By MICHELLE GUMEDE Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police and army units held a parade Wednesday involving helicopters, K-9 dog units and officers on motorcycles in a show of force ahead of expected protests around this weekend’s Group of 20 world leaders summit in Johannesburg. South Africa has deployed 3,500 extra police officers
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Federal officials unveiled additional charges on Wednesday against a former Olympic snowboarder for Canada who has been wanted for allegedly running a drug trafficking ring. The new charges against Ryan James Wedding include murder, witness tampering, money laundering and drug trafficking, Attorney General Pam Bondi said at
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Kamran Hekmati didn’t have concerns about going to Iran earlier this year for what was supposed to be a brief trip. Hekmati, who is Iranian-American and Jewish, had traveled there numerous times with family, and he isn’t a political person, family members told CNN. But the 70-year old was
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By NICOLE WINFIELD and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press ROME (AP) — Ukraine has asked the Vatican to formalize its role facilitating negotiations over the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the nearly four-year war, a Kyiv government official said Wednesday. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made the request in a letter to Pope
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (KQTV) — After verbally agreeing to pass a bill to release the Epstein files, the Senate kept its word on Wednesday morning. The bill now heads to President Trump’s desk.
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By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump tells a lot of lies. Trump also regularly accuses others of lying. And sometimes he does both at once – telling a lie about something while accusing someone else of lying about it. In other words, the president has been dishonest even about others’ honesty. It’s
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The City of St. Joseph has announced a change in hours of operation for the Animal Services Shelter on Lower Lake Road.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After more than 230 years, the U.S. ended production of the penny Wednesday, abandoning the 1-cent coins that were embedded in American culture but became nearly worthless.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida is pushing for a resolution in a lawsuit over whether detainees at an immigration center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” are getting adequate access to attorneys. U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell last Friday ordered a two-day conference
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By ZANA CIMILI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo lawmakers on Wednesday failed to elect a new government, paving the way for an early election following a monthslong political crisis in the small Balkan nation. Prime Minister-designate Glauk Konjufca, from the governing Self-Determination Movement party won 56 votes in the 120-member assembly, which is
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By Ana Nicolaci da Costa, CNN London (CNN) — A high-stakes standoff between China and the Netherlands over control of a crucial chipmaker reached a detente Wednesday after Amsterdam suspended a controversial order that enabled it to take control of Chinese-owned Nexperia. The standoff had threatened to shutter auto plants around the world as Nexperia
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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Nine-year-old Melodee Buzzard has been missing for over a month after she was last seen with her mother wearing wigs on a cross-country road trip. The mother, Ashlee Buzzard, returned to their California home without Melodee, did not report her daughter missing and has declined to cooperate with law
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, Nov. 20 AUTO RACING 7:25 p.m. ESPNEWS — Formula 1: Practice, Las Vegas Strip Circuit, Las Vegas 10:55 p.m. ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Las Vegas Strip Circuit, Las Vegas COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 6 p.m. BTN — Lindenwood at Indiana CBSSN
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A boat capsized in central Congo, leaving 64 people missing, authorities said Wednesday. The river barge sank on Monday on the mouth of the Sankuru River in Kasai province, an area known for its powerful and turbulent currents, local administrator François Ahaka told The Associated Press.
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The Kansas City Chiefs are scoring more points than at this point last season, allowing fewer, and have improved their turnover margin. Those are usually ingredients for success, but that’s not the case for the three-time defending AFC champions, who have four fewer wins compared with this point
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By Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that Jessica Tisch accepted his offer to stay at the helm of the nation’s largest police force. The announcement secures the mayor-elect’s highest profile appointment as he prepares to take office in January. It’s a significant compromise for both
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — One of the most hotly anticipated economic reports is finally set to be released Thursday: The long-delayed jobs report for September, originally due on October 3. It marks the reopening of the floodgates for a slew of backlogged economic data that was held up due to the historic government
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By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Some of the estimated 20 trillion cubic feet of natural gas discovered in waters off Cyprus could reach European markets as soon as 2027, the Cypriot president said Wednesday, as Europe looks for more ways to wean itself off Russian energy. President Nikos Christodoulides said that
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By Jack Guy and Joyce Jiang, CNN (CNN) — Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice. Larry Wang, CEO of Singapore-based FoloToy, told CNN that the company had withdrawn its “Kumma” bear, as well
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump signed a bill Wednesday to compel the Justice Department to make public its case files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a potentially far-reaching development in a yearslong push by survivors of Epstein’s abuse for a public reckoning. The president’s signing sets a 30-day countdown for the
Continue ReadingBy DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a church in Nigeria and killed two people, authorities said, as the country faces Trump administration threats of U.S. military intervention over allegations that Christians are persecuted there. No group has claimed responsibility for Tuesday night’s attack in Eruku town in central Nigeria. Police
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By TUNDE OMOLEHIN AND DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president postponed his trip to this weekend’s Group of 20 summit after promising to intensify efforts to rescue 24 schoolgirls who were abducted by gunmen earlier this week in a northwestern region of the country. Civil society leaders have accused security forces
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By Hannah Keyser, CNN (CNN) — When Blake Butera checked his phone after the birth of his first baby, he had about 600 text messages congratulating him on his new job: fatherhood. Well, not just fatherhood. The 33-year-old new dad to a daughter was also named the Washington Nationals’ new manager, making him the youngest
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By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Larry Summers is resigning from the OpenAI board and leaving his instructor role at Harvard University after more emails between him and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released last week by a House committee. “In line with my announcement to step away from my public commitments, I have
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