By RODRIGO ABD – Associated Press VILLA GOBERNADOR GALVEZ, Argentina (AP) — From its headwaters in Brazil, the Paraguay River flows hundreds of miles (kilometers) south to where it joins the Parana River to form a single 2,100-mile (3,400-kilometer) waterway that carries much of the agricultural and mineral wealth of South America to the Atlantic.
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By ALEXA ST. JOHN – Associated Press People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change, according to a group of scientists who also said that climate change worsened much of the world’s damaging weather throughout 2024. The analysis from World Weather Attribution
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Today is Friday, Dec. 27, the 362nd day of 2024. There are four days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 27, 2007, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a shooting and bomb attack that killed at least 20 people in the city of Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU – Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China launched a new amphibious assault ship Friday, capable of launching fighter jets and designed to strengthen the navy’s combat ability in distant seas. The Sichuan, the first ship of the 076 type, is China’s largest such ship yet, displacing 40,000 tons and equipped with an
Continue ReadingBy LORI PILGER – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Two teenagers died in separate crashes on Christmas Day, one in a rollover in rural Buffalo County and the other in a two-vehicle crash in Grand Island. The first happened just before 3 a.m. Wednesday. The Grand Island Police Department said officers were sent to South
Continue ReadingBy SHELLY KULHANEK – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen underwent a second successful surgery on Christmas Day to help stabilize the broken ribs he suffered when he fell from a horse on Sunday. “The procedure was a success and Gov. Pillen was returned to the step-down unit where he will continue
Continue ReadingBy MATT OLBERDING – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) A 16-year-old was arrested Tuesday after police say he shot and killed his 20-year-old brother in a case of mistaken identity. Lincoln police said at a news conference Tuesday morning that they were called to the Bridgeport Apartments near 14th and Superior streets at about 12:30
Continue ReadingBy JENNA EBBERS – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Three local organizations were recently awarded thousands of dollars in grant funding to expand after-school programs and other opportunities available to Lincoln students throughout the year. Lincoln Community Learning Centers, Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln and the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center received a combined $264,000
Continue ReadingBy L. KENT WOLGAMOTT – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) In “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence,” a reporter famously says, “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend,” which is what director James Mangold, his co-writer Jay Cocks and his superb cast do with Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown.” Loosely based on Elijah
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VARGAS – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) A 78-year-old Lincoln man who was found dead in his home early Christmas Eve after a fire in central Lincoln has been identified as James Ihrie. His death was declared accidental in an autopsy, the Lincoln Police Department said in a news release Thursday. Officers were
Continue ReadingBy MARGARET REIST – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Accessible playground, 12.19 Lincoln Parks and Recreation Director Maggie Stuckey-Ross (from left), Alex Toalson and Brent Toalson pose for a portrait at the Antelope Park playground last week in Lincoln. The first time Brent Toalson and Maggie Stuckey-Ross worked together, he was a teacher at Lincoln
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VARGAS – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Lincoln Police news conference on fatal shooting, Dec. 24 A 16-year-old has been charged as an adult with manslaughter in the fatal shooting death of his 20-year-old brother on Christmas Eve in what police said was a case of mistaken identity. Kentrail McDaniel was charged Thursday
Continue ReadingBy NEAL FRANKLIN – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Lego Party Bus, 12.19 Abel Handly, 13 (right), and Ezra Tanner, 12, inspect the Lego castle they built together during a competition inside the Brick Bus on Dec. 19. For an experienced Lego builder, entering the Brick Bus starts with a challenge. On this day, six
Continue ReadingBy Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Boy Scout Tree Pickup, 12.26 Boy Scout Troop 8’s Harrison Bishop tosses a Christmas tree off a trailer onto a collection pile in December 2023 at Woods Park during a “Scouting for Trees” pickup day. The city is again providing Christmas tree drop-off sites this year through Jan. 20
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VARGAS – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) A 78-year-old man was found dead in his home early Christmas Eve after a fire in central Lincoln. The Lincoln Police Department was called to a home in the 500 block of South 39th Street at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday for a welfare check after a
Continue ReadingBy AP 2 sailors die in the stormy first night of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, organizers say Two sailors on separate boats have been killed in boom accidents two hours apart on a storm-ravaged first night of the annual Sydney to Hobart race, adding to the event’s long history of deaths at sea.
Continue ReadingBy AP Israel strikes Houthi rebels in Yemen’s capital while the WHO chief says he was meters away JERUSALEM (AP) — A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports, while the World Health Organization’s director-general said the bombardment occurred nearby as he prepared to board
Continue ReadingBy NINA BAKER – Quad City Times, Davenport, Iowa (TNS) A Davenport doula who specializes in end-of-life care has joined with the Midwest Writing Center to host a workshop on poetry as an expression of grief. The Dec. 28 “Narrating Grief Through Poetry” event focuses on using poetry and sound to capture, process and release
Continue ReadingBy OLIVIA ALLEN – Quad City Times, Davenport, Iowa (TNS) Over the past two weeks, most Quad-Cities schools have celebrated the holidays in some fashion to keep their students engaged before winter break. Several schools host annual concerts or Christmas recitals during this time, while many teachers or clubs sponsor themed parties. Others, however, took
Continue ReadingBy NINA BAKER – Quad City Times, Davenport, Iowa (TNS) The Swampland Jewels, a fusion band mixing Iowa charm and Gulf Coast soul, will perform on Sunday, Jan. 19, for the first 2025 show in Polyrhythms’ Third Sunday Jazz series. “Let The Swampland Jewels take you on a trip down old Highway 61, and across
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA SHIMKUS – Quad City Times, Davenport, Iowa (TNS) Starting on Jan. 1, 2025, the city of Moline plans to hire six new firefighters/paramedics with the intention of staffing a third ambulance in the city. This will be the first major staffing increase for the department in more than 40 years. According to a
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Dec. 20-26, 2024 In Honduras, the daughter of slain environmentalist Juan López posed for a photo with her state-assigned bodyguards at her ninth birthday party. Wounded journalists reeled from getting shot at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In Brazil, Santa Claus visited an Amazonian community, trying his hand as a
Continue ReadingBy AP Israel strikes Houthi rebels in Yemen’s capital while the WHO chief says he was meters away JERUSALEM (AP) — A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen has targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital of Sanaa and multiple ports. The World Health Organization’s director-general said Thursday’s bombardment took place just “meters away” as he
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By ABBY SEWELL – Associated Press HOMS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs on Thursday, a day after protests by members of the Alawite minority erupted in gunfire and stirred fears that the country’s fragile peace could break down. A tense calm prevailed
Continue ReadingBy CHAD DRURY – Ottumwa Courier, Iowa (TNS) OTTUMWA — The last meeting was already going to be difficult for Brian Morgan. Then his wife and three kids walked into the Wapello County Courthouse courtroom single file, and took a seat in the back of the room. Morgan chaired his final meeting of the board
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By The Associated Press Aviation experts said Thursday that Russian air defense fire was likely responsible for the Azerbaijani plane crash the day before that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured. Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 was en route from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the North
Continue ReadingBy CHAD DRURY – Ottumwa Courier, Iowa (TNS) As the year 2024 comes to a close, here’s a look back on a year’s of news that appeared in the pages of the Ottumwa Courier. These headlines were curated by Courier staff, and come from reporting by the Courier and our news partners. Part 1 covers
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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER – Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A lead organization monitoring for food crises around the world withdrew a new report this week warning of imminent famine in north Gaza under what it called Israel’s “near-total blockade,” after the U.S. asked for its retraction, U.S. officials told The Associated Press. The move follows
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By HUIZHONG WU – Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The order came from the top. China’s leader Xi Jinping wants the recent spree of mass killings that shocked the country not to happen again. He ordered local governments to prevent future “extreme cases.” The attacks, where drivers mow down people on foot or knife-wielding assailants
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB – Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — North Korean troops are suffering heavy losses in the fighting in Russia’s Kursk region and facing logistical difficulties as a result of Ukrainian attacks, Ukraine’s military intelligence said Thursday. The intelligence agency, known under its acronym GUR, said Ukrainian strikes near Novoivanovka inflicted heavy casualties
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