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Month: October 2024

Harris and Trump are tested by the Mideast, Helene and the port strike in the campaign’s final weeks

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurricane Helene, the growing conflict in the Mideast and a dockworkers strike are looming over the final weeks of the American presidential campaign. They could help shape the public mood as voters decide between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. How events shake out and how the candidates respond

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Harris hands out meals, consoles families as she surveys Hurricane Helene devastation in Georgia

Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris handed out meals, embraced a shaken family and surveyed Hurricane Helene’s “extraordinary” path of destruction through Georgia on Wednesday as she left the campaign trail to pledge federal help and personally take in scenes of toppled trees, damaged homes and lives upended. She visited Augusta,

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Gustavo Petro confirma rescate de seis mujeres colombianas que fueron secuestradas en Veracruz, México

Mauricio Torres (CNN) — El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, confirmó este miércoles que rescataron a seis mujeres colombianas luego de que fueron secuestradas a finales de septiembre en Veracruz, al este de México, según la Cancillería de Colombia y la Fiscalía de Veracruz. “Han sido rescatadas en un operativo de equipos especializados las seis

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After pressing an Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, the Biden administration shifts its message

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says there is a significant difference between Israeli actions that have expanded its war against the Iranian-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran’s retaliatory missile attack against Israel, which it condemned as escalatory. In carefully calibrated remarks, officials across the administration are defending the surge in

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US ‘Welcome Corps’ helps resettle LGBTQ+ refugees fleeing crackdowns against gay people

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Cabrel Ngounou’s life in Cameroon quickly unraveled after neighbors caught the teenager with his boyfriend. A crowd surrounded his boyfriend’s house and beat him. Ngounou’s family learned of the relationship and kicked him out. So Ngounou fled — alone and with little money — on a dangerous, four-year journey

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Prosecutors say they may bring additional charges against New York City mayor and indict others

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they might bring additional charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams and indict others in the corruption case against him. Prosecutors made the disclosure Wednesday during a hearing for Adams. He pleaded not guilty last week to charges alleging that he accepted about $100,000 worth

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Countries, businesses and trade officials urge EU to rethink deforestation regulation

Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A growing number of governments, international trade organizations and businesses are urging the European Union to reconsider a deforestation regulation set to take effect in December. Critics of the EU Deforestation Regulation say it will discriminate against countries with forest resources and hurt their exports. Supporters say it will

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