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Month: October 2023

Downed electrical poles and lines blown over by Hurricane Otis blanket a road in Acapulco

Hurricane Otis death toll climbs to 45 in Mexico

CNN By Karol Suarez, Ashley R. Williams and Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — At least 45 people have died after powerful Hurricane Otis tore through southern Mexico’s Guerrero state as a devastating Category 5 storm last week, the region’s governor said Sunday. At least 47 people remain missing, Guerrero Gov. Evelyn Salgado Pineda said in

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Pence’s early exit from the presidential campaign offers a reminder of Trump’s grip on the GOP

By JILL COLVIN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mike Pence has a resume most White House hopefuls would dream of. A congressman. A governor of a big Midwestern state. A one-time vice president. In normal times, someone with such credentials would be well-positioned to win their party’s presidential nomination. But

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Turkey celebrates 100th anniversary of republic with fireworks and navy procession

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has marked the 100th anniversary of the creation of the modern, secular republic from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire with little pageantry and no gala reception to commemorate the important milestone. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has opted for a low-key celebration, which comes

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UAW escalates strike against lone holdout GM after landing tentative pacts with Stellantis and Ford

By TOM KRISHER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union has widened its strike against General Motors, the lone holdout among the three Detroit automakers, after reaching a tentative contract agreement with Jeep maker Stellantis. The escalated walkout began Saturday evening at a Spring Hill, Tennessee plant, GM’s largest

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Gaza receives largest aid shipment so far as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens military offensive

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Nearly three dozen trucks entered Gaza on Sunday in the largest aid convoy since the war between Israel and Hamas began, but humanitarian workers said the assistance still fell desperately short of needs after thousands of people broke into

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Hurricane Otis death toll rises to 43, missing now number 36 as search and recovery work continues

By FELIX MARQUEZ and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — At least 43 people died when Category 5 Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, the governor of hard-hit Guerrero said Sunday as the death toll continued to climb and families buried loved ones. Gov. Evelyn Salgado said on X, the platform

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Afirmaciones de que Rusia ejecuta a sus propios soldados y la ofensiva que se intensifica: lo más reciente de la guerra en Ucrania

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Esta semana, las fuerzas ucranianas mantuvieron la resistencia ante una nueva ofensiva en el este de Ucrania, mientras que la Casa Blanca afirmó que Rusia está llevando a cabo ejecuciones entre sus propias tropas por desacato. En el sur de Ucrania, las autoridades emitieron órdenes de evacuación de civiles donde Rusia

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