As Airbnb falters, hostels seek to compete
By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Airbnb may have met its match. There’s no shortage of customers who have sworn off the company after being ghosted by…
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5 things to know for Nov. 29: Israel, Presidential race, Gas prices, Fruit recall, France smoking ban
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Cold weather is stretching across the US while parts of the East are getting walloped by lake-effect snow.…
Continue Reading At least 40 civilians killed by al-Qaida-linked rebels in a Burkina Faso town, UN rights office says
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 40 civilians were killed last weekend by al-Qaida-linked rebels trying to take…
Continue Reading Emirati-designated COP28 leader forcefully denies report UAE wanted to seek oil deals in summit
By JON GAMBRELL and MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations…
Continue Reading An Indian official plotted to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York, US prosecutors say
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — American authorities say an Indian government official directed a plot to…
Continue Reading Biden visits Boebert’s district to reject Republican criticism of green policies
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — President Joe Biden used a backdrop of the world’s largest…
Continue Reading The world economy will slow next year because of inflation, high rates and war, OECD says
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy, which has proved surprisingly resilient this year, is expected to falter…
Continue Reading Sweden’s economy shrinks in the third quarter to signal that a recession may have hit the country
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s economy shrank in the third quarter of 2023 to mark the second time of contraction and signal that a recession may have…
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These US cities lost the most people over the last five years
SmartAsset ranked 344 of the largest U.S. cities based on the largest population declines over five years between 2017 and…
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Violent crime is up … and also down, according to new federal data
The Marshall Project looks into how while property crime and violence against young people are both up, other crime trends are…
Continue Reading Toyota selling part of Denso stake to raise cash to develop electric vehicles
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is selling a part of its stake in components maker Denso to raise cash for its drive toward…
Continue Reading Pope Francis is still having trouble breathing due to lung inflammation, Vatican says
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis is stable but is still having trouble breathing as a…
Continue Reading Kuwait’s ruling emir, 86, was hospitalized due to emergency health problem but is reportedly stable
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The ruling emir of oil-rich Kuwait has been hospitalized “due to an emergency…
Continue Reading Truce in Israel-Hamas war extended by a day, minutes before it was set to expire
By WAFAA SHURAFA, JACK JEFFERY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas on Thursday agreed to extend a temporary truce…
Continue Reading Myanmar and China conduct naval drills together as fighting surges in border area
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar and China are conducting naval drills together as the military government in the Southeast Asian nation loses ground in the…
Continue Reading US Air Force Osprey crashes off Japan during training, killing at least one of the eight on board
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and TARA COPP Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed during a training mission Wednesday…
Continue Reading Australia proposes new laws to detain potentially dangerous migrants who can’t be deported
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government has proposed new laws that would place behind bars some of the…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher ahead of US price update, OPEC+ meeting
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday ahead of an update on U.S. consumer inflation and a…
Continue Reading ‘I kissed her but she wouldn’t wake up.’ Grandfather grieves for 3-year-old granddaughter killed as she slept in Gaza
CNN By Jomana Karadsheh, Florence Davey-Attlee and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Picking through the rubble of his destroyed home, Khaled Nabhan lifts…
Continue Reading New Zealand leader plans to ban cellphone use in schools and end tobacco controls in first 100 days
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s new prime minister plans to ban cellphone use in schools and repeal…
Continue Reading A Hong Kong court hears final arguments in the subversion trial of pro-democracy activists
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has started hearing the final arguments of some of the city’s best-known…
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What’s on Doppler’s Radar: Cotton harvest continues across the Borderland
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Mammoth modules of cotton are ready for pickup across the Borderland. These modules contain around 6 acres worth of cotton,…
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USPS considering the move of some mail processing from El Paso to Albuquerque, some residents not happy
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso’s U.S. Postal Service processing facility may see changes coming in the near future. USPS says they’re evaluating…
Continue Reading Rosalynn Carter is eulogized before family and friends as husband Jimmy bears silent witness
By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Her frail husband a silent witness, Rosalynn Carter was celebrated by her family and closest…
Continue Reading Winning the presidential nomination is all about delegates. But how does the process work?
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — By now, Americans should be well aware that the process of electing a president isn’t like…
Continue Reading Michigan to join state-level effort to regulate AI political ads as federal legislation is pending
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ALI SWENSON Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign legislation in the…
Continue Reading Prosecutors say paramedics ignored Elijah McClain’s distress after stop and killed him with overdose
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two paramedics “did nothing” to help an ailing Elijah…
Continue Reading A mom chose an off-the-grid school for safety from COVID. No one protected her kid from the teacher
By SHARON LURYE of The Associated Press and CHARLES LUSSIER of The Advocate BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — When Raynesha Cummings enrolled her three…
Continue Reading Conservative Supreme Court justices seem open to an attack on the Securities and Exchange Commission
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court justices seem open to a challenge to how the Securities and Exchange…
Continue Reading Trump embraces the Jan. 6 rioters on the trail. In court, his lawyers hope to distance him from them
By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has embraced the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on…
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