By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — When former police officer Omar Delgado heard the news of four current and former members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department dying by suicide in less than 24 hours last week, he understood. “It’s kind of like a pressure cooker. If you don’t slowly let go of that
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TODAY: Sunday will fittingly see more sunshine and warmer temperatures as many staved off freezing this morning. Highs reach the mid-60s, already almost 10 degrees above average for mid-November. TOMORROW: Rinse and repeat into the workweek with morning lows in the warmer end of the 30s, and highs climbing further into the 60s. EXTENDED: Temperatures
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Sunday at noon will conclude the second weekend the new temporary yard waste drop-off site in Jefferson City is in operation. The site located at 708 Ellis Blvd. opens at 8 a.m. and is only open on weekends. Last week they received 228 total drop-offs from 163 different addresses. The yard
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — La lluvia de meteoros de las Táuridas aún no ha terminado, y una de sus dos corrientes alcanzará su punto máximo este fin de semana. Cuando las Táuridas del Norte, una lluvia anual menor, están en su momento de mayor actividad, los observadores del cielo pueden ver uno o dos
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — The Taurid meteor shower is not quite finished, with one of its two streams set to peak this weekend. When the Northern Taurids, an annual minor shower, is at its most active, sky-gazers could catch sight of a bright meteor or two streaking across the night sky. The Southern
Continue ReadingBy KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Karel Schwarzenberg, a former Czech foreign minister and a member of a European noble family has died. His long-term political ally and the Foreign Ministry confirmed his death on Sunday. He was 85. Schwarzenberg had been hospitalized in Prague since August with heart and kidney problems and
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A new batch of Rhodes scholars from the United States has been selected to study at the University of Oxford in a screening process that was conducted in person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe in 2020. The Office of the American Secretary of the Rhodes
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — When Laura Larocca visited Denmark in 2019, the climate scientist sifted through thousands of old aerial photographs of Greenland’s icy coastline, which were rediscovered in a castle outside Copenhagen about 15 years ago. Now housed in the Danish National Archives, the historical images inspired her and other researchers to
Continue ReadingBy GREGOIRE MEROT Associated Press MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — Water taps flow just one day out of three in Mayotte, a French territory off Africa’s eastern coast. That’s because of a drawn-out drought compounded by years of water mismanagement. Diseases like cholera and typhoid are on the rebound, and the French army recently intervened to
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Timothée Chalamet lambasted everything from Hollywood to his own angelic visage during the opening monologue for his second stint hosting “Saturday Night Live.” Since the SAG-AFTRA strike is over, the “Wonka” star was free to continue to shamelessly promoting his upcoming movies, but things took an amusing turn when
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Un sospechoso que estaba bajo custodia tras el asesinato el mes pasado de la presidenta de la sinagoga de Detroit, Samantha Woll, fue puesto en libertad, dijo su abogado el sábado. El jefe de la policía de Detroit, James E. White, había anunciado el miércoles que había un sospechoso detenido,
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Alec Baldwin made an unexpected return to “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, his first time appearing on the program since the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of his film “Rust.” Baldwin last appeared on the long-running NBC comedy sketch show just over three years ago, when he regularly showed
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By Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — When Donald Trump launches his defense Monday against allegations that he, his adult sons and his business defrauded lenders and insurers to enrich themselves, the first witness his lawyers will call is the former president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., as they aim to convince the judge that
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Health officials and people trapped inside Gaza’s largest hospital rejected Israel’s claims that it was helping babies and others evacuate Sunday, saying fighting continued just outside the facility where incubators lay idle with no electricity and critical supplies were running out.
Continue ReadingBy BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on Sunday with a Guinness World Record number of bright earthen oil lamps as concerns about air pollution soared in the South Asian country. Across the country, dazzling multi-colored lights decked homes and streets as devotees celebrated the annual Hindu festival
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Según un estudio reciente, eliminar una cucharadita de sal de la dieta diaria puede reducir la presión arterial tanto como la medicación habitual para la hipertensión, aunque no se padezca hipertensión. Una cucharadita de sal equivale a 2.300 miligramos, el límite máximo diario recomendado por las últimas directrices nutricionales de
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press TER APEL, Netherlands (AP) — It is a familiar sight in this remote rural town: a migrant in a headscarf and thick winter coat carrying her belongings to the overcrowded reception center as a storm brews over the flat landscape. For many here and across this nation once known as
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press DUNDEE, South Africa (AP) — On weekdays, 14-year-old Luyanda Hlali gets up before dawn to fetch firewood and cow dung to start a fire and boil some water before her four siblings and parents wake up. The mornings are a hive of activity in the Nhlangothi home, in the tiny
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and China are the two global economic heavyweights. Combined, they produce more than 40% of the world’s goods and services. So when Washington and Beijing do economic battle, as they have for five years running, the rest of the world suffers, too. And
Continue Reading By Ben Jones, CNN (CNN) — Night trains have been making a resurgence across Europe after decades of decline, raising the prospect of more sustainable ways of crisscrossing the continent as travelers look to find alternatives to flying. There’s nothing quite like an overnight train. The excitement before an evening departure. The sense of adventure.
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