A judge delays the wrongful death lawsuit against Karen Read until after her criminal trial
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A judge has ruled that Karen Read won’t have to give a deposition in her wrongful death lawsuit until after…
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FBI links video falsely depicting voter fraud in Georgia to ‘Russian influence actors’
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A video purporting to depict voter fraud in Georgia is fake and the work of “Russian influence actors,”…
Continue ReadingEarly voting reaches such heights that some Georgia polls may be Election Day ‘ghost town’
Associated Pressda STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — Flags telling people to “Vote Here” fluttered in not only English, but Spanish, Korean,…
Continue ReadingMan sentenced to life in Young Dolph killing gets 35 more years in prison
Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has given a Tennessee man sentenced to life in prison in the daytime ambush killing of rapper Young…
Continue ReadingRapper Young Thug is a free man. Here are things to know about his plea.
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Young Thug is a free man after pleading guilty to gang, drug and gun charges. About 2 ½ years after he was…
Continue ReadingUS is sending $425 million in military assistance to Ukraine
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it is sending an additional $425 million in military assistance to Ukraine as Kyiv prepares to…
Continue ReadingDrugs, weapons and electronics seized during sweep at Brooklyn federal jail where ‘Diddy’ is held
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators seized drugs, homemade weapons and electronic devices this week during an “interagency…
Continue ReadingNYC Mayor Eric Adams gets April 2025 trial date as his lawyers fight to get bribery charge tossed
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ federal corruption trial will begin next April during his promised reelection…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota state park will no longer be named for Civil War general who fought Native Americans
Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state park in North Dakota containing the name of a Civil War-era general who led attacks against Native…
Continue ReadingGeorgia county says more than 3,000 absentee ballots being mailed late just days before election
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Election officials in Georgia’s third-largest county say they’re late in mailing more than 3,000 absentee ballots…
Continue ReadingFinancial market worries over the UK budget appear to ease
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Worries about this week’s tax-raising U.K. budget within financial markets appear to have eased with the interest…
Continue ReadingShooting leaves 3 dead and 3 wounded at a Colorado house party on Halloween
Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado police said a shooting at a house party on Halloween left three people dead and three…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho health department isn’t allowed to give COVID-19 vaccines anymore. Experts say it’s a first
AP Health Writer A regional public health department in Idaho is no longer providing COVID-19 vaccines to residents in six counties after a narrow…
Continue ReadingJudge dismisses Missouri lawsuit that sought watchers at early voting
Associated Press ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge on Friday denied a Republican committeeman’s effort to force the state’s…
Continue ReadingHarris team warns CEOs that Trump is a threat to economy, while Trump says tariffs can drive growth
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris ‘ campaign is actively warning business leaders that Donald Trump has a pattern of disregard…
Continue ReadingAfter exiting the Christian music industry, these artists engage religion on their terms
Religion News Service (RNS) — When former Christian artist Michael Gungor first hosted a new spiritual community in Los Angeles this year, worship…
Continue ReadingTourists toss coins over a makeshift pool as Rome’s Trevi Fountain undergoes maintenance
The Associated Press ROME (AP) — Tourists eager to fulfill the fabled promise to return to the Eternal City are being forced to toss coins over a…
Continue ReadingDutch junior finance minister quits after questions over his personal investments
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch junior minister for finance has quit following criticism of his refusal to publish details…
Continue ReadingWendy’s closing 140 more restaurants as part of push to update its locations
AP Business Writer Wendy’s plans to close 140 U.S. restaurants before the end of this year on top of the 100 it said it would close in May. But in…
Continue ReadingIRS announces pension and retirement plan contribution adjustments for 2025
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS has announced an increase to the amount individuals can contribute to their 401(k) plans in 2025, to…
Continue ReadingHead of UN-backed team of experts cites paramilitary force in Sudan for sexual violence as war rages
Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of a U.N.-backed fact-finding team looking into human rights violations and abuses in Sudan says the team…
Continue ReadingQ&A: Tommy Richman talks ‘Million Dollar Baby’ success, Grammy nominations and ‘not hip-hop’ drama
AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy Richman went from sleeping on couches and floors just two years ago to now having one of the…
Continue ReadingMusk tests the role of money in U.S. politics with multimillion-dollar effort to back Trump
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Next week’s presidential election isn’t just a referendum on Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. It’s also a…
Continue ReadingMusk tests the role of money in U.S. politics with multimillion-dollar effort to back Trump
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Next week’s presidential election isn’t just a referendum on Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. It’s also a…
Continue ReadingIsrael is falling far short of a US ultimatum to surge aid to Gaza
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press review shows that Israel is falling far short of U.S. demands to surge the level of…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea
Associated Press DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of…
Continue ReadingRoof collapse at Serbian railway station kills at least 14
Associated Press NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Officials say a roof collapse at a railway station in northern Serbia has killed at least 14 people. The…
Continue ReadingMauritius suspends access to social media ahead of parliamentary elections
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The government of Mauritius on Friday banned access to social media websites ahead of parliamentary elections later this month.…
Continue ReadingHindus in Muslim-majority Bangladesh rally to demand protection from attacks
Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Tens of thousands of minority Hindus have rallied to demand that the interim government in…
Continue ReadingWillie Nelson on his new album, cannabis cookbook, Kris Kristofferson and what makes a good song
AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Willie Nelson, who is 91, will release “Last Leaf on the Tree” on Friday, his second studio album this…
Continue ReadingThe Latest: Trump and Harris bring their campaigns to the battleground state of Wisconsin
In the waning days of the presidential campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are zeroing in on the battleground…
Continue ReadingMassive fire closes Ohio River bridge near Cincinnati and damages its steel structure
CINCINNATI (AP) — A massive fire underneath a bridge spanning the Ohio River has closed a heavily traveled route between Cincinnati and northern…
Continue ReadingJapan and EU announce a security and defense partnership as regional tensions rise
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and the European Union have announced a security and defense partnership as they seek to step up military ties,…
Continue ReadingA dissident film director from Belarus is released after 1 year of detention in Serbia
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A noted Belarusian film director and dissident who was held in Serbia for a year while Belarus sought his…
Continue ReadingDeaths of 10 newborns shake millions’ trust in Turkey’s health care system
Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The mother thought her baby looked healthy when he was born 1.5 months early, but staff swiftly whisked him…
Continue Reading‘Scandal’ cast will reunite for online script reading for hurricane relief in western North Carolina
Associated Press The cast of ABC’s hit show “Scandal” will reunite Nov. 17 for a live, virtual script reading to raise money for the western…
Continue ReadingJodi Picoult’s ‘Nineteen Minutes’ tops PEN America of books banned in schools
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jodi Picoult’s “Nineteen Minutes” has topped a list compiled by PEN America of the books most often…
Continue Reading‘Amateurish’ thieves steal 2 Warhol prints, damage 2 more in botched heist at Dutch gallery
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Thieves blew open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands and stole two works from a…
Continue ReadingMacy’s Thanksgiving Parade will feature Ariana Madix, T-Pain, ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’ and pasta
AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A eclectic group of stars — including reality TV’s Ariana Madix, Broadway belter Idina Menzel,…
Continue ReadingVoters view one another across partisan divide with increasing animosity
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tried to explain this week that he doesn’t really think Donald Trump’s supporters are…
Continue ReadingIsrael pummels Lebanon and Gaza, killing dozens in fresh waves of airstrikes
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched dozens of intense airstrikes across Lebanon’s northeastern farming villages on Friday, killing…
Continue ReadingTrump and Harris host dueling rallies in the Milwaukee area in a final push to win Wisconsin
Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump hosted rallies within 7 miles of each other Friday…
Continue ReadingA bus carrying students skids off a road in Sri Lanka, killing 2 and injuring 39 others
Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A bus carrying university students on a field trip has skidded off a road and tipped over in central Sri…
Continue ReadingNot just for summer: ‘Brat’ is Collins Dictionary’s word of the year
LONDON (AP) — Collins Dictionary has declared “brat” – the album title that became a summer-living ideal – its 2024 word of the year. The…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea’s top diplomat holds talks in Moscow as Pyongyang sent troops to help the war on Ukraine
Russia’s top diplomat on Friday met his North Korean counterpart for talks amid reports that Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to Russia…
Continue ReadingShootings kill 2 and wound 6 during Halloween celebrations in Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two people were killed and six others were wounded in two shootings by a single gunman that took place among thousands of…
Continue ReadingSpiritual, not spooky. After Halloween, Christians observe All Saints’ Day
Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Christians in many countries around the world are celebrating All Saints’ Day, a somber and spiritual day…
Continue ReadingMud-caked volunteers clean flood debris in a Spanish town as authorities struggle to respond
Associated Press CHIVA, Spain. (AP) — Mud cakes her boots, splatters her leggings and the gloves holding her broom. Brown specks freckle her…
Continue ReadingGreek police say fatal Athens apartment blast was likely caused by improvised bomb
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police say that an explosion in an Athens apartment that killed a man and severely wounded a woman appears to have been…
Continue ReadingColm McLoughlin, Irishman who led Dubai Duty Free to become an airport retail giant, dies at age 81
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Colm McLoughlin, an Irishman who landed in the deserts of the United Arab Emirates and helped…
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