By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Public support is building for changes to zoning codes and other laws that have dominated American housing policy for decades and restricted new development. A new Pew Charitable Trusts poll shows broad public approval for several policy initiatives that would make it easier to build new housing,
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Chinese naval vessels have become the first ships to dock at a new pier at a Cambodian naval base that the United States and some international security experts say is destined to serve as a strategic outpost for Beijing’s navy. The docking of the two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia’s Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing Thursday to hear what citizens have to say about the proposed short-term rental regulations. The meeting will be held at the City Council Chambers at 701 E. Broadway at 7 p.m. The proposed regulations include a three “tier” structure
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press President Ilham Aliyev has ordered Azerbaijan’s Central Election Commission to prepare for an early presidential election on Feb. 7, shortly ahead of Russia’s presidential election on March 17. The order was published on the presidential website but did not explain why Aliyev had called an early vote. The next presidential election
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The New York Yankees acquired superstar outfielder Juan Soto in a blockbuster seven-player trade, the team announced on Wednesday. The 25-year-old arrives in New York alongside fellow outfielder Trent Grisham, while five players head in the opposite direction to the San Diego Padres; pitchers Michael King, Drew Thorpe, Jhony
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Moody’s surprise downgrade of China’s credit outlook this week has reinforced concerns that the crisis in the country’s real estate market is spilling over into the wider economy. While the risk of contagion — particularly via losses at so-called shadow banks — is growing, analysts say
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and LEE KEATH Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Desperation grew Thursday among Palestinians largely cut off from supplies of food and water as Israeli forces engaged in fierce urban battles with Hamas militants. Strikes in the southern Gaza town of Rafah sowed fear in one of the
Continue Reading By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — There came a moment, somewhere on a roadside in rural Tennessee, when Harvey Lewis felt like he could keep running forever. At this point, he had already been on the move, practically non-stop, for about four days, looping around the same roads, trails, and tracks amongst an ever-shrinking group
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti 🔄 Este cubrimiento ha terminado. Para seguir las noticias sobre la guerra de Israel contra Hamas haz clic aquí Palestinos desplazados que huyeron de Khan Yunis establecieron un campamento en Rafah, más al sur, cerca de la frontera de Gaza con Egipto, el 6 de diciembre de 2023. (Crédito: MAHMUD HAMS/AFP vía Getty
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he will “do what is necessary” to revive a blocked deal to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda, even if it means ignoring human rights laws. The U.K. Supreme Court has declared the plan illegal, but Sunak said Thursday that a planned new
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — State news agencies and authorities in Russia say a girl shot several classmates before killing herself at a school in the city of Bryansk. Initial reports said one person besides the shooter was killed and five people were wounded in Thursday’s gunfire. Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reports that one of
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Longtime regional rivals Greece and Turkey have made a significant step in mending ties during a visit to Athens by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This comes after several years of strained relations that raised tensions to alarming levels. Erdogan had promised ahead
Continue Reading By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s exports increased for the first time since April, while imports inched downward, data from the world’s second largest economy showed on Thursday. Exports in US dollar terms rose 0.5% in November from a year ago, reversing a 6.4% decline in October, according to the General Administration
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By Rob Kuznia, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Alex Leeds Matthews, Kyung Lah, Anna-Maja Rappard and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN (CNN) – By the time the FBI first showed up at Kevin Patrick Smith’s home in early February, he’d already left dozens of threatening voice messages for US Senator Jon Tester. “You stand toe to toe with me,
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Una investigación de Amnistía Internacional alega que se utilizó un sistema de guía de armas fabricado en Estados Unidos en dos ataques aéreos israelíes en Gaza en octubre en los que se dice que murieron 43 civiles. Se encontraron fragmentos del sistema de guía de municiones de ataque directo conjunto de
Continue Reading By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Buffalo Bills linebacker Von Miller is expected to be available to play in the team’s next scheduled game on Sunday, according to general manager Brandon Beane. Last week, Miller turned himself into the Glenn Heights Police Department after an arrest warrant was issued for him. According to the arrest
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Nobel Peace Prizer winner and former President Lech Walesa says he is improving after being hospitalized with COVID-19. A post on the 80-year-old Walesa’s Facebook page on Thursday shows him lying on a hospital bed with his thumbs raised and a brief caption saying he thinks he is going to
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Boone County is planning something new — offering subsidized childcare for some of its workers.
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By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — The architects behind Chinese tech giant Tencent’s vast new campus unveiled their plans for the site on Thursday, describing their helix-inspired centerpiece as the “headquarters of the future.” Set to accomodate over 23,000 employees across nearly 500,000 square meters (5.38 million square feet), the campus will be almost twice
Continue ReadingBy John Miller, Elizabeth Wolfe, Taylor Romine, Evan Perez, Andy Rose and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — Anthony Polito, the gunman authorities said killed three people Wednesday at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, visited a post office in Henderson and mailed 22 letters to various university personnel across the country with no return address,
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