People on breathing machines struggle without power after weather disasters
Associated Press/Report for America HOUSTON (AP) — Extreme weather is making power outages longer and more frequent across the U.S. People with…
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A $300B a year deal for climate cash at UN summit sparks outrage for some and hope for others
Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — United Nations climate talks adopted a deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in humanity’s fight…
Continue Reading As fast fashion’s waste pollutes Africa’s environment, designers in Ghana are finding a solution
Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — In a sprawling secondhand clothing market in Ghana’s capital, early morning shoppers jostle as they search…
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What to know about Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump’s pick for labor secretary
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has named Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead the Department of Labor,…
Continue Reading Idaho teen is arrested in connection with a dead infant found in a baby box at a hospital
BLACKFOOT, Idaho (AP) — Idaho police say a teenager has been arrested in connection with the body of an infant found last month at a hospital in a…
Continue Reading Trump taps a Fox News personality, a surgeon and a former Congressman to lead public health agencies
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a critic of COVID-19 health measures to lead the Food and Drug…
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Venezuela opens investigation against opposition leader for alleged treason
By Abel Alvarado, CNN, and Osmary Hernandez and Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español (CNN) — Venezuelan authorities are investigating opposition…
Continue Reading Stabbing renews debate over India hospital safety months after rape and murder of trainee doctor
By Esha Mitra, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — A knife attack on a doctor in India has renewed an impassioned debate about whether enough is being done…
Continue Reading What to know about Scott Bessent, Trump’s pick for treasury secretary
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction and…
Continue Reading Trump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he’ll nominate billionaire hedge fund manager Scott…
Continue Reading Wisconsin man to spend decades in prison for wrong-way crash that killed 4 siblings
WAUPACA, Wis. (AP) — A drunken driver who was traveling the wrong way on a Wisconsin highway has been sentenced to more than 35 years in prison.…
Continue Reading Venezuela’s government will investigate opposition leader Machado for supporting US House bill
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government has announced another investigation against opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, continuing…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen.…
Continue Reading Louisiana GOP lawmakers want to make it easier to try juveniles as adults
Associated Press/Report for America BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s GOP-dominated Legislature approved a constitutional amendment on…
Continue Reading Listeria outbreak tied to Yu Shang Food leaves California infant dead and 10 people sick
AP Health Writer A California infant has died and at least 10 other people have been sickened in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to…
Continue Reading Massachusetts will phase out use of hotels and motels to shelter homeless families, governor says
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has announced that the state’s reliance on hotels and motels to shelter…
Continue Reading UN expert: Myanmar’s desperate military ramps up attacks including beheadings, rapes and torture
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Myanmar’s desperate military junta is ramping up attacks on villages that have fallen to opposition…
Continue Reading Detroit-area police officer charged with manslaughter in crash that killed 2 men
Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit police officer has been charged with manslaughter after his patrol car smashed into another…
Continue Reading Daniel Penny doesn’t testify as his defense rests in subway chokehold trial
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Penny has chosen not to testify at his trial in the death of an agitated man he choked on a subway train.…
Continue Reading Charlotte airport workers voting on whether to strike during busy Thanksgiving travel week
Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport are voting on whether to go on a 24-hour strike…
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