Late payments to nonprofits hamper California’s fight against homelessness
CalMatters California’s homeless service providers have a problem: They aren’t getting paid on time, and it’s making it even harder for them to…
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Marketing plans are key for small businesses ahead of a tough holiday shopping season
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The holidays are the busiest time of year for many small retailers and other businesses. But the holidays this…
Continue Reading US sanctions extremist West Bank settler group for violence against Palestinians
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Hilltop Youth, a group of extremist settlers in the Israeli -occupied…
Continue Reading Chanel show wrestles with designer void as actor Lupita Nyong’o talks diversity in fashion
AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Chanel finds itself at a crossroads following Virginie Viard’s abrupt departure, as a giant empty cage at its…
Continue ReadingGonzaga set to join rebuilt Pac-12, while UTEP goes to Mountain West
AP Sports Writer Rebuilding the Pac-12 Conference centered around football. It’ll be a pretty good basketball conference, too, after landing…
Continue Reading A Cambodian reporter who exposed scams charged over online posts
Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian reporter who exposed online scams and corruption was charged with a criminal offense that…
Continue Reading Girl and boy injured in suspected acid attack outside a London school
LONDON (AP) — London police say two teens were injured after a male suspect on a scooter threw what was believed to be acid on them outside a…
Continue ReadingBasketball powerhouse Gonzaga will become the latest member of the rebuilt Pac-12 Conference
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Basketball powerhouse Gonzaga will become the latest member of the rebuilt Pac-12…
Continue Reading EU, US urge Albania’s opposition to end violence and resume dialogue with government
Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The European Union and the United States have urged Albania’s opposition to resume dialogue with the…
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Stage has been set for Vice Presidential Debate
“CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell and “Face the Nation” moderator and chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret…
Continue Reading NASA’s Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto’s largest moon
AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto’s largest moon. It…
Continue Reading Britain’s Princess Beatrice is pregnant with her second child
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Princess Beatrice is pregnant with her second child. Buckingham Palace says 36-year-old Beatrice and her husband Edoardo…
Continue ReadingStephen Curry’s gold-medal summer and ‘nuit nuit’ gesture still resonates as NBA camps open
AP Basketball Writer Stephen Curry got the question and didn’t even have to think about the answer. Someone wanted to know what French words…
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Deputies in North Carolina rescue residents hit by Hurricane Helene
The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) carried out welfare checks, rescues, and assessed damage on Sunday, September 29, after Hurricane Helene…
Continue Reading Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, looks back in memoir ‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens’
AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ina Garten is looking back in a new memoir, “Be Ready When the Luck Happens,” which distills stories…
Continue Reading Johannesburg considers naming a street after a Palestinian woman who hijacked a plane
Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Officials in South Africa’s biggest city of Johannesburg have proposed renaming a major street after a…
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Satellite footage shows Typhoon Krathon intensifying near Taiwan
Taiwan’s defense ministry said, on September 30, that they were ready to respond to potential disasters as Typhoon Krathon neared the…
Continue Reading Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett and Miranda July are National Book Award finalists
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie’s memoir about his near-fatal stabbing, “Knife,” and Percival Everett’s revisionist…
Continue Reading Pine martens are returned to southern England for the first time in a century
LONDON (AP) — Conservationists have released 15 pine martens into the wild in southern England in an effort to reestablish the cat-sized mammals in…
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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Israel begins ground raids in Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it started “limited, localized, and targeted ground raids” in Lebanon on October…
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