By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Officials from Sapporo and the Japanese Olympic Committee have announced a decision to withdraw the northern Japanese city as a candidate to host the 2030 Winter Olympics. The effort has been soiled by massive corruption and bid-rigging tied to the one-year delayed 2020 Tokyo Games. Sapporo Mayor
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A former prime minister of Slovakia who plans to end the country’s military support for Ukraine is poised to return to office after his political party signed a coalition government deal with two other parties. The leftist Smer, or Direction, party captured 22.9% of the vote in Slovakia’s Sept 30 parliamentary
Continue ReadingBy CHASE BIERENKOVEN Edmunds The Honda Pilot has become a byword for the affordable midsize SUV. With three rows and a fresh face, the Pilot is more enticing than ever. It’s plenty spacious for front and middle-row passengers, and the easy-to-use controls make for a great experience inside. But Toyota is gunning for the Pilot
Continue ReadingOpinion by David A. Andelman (CNN) — To put it simply, the United States cannot readily support two major wars while preparing for the possibility of a third. That’s a hard, indeed ineluctable reality — one that is becoming increasingly and painfully evident by the hour. America’s military industrial base is already stretched by the ongoing war in
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — On Saturday, an annular solar eclipse will create a scintillating “ring of fire” in the skies across the Americas. Astronomers are encouraging everyone within the 125-mile-wide (201-kilometer-wide) eclipse path stretching over North, Central and South America to enjoy this rare sight for the last time until 2046 — but
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Connor Bedard lived up to the lofty expectations surrounding his National Hockey League (NHL) debut on Tuesday, helping the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 18-year-old has been touted as a generational talent and coped well with the pressure as he dazzled inside the
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Raul Rios was the sweetheart of his family. When he was around, his family says, there was no such thing as quiet. Wherever the 15-year-old went, bursts of laughter followed, prompted by an off-key rendition of his favorite 90’s R&B classic, “Candy Rain,” or a cheesy joke he told
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By Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Lillis and Alex Marquardt, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US and its allies are warning the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah against escalating the conflict in Israel as the US prepositions military assets to deter a potential widening of the war, multiple US officials and people briefed on the discussions tell
Continue ReadingBy DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If people really looked for history at the New York City building where the Triangle Shirtwaist factory once existed, they could find it. There are plaques pointing out that it was the site of a horrific fire in 1911 that became a catalyst in the American
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s conservatives expressed doubt at oral arguments Wednesday that South Carolina GOP lawmakers engaged in impermissible racial gerrymandering when they redrew congressional lines for a House seat to benefit Republicans. The case is one of several racial and political gerrymandering-related lawsuits that could
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Thousands of travelers faced disruption as all flights were suspended Wednesday at London’s Luton airport after a fire tore through a newly built parking garage, destroying vehicles and partially collapsing the structure. Four firefighters and an airport employee were treated for the effects of smoke inhalation after the fire, which broke out
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — Un ciudadano chileno que era buscado en ese país desde hace más de una década por el asesinato de Víctor Jara se encuentra ahora detenido en Florida. El Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE.UU. anunció este martes que Pedro Barrientos fue detenido la semana pasada durante un
Continue ReadingVIGO, Spain (AP) — Officials say three children and an adult have died and nine others were injured in a fire in an apartment building believed to be occupied by squatters in Spain’s northwestern city of Vigo. Spain’s state news agency Efe says the dead included a woman and three of her children. Efe said
Continue Reading By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Blink and you would have missed it, but Shad Tuten’s fateful decision to move his ball mere inches on Sunday excruciatingly cost him his dreams of a spot on the PGA Tour. The American golfer had finished his closing round at the season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Championship in Newburgh,
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press COTONOU, Benin (AP) — The French military says it’s begun withdrawing from Niger following the July coup when mutinous soldiers toppled the country’s democratically elected president. More than 100 troops left in two flights from the capital Niamey on Tuesday in the first of what will be several rounds of
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Dozen of activists are protesting at Norway’s parliament to express frustration over the Norwegian government’s failure to shut down a wind farm they say endangers the way of life of Sami reindeer herders. The focus of Wednesday’s demonstration was the 151 turbines of Europe’s largest onshore wind farm, which is located
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Continue Reading By Donald Judd and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled new efforts to crack down on junk fees while announcing $2 billion in savings and $140 million in consumer refunds from previous crackdowns on junk fees from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “Folks are tired of being taken advantage of
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By Jessie Yeung and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — In an ink illustration, two siblings clutch their worldly possessions — a few bags and suitcases bearing the label “13660.” The same digits are pinned to their clothing, denoting the number their family was assigned at the detention camp they are about to enter.
Continue Reading CNN By Katie Bo Lillis, Alex Marquardt and Oren Liebermann, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US intelligence community is digging through its stores of data and tasking the nation’s spy agencies to hunt for fresh clues to determine whether Iran played a direct role in Saturday’s deadly attack on Israel by Hamas, a senior Biden
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