By Amy Lu Click here for updates on this story FREDERICK, Maryland (WBAL) — The switch to van life among many people has increased demand for a Maryland business that makes custom mobile homes. You may have heard about another pandemic side effect called the great resignation. Since April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has
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By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A team of archaeologists from the University of Leicester in central England certainly appear to have the golden touch. Nearly a decade on from uncovering the remains of King Richard III under a car park near Leicester Cathedral, the university’s archaeological team have unearthed a Roman mosaic
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ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan’s autocratic president has put his only son in charge of the Central Asian nation’s energy sector. The move further expands his clout in a move seen as laying the foundations for a political dynasty. According to a report Thursday by the official daily Neutral Turkmenistan, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov told his
Continue Reading ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan’s autocratic president has put his only son in charge of the Central Asian nation’s energy sector. The move further expands his clout in a move seen as laying the foundations for a political dynasty. According to a report Thursday by the official daily Neutral Turkmenistan, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov told his
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Muñiz Click here for updates on this story FORT WINGATE, New Mexico (KOAT) — It’s rare to hear there’s a whole town for sale but that’s what’s happening at Fort Wingate, about 15 miles East of Gallup. Over the years, Fort Wingate has seen people come and go. The Bear Springs Plaza there
Continue ReadingCNN By Dalal Mawad and Duarte Mendonça, CNN French fishermen have said they will block access to the Eurotunnel and English Channel ports in northern France on Friday in protest over post-Brexit fishing rights. A post on Thursday from a fishermen’s group on Facebook said they would block ferries in Saint-Malo, Calais and Ouistreham “to
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Ahmaud Arbery fue la víctima. Pero durante semanas fue pintado como una bestia y un matón a juicio de los tres hombres blancos que lo mataron. Esta táctica no es nueva, sino el último ejemplo en una larga historia de casos judiciales que criminalizan y deshumanizan a las víctimas negras.
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By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Nearly three out of every 20 track and field athletes whose social media feeds were monitored in a study at the Tokyo Olympics were subject to abusive posts, and women were targeted in more than 85% of those posts. That’s according to results released Thursday by the sport’s global
Continue Reading By RODRIQUE NGOWI and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Ahmaud Arbery’s mother says she is thankful for justice, but says the murder convictions of the men who cornered and killed her son won’t bring him back. Wanda Cooper-Jones told The Associated Press that she plans a quiet Thanksgiving just with immediate family
Continue Reading THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — International Criminal Court appeals judges have cut by two years the sentence of an Islamic radical who pleaded guilty to overseeing the destruction of historic mausoleums in the Malian desert city of Timbuktu. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, a former teacher, was sentenced to nine years in 2016 for the
Continue Reading By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama attorney general’s office says Montgomery owes a $25,000 for changing the name of a street that bore the name of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. The Alabama attorney general’s office sent a letter to Montgomery officials saying the city must pay $25,000 for violating a
Continue Reading DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff is active against the Chicago Bears. Goff was listed as questionable to play Thursday after missing Sunday’s three-point loss at Cleveland with a oblique injury. Detroit left third-string quarterback David Blough inactive, leaving the team with Tim Boyle as Goff’s backup. Chicago Bears wide receiver Allen Robinson
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Chandelis Duster, CNN Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of Donald Trump’s staunchest allies in Congress, on Thursday laid out demands for a GOP leader to earn her vote for House Speaker if Republicans are able to retake the majority after the 2022 elections and cast doubt on House Minority Leader
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By Amanda Watts, CNN Bart the Bear II, a famed grizzly bear who had appeared in countless movies and TV series such as “We Bought a Zoo” and “Game of Thrones,” has died, according to his family, Lynne and Doug Seus. In a post on The Vital Ground Foundation, which was co-founded by the Seus,
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — President Joe Biden is wishing Americans a happy and closer-to-normal Thanksgiving. It was the second Thanksgiving celebrated in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. The president and first lady Jill Biden visited a Coast Guard station on Nantucket Island to extend Thanksgiving greetings virtually to service
Continue ReadingJack Guy, CNN A Michelin-star restaurant in northern England housed in a 14th century building has suffered significant damage after its thatched roof caught fire. The Star Inn at Harome caught fire at 10.13 p.m. local time (5.13 p.m. ET) on Wednesday, according to the North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. The restaurant, which is
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy and Junko Ogura, CNN Business Swedish retailer Ikea is becoming a landlord in Japan with a tiny apartment it will rent out in Tokyo. The 10-square-meter (107-square-foot) apartment is located in the Shinjuku district and will cost just 99 yen ($0.86) per month to rent, according to details released by Ikea this
Continue Reading TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian prosecutors say they have launched a murder investigation into the deaths of four Russian tourists at a local beach resort last month. The four Russians — a married couple, their daughter and son-in-law — were found dead in a hotel sauna in the village of Qerret, 50 kilometers (30 miles)
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of Russian parliament has stripped a lawmaker who is critical of the Kremlin of his immunity, allowing prosecutors to press charges against him over the allegedly illegal killing of an elk during a hunting trip. Valery Rashkin first denied the accusations but later reversed course and confessed to killing
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El ministro de sanidad de Sudáfrica anunció este jueves el descubrimiento de una nueva variante del coronavirus que parece estar extendiéndose rápidamente en algunas zonas del país. “Inicialmente parecían algunos brotes en racimo, pero a partir de ayer, nuestros científicos de la Red de Vigilancia Genómica nos indicaron que estaban
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