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Fire at a coal mining company building in northern China kills 26 and injures dozens
11/16/2023 11:19am • BEIJING (AP) — A fire erupted in a coal mining company building in a northern Chinese city on Thursday, killing 26 people and injuring at least 38, Chinese state media reported. Rescue personnel evacuated dozens of people from the building, according to state media. The building belongs to Yongju
No. 9 Louisville looks to clinch ACC title game berth in visit to Miami
11/16/2023 11:11am • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — There were 176 ballots cast in the Atlantic Coast Conference’s preseason football poll this summer. Of those voters, zero picked Louisville as league champion. The Cardinals might prove everyone wrong. No. 9 Louisville (9-1, 6-1 ACC, No. 10 CFP) can clinch a spot in th
Colorado case using 'insurrection' argument to bar Trump from the ballot goes to the judge
11/16/2023 11:01am • DENVER (AP) — A Colorado judge on Wednesday heard closing arguments on whether former President Donald Trump is barred from the ballot by a provision of the U.S. Constitution that forbids those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. The hearing came on the heels of two losses elsew
Decline in local news outlets is accelerating despite efforts to help
11/16/2023 10:30am • NEW YORK (AP) — The decline of local news in the United States is speeding up despite attention paid to the issue, to the point where the nation has lost one-third of its newspapers and two-thirds of its newspaper journalists since 2005. An average of 2.5 newspapers closed each week in 2023 compar
EU calls on China to stop building coal plants and contribute to a climate fund for poor nations
11/16/2023 10:17am • BEIJING (AP) — The European Union's top climate official said Thursday that China should stop building new coal-fired power plants and contribute to a global fund to help poor countries affected by climate change. Wopke Hoekstra, the EU climate commissioner, raised both issues in what he called in
Australia passes laws to handle migrant convicts who can't be held indefinitely or deported
11/16/2023 07:57am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Migrants with criminal records face up to five years in prison for breaching their visa conditions under
emergency
legislation passed by the Australian Parliament on Thursday. The new legislation was in response to a High Court ruling that foreigners can’t be detained
Supplies alone won’t save Gaza hospital patients and evacuation remains perilous, experts say
11/16/2023 04:14am • LONDON (AP) — As concerns grow for patients stranded inside Gaza’s biggest hospital, experts warned that transporting vulnerable people, including babies, is a perilous proposition under even the best circumstances. On Tuesday, Palestinian authorities proposed a supervised evacuation of Shifa Ho
Biden, Xi met for hours and agreed to 'pick up the phone' for any urgent concerns: 'That's progress'
11/16/2023 12:55am • WOODSIDE, Calif. (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping emerged Wednesday from their first face-to-face meeting in a year vowing to stabilize their fraught relationship and showcasing modest agreements to combat illegal fentanyl and re-establish military communications. But there
Stock market today: Asian shares fall over China-US jitters following Biden's meeting with Xi
11/16/2023 12:44am • BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares have retreated after Wall Street added a bit more to its big rally from a day before, while U.S. futures and oil prices were lower. Any lift in sentiment from a meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping appeared to fade after Biden, pressed
Israel searches for traces of Hamas in raid of key Gaza hospital packed with patients
11/16/2023 12:16am • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops on Wednesday stormed into Gaza’s largest hospital, searching for traces of Hamas inside and beneath the facility, where newborns and hundreds of other patients have suffered for days without electricity and other basic necessities. The forces also pr
Advocates scramble to aid homeless migrant families after Massachusetts caps
emergency
shelter slots
11/16/2023 12:10am • BOSTON (AP) — Advocates struggling to keep newly arrived migrant families off the streets in Massachusetts are relying on a patchwork of airport lounges, hospital waiting rooms and churches after the state capped the number of beds in family shelters and offered few options for those facing homele
Live updates | Israeli tanks and soldiers search Gaza's Shifa Hospital compound
11/15/2023 09:36pm • Two and a half weeks after sending tanks and ground troops into northern Gaza, Israeli forces searched a hospital Wednesday where they claim Hamas militants operate. Mohammed Zaqout, the director of hospitals in Gaza, said Israeli tanks were inside the medical compound and that soldiers had entered
Heavily armed Haitian gang surrounds hospital in capital and traps people inside
11/15/2023 08:31pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A heavily armed gang surrounded a hospital in Haiti on Wednesday, trapping women, children and newborns inside until police rescued them, according to the director of the medical center, who pleaded for help via social media. The Fontaine Hospital Center in the capital
Tua Tagovailoa, sporting a new look, talks Dolphins' second-half expectations
11/15/2023 07:39pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Drake? Allen Iverson? No, just a new-look Tua Tagovailoa. The Miami Dolphins quarterback emerged from the bye week wearing his curly hair in cornrows. When asked about his new appearance on Wednesday, he smirked. “The hair?” Tagovailoa said, “Oh, yeah, got them do
Common Causes of Lower Right Abdominal Pain
11/15/2023 07:00pm • Pain in your lower right abdomen could have several different causes. While this feeling may get better on its own, it sometimes requires immediate medical attention or surgery, which is why it's important to seek medical attention if you're experiencing this type of discomfort. Your health care pro
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