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By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — With a pink, week-old surgical wound etched across a few inches of her neck, medical student Sally Rohan said somehow, she’d never had a scar until now. “This is my first,” Rohan, a second-year medical student at the New Jersey-based Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, told CNN on
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tantrums, tears, temperature, toilet accidents. These travails of childhood are familiar to any parent. But for Doron Katz Asher, the daily whims of children took on a new, frightening dimension while in Hamas captivity with her two young daughters. If the girls cried, militants would
Continue ReadingBy Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — When Marina Golan traveled to Ukraine earlier this year, it was an emotional experience. Now 42 and a mother of two, she had left the country as a teenager when her family emigrated to Israel. Golan was part of a delegation of Israeli psychologists who had volunteered to support
Continue ReadingBy EVGENIY MALOLETKA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russian forces press forward with an attempt to capture the town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, The Associated Press obtained aerial footage that gives an indication of their staggering losses. A Ukrainian military drone unit near Stepove, a village just north of Avdiivka, where some
Continue Reading By Heather Chen and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Around 61 migrants, including women and children, have drowned following a “tragic shipwreck” off the coast of Libya, said the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM). Citing survivor accounts, the IOM’s Libya office said in a post on X that the boat had left the coastal
Continue ReadingINDEPENDENCE, Ore. (AP) — Police in Oregon say a small plane has crashed into power lines and killed all three people on board. The Independence Police Department says Polk County emergency services received the report of the single engine plane crash in Independence around 4:55 p.m. Saturday. Police say the initial investigation found the collision
Continue ReadingBy DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — President Aleksandar Vucic is looking to further tighten his grip on power in Serbia in an election that has been marred by reports of major irregularities during a tense campaign and during the voting day. The main contest in the parliamentary and local elections on Sunday
Continue ReadingText by Casey Barber and illustrations by Alberto Mier, CNN (CNN) — Apologies to Bob Cratchit and his family’s famous Christmas goose — as well as the more contemporary turkey or prime rib — but lately, I’m happier if I’m not fussing over a big hunk of meat when hosting the holiday meal. These days,
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Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Tres personas murieron cuando una avioneta se estrelló en Oregón y provocó un incendio el sábado por la tarde, dijeron las autoridades. Poco antes de las 17.00 horas, el avión monomotor se estrelló contra un tendido eléctrico. hora local, lo que provocó un corte de energía y provocó un pequeño incendio
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A boat carrying dozens of migrants trying to reach Europe capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving more than 60 people dead, including women and children, the U.N. migration agency said. The shipwreck, which took place overnight between Thursday and Friday, was the latest tragedy in this
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel pressed ahead with its Gaza offensive on Sunday after a series of shootings, including of three hostages who were shirtless and waving a white flag, raised questions about its conduct in a 10-week-old war that has brought unprecedented death and
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Se espera que este sábado una tormenta procedente del golfo de México se estrelle contra Florida y se fortalezca en su avance por la costa este durante el fin de semana, desencadenando fuertes lluvias, ráfagas de viento y peligros en su camino en la costa. A pesar de la época del año,
Continue Reading By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Abdoulaye Diabate faced a life-threatening bout of malaria when he was just five years old. Diabate narrowly survived the mosquito-borne disease, but cousins ages three and four were not as fortunate. Diabate, who now heads medical entomology and parasitology at Burkina Faso’s Research Institute in Health Sciences, is developing
Continue ReadingBy CAMERON VAN TIL Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Carl Grundstrom scored the deciding goal in the ninth round of a shootout and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Seattle Kraken 3-2 on Saturday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Trevor Moore and Anze Kopitar scored in regulation for Los Angeles, which improved to
Continue ReadingBy ROY LANG III Associated Press SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Behren Morton completed 27 of 43 passes for 256 yards and three first-half touchdowns, leading Texas Tech to a 34-14 victory over California in the Independence Bowl on Saturday night. Tahj Brooks ran for 98 yards and a score as the Red Raiders (7-6) shook
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Leaders from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at a special summit on Sunday marking their 50th anniversary of friendship, adopted a joint vision that emphasizes security and economic cooperation while respecting the rule of law amid growing tensions with China in regional seas. Ties
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The Desert Elite Showcase featured the very best varsity players from the entire Coachella Valley. Team West beat Team East, 27-13, at Palm Desert high school on Saturday night. Palm Desert standouts Dawson Johnson and Daniel Yi scored nearly every point for Team West. In the 7th and 8th grade game beforehand, Team East shutout
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A month ago, the Los Angeles Clippers were in a six-game skid. They’ve certainly got things figured out now. Kawhi Leonard scored 36 points and Paul George added 25 in a 144-122 rout of the New York Knicks on Saturday night for their NBA-best seventh
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Once nearly impenetrable for migrants heading north from Latin America, the jungle between Colombia and Panama this year became a speedy but still treacherous highway for hundreds of thousands of people from around the world. Driven by economic crises, government repression and violence, migrants from China
Continue ReadingBy NATHAN CANILAO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Keegan Murray made 12 3-pointers, two shy of the NBA record, and scored a career-high 47 points in the Sacramento Kings’ 125-104 victory over the Utah Jazz on Saturday night. Murray scored a franchise-record 26 points in the third quarter and had Klay Thompson’s NBA record
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