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CNN By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The votes are in for New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll and the winner by a significant margin, getting more than 290,000 votes, is the Australasian crested grebe, better known as the pūteketeke or the ‘puking’ bird championed by comedian and talk show host John Oliver. “It began
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By Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — A 92-year-old man is recovering after falling down an embankment and spending the night stranded outside in below-freezing temperatures before he was rescued, officials said, an outcome his wife called a miracle. The perilous incident began last week as Larry Hendrickson and his wife Shirley were driving from Yuma,
Continue Reading By Mick Krever, Abeer Salman and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — “I’m an American citizen. And they shot me.” From a dark room in Gaza’s Al Quds hospital, Farah Abuolba speaks matter of factly into the camera. For more than a week, the teenager has been languishing without hope that she, her mother, and her
Continue ReadingBy KC Downey Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — The Manchester Police Department Mounted Patrol’s comfort pony is retiring. Eddy has been serving the community for two years and is getting a well-deserved retirement. But don’t worry, there’s a new recruit ready to take over the job. The pony
Continue Reading By Nectar Gan and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The United States and China have agreed to resume a working group on climate cooperation and pledged a major ramp-up of renewable energy, the two sides announced Wednesday ahead of a leaders’ summit in San Francisco, as the world’s two largest polluters seek to overcome their
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union proposes to make labor migration easier for specific jobs where the 27 nations can no longer find a local talent pool. With the proposal, the EU is seeking to walk a tightrope between populists and extremists who condemn almost any kind of migration into
Continue ReadingBy KC Downey Click here for updates on this story MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — The remains of an Army soldier from New Hampshire were brought back to American soil Tuesday morning. The remains of Army Staff Sgt. Tanner W. Grone, 26, of Gorham, New Hampshire, arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials from Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban welcomed the resumption of FlyDubai flights to Kabul international airport. The resumption Wednesday comes two years after service was stopped following the collapse of Afghanistan’s Western-backed government. All international airlines halted flights to Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power in mid-August 2021
Continue ReadingBy Madison Elliott Click here for updates on this story WEST LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — As a smell continues to linger around west Louisville, so do the questions, “what is it?” and “what’s being done about it?” On Monday, District 1 Councilwoman Tammy Hawkins brought leaders from the Metro Sewer District and the Air Pollution
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices fell sharply last month as inflationary pressure continued to ease in the face of a year and a half of higher interest rates. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that its producer price index — which measures inflation before it hits consumers — dropped
Continue ReadingBy Tommie Clark Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — Baltimore families are calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. An event brought together parents and their children to have their voices heard amidst the conflict. The group wanted to create a kid-friendly space for families to process what’s going on while
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans cut back on retail spending in October, ending six straight months of gains, though the decline was partly driven by falling prices for both gasoline and cars. Retail sales declined 0.1% last month after jumping a strong 0.9% in September, according
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Jason Mraz is more comfortable being himself these days and credits his ex-wife for that. In an interview with GLAAD, the “Lucky” singer talked about coming out as a member of the LGBTQ community in 2018 while he was married to Christina Carano. While he announced over this
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese actor-director Takeshi Kitano says he wanted his new film “Kubi” to show the world of samurai in ways that mainstream movies have rarely done before, by portraying the homosexual, love-hate relationship of warlords in one of Japan’s best known historical episodes. He spoke to a news
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government said Wednesday it will still try to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda, despite the U.K. Supreme Court ruling that the contentious plan is unlawful because asylum-seekers would not be safe in the African country. In a major blow to one
Continue ReadingMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, known for his crackdown on illegal drugs that left thousands of suspects dead, has been summoned by a prosecutor to answer a separate allegation that he recently threatened a female lawmaker with death, the complainant said Wednesday. It was the first known subpoena for a criminal
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Prosecutors say a fatal roller coaster accident in Stockholm where some passengers plunged to the ground in June was caused by a newly installed “support arm breaking off so that the wheels on the cart fell off.” A car on the Jetline roller coaster derailed at the Gröna Lund, Sweden’s oldest amusement
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street pointed higher before Wednesday’s opening bell as attention shifts to major retailers that are releasing quarterly earnings in the wake of a promising inflation report this week. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.4%. Target shares
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in a Virginia classroom is set to be sentenced and could face prison time for using marijuana while owning a gun. Deja Taylor’s son took his mother’s handgun to school and shot and wounded teacher
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Belén Liotti (CNN) — CNN obtuvo acceso, mediante funcionarios israelíes, a un documento recuperado de una computadora encontrada dentro de una camioneta de Hamas que estaba fuera de Gaza, que muestra a un comandante militar de Hamas solicitando una beca para que los agentes de Hamas estudien ingeniería, física y tecnología en universidades de Irán.
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