the steppes
Continue Reading Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Turkey’s president has traveled to Albania’s capital to inaugurate a Turkish-funded mosque as part of a trip to boost ties and discuss regional issues. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also says his country will give an unspecified number of drones to boost military capabilities in Albania, whose population is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person is in the hospital after a shooting in northeast El Paso, Thursday morning. El Paso Police dispatch says it happened at the Pine Village Apartments located at 5020 Fairbanks Dr. They say the call came in around 5:36 a.m. Information is limited at this time.
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By Mauricio Maldonado and Ivan Cabrera Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Windy conditions continue across South Florida on Thursday as Hurricane Milton moves off the state’s east coast after making landfall near Siesta Key, near Sarasota, on Wednesday night with sustained winds of 120 mph. The National Hurricane Center’s 8
Continue Reading By Allen Cone and Hunter Geisel Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key on Florida’s west coast on Wednesday night, then headed out of the state’s east coast eight hours later, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest advisory. South Florida’s impact now is minimal.
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Immigrants who built lives in the United States after being brought here illegally as children were among more than 200 demonstrators who gathered Thursday outside a federal courthouse in New Orleans, where three appellate judges heard arguments over the Biden administration’s policy shielding them from deportation. At stake in
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