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WEST MILFORD, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters are getting closer to taming a wildfire burning across the New Jersey-New York border, increasing their encirclement of the hard-to-access blaze. The fire is 90% contained on the Passaic County, New Jersey, side of the border. It’s about 70% contained on the Orange County, New York side. It has
Continue ReadingBy Barry Neild, CNN (CNN) — Bored of the usual lump of cheddar? You could do a lot worse than swapping it out with a piece of Queijo de Ovelha Amanteigado, a soft, raw ewes’ milk cheese that was on Friday named 2024’s winner at an annual contest to find the world’s best cheese. This
Continue ReadingBy James Maloney & Michael Cusanelli Click here for updates on this story BRIDPORT, Vermont (WPTZ) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is asking the public to help track down the person or people responsible for killing a bald eagle in Addison County last month. Officials are offering a $5,000 reward for information that
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Family-run furniture and barware maker Barrel-Art has now been through three US presidential elections. While business before the 2024 race felt similar to 2016 and 2020, this year has also brought more unpredictability. Sales petered out in the months ahead of Election Day as businesses and shoppers paused their
Continue ReadingBy Adam Bartow Click here for updates on this story RUMFORD, Maine (WMTW) — The Rumford man accused of crashing his pickup truck into his neighbor’s home on election night, setting the home on fire and then firing shots into the home is now charged with three counts of aggravated attempted murder and one count
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member due to a tattoo on his bicep that’s associated with white supremacist groups. Hegseth, who has downplayed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma’s education superintendent has sent an email to public school superintendents requiring them to show students his video announcement of a new Department of Religious Freedom and Patriotism. Ryan Walters, a Republican, announced the new office on Wednesday and on Thursday sent the email to school superintendents statewide. Two
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Mayes Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — In a rescue operation that spanned more than eight hours, first responders rescued a man trapped in a void space at a construction site in downtown Louisville. The incident occurred near the 300 block of East Chestnut Street. The former community
Continue ReadingTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey has launched a long-expected campaign for governor. He pledged Friday to make the state more affordable. Gottheimer’s announcement comes just over week after he won reelection for a fourth term in the House in his northern New Jersey district. He joins an already
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — In a busy world, the task of getting more movement into your daily life can often get put on the back burner. But there’s a reason to rethink your priorities — getting as active as the top 25% of the US population could extend your life by at least
Continue ReadingCNN By Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — In a busy world, the task of getting more movement into your daily life can often get put on the back burner. But there’s a reason to rethink your priorities — getting as active as the top 25% of the US population could extend your life by at
Continue ReadingBy James Stratton Click here for updates on this story WISCONSIN (WISN) — In a quiet part of northwestern Wisconsin where the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers meet, a woman who doesn’t want to be identified but wants to share her story counts the receipts on her kitchen table. “$134,000,” she says. “And this sheet,
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A commercial affiliate of the Major League Baseball Players Association has settled a lawsuit with FanDuel over the alleged unauthorized use of the names and images of MLB players on its sports-betting platform. The settlement, obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, said the parties agreed to a voluntary dismissal of
Continue ReadingPORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) — The remains of a 7-year-old boy have been buried in Port Washington, Wisconsin, a solemn last act in a yearlong effort to identify the skeleton decades after it was found in a road culvert. The boy was known as Markku Jutila when he disappeared in 1959. That’s the name given
Continue ReadingBy Anne Shannon Click here for updates on this story HANOVER, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — Police in York County have a list of suspects they’re trying to track down, but it’s not the usual ones. Grace Mullen organizes and runs a free senior program every Thursday at First Church of Hanover. This week, she got a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — A medieval statue of the Virgin Mary and Child, known as the “Virgin of Paris,” has returned to Notre Dame cathedral, five years after surviving the devastating fire of 2019. A torchlit procession drew thousands of Parisians Friday as Archbishop Laurent Ulrich blessed the intact 14th-century sculpture, now a symbol
Continue ReadingA New York judge has rejected an effort by state regulators to shutter a bitcoin mine over concerns about its greenhouse gas emissions. The decision will allow the Greenidge power plant to continue operating in the Finger Lakes region of the state. The state had previously found the gas-powered crypto mine ran afoul of a
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — A species of marine worm that scientists lost sight of for almost 70 years has finally resurfaced, thanks to some eagle-eyed sleuthing and a seahorse less than an inch long. When researchers analyzed images of tiny seahorses taken by scuba divers, they found evidence of photobombing worms in the
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area district attorney recalled in the Nov. 5 election filed criminal charges this week against 11 former and current staff of a county jail for the 2021 in-custody death of a man who was left unchecked in his cell for days. Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El presidente electo Donald Trump nombró a Steven Cheung como director de comunicaciones de la Casa Blanca, promoviendo al portavoz de su campaña a uno de los principales roles de comunicaciones en el Gobierno. Cheung ha sido nombrado asistente del presidente y director de comunicaciones. Durante el primer mandato de Trump,
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