5 things to know for October 12: Gas prices, Texas, NFL, ISIS, Facebook
CNN By Faith Karimi, CNN International shipping giant Maersk has suspended five crew members and is investigating after a student posted an explosive…
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Strange radio waves coming from the heart of the Milky Way stump scientists
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Katie Hunt, CNN Space experts have detected unusual radio waves coming from the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The energy signal…
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ICC hearing opens for Central African Republic rebel
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A key pre-trial hearing has opened for an alleged Central African Republic rebel…
Continue ReadingBiden’s ‘tough month’ looms over Democratic campaigns in 2021
By Dan Merica, CNN The federal headwinds against Democrats on the ballot this November have never been stronger. Democrats who were once buoyant that…
Continue ReadingWhy cremation has overtaken burial in America
By Harry Enten, CNN Death is a five-letter word, but it may as well be a four letter word to many Americans. We don’t like talking about our…
Continue Reading Magnitude 6.3 earthquake jolts Greek island of Crete
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A strong earthquake has jolted the Greek island of Crete two weeks and a day after…
Continue Reading Report says UK’s slow virus lockdown cost 1000s of lives
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.K. parliamentary report says Britain’s Conservative government waited too long to impose a…
Continue Reading Lebanon judge issues arrest warrant for MP over port blast
By BASSEM MROUE and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s state news agency says the judge leading the investigation into…
Continue Reading Europe court rejects case seeking to blame Vatican for abuse
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A European court has ruled that the Vatican can’t be sued in a local court for sexual abuse…
Continue Reading 15 Nigerian women, children escape from Boko Haram captivity
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Six women and nine children abducted by Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremist rebels in the…
Continue ReadingGiuliani associate Lev Parnas goes on trial Tuesday for campaign finance charges
By Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN The campaign finance trial against Rudy Giuliani’s Ukrainian-born associate, Lev Parnas, is set to…
Continue ReadingHouse approves debt ceiling extension through early December
By Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House of Representatives approved an extension of the nation’s debt limit through early December…
Continue ReadingAlisal Fire prompts evacuations in Santa Barbara County and closure of part of California’s iconic Highway 101
KSBY By Alexandra Meeks and Joe Sutton, CNN The Alisal Fire near Santa Barbara, California, quickly exploded in size Monday, prompting evacuation…
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NFL picks 3 German cities to bid for regular-season game
By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — The NFL has selected the cities Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich to enter a final bidding stage to…
Continue Reading French train hits and kills sleeping migrant, 2 others
PARIS (AP) — A train has hit and killed three people and seriously injured another person in southwestern France. The mayor of a town near the…
Continue Reading Holocaust survivor-author Eddie Jaku dies in Sydney aged 101
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku, who last year published his best-selling memoir, “The…
Continue Reading Indian troops kill 5 suspected militants in Kashmir fighting
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Government forces have killed five suspected militants in two clashes in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a day after rebels…
Continue Reading UK job vacancies hit record high amid worker shortages
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Job vacancies in the U.K. have risen to a record high of nearly 1.2 million. That’s a further…
Continue Reading China pledges $230 million for biodiversity fund at UN meet
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China is pledging $230 million to establish a fund to protect biodiversity in developing countries…
Continue Reading Climate activists call for investigation of Bolsonaro
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A group of climate lawyers is calling on the International Criminal Court to launch…
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