Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay’s leftist opposition candidate, Yamandú Orsi, became the country’s new president in a tight runoff Sunday, ousting the conservative governing coalition and making the South American nation the latest to rebuke the incumbent party in a year of landmark elections worldwide. Even as the vote count continued, Álvaro Delgado,
Continue Reading AP Airlines Writer The last-minute Thanksgiving travelers are packing their cars and carry-on bags to hit the nation’s highways and airports. Holiday travelers were experiencing few canceled flights early on Wednesday, and the weather could determine whether that good luck holds up. The Transportation Security Administration expects to screen 2.9 million people on Wednesday and
Continue Reading The Oscar-nominated animated charmer “Robot Dreams” and the romantic comedy “Sweethearts” are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases. On the small screen, Michael Fassbender plays an undercover CIA agent who has a hard transition to real life in the new TV series “The Agency,” while the Fab Four’s first trip to America is
Continue Reading By Kathleen Magramo, photo curation by Noemi Cassanelli, CNN (CNN) — A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families homeless as flames billowed for nearly eight hours. Drone footage from the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office showed raging orange flames razing
Continue Reading Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — More than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand were safely returned to the ocean after conservation workers and residents helped to refloat them by lifting them on sheets. Four of the pilot whales died, New Zealand’s conservation agency said. New Zealand is
Continue Reading Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An advocate for major social media platforms has told Australia’s Parliament that a plan to ban children younger than 16 from the sites should be delayed rather than being rushed to approval this week. Sunita Bose is managing director of Digital Industry Group Inc. which is an advocate for
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A juvenile was detained after attempting to commit a robbery and shooting at people on Clark Lane in Northeast Columbia Saturday night, according to the Columbia Police Department. The juvenile was detained on charges of first-degree assault, first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. According to a release
Continue Reading MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Left-wing politician Yamandú Orsi is poised to become the next president of Uruguay after his main challenger in the runoff conceded defeat Sunday and even the outgoing leader of the South American country congratulated him. His victory marks the return of a center-leftist government to Uruguay’s presidency after five years of
Continue Reading Associated Press SADO, Japan (AP) — South Korea has paid tribute to wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan’s Sado gold mines in a memorial ceremony. The event on Monday came a day after Seoul boycotted a similar event organized by Japan, as tensions over historical atrocities continue to strain relations between the two sides. Monday’s
Continue Reading Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Syriza, the left-wing party which once governed Greece, has elected a new leader after a year of internal turmoil and diminishing popularity. Sokratis Famellos, 58, on Sunday defeated fellow lawmaker Pavlos Polakis and two other candidates in a vote open to all party members and people aligned to the
Continue Reading KCAL, KCBS, CNN By Jordan D. Brown, CNN (CNN) — After 45 years, authorities in California were finally able to tell the Gonzalez family who they believe killed their loved one. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office used DNA and forensic genealogy to identify the suspected killer, who turned out to be the same man who
Continue Reading GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) — Vincent Brady II scored 27 points as Missouri State beat High Point 71-61 on Sunday night at the Cayman Islands Classic. Brady also had 10 rebounds for the Bears (4-1). Dez White scored 13 points while shooting 4 for 10, including 3 for 7 from beyond the arc. Mozae
Continue Reading Associated Press A last round of negotiations on a legally binding treaty to address the global scourge of plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea. National delegations still have a lot to hammer out before there is a treaty. Most contentious is whether there will be a limit on how much plastic companies are
Continue Reading Associated Press Negotiators are gathered in South Korea in what’s billed as a final push to address the global crisis of plastic pollution. Monday’s meeting in Busan is the fifth time nations are convening to craft a legally binding plastic pollution treaty. On the periphery are representatives from the plastics industry, scientists and environmentalists seeking
Continue Reading By Nic Robertson, Hira Humayun and Michael Rios, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A ceasefire deal between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is “very close,” a regional source told CNN on Sunday, even as an uptick in Israeli attacks saw the death toll in Lebanon since mid-September pass a grim milestone. More than 3,000
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Mark Mitchell scored 20 points and Anthony Robinson II posted a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds as Missouri roared to its fifth straight win and its third straight by more than 35 points as the Tigers routed Arkansas-Pine Bluff 112-63. Missouri (5-1) is now unbeaten in five home games.
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tight end Noah Gray is emerging as a weapon in the passing game for Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Mahomes threw two touchdown passes to Gray for the second straight week as the Chiefs held off the Carolina Panthers 30-27 on Sunday. Gray’s four TD receptions
Continue Reading By Dawn Sawyer, CNN (CNN) — The USS Beloit, a littoral combat ship, was commissioned Saturday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with African American trailblazer Maj. Gen. Marcia Anderson as the ship’s chosen sponsor. Anderson is nationally recognized for being the first Black woman to achieve the rank of major general in the United States Army Reserve.
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America Fred Harris, a former Democratic U.S. senator from Oklahoma, is being remembered by party members for his commitment to social and economic justice. Harris died Saturday at age 94. He served in Congress for eight years before mounting an unsuccessful presidential bid in 1976. The Oklahoma Democratic Party commemorated his work
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The city of Las Cruces, New Mexico, has reached a $20 million settlement with the family of a grandmother fatally shot by a police officer last year, according to The Associated Press and local media. Felipe Hernandez, then working for the Las Cruces Police Department, fatally shot Teresa Gomez,
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