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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans showed their steadfast resilience and kept spending in September even as they grappled with higher prices, interest rates and a host of other headwinds piling up. Retail sales rose 0.7% in September, more than twice what economists had expected, and close to a revised
Continue ReadingMUMBAI, India (AP) — Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh has been elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee. Eight new IOC members were voted in to make a total of 107 drawn from royal families, sports officials, current and former athletes, and leaders from politics and industry. Yeoh has ties to the United Nations
Continue ReadingBy MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Health ministers in the Western Pacific has nominated a surgeon from Tonga to lead the World Health Organization’s regional office at a meeting in Manila on Tuesday. Dr. Saia Ma’u Piukala’s nomination for WHO’s top job in the Western Pacific comes months after the U.N. health
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese tech giant Baidu is officially taking on GPT-4. On Tuesday, the company unveiled ERNIE 4.0, the newest version of its artificial intelligence chatbot that it directly compared to the latest iteration of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The new ERNIE Bot “is not inferior in any aspect to GPT-4,”
Continue ReadingBy Brendan Tierney Click here for updates on this story JOELTON, Tennessee (WSMV) — A scary situation happened at a youth football game over the weekend. The Metro Nashville Police Department said a parent threatened to shoot coaches and players over a hit, and the entire incident at the Joelton Community Club and Park was
Continue ReadingBy Pat Pratt Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A Washington University professor is under fire from a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group following a social media post which they claim calls for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and refers to them as not humans. Professor Seth Crosby,
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — When Texas rookie Evan Carter was born in 2002, Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker had been managing in the big leagues for a decade and Rangers skipper Bruce Bochy was in his eighth season. The ages of MLB managers have been declining in the last few
Continue ReadingBy Jai Cunningham Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — More than 400 sirens make up HI-EMA’s alert system across the state, and while geckos sometimes cause the sirens to break or malfunction, this time a number of sirens are broken because of vandals. Vandalism can be costly to the Hawaii Emergency
Continue ReadingBy Arielle Argel Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Controlling the population of free-roaming cats has been a long standing situation. As cute as they are, these cats can cause a lot of problems in Hawai’i’s Ecosystem, especially Hawaiian monk seals. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), if
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are holding a virtual summit to try overcome different opinions and voices over the Israel-Hamas war and have a bigger diplomatic impact on the global stage. Ever since the attack of Hamas on Israel on Oct. 7, the EU has shown
Continue ReadingMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gender-affirming surgery for minors would be banned in Wisconsin under a Republican-sponsored bill up for final approval in the GOP-controlled Legislature. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has vowed to veto the measure. The Assembly passed the bill last week, without any Democratic votes, and the Senate was slated to give it final
Continue ReadingBy CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Are 3D mammograms better than standard 2D imaging for catching advanced cancers? A clinical trial is recruiting thousands of volunteers — including a large number of Black women who face disparities in breast cancer death rates — to try to find out. People like Carole Stovall, a psychologist
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story TEXARKANA, Texas (KTBS) — A Texarkana man who owned a pack of 12 to 15 dogs that seriously injured a 9-year-old boy last year was sentenced to 35 years in prison by a Bowie County jury on Thursday. According to a probable cause affidavit, the
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Greta Thunberg has been detained by British police alongside other climate activists who gathered outside a central London hotel to disrupt a major oil and gas industry conference. Thunberg was among dozens of protesters who chanted “oily money out” and sought to block access to the InterContinental
Continue ReadingBy Andrea Kane, CNN (CNN) — As the situation in Israel and Gaza continues to unfold, many people far from the conflict are nonetheless exposed to countless images, stories and sounds of conflict via television and radio news reports, newspaper and digital stories, and of course social media. And this is taking a toll on
Continue ReadingBy BRITTANY BREEDING Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — It was a one in 200 million chance, triplets conceived naturally. The lucky parents are bringing their newborns home tonight. “I think I’ve seen one, maybe two other sets in my career,” said Brett Whitton with the Willis-Knighton Health System. The
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — They are playfully called the “forgotten five”: A handful of toys — the pogo stick, the Fisher-Price Corn Popper, My Little Pony, PEZ dispensers, and Transformers — that regularly approach toybox royalty as finalists for the National Toy Hall of Fame, only to be tossed back
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The ACLU of North Carolina has filed a request to let 15 people banned from Asheville city parks back into the areas while their case is heard. The 15 were charged with felony littering following a Christmas 2021 protest in
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court has refused to legalize same-sex marriages passing the responsibility back to Parliament. The ruling on Tuesday disappointed campaigners for LGBTQ+ rights in the world’s most populous country. The chief justice also urged the government to uphold the rights of the queer community and
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High temps will continue in the triple digits today and the rest of the week as we endure a late season warm spell. Tomorrow a Heat Advisory will be in place from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. Thursday. A broad ridge of high pressure remains in place across the Western U.S., keeping temps well above
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