By Walé Azeez, CNN Business World food prices have surged to the highest level in more than a decade, driven by robust demand and lackluster harvests, according to the United Nations. Prices increased for the third consecutive month in October, rising 3% over September, according to an index published by the Food and Agriculture Organization
Continue ReadingBy KTBS Staff Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — Shreveport police say the “gruesome discovery” of a severely malnourished child led to the arrest Monday of the child’s parents Officers found the child when responding to a medical emergency in the 3800 block of Larue Street in Shreveport. Medics found
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By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan says it will pay $300,000 to the only employee who was fired as a result of lead-contaminated water in Flint. Liane Shekter Smith was head of the state’s drinking water division in 2014-15 when Flint switched its water source and didn’t use corrosion
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Traffic was at a crawl on Interstate 10 in Palm Desert Friday morning after a 3-vehicle wreck involving a Jeep, a truck towing a trailer, and a white sedan, according to the California Highway Patrol. The collision was reported at 8:18 a.m. on the freeway’s westbound lanes just east of Cook Street. The trailer and
Continue Reading By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — After nearly a century on its lofty perch, the northern mockingbird may be singing its last melodies as the state bird of Florida. An effort is taking flight to replace the far-ranging musical mockingbird with a bird that is more identifiable as distinctly from Florida.
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Herb, Jake Tapper and Michelle Rozsa, CNN Retiring Rep. Anthony Gonzalez has a warning for his fellow Republicans: former President Donald Trump will try to steal the next election. Gonzalez was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump in the wake of the January 6 attack on the Capitol. In
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A rare Amur leopard cub has made her public debut at the Santa Barbara Zoo. KSBY-TV reports the cub, named Marta, spent about an hour in her outdoor habitat Thursday morning. Marta was born in August and had remained off exhibit since then to bond with her mother. Amur leopards
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Rose Namajunas puts her strawweight title up for grabs against Zhang Weil in UFC’s return to New York. Kamaru Usman defends his welterweight championship against Colby Covington in the main event of UFC 268 on Saturday. UFC will hold a card in New York for the first time in
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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Rose Namajunas puts her strawweight title up for grabs against Zhang Weil in UFC’s return to New York. Kamaru Usman defends his welterweight championship against Colby Covington in the main event of UFC 268 on Saturday. UFC will hold a card in New York for the first time in
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party has received less than 50% of votes in nationwide elections for the first time. The final results of Monday’s local government elections were announced Thursday night and saw the ANC win 46% of votes. The elections decided
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — La campaña para las próximas elecciones presidenciales del 21 de noviembre en Chile se realiza temporalmente en línea después de que uno de los candidatos diera positivo por coronavirus. Gabriel Boric, del partido político de izquierda Convergencia Social, dio positivo por covid-19 el 3 de noviembre luego de reportar fiebre. El
Continue ReadingCNN By Ivana Kottasová and Rob Picheta, CNN Young climate activists have poured into Glasgow and surrounded the site of the COP26 summit to demand action from global leaders, as the focus of the event turns toward the impact of climate change on future generations. Thousands of demonstrators covered the streets of the Scottish city
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Una escuela secundaria de Los Ángeles se disculpó después de enfrentar críticas porque su equipo de fútbol americano no solo venció a un oponente, sino que derrotó al equipo contrario con una puntuación de 106-0. La directora de Inglewood High School, Debbie Tate, emitió el comunicado este lunes, diciendo que
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN Congress has passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, delivering on a major pillar of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda after months of internal deliberations and painstaking divisions among Democrats. The final vote was 228-206. Thirteen Republicans voted with the majority of Democrats in support of
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Webster Click here for updates on this story LANSING, Kansas (KCTV) — A Lansing Correctional Facility prison guard is in the hospital after taking a beating from an inmate. Advocates for corrections officers say it could have been prevented if the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) had heeded their pleas for higher staffing
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Fox Sports could have had one of the more intriguing games of the week with Green Bay visiting Kansas City _ until Aaron Rodgers went into the NFL’s COVID-19 protocol, ending a potential shootout with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Fox is taking its pregame show on the road, though, for its
Continue ReadingBy Jeremy Finley Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A 911 call made on the morning of the May 29 plane crash into Percy Priest Lake near Smyrna that killed diet guru Gwen Shamblin, her husband Joe Lara and five other members of her church showed there was also concern
Continue Reading By MIKE FARRELL Associated Press The early favorites and top contenders in nine Breeders’ Cup races on Day 2 at Del Mar. In the $6 million Classic, Knicks Go and Belmont Stakes winner Essential Quality will be vying for potential Horse of the Year honors with a victory. Both colts are trained by Brad Cox.
Continue Reading By MIKE FARRELL Associated Press The early favorites and top contenders in nine Breeders’ Cup races on Day 2 at Del Mar. In the $6 million Classic, Knicks Go and Belmont Stakes winner Essential Quality will be vying for potential Horse of the Year honors with a victory. Both colts are trained by Brad Cox.
Continue ReadingBy Jeevan Ravindran, CNN A couple in New Zealand may have grown the world’s largest potato without even trying. Colin and Donna Craig-Brown, from Ngāhinapōuri in the country’s Waikato region, found the tuber growing in their garden when they were getting ready for the spring planting season. “It was literally one of nature’s pleasant surprises,”
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