By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Almost 1,000 towns, hamlets and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteria. The new standards raise the population threshold from 2,500 to 5,000 people and add housing units to the
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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s foreign ministry has summoned Russia’s ambassador to explain why Moscow has placed a Bulgarian journalist working for an international investigative website on a wanted list. Christo Grozev, the leading Bellingcat researcher on Russia, has focused this year on alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Bulgarian Prime Minister Galab Donev said
Continue Reading By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil´s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Thursday that Amazon activist Marina Silva will be the country´s next minister of environment. The announcement indicates the new administration will prioritize cracking down on illegal deforestation even if it means running afoul of powerful agribusiness interests.
Continue ReadingLeah Asmelash, CNN American Girl’s latest “Girl of the Year” is a spunky Broadway-loving dancer and singer — and also the line’s first-ever South Asian main character. Kavika Sharma, Kavi for short, was unveiled Thursday as American Girl’s 2023 “Girl of the Year.” Unlike other American Girl dolls, “Girl of the Year” dolls are based
Continue Reading By RENATA BRITO and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles hit Ukraine Thursday in the biggest wave of strikes in weeks, damaging power stations and other critical infrastructure during freezing winter weather. Russia fired 69 missiles at energy facilities and Ukrainian forces shot down 54, Ukrainian military chief Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi
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By Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose, CNN A former Minneapolis police officer is charged with assaulting a man during nighttime civil unrest following the death of George Floyd in May 2020, according to a complaint filed Wednesday. Former officer Justin Stetson is accused of repeatedly punching, kicking and kneeing Jaleel Stallings in the head and
Continue ReadingBy Ben Krumholz Click here for updates on this story GILLS ROCK, Wisconsin (WLUK) — One of the most popular places to visit in our area on Wednesday was all the way at the tip of Door County. Amazing pictures of Simply Scandinavian Gift Shop coated in a thick layer of ice had thousands of
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, CNN A top White House lawyer told two leading Republicans the oversight requests they issued during the last Congress would have to be reissued once the GOP assumes their House majority next week. The letter sent to Reps. Jim Jordan and James Comer, the incoming chairmen of the House Judiciary and Oversight
Continue Reading By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Aid agencies are warning that Afghans will die because of the Taliban order banning women from working at nongovernmental groups. The order was issued last week by the Economy Ministry in the capital, Kabul, allegedly because women aren’t wearing the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, correctly. Since
Continue Reading By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — After five elections that have paralyzed Israeli politics for nearly four years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally returned to power with the government he has long coveted: a parliamentary majority of religious and far-right lawmakers who share his hard-line views toward the Palestinians and hostility toward
Continue ReadingCNN By Gregory Wallace and Forrest Brown, CNN The boss of Southwest Airlines has vowed he will “make good” to passengers hit by his company’s disastrous holiday meltdown as the carrier was delivering on its promise to resume better service on Friday. “This has impacted so many people — so many customers — over the
Continue ReadingBy Carmyn Gutierrez Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Officers with the Maury County Drug Unit discovered nearly 40 pounds of marijuana and thousands of dollars unattended on Christmas Eve. According to the Maury County Sheriff’s Department, the drugs and money were found in a rental car that had been
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN Adam Driver and writer-director Noah Baumbach follow their collaboration on the dour “Marriage Story” with a considerably quirkier Netflix movie in “White Noise,” a faithful adaptation of Don DeLillo’s 1985 novel that loses a great deal in translation. Baumbach’s pandemic-inspired undertones resonate on that level, but it’s played in such
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street Thursday in a broad rally led by the IT and communications sectors. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are up over 1% shortly after the open in New York, but remain on track for a losing month with one day
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Hadas Gold and Amir Tal, CNN Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday completed a dramatic return as Israel’s prime minister, after being sworn in as the leader of what is likely to be the country’s most right-wing government in history. Netanyahu and his government were sworn in on Thursday for his sixth term as prime
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN The global economy has endured a tough year, with decades-high inflation sapping post-lockdown spending and pushing central banks to hike borrowing costs at an unprecedented clip to bring it under control. Their campaign to manage prices may be working — but potentially at a sizable cost in 2023. “It is likely
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Johnson Click here for updates on this story Granite City, Illinois (KMOV) — A holiday nightmare at a Metro East senior living facility is over. Electricity has been fully restored at Town and Country Apartments in Granite after elderly tenants say they were left without power and heat since Christmas Eve. “We were
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CNNEE (CNN) — Las solicitudes de subsidio de desempleo por primera vez aumentaron a 225.000 para la semana que finalizó el 24 de diciembre, según datos del Departamento de Trabajo publicados este jueves 29 de diciembre. Eso es un aumento de 9.000 desde el recuento de la semana anterior de 216.000. Los economistas esperaban 225.000
Continue Reading Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines continued to extract itself from sustained scheduling chaos Thursday, cancelling another 2,350 flights after a winter storm overwhelmed its operations days ago. The Dallas carrier acknowledged it has inadequate and outdated operations technology that can leave flight crews out of position when adverse weather strikes. Southwest was the
Continue ReadingBy Jenna Rae Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — In just three days we’ll be ringing in 2023. While everyone has different ideas of celebrations, some city residents are asking you to avoid using your firearm in them. Neighborhood associations across the city are trying to end shooting guns
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