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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A writer who accused former President Donald Trump of rape filed an upgraded lawsuit against him Thursday in New York, minutes after a new state law took effect allowing victims of sexual violence to sue over attacks that occurred decades ago. E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer filed
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EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Mario McKinney Jr. scored 17 points, Shamar Givance made two free throws with 3 seconds left and UTEP beat CSU Bakersfield 68-67 in overtime on Wednesday night. McKinney added eight rebounds for the Miners (4-1) and Givance scored 14 points, going 5 of 11 from the floor, including 1 for
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — Pandemic lockdowns are expanding across China, including in a city where factory workers clashed this week with police, as the number of COVID-19 cases hits a daily record. Residents of eight districts of Zhengzhou, home to 6.6 million people, were told to stay home for five days beginning Thursday except to buy
Continue Reading By The Associated Press SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Ajay Mitchell had 17 points in UC Santa Barbara’s 89-71 win over North Alabama on Wednesday. Mitchell added seven assists for the Gauchos (4-1). Ajare Sanni scored 14 points, shooting 4 for 8, including 4 for 7 from beyond the arc. Andre Kelly recorded 12 points
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio, Sam Kiley, Peter Rudden and Olha Konovalova, CNN Two Russian soldiers walked down a street in Kherson on a spring evening in early March, just days after Moscow captured the city. The temperature that night was still below freezing and the power was out, leaving the city in complete darkness as the
Continue Reading ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Keion Brooks scored 16 points and Washington held off Fresno State to take a 62-57 win in the first game of the Wooden Legacy tournament on Wednesday night. Washington got its last field goal on Franck Kepnang’s dunk with 2:35 left in the game to make it 59-52. Fresno State did
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BEIJING (AP) — Pandemic lockdowns are expanding across China, including in a city where factory workers clashed this week with police, as the number of COVID-19 cases hits a daily record. Residents of eight districts of Zhengzhou, home to 6.6 million people, were told to stay home for five days beginning Thursday except to buy
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares gained Thursday, although optimism about the Federal Reserve holding back on aggressive interest rate raises was countered by some uncertainty about coronavirus restrictions in China. Trading was relatively muted in Asia ahead of U.S. markets being closed for Thanksgiving. Benchmarks rose in Japan, Australia
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares gained Thursday, although optimism about the Federal Reserve holding back on aggressive interest rate raises was countered by some uncertainty about coronavirus restrictions in China. Trading was relatively muted in Asia ahead of U.S. markets being closed for Thanksgiving. Benchmarks rose in early trading
Continue Reading By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The head of Brazil’s electoral authority has rejected the request from President Jair Bolsonaro’s political party to annul ballots cast on most electronic voting machines, which would have overturned the Oct. 30 election. Alexandre de Moraes had issued a prior ruling that implicitly raised the
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Continue Reading By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has won reelection, defeating Donald Trump-endorsed GOP rival Kelly Tshibaka. Murkowski beat Tshibaka in the Nov. 8 ranked choice election. The results were announced Wednesday, when elections officials tabulated the ranked choice results after neither candidate won more than 50%
Continue Reading SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The president of El Salvador has announced he will seal off sections of cities to search for street gang members, the latest phase in a tough nine-month-old anti-crime crackdown. President Nayib Bukele told a gathering of 14,000 army troops Wednesday that certain sectors of cities in El Salvador will
Continue ReadingBy Janie Boschma, Simone Pathe, Maeve Reston and Renée Rigdon, CNN Illustration by Will Mullery, CNN A record number of women won election to the 118th Congress — but barely. The 149 women who will serve in the US House and Senate will expand the ranks of female representation by just two members above the
Continue Reading By BEN FINLEY and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — Family and loved ones are mourning the six people killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia. They included Lorenzo Gamble, a 43-year-old custodian who was a father of two. Kellie Pyle was a 52-year-old mother with wedding plans.
Continue Reading By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists have notified U.S. wildlife officials that they will sue over delinquent decisions related to protections for two rare fish species that are threatened by groundwater pumping in the drought-stricken West. The Center for Biological Diversity sent a formal notice of intent to sue the Fish
Continue ReadingBy Camilo Rocha, Heather Law and Heather Chen, CNN The head of Brazil’s electoral court on Wednesday rejected Jair Bolsonaro’s petition to annul ballots from this year’s presidential vote, calling the outgoing President’s allegation that some voting machines had malfunctioned “ludicrous and illicit” and “ostensibly conspiratorial toward the democratic rule of law.” In his ruling,
Continue Reading By ANDI JATMIKO Associated Press CIANJUR, Indonesia (AP) — On the fourth day of an increasingly urgent search, Indonesian rescuers are narrowing their work to a landslide where dozens are believed trapped after an earthquake killed at least 271 people. More than a third of the victims were children. Rescuers are using backhoe loaders, sniffer
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By Leyla Santiago and Denise Royal, CNN A former Olympic boxer from North Miami has been arrested and accused of threatening to shoot up a gym in South Florida, according to an arrest affidavit. Azea Augustama, who represented Haiti at the 2008 Olympics, was arrested Tuesday after putting a deposit down to buy an AK-47
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Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — Después de una batalla de 25 minutos, el pescador británico Andy Hackett atrapó una carpa colosal, apodada “Carrot” (La Zanahoria”, en español), que pesaba la asombrosa cantidad de 30 kilogramos (67 libras, 4 onzas). Se cree que el pez gigante es el segundo más grande de su tipo jamás capturado, según
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