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Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The decadeslong ban of Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” in his native India is now in doubt — not because of a change of heart more than two years after the author’s near-fatal stabbing, but because of what amounts to some missing paperwork. Earlier this week, a court in
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Dickens Click here for updates on this story CHULA VISTA, California (KGTV) — Burma Dunn has been working the polls for 22 years. Burma, 85, says doing this never gets old. “My parents did it. I made my first political speech when I was 14,” said Burma. Burma registered to vote when she
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s President Michael Higgins has dissolved parliament to clear the way for a Nov. 29 election that will determine who controls government. Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris, who had to call for an election by March, had announced the date on Wednesday. A historic coalition government led by Harris’ Fine
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A crowd of mourners lit torches and intoned a military chant to honor a Ukrainian medic and a soldier who fell in love while on the frontlines of the war and died together in a Russian shelling attack. Their funerals took place Friday at Kyiv’s crematorium. Valentyna Nahorna, whose call sign was Valkyrie,
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN Singapore (CNN) — A humble suburban school in Australia has fended off competition from skyscrapers, museums and airport terminals to be named World Building of the Year 2024. Darlington Public School, in the Sydney suburb of Chippendale, beat more than 220 other shortlisted designs to win the coveted annual prize at
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii after a volcanic eruption, overturning misconceptions about their genetic relationships, ancestry and sex. When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, the volcano spewed hot, lethal gases and ash into
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By Kathy Rose O’Brien, CNN (CNN) — Queen Camilla has teamed up with an all-female production crew in a powerful new documentary, airing next week, in which she vows to eradicate domestic abuse. “Her Majesty The Queen: Behind Closed Doors” follows Camilla as she meets survivors of abusive relationships, including a member of the UK
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — In Morocco, politicians and activists are questioning limitations imposed on preachers regarding what they may say about war in the Middle East during sermons. Parliamentarian Nabila Mounib this week complained that imams were curtailed in how they can speak about the plight of Palestinians and call for religious struggle
Continue ReadingRussian media reported that authorities are seeking a six-year prison term for a pediatrician accused of criticizing the war in Ukraine in front of one of her patients and his mother. The case against Dr. Nadezhda Buyanova is one of hundreds launched against Russians after Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022
Continue ReadingLAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board declined to confirm media reports that India has decided against playing any games in host and arch-rival Pakistan during next year’s Champions Trophy. PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi told reporters in Lahore, “My view is if there’s any problems, they (India) should tell us
Continue ReadingBy Dani Miskell Click here for updates on this story California (KGTV) — A second Donald Trump presidency comes with uncertainty for the millions of dreamers in the United States. “Dreamers” is the term used for DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, recipients. The DACA program has been in a six-year legal challenge after
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Elwood Edwards, who voiced America Online’s ever-present “You’ve got mail” greeting, has died. He was 74. He died Tuesday at his home in New Bern, North Carolina, said his daughter Heather Edwards. The cause was complications from a stroke late last year, she said. Edwards taped his AOL greeting in 1989 into a
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Baum and Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — More than five years since a catastrophic fire destroyed large parts of the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, the bells of the historic church have rung once more. On Friday morning, eight of the cathedral’s bells tolled for the first time since April 2019, according to Alexandre
Continue ReadingCNN By Caroline Baum and Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — More than five years since a catastrophic fire destroyed large parts of the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, the bells of the historic church have rung once more. On Friday morning, eight of the cathedral’s bells tolled for the first time since April 2019, according to
Continue ReadingBy David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has promised steep across-the-board tariffs on imports to the United States, with a particularly significant tax on goods coming from China. One US company, just two days after Trump’s reelection, says it isn’t wasting time getting out of China. Steve Madden, a $3 billion shoe company,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats will keep their majority control of the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives next year after holding onto a Johnstown area seat. The reelection of incumbent Democratic Rep. Frank Burns means his party will have a one-vote margin, 102-101. That’s enough to retain the speakership and determine the chamber’s
Continue ReadingBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump could be in a position to select the government’s top ethics czar when he assumes office in January – after a key ally in the Senate blocked President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Office of Government Ethics. Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah in September
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — The ranked choice voting process in Maine will now determine the winner of a key congressional race. Ballots from across Maine’s 2nd Congressional District are being transported to the state capital, where they’ll be re-scanned into a computer next week. Republican challenger Austin Theriault’s campaign voiced support for the
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — An AI robot’s painting of British computer scientist and codebreaker Alan Turing has sold for $1.08 million, becoming the most valuable artwork by a humanoid robot ever to change hands at auction and raising new questions about the role of artificial intelligence in art. The sale price far exceeded
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump promete que expulsará a millones de inmigrantes indocumentados de EE.UU. cuando regrese al poder. En los meses desde que los partidarios entusiastas agitaron carteles de “deportación masiva ahora” en la Convención Nacional Republicana, Trump y sus representantes han ofrecido varias visiones de cómo lograrían este objetivo. Pero
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