DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — State-linked media in Iran are reporting that Voria Ghafouri, a former member of the country’s national soccer team, has been arrested for criticizing the government. The semiofficial Fars and Tasnim news agencies reported on Thursday that he was arrested for insulting the national soccer team, which is currently playing
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer AL WAKRAH, Qatar (AP) — Breel Embolo’s goal lifted Switzerland to a 1-0 victory over Cameroon at the World Cup. Embolo kept his promise not to celebrate scoring against the country of his birth. The Switzerland forward scored in the 48th minute of a low pass from Xherdan Shaqiri.
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — While Black Friday will mark a return to familiar holiday shopping patterns, uncertainty still remains. The U.S. job market remains strong, consumer spending is resilient and inflation has been slowing. But elevated prices for food, rent, gasoline and other household costs have taken a toll
Continue Reading By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Long-time reformist leader Anwar Ibrahim has been sworn in as Malaysia’s prime minister. It’s a victory for the political reformers who have been locked in a battle for days with Malay nationalists after a divisive general election produced a hung Parliament. Malaysia’s king named 75-year-old
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By Kara Scannell, CNN Ex-magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll sued former President Donald Trump for battery and defamation under a new New York law that allows adults alleging sexual assault to bring claims years after the attack. Carroll filed the lawsuit Thursday, the first day that civil lawsuits can be brought under the new law,
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Un tesoro de monedas de oro antiguas fue robado de un museo en el sur de Alemania, según la PolicÃa Estatal de Baviera. El robo ocurrió el martes por la noche en el Museo Celta y Romano en Manching, a unos 64 kilómetros (40 millas) al norte de Munich. Las monedas
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Protests against China’s prolonged and restrictive Covid regulations spread across the country over the weekend. The demonstrations against Chinese President Xi Jinping and his costly zero-Covid policy are an exceedingly rare case of widespread civil disobedience. While the protests represent an unprecedented challenge for Xi, they also carry economic and
Continue ReadingBy Bryant McCray Click here for updates on this story WISCONSIN (WDJT) — If you could make a wish, what would it be? A North Carolina boy who beat cancer could have wished for anything, but he wanted to come here, to Wisconsin, to do a little research for his dream job. Eleven-year-old Maxx Ball
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — South Korea and Uruguay started their World Cup campaigns with a 0-0 draw. The draw at Education City Stadium was yet another early World Cup match with the favored team stumbling. Argentina and Germany both lost their opening matches in major upsets. South Korea
Continue ReadingSofÃa Benavides (CNN) — Las cifras del Gobierno recién publicadas muestran un número casi récord de personas que viajaron por aire este miércoles, en lo que se esperaba que fuera uno de los dÃas más concurridos en años para las principales aerolÃnea. La Administración de Seguridad del Transporte (TSA) registró a unos 2,46 millones de personas
Continue ReadingBy KCAL/KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story California (KCAL) — A Foothill High School teacher allegedly caught in an online sting was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of exchanging lewd text messages with a minor. Roger Kavigan, 55, of Long Beach was placed on paid administrative leave at the north Tustin high school,
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the food and energy crisis triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine has greatly affected countries on the southern Mediterranean basin. Speaking Thursday at the Union for the Mediterranean forum that brought together delegations from 43 countries, Borrell said greater investment and policies regulating immigration
Continue ReadingBy Marie Saavedra Click here for updates on this story NAPERVILLE, Illinois (WBBM) — A Naperville couple says they have been blessed with a full life – and they wanted to share their blessings with children, through adoption. But their road to parenthood ended up coming to a dead end – and not before costing
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Throngs of spectators lined the streets of New York on Thursday as colorful, high-flying balloons helped usher in the holiday season during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The annual tradition, which dates back nearly a century, packed streets as a procession of giant inflatables and
Continue Reading By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says the body of an Israeli teen taken by Palestinian militants from a West Bank hospital was returned to his family. Relatives of 17-year-old Tiran Fero said that militants in the West Bank city of Jenin entered the hospital where Fero was being
Continue ReadingBy Paulina Aguilar Click here for updates on this story GOVERNMENT CAMP, Oregon (KPTV) — While the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is often a day for people to hit the slopes at Mt. Hood, they’ll have to wait a few more days for Mt. Hood Meadows to open. Instead of packed with with skiers and snowboarders,
Continue ReadingBy Matthew Nuttle Click here for updates on this story WAIMANALO, Hawaii (KITV) — A California woman is in critical condition after being pulled from the water at Kaiona Beach, Wednesday morning. Rescuers responded to Kaiona Beach Park around 10:45 a.m. after receiving a 911 call about an unresponsive snorkeler in the water. The victim,
Continue ReadingBy Alexis Zotos Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Nancy Schultejans, 91, lives in her apartment in University City and relies on her weekly delivery of meals from GA Foods. The company delivers to around 1,000 clients in the St. Louis area but in October, Schultejans says the meals
Continue ReadingBy Talgat Almanov Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — Sha’querria Kaigler, Keisha Blue-Murray, and Tunisia Woodward helped to safely deliver a baby at the local Atlanta McDonald’s during their shift on Wednesday. According to a release, the pregnant customer and her husband had stopped at McDonald’s to eat when they
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Chin Click here for updates on this story SANTA ROSA, California (KPIX) — A Santa Rosa man has found a creative way to raise money for needy Bay Area families by using his passion in life to construct his own way of giving. From his workshop in his home garage, Frank Wheeler saws
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