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By WILL WEISSERT and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin McCarthy spent years raising mountains of Republican campaign cash, flying around the country to recruit top candidates in key districts and painstakingly building political relationships as he worked his way toward becoming speaker of the House. Now that he’s been ousted from the
Continue ReadingBy David Close and George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — As fans’ interest in the apparent romance between Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and superstar musician Taylor Swift shows few signs of abating, Kelce and his brother Travis agree that the NFL is “overdoing it a little bit” on social media. Kelce and Swift
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — In a simply built concrete house a few yards off a dirt road in the rural town of Uthai Sawan in northeastern Thailand, Tawee Lasopha wakes up before sunrise to catch fish from his pond, then moves onto household chores with his wife, cooking breakfast
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El mes pasado, mientras la administración Biden se apresuraba a gestionar la última ola de migrantes que desbordaba la frontera sur de Estados Unidos, las principales autoridades de inmigración de Estados Unidos cruzaron a México para una reunión de emergencia. Sentados alrededor de una sala de conferencias de Ciudad Juárez,
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Alisha Reed took it as a sign that times were tough in New Orleans last weekend when her local Costco store hired a brass band and Mardi Gras Indians to distract crowds of customers standing in long lines. Bottled water was the hot seller. But it wasn’t a typical
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Vikings had windows — usually only associated with medieval churches and castles — meaning Norsemen dignitaries sat in rooms lit up by apertures with glass. The Vikings’ glass can be dated from long before the churches and castles of the Middle Ages with which glazed
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KEYTON and MIKE CORDER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Norwegian writer Jon Fosse won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, for plays and prose that “give voice to the unsayable,” according to the Swedish Academy. One of his country’s most-performed dramatists, Fosse, 64, has written some 40 plays as well as novels,
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Fans will be able to roam from venue to venue and soak up multiple sports with day passes that are among 2.8 million tickets going on sale from Monday for the 2024 Paralympics in Paris. Paris organizers say prices for competition tickets will range from $15.80 to $105. Tickets for the Aug.
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Inter Miami suffered a chastening Major League Soccer defeat by Chicago Fire on Wednesday – losing 4-1 – with talisman Lionel Messi missing through injury yet again. The loss is a major dent to Miami’s playoff aspirations, with the team now needing to win all three of its remaining
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Lawmakers and aides arrived for work on Wednesday to find a House of Representatives stuck in freeze-frame, a giant blue screen declaring them “in recess” almost the entire day. The House calendar remained officially stuck on October 3 – Tuesday – the date when House Speaker
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Lawmakers and aides arrived for work on Wednesday to find a House of Representatives stuck in freeze-frame, a giant blue screen declaring them “in recess” almost the entire day. The House calendar remained officially stuck on October 3 – Tuesday – the date when House Speaker Kevin
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Australian tennis player Marc Polmans has said that he apologized to a chair umpire after hitting a ball in his face during a qualifying match at the Shanghai Masters. Polmans was leading Italy’s Stefano Napolitano 7-6 6-6 and had a match point in the tie break when he accidentally
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has recorded 100 suspected deaths from cholera and more than 5,000 possible cases since late last month. That has prompted the government to impose restrictions to stop the spread of the disease, including limiting numbers at funerals and stopping some social gatherings in affected areas.
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Tener un auto en Singapur, uno de los países más caros del mundo, siempre ha sido un lujo. Pero ahora los costos se han disparado. Según datos de la Autoridad de Transporte Terrestre, un Certificado de Derecho de 10 años —una licencia que los habitantes de la rica ciudad-estado deben
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press SAHY, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia has begun conducting border checks with neighboring Hungary because of what it says is a dramatic rise in migrants crossing into its territory. The inspections, which began Thursday, are part of a flurry of border measures other Central European countries have imposed in recent days.
Continue ReadingBy Emily Halnon, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Stress, But Less newsletter. Our six-part mindfulness guide will inform and inspire you to reduce stress while learning how to harness it. I watched the earth shrink below me. Sprawling fields became the size of my thumbnail. Lakes evaporated into teardrops. Millions of acres of Oregon’s
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — They creep, they crawl, they feast on your blood as you sleep. They may travel in your clothes or backpacks to find another person worth dining on — on the subway, or at the cinema. Bedbugs go where you go, and they have become a nightmare haunting
Continue Reading Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Otro sorteo de Powerball sin premios está elevando el premio mayor por las nubes. Nadie acertó todos los números en el sorteo de este miércoles por la noche, que tuvo un valor estimado de US$ 1.200 millones, según la Asociación de Lotería Multiestatal. El sorteo produjo un gran número de personas
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Palmeiras y Boca definirán este jueves quién será el rival del Fluminense en la final de la Copa Libertadores de América, luego de que los cariocas vencieran como visitante a Internacional por 2 a 1, en la otra semifinal disputada este miércoles en Porto Alegre.. En la ida disputada
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CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — We’re nearly two weeks into fall, but many US cities won’t be able to bask in the beauty of colder “sweater weather” for a while. New data shows that 2023 is on track to be the hottest year in recorded history after an unseasonably warm September shattered heat
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