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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Stocks were mostly lower in Asia on Thursday after Japan and China released data that were weaker than expected. Shares fell in Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul but rose in Sydney. Japan reported that its exports rose 26.2% in August from a year earlier, but that was well
Continue Reading By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Alyona Popova’s campaign rhetoric is blunt: Unless she is elected to parliament, there won’t be much hope for a law against domestic violence in Russia. One of the country’s most ardent feminists, Popova has fought for years to lobby members of the State Duma to adopt legislation
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Tropical Depression Nicholas has stalled and is threatening to bring dangerous flash flooding along the central Gulf Coast over the next few days — including in Louisiana, which still is staggering from the devastation of last month’s Hurricane Ida. Nicholas dropped heavy rain Wednesday in parts of Louisiana,
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By CHRIS TALBOTT Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Pinch-hitter Kyle Schwarber hit a tiebreaking three-run double in the eighth inning and the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 8-4 to keep pace in the competitive AL wild-card race. Schwarber, out of the lineup in favor of Alex Verdugo, entered against reliever Drew Steckenrider with
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CNN, WTGS, WCSC By Eric Levenson, CNN For 87 years, the Murdaugh family name came to represent a legal dynasty in coastal South Carolina, where three successive generations controlled the local prosecutor’s office. But in recent years, the family has been closely connected to bloody tragedy. There was a fatal boating crash in 2019, the
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN For 87 years, the Murdaugh family name came to represent a legal dynasty in coastal South Carolina, where three successive generations controlled the local prosecutor’s office. But in recent years, the family has been closely connected to bloody tragedy. There was a fatal boating crash in 2019, the killings of two
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Mariana Toro (CNN) — Nada se interpone entre una madre araña ferozmente protectora y sus crías. La resina que goteaba de los árboles atrapó a la araña hembra adulta y sus arañitas hace unos 99 millones de años, mostrando para siempre el cuidado materno de estos artrópodos, según una nueva investigación. Una araña lagonomegopide hembra
Continue ReadingBy Reuters Businesses at Malaysia’s prime holiday destination are gearing up to welcome the return of tourists this week, as the country takes an early step towards recovery from a devastating coronavirus crisis. Langkawi, a cluster of 99 islands in the Straits of Malacca, will reopen from September 16 to fully vaccinated travelers as part
Continue Reading HONG KONG (AP) — Nine Hong Kong activists and ex-lawmakers have been handed jail sentences of up to 10 months over their roles in last year’s banned Tiananmen Square candlelight vigil. They are part of a group of 12 defendants who pleaded guilty earlier this month to participating in the vigil that was the only
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Randy Economy from Rancho Mirage calls himself the face of the Recall Newsom campaign. A senior advisor to the movement, Economy said it was a hard-fought race, but conceded Tuesday night that Newsom successfully defended his position as governor. Nonetheless, he said the efforts made an impact. “Gov. Newsom has been successful tonight and I
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Associated Press declared Tuesday night that Gov. Gavin Newsom had survived a recall effort, with a majority of voters choosing not to oust the Democratic governor with just over a year remaining in his first term. But it did not name a victor for the
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Associated Press declared Tuesday night that Gov. Gavin Newsom had survived a recall effort, with a majority of voters choosing not to oust the Democratic governor with just over a year remaining in his first term. But it did not name a victor for the
Continue Reading Mariana Toro (CNN) — Britney Spears borró su Instagram el martes por la tarde. Esto se produce solo dos días después de que anunció su compromiso con su novio de hace años, Sam Asghari. CNN se ha puesto en contacto con representantes de Spears para pedir comentarios. Una fuente cercana a la cantante dice que
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China tightened lockdowns and increased orders for mass testing in cities along its east coast Wednesday amid the latest surge in COVID-19 cases. Checks have been set up in toll stations around the city of Putian in Fujian province, with a dozen of them closed entirely. The nearby cities of Xiamen and
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have clinched a postseason berth by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-4 for their fifth straight win. The Dodgers got home runs by Max Muncy, Trea Turner and Will Smith. Their victory, combined with losses by Cincinnati and San Diego, secured the
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have clinched a postseason berth by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-4 for their fifth straight win. The Dodgers got home runs by Max Muncy, Trea Turner and Will Smith. Their victory, combined with losses by Cincinnati and San Diego, secured the
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have clinched a postseason berth by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-4 for their fifth straight win. The Dodgers got home runs by Max Muncy, Trea Turner and Will Smith. Their victory, combined with losses by Cincinnati and San Diego, secured the
Continue Reading By AMY DiPIERRO and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press STORRS, Conn. (AP) — As a new semester begins amid a resurgence of the coronavirus, 26 of the 50 largest public university campuses in the U.S. are not mandating that students be vaccinated, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. Approaches on enforcement vary widely even
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN Español) — Localizaron a 38 personas que fueron secuestradas de un hotel en San Luis Potosí, México, incluidos tres menores de edad y una mujer embarazada, informó la noche de este martes el fiscal del estado, Federico Arturo Garza Herrera. Entre las personas secuestradas la madrugada del martes en el hotel Sol
Continue ReadingBy Maeve Reston and Gregory Krieg, CNN California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has defeated the effort to remove him from office, according to a projection from the CNN Decision Desk, capping off a recall effort that was born in partisan anger over his pandemic response but ended with a vote of confidence in his strategy
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