By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Columbia University has postponed its massive Giving Day fundraising event scheduled for Wednesday amid simmering tensions on campus over the Israel-Hamas war. Giving Day is a critical fundraising event for Columbia, as the university has noted endowment funding and tuition do not cover the entire cost of
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan government critic María Corina Machado has been declared the winner of an opposition-organized primary to choose a presidential candidate in polling last weekend that has been denounced by the socialist government as illegitimate. The voting Sunday organized by the National Primary Commission drew more
Continue ReadingCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Five-time Olympic gold medalist Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner head up the USA Basketball Women’s National Team roster announced Thursday for a pair of November exhibition games and training camp in Atlanta. The national team will play the Tennessee Lady Vols on Nov. 5 in Knoxville and Duke on Nov.
Continue ReadingCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Five-time Olympic gold medalist Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner head up the USA Basketball Women’s National Team roster announced Thursday for a pair of November exhibition games and training camp in Atlanta. The national team will play the Tennessee Lady Vols on Nov. 5 in Knoxville and Duke on Nov.
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The 2024 Stagecoach Country Music Festival, set to be headlined by Eric Church, Miranda Lambert and Morgan Wallen, is sold out, organizers announced today. The annual three-day festival will be held from April 26-28, 2024, at the Empire Polo Club, 81800 51st Ave., according to organizers. People still interested in passes if they become available
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CNN By Shimon Prokupecz, John Miller and Eric Levenson, CNN Bowdoin, Maine (CNN) — A manhunt for a suspect accused of killing 18 people in a bowling alley and a restaurant in Maine surpassed 24 hours Thursday evening – on a day that saw law enforcement twice converge on the suspect’s last known address for
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Men who have sex with men and others who are at high risk of mpox infection should get two doses of the Jynneos vaccine, even now that the recent public health emergency in the United States has passed, according to an independent panel of experts that advises the US
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A new UNESCO report released at this year’s Lagos Fashion Week notes that Africa’s fashion industry is rapidly growing to meet local and international demands but a lack of adequate investment continues to limit its full potential. The continent’s fashion industry _ valued at $15.5 billion
Continue ReadingOpinion by Amy Bass (CNN) — I thought about Lewiston, Maine, all day on Wednesday. The Lewiston High School boys soccer team, the Blue Devils, the center of my book “One Goal,” had a 5pm quarterfinal game against Farmington’s Mt. Blue on Lewiston’s Don Roux field. Since I couldn’t be there, I had to rely on the
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern has installed the first of what will be more than a dozen of a new generation of automated inspection portals on its tracks in Ohio — not far from where one of its trains derailed in February and spilled hazardous chemicals that caught
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — L.L. Bean has shuttered its flagship store, corporate headquarters, factories and other facilities in Maine, the outdoor goods retailer told CNN on Thursday, as authorities conduct a manhunt in the area for a person of interest in mass shootings. A spokesperson for the century-old company, one of Maine’s biggest employers, said
Continue ReadingBy MADELINE BARTOS Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Leaders of the Tree of Life congregation say news of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, is reopening wounds as they prepare to mark five years since the attack on their synagogue. On Friday, it will be five years since a gunman
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An east-moving snowstorm, the first major one of the season, continued Thursday into North Dakota. Northwestern North Dakota was impacted by the first of two waves of the storm, which left more than 7 inches of snow in some areas. As much as 11 inches of
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — El huracán Otis tocó tierra el martes en México, a unos 40 kilómetros de Acapulco, con vientos de 209 km/h en la madrugada del 25 de octubre. La tormenta se debilitó y se disipa en el sur de México, según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes de EE.UU. Última hora de
Continue ReadingBy LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo broke off talks Thursday without result, despite European Union pressure to persuade them to normalize their relations. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Albin Kurti met with the leaders of France, Germany and Italy, plus the two EU officials supervising
Continue ReadingBy RAVI NESSMAN and AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — More than two weeks after Hamas militants rampaged through a string of sleepy farming towns, many Israelis are furious at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, not just for failing to prevent the attack, but for failing to come to their aid afterward. While the
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER BISRAM Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — A 7-year-old boy was struck and killed by an NYPD tow truck while on his way to school with his mother Thursday in Brooklyn. The crash happened at around 7:45 a.m. at the intersection of North Portland and Myrtle Avenue
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Lionel Messi is a finalist for the MLS Newcomer of the Year award. The league announced the finalists for its season awards on Thursday. The league plans to announce the winners through its MLS Cup Playoffs. It’s no surprise that Messi, Argentina’s great who joined Inter Miami CF this summer, is
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has joined an EU summit saying that he was right to meet the EU’s foremost enemy, Russian President Vladimir Putin. Orban says he’s the only one actively seeking peace in Ukraine. His stance on Russia is expected to be backed by new
Continue ReadingBy NAVEEN DHALIWAL Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK, NY (WCBS) — The Sikh community is calling on New York City for protection after two recent crimes, one of them fatal. In front of the Sikh temple in Richmond Hill, the Sikh community and local leaders want answers. “I don’t feel safe
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