LAS VEGAS (AP) — After nearly two months of repairs, authorities have reopened the first of three state storm-damaged highways that provide primary access for residential enclaves and recreation areas on Mount Charleston in the Las Vegas area. However, officials said Thursday that some popular hiking trails will remain closed due to extensive damage from
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Parece que el amor de una madre tiene límites. Al menos para una mujer de 75 años de la ciudad de Pavía, en el norte de Italia, que ganó una demanda para desalojar a sus hijos —de 40 y 42 años— de su casa, dijo a CNN este viernes un secretario
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, JOSEF FEDERMAN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Internet and phone services collapsed in the Gaza Strip under intensified Israeli bombardment Friday night, largely cutting off its 2.3 million people from the outside world and each other, as Israel’s military said it was “expanding” ground operations in
Continue ReadingBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City is intensifying efforts to transport migrants out of the city as its shelter system reaches capacity. City Hall confirmed the establishment of a new “reticketing center” in Manhattan where asylum-seekers can get free, one-way tickets to anywhere in the world. The effort is
Continue ReadingBy Megan DeLaire, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — There are no Canadian victims among the dozens of people killed by Hurricane Otis, Global Affairs Canada has confirmed to CTVNews.ca. Nor were any reported injured or missing. Officials in Mexico said on Thursday the hurricane killed at
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is set to testify Nov. 6 at his New York civil fraud trial, following his three eldest children to the witness stand in a case that threatens to disrupt their family’s real estate empire, state lawyers said Friday. It was already expected that the
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Rail, CTVNews.ca Digital Content Editor Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — As a shelter-in-place order remains in place while authorities conduct a large manhunt after a mass shooting in Maine left at least 18 people dead, a Canadian studying in Lewiston is sharing his experience of when
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The COVID-19 treatments millions of have taken for free from the federal government will enter the private market next week with a hefty price tag. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is setting the price for a five-day treatment of Paxlovid at $1,390, but Americans can still access the pills
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press Evangelical Christian conservatives have long had allies in top Republican leadership in Congress. But never before have they had one so thoroughly embedded in their movement as new House Speaker Mike Johnson, a longtime culture warrior in the courthouse, in the classroom and in Congress. Religious conservatives cheered Johnson’s election
Continue ReadingBy Ryan Hill Click here for updates on this story SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Daniel Lopez, his mother Maria and their dogs have been through a lot. “We spent a good three years out here homeless. Downtown, Little Italy, Hillcrest, Balboa Park mostly. But we’ve experienced a lot. Our tent was set on fire, had
Continue ReadingBy MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — There’s Mark Tuan, the K-pop musician. And then there’s “Digital Mark.” The artist whose new EP is out Friday partnered with Soul Machines to create an artificial intelligence-powered avatar. Tuan hopes that as the technology advances, so too will his fans’ relationship with the avatar.
Continue ReadingBy Angela Rozier Click here for updates on this story PALM CITY, Florida (WPBF) — A dog found stranded on a spillway surrounded by alligator-infested waters has survived, according to officials with the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. Belle Glade resident Wendy Diaz said her husband spotted the dog on a spillway with a 12-foot drop
Continue Reading Valeria Ordóñez (CNN Español) — El Congreso de Costa Rica aprobó este jueves, en segundo debate y por unanimidad, el proyecto de ley “Menstruación y Justicia”, una iniciativa que rebaja el impuesto sobre el valor agregado (IVA) del 13% al 1% a los productos de higiene menstrual. El plan contempla el ingreso de estos artículos
Continue ReadingBy Michael Chen Click here for updates on this story SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A Paradise Hills man says two of his family members ‘lost everything’ to the destructive winds of Hurricane Otis. “It looks like a combat zone” said Eduardo Fuentes-Balderrama. “I was scared, concerned.” For Fuentes, the images left behind by Hurricane Otis
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration has identified nearly 3,400 voters who were improperly removed from the state’s rolls due to probation violations. That’s a greater number than the administration previously acknowledged. The Department of Elections said in a statement Friday that the vast majority of those
Continue ReadingBy Kaley O’Kelley Click here for updates on this story LAKE MEAD, Arizona (KNXV) — Water levels continue to keep Lake Mead in headlines across the nation, but now the lake is making headlines all over the world because of an open-water swimmer named Sarah Thomas. Doing something nobody else has for a cause close
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A former model for Abercrombie & Fitch has sued the fashion retailer, alleging it allowed its former CEO Mike Jeffries to run a sex-trafficking organization during his 22-year tenure. Jeffries left Abercrombie in 2014. While there, he converted the chain from an struggling retailer of
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Lawyers sparred in a Virginia courtroom over whether a teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student should get only workers’ compensation. Abby Zwerner is suing Newport News Public Schools for $40 million. The school board is arguing that Zwerner’s injuries fall under workers compensation.
Continue ReadingBy Larissa Scott Click here for updates on this story TAMPA, Florida (WFTS) — For years, Tampa resident Ashley Nessler was always on the go, prioritizing work. It was no different on the day her life changed forever. “I was at my office. It was an ordinary Monday, and I was in meetings, and I
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story CLERMONT, Florida (WESH) — Outside of the federal courthouse in downtown Orlando on Wednesday, attorney Jessica Arbour announced that her law firm filed a new lawsuit against World Cheer Center – Home of the Rush All Stars. “Where you find kids, you will find predators.
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