Author: The Gazette
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Peru’s new leader readies cabinet to quell anger as elections loom
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) -Peruvian President Jose Jeri scrambled to assemble a new government after taking office on Friday, looking to tap names that can help calm widespread public anger over rising crime and corruption ahead of next year’s elections. Jeri is now pulling together his 19-member cabinet, two sources at his office told…
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Nobel Peace Prize rallies Venezuela’s opposition, deepens Maduro’s isolation
By Alexander Villegas BOGOTA (Reuters) -Mariluz Palma, the head of Maria Corina Machado’s Vente Venezuela political movement in Colombia, does not sleep much these days. She says she was up before dawn on Friday, browsing social media, when she saw the news that Machado had won the Nobel Peace Prize. “I was filled with tears,…
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Maine Governor Janet Mills announces run for Senate, but took down campaign post
Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) appeared to post and then take down an announcement on Friday, launching a campaign to oust Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and flip the Maine seat blue. Mills’s now-deleted post to X asked supporters to donate $5 or $10 to her campaign, explaining she is challenging Collins “because Maine families deserve a…
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North Korea holds military parade, shows off new intercontinental missile
By Joyce Lee and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a large military parade displaying its new intercontinental ballistic missile in front of visiting international dignitaries, state media KCNA said on Saturday. The parade, which began late on Friday, marked the 80th anniversary of the foundation of its ruling Workers’…
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Colorado Springs Fire Department cancels training academy for 2026 to meet budget cuts
The Colorado Springs Fire Department has canceled training academies for new hires in 2026, a move expected to save the city about $1.6 million as officials try to plug a more than $30 million budget hole. “We had some significant cuts we had to make and to do that, we had to find those bigger…
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Trump to speak at $1 million-per-plate Mar-a-Lago candlelight dinner
President Donald Trump will headline a Make America Great Again Inc. dinner at Mar-a-Lago that will cost $1 million per person. The candlelight dinner will take place on Oct. 17, according to an invitation obtained by Politico Playbook. It would follow Trump’s planned trip to Israel as the Israeli government and Hamas implement the initial…
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US FDA adds label warning to J&J’s and Legend Biotech’s cancer therapy
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday labeling changes for the blood cancer therapy of Johnson & Johnson and its partner Legend Biotech to include a warning for a potentially fatal gastrointestinal condition. Such a warning appears on the medicine’s label and is the most serious issued by the FDA. The FDA…
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UN Security Council members voice concern about US-Venezuela tensions
(Corrects name and position of Panama’s speaker in paragraph 9 to deputy U.N. ambassador Ricardo Moscoso) (Reuters) -U.N. Security Council members on Friday expressed concern about escalating tensions between the United States and Venezuela, with Russia accusing Washington of using a shoot-first “cowboy” principle in attacking alleged drug boats. Russia’s Ambassador to the United Nations…
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Teller County news in brief
Deadline extended The Woodland Park library has extended the deadline to submit entries for the Creative Space Showcase to Oct. 31. The event is from 1 to 4 p.m. Nov. 8 at the library. Victor show and tell A YouTube video is available of the 2025 Victor Heritage Days “Show and Tell” event, which was…
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Chicago TV producer detained by border patrol agents
By Renee Hickman CHICAGO (Reuters) -A producer for WGN-TV, a Chicago television station, was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents on Friday in a residential area of the city, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said. The DHS said in a statement that Debbie Brockman “was placed under arrest for assault on a…