Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan’s famed luxury store row Fifth Avenue is in line for a major makeover. New York City officials unveiled a plan this week to transform a central portion of the thoroughfare between Bryant Park and Central Park into a more pedestrian-centered boulevard. They propose doubling the size of sidewalks,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s commission governing media says it will take steps to revoke the license of a Saudi television station to operate in the country. It comes hours after dozens of supporters of Iraqi militias stormed and looted the office of the broadcaster MBC in Baghdad in protest over a report that
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Istanbul. Both leaders discussed bilateral concerns and opportunities for cooperation on Saturday. But they couldn’t agree on their respective stances toward Israel. The news conference following their meeting was otherwise cordial. But Erdogan had very harsh words for Israel
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — Women and men have demonstrated together in Paris and other French cities in support of Gisèle Pélicot and against sexual violence. The issue was highlighted by the harrowing trial of Pélicot’s ex-husband and dozens of other men being prosecuted for rapes while she was unconscious. Saturday’s demonstrations outside Paris’ criminal
Continue ReadingHAVANA (AP) — Tropical Storm Oscar brought heavy rains and winds to Cuba, an island already beleaguered by a massive power outage, late Sunday after brushing the Bahamas. It made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph) in the eastern Cuban province of Guantanamo, near the city
Continue ReadingBy Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — The “Thanksgiving grandma,” who accidentally texted a dinner invitation to a teen she’d never met, invited him anyway and went viral for her kindness, is facing a new challenge as the holiday approaches. Wanda Dench is receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer, she said in a statement posted by Jamal
Continue ReadingSKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The main zoo in North Macedonia’s capital Skopje has been closed after authorities confirmed the presence of a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu. The disease was detected in a goose that died in a pond, authorities said Saturday. Authorities put down dozens of ducks, geese, chickens and one jackdaw,
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Residents in New York’s Harlem neighborhood are remembering a four-year-old boy who prosecutors say was starved to death by his parents. Community members lit candles and released balloons during a Friday night vigil in front of the apartment building where prosecutors say Jahmeik Modlin was found so severely malnourished that he
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs have attacked in several neighborhoods of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, forcing many people to leave their homes after gunfire raged through the night. Authorities did not immediately release casualty information Saturday. Haiti’s police union said on its social media channels that the ongoing attacks in the neighborhood of Solino
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli forces have spent much of the past year destroying Hamas’ vast underground network in Gaza. They are now focused on dismantling tunnels and other hideouts belonging to Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon. Scarred by Hamas’ deadly raid into Israel last year that sparked the war in Gaza,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MESA, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona economy is flourishing by many measures. It just doesn’t feel that way for many voters in the presidential battleground state as they consider which candidate to vote for in next month’s election. Voters are hearing Democrats and Republicans promise to help the middle class. But they’ve heard
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A video purporting to show dozens of North Korean recruits lining up to collect Russian military fatigues has been released by Ukrainian officials, who say it shows the introduction of troops sent by Pyongyang into the conflict. The video, published by Ukraine’s Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security,
Continue ReadingLEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) — Three people were killed and eight others were injured in central Mississippi early Saturday when at least two people opened fire into a group of several hundred people who were celebrating a school’s homecoming football win at an outdoor trail several hours after the game had ended, authorities said. The gunfire
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Some 200,000 mail carriers have reached a tentative contract deal with the U.S. Postal Service that includes backdated pay raises and a promise to provide workers with air-conditioned trucks. The new agreement, which still needs to be ratified by union members, runs through November 2026. Letter carriers have been working without a new
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — “When I was 5, I began getting sexually abused by my stepfather, and he got me pregnant when I was 12,” Hadley Duvall says in a new campaign ad released by Vice President Kamala Harris Thursday. Duvall, a rape survivor turned reproductive rights advocate, has been featured in several
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Karl Peterson has been living the cruel inverse of the American dream. His rent keeps getting higher, but his apartments keep getting smaller. Peterson left the Midwest nine years ago for the epicenter of an economic boom, only to gradually learn that endless sunshine and desert views are increasingly
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government says some electricity has been restored on the island after one of the country’s major power plants failed and left millions without electricity for two days. Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said that the country had 500 megawatts of energy in its electrical grid early Saturday.
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The family of a missing Broadway dancer whose credits include “Hamilton” and “MJ The Musical” is expanding its search beyond the South Carolina hiking trailhead where authorities found his car earlier this month. Zelig Williams, 28, was last seen on October 3 at his home in Columbia, according to a
Continue ReadingReligion News Service (RNS) — In mid-September, Val Smith, chief sustainability officer at Citigroup, one of the United States’ Big Four of banking, met with four religious environmental activists to discuss the company’s record on fossil fuel investment. In 2021, Citi had pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, but according to reports by
Continue ReadingTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The man who gained social media fame for riding out two hurricanes in his boat in Tampa has been arrested. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrest records show 54-year-old Joseph Malinowsky, known as “Lt. Dan” in TikTok posts, was arrested Friday for trespassing and failure to appear in court on previous charges
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