Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the French language in the region. Leopold Sedar Senghor, the country’s first president and a poet, is considered one of the founding fathers of the concept of Francophonie, a global alliance of
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By Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Israel has pummeled Lebanon with an unprecedented airstrike campaign in less than three weeks, killing over 1,400 people, injuring nearly 7,500 others and displacing more than one million people from their homes, according to the Lebanese health ministry. The bombardment, which Israel says is targeting Hezbollah strongholds in the country,
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By Jenna Wells Click here for updates on this story WAUWATOSA, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A Wisconsin man now has a new lease on life, after becoming eligible for an advanced piece of medical technology. “Having the nostalgic feeling of standing again is like riding a bike,” said Jacob Sertuche. “Except for this time, the bike
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In her first days as Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of distancing herself from the fossil fuel reliance promoted by her predecessor, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and vowed to resume an energy transition that he halted. “We are going to boost renewable energies,” she said, promising
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By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — It took only three days for one side to blink and the potentially crippling strike at the United States’ East and Gulf Coast ports to come to an end, with likely only limited damage to America’s economy. Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, the
Continue ReadingBy Zach Scott and Rachel Whelan Click here for updates on this story CAPE CORAL, Florida (WSVN) — A Cape Coral woman was arrested after being accused of falsely selling someone else’s boat on Facebook Marketplace. Diana Marie Morgenthal Bell, 32, is facing charges of grand theft, trespassing and two counts of falsifying a bill
Continue ReadingSean Wang’s semi-autobiographical feature debut “Dìdi” and Jelly Roll’s 22-track album “Beautifully Broken” are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases. Charli XCX will release a deluxe, remixed, double-album version of her culture-shifting album “Brat” and Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline co-star in “Disclaimer,” a psychological thriller, on Apple TV+ from writer-director Alfonso Cuarón.
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sports teams and organizations have launched their own relief efforts to help those impacted by the devastation from Hurricane Helene. The Category 4 storm has led to 200 deaths after cutting through the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee. Relief efforts include North Carolina’s three major professional sports franchises either
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer The destruction from Hurricane Helene has disrupted the high school landscape throughout southern Appalachia. Floodwaters swallowed entire high school athletic complexes and washed out roads that forced the postponement of football games throughout the region for a second straight week. In western North Carolina, Pisgah High School reopened its football stadium last
Continue ReadingAP Education Writer AURORA, Colo. (AP) — East Colfax Avenue was the best place to find a job. That’s what everyone told Sofia Roca. Never mind the open drug use, the sex workers or the groups of other migrant women marching the sidewalks soliciting work at the very same Mexican restaurants and bakeries. On East
Continue ReadingBy Justin Berger Click here for updates on this story BAKERSVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A single person or group can’t fix catastrophic devastation. It takes everyone. In Bakersville, community spirit is shining. “Yeah, it takes us all, everybody, and we’re going to get through it, you know,” Tony Gilbert said. “One day at a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of a Texas man on death row who has long argued that DNA testing would help prove he didn’t kill an 85-year-old woman during a home robbery decades ago. The order came down Friday in the case of Ruben Gutierrez, months after
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) — Karen Read is seeking to delay a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of her Boston police officer boyfriend until her criminal trial in connection with his death is done. The lawsuit filed last month blames the death of John O’Keefe on Read, and also on what it describes
Continue ReadingBillionaire Elon Musk will join Donald Trump at a rally at the site of the former president’s July assassination attempt. The campaign said the SpaceX and Tesla CEO will be among special guests at Saturday’s rally. The event will mark the first time that Musk appears publicly at a campaign event for the former president
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Missouri Task Force 1 is continuing its deployment to search along the Catawba River in McDowell County, North Carolina one week after then-Tropical Storm Helene hit the area.
Continue ReadingMEMPHIS, Texas (AP) — Authorities in the Texas Panhandle are searching for a man they said wounded a small town’s police chief. The Texas Department of Public Safety sent out a “Blue Alert” at 5 a.m. Friday for Seth Altman in the shooting of Memphis Police Chief Rex Plant. DPS said Plant was shot late
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.N. human rights office says the tally of victims killed in a brutal attack on a small town in central Haiti by heavily armed gang members has risen to at least 70. Bertide Harace, spokeswoman for the Commission for Dialogue, Reconciliation and Awareness to Save the Artibonite, told Magik 9
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has set a date of Nov. 1 date for its next execution as the state ramps up use of the death penalty after a 13-year pause. The state’s high court issued the warrant Friday for Richard Moore. He was sentenced to death in the September 1999 killing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Aiden Bowles was stubborn, so even as Florida officials told residents of the barrier island north of St. Petersburg that Hurricane Helene’s storm surge could be deadly, the retired restaurant owner stayed put. Caregiver Amanda Normand begged the 71-year-old widower to stay with her inland, but there
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge has won the Baseball Digest/Inside Edge major league player of the year award, beating out Shohei Ohtani in a very close vote. Both superstars were tabbed first on 12 of 24 ballots. But the New York Yankees outfielder also received 12 second-place votes, while the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger
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