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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Navy sailor has been detained in Venezuela after traveling there unauthorized on personal business, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The enlisted sailor was detained last week by Venezuelan law enforcement, two defense officials said. The officials referred to the State Department for an update on the sailors’ status but
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An early morning fire sent crews scrambling in Cathedral City Wednesday morning. According to Cathedral City Fire they got a call of a home on fire Just before 8am on Ovante Road. When crews arrived they confirmed that an active fire was burning in the garage area of the home.All residents were able to exit
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WINDER, Ga. (AP) — A 14-year-old student opened fire at a Georgia high school and killed four people on Wednesday, authorities said, sending students scrambling for shelter in their classrooms — and eventually to the football stadium — as officers swarmed the campus and parents raced to find out if their children were
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Firefighters battling a California wildfire that has burned through more than 5 square miles (13 square kilometers) of the high Sierra made significant progress slowing its growth on Wednesday, but hundreds of residents whose homes are threatened remained under evacuation orders. The battle against a wildfire also got a boost in South Dakota
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A third U.S. women’s professional volleyball league will launch soon, this one with a first-of-its-kind structure that brings together some of the world’s top players to compete against each other and help develop the next generation of stars. League One Volleyball, branded as LOVB, follows the Pro Volleyball
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has been making false claims about transgender people – including an inflammatory and baseless claim on Friday that schools are secretly providing or obtaining gender-affirming surgeries for children. “The transgender thing is incredible. Think of it. Your kid goes to school and comes home
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Just watch us once and you’ll be hooked. That is the message women’s college volleyball programs kept delivering as their sport went relatively unnoticed, struggling to find a television home amid the flurry of football games dominating screens each fall. “It was an accessibility issue, not necessarily a passion
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — For many musicians, a live album is an afterthought — a way to quickly appease insatiable fans or make some easy money. But when Adam Granduciel, the frontman of the anthemic rock band The War on Drugs, set out to make their newest live album announced Wednesday, it was
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — It’s back to school for many more students across the United States, which means back to kids gathering in close quarters and sharing knowledge — and viruses. Vaccines are recommended for some illnesses, but there are also basic preventive measures that parents and caregivers should take to reduce the
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s Foreign Minister Tobias Billström who steered the Scandinavian country through sometimes a bumpy road to NATO membership and stood tall on supporting Ukraine, says he’ll leave the government next week. Billström stunned the political establishment Wednesday by saying on X that he had been consiering the move “for some time.”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A group of Atlantic City casino workers seeking to ban smoking in the gambling halls will launch an advertising campaign featuring their children. The move comes in response to a judge’s rejection of a lawsuit that would have ended smoking in the nine casinos. The ads will target
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden’s continued legal problems may no longer be a political concern for the president, but they’re still very much a personal concern. President Joe Biden’s son is already facing the prospect of prison time after his conviction on felony gun charges and is now confronting a second criminal trial
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden’s continued legal problems may no longer be a political concern for the president, but they’re still very much a personal concern. President Joe Biden’s son is already facing the prospect of prison time after his conviction on felony gun charges and is now confronting a second criminal trial
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — About 1,000 workers at a General Motors joint venture electric vehicle battery plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, will get big pay raises now that they have joined the United Auto Workers union. The UAW says in a statement that GM and LG Energy Solution of Korea agreed to recognize the union after
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan prisoner has persuaded a judge to throw out his burglary conviction, overcoming long odds by serving as his own lawyer in an appeal of a case that rested solely on his DNA being found on a soda bottle in a beauty shop. Gregory Tucker, 65, argued that the
Continue ReadingBy Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Act fast. For a limited time, Southwest Airlines is offering a promotional Companion Pass, which would allow a passholder’s companion to fly with them nearly free on unlimited flights for two months early next year. The designated companion owes only taxes and fees when accompanying the passholder. Through a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MAYWOOD, Ill. (AP) — A 30-year-old charged with killing four people aboard a Chicago-area transit train must remain in custody until trial. Rhanni S. Davis made a first court appearance Wednesday after being charged with four counts of first-degree murder. Prosecutors say Davis wore a mask while shooting the victims on two train
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — About 20 migrants are believed to be missing after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean this week. The Italian coast guard says seven Syrians were rescued and taken to the southern island of Lampedusa. The UNHCR representative in Italy said on X that the seven survivors were “in critical condition and many
Continue ReadingBy Neydja Petithomme Click here for updates on this story SYLVA, North Carolina (WLOS) — Those working to earn degrees in medicine, pharmacy, behavioral health and other health-sciences-related fields often find it challenging to find short-term housing to do their clinical rotations in parts of Western North Carolina. This is particularly the case in rural
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Paulina Nares (CNN) — Estados Unidos se prepara para sus próximas elecciones, que se llevarán a cabo en el mes de noviembre. Están en juego el cargo a la presidencia del país con más de 300 millones de habitantes, así como algunos escaños en el Congreso, gobernaciones en 13 estados y varios cargos a nivel
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