Gas tanker explosion kills more than 140 people and injures dozens more in Nigeria
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — More than 140 people, including children, are dead in Nigeria after an overturned gasoline tanker truck…
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New Zealand exempts abuse victims from a forced two-year wait before they can seek divorce
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Victims of domestic violence in New Zealand will be allowed to cut ties to abusive spouses more…
Continue ReadingAn earthquake measuring 5.9 hits eastern Turkey, causing panic but no major damage
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A moderately strong earthquake has struck eastern Turkey, causing widespread panic. There is no report of any serious injury…
Continue ReadingNew UK bill aims to legalize assisted dying for people who are terminally ill
AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — A new bill aiming to legalize assisted dying in Britain was introduced in Parliament on Wednesday, marking the…
Continue ReadingAustralia’s prime minister is criticized for buying a waterfront home during a housing crisis
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is being criticized for buying a multimillion dollar…
Continue ReadingKashmir gets a largely powerless government 5 years after India stripped its special status
Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Leaders of Kashmir’s biggest political party have been sworn into office to run a largely powerless…
Continue ReadingUK inflation falls to lowest level in over 3 years, cementing expectations for another rate cut
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. has fallen to its lowest level in more than three years, a drop that has cemented market…
Continue ReadingItalian ship transfers 16 intercepted migrants to Albania in a first under their new migration plan
Associated Press SHENGJIN, Albania (AP) — An Italian navy ship docked at the Albanian port of Shengjin to bring the first group of 16 migrants…
Continue ReadingIsraeli strikes kill 27 in Lebanon, including in a town with a dark history of civilian deaths
Associated Press QANA, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli airstrikes pounded areas across Lebanon, killing at least 27 people over the past 24 hours, officials…
Continue ReadingMoscow and Beijing announce further cooperation during international group meeting in Pakistan
Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Leaders and top officials from an international group founded to counter Western alliances have met in…
Continue ReadingYears of war in Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. But little support is available
Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Years of conflict in eastern Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. Aid groups say the number of…
Continue ReadingPeople with felony records can now vote in Nebraska — and it could help tip the balance in November
Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s top election official had no authority to strip voting rights from people convicted of a felony,…
Continue ReadingFormer Las Vegas-area Democratic politician gets at least 28 years in prison for killing journalist
Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas-area Democratic elected official was sentenced Wednesday to at least 28 years in Nevada state…
Continue ReadingFamily of Erik and Lyle Menendez call for their release and say they’re victims who were vilified
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Multiple generations of family members of Erik and Lyle Menendez pleaded for the brothers’ release from…
Continue ReadingA Texas board rejects clemency plea from a man facing execution in shaken baby syndrome case
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas state board on Wednesday declined to stop what could be the first execution in the U.S. in a case tied to…
Continue ReadingMontana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte to debate Democratic rival
Associated Press Montana’s Republican governor will face his Democratic challenger in a debate on Wednesday. Gov. Greg Gianforte at first refused…
Continue ReadingCalifornia health care workers get a pay bump under a new minimum wage law
Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some of the lowest-paid health care workers in California will get a pay bump…
Continue ReadingOctober’s supermoon pairs with a comet for a special nighttime spectacle
AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — October’s supermoon is the closest of the year and it’s teaming up with a comet for a…
Continue ReadingHong Kong cuts liquor tax in an effort to reignite its nightlife industry
Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader has announced a cut in liquor taxes as the Asian financial hub hopes to revive its…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street rises as tech stocks and oil prices steady themselves
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose following better-than-expected profit reports from Morgan Stanley, United Airlines and other…
Continue ReadingMexico’s ex-public security chief sentenced to 38-plus years in US for taking cartel bribes
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. court has sentenced Mexico’s former public security chief to more than 38 years in prison for taking…
Continue ReadingA full-scale replica of Anne Frank’s hidden annex is heading to New York for an exhibition
Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — The annex where the young Jewish diarist Anne Frank hid from Nazi occupiers during World War II is heading to New…
Continue ReadingJill Biden is out campaigning again — but not for her husband anymore. She’s pumping up Harris
Associated Press CLAWSON, Mich. (AP) — Jill Biden wasted no time after she stepped up to the microphone at a suburban Detroit restaurant. “Now…
Continue ReadingMany schools are still closed weeks after Hurricane Helene. Teachers worry about long-term impact
AP Education Writers Tens of thousands of students in the Southeast are dealing with school disruptions after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc so…
Continue ReadingPrivate forums show Canadian doctors struggle with euthanizing vulnerable patients
Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A homeless man refusing long-term care, a woman with severe obesity, an injured worker given meager government…
Continue ReadingRepublicans challenge more than 63,000 voters in Georgia, but few removed, AP finds
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An Associated Press survey finds that more than 63,000 Georgia voters have had their qualifications challenged…
Continue ReadingUnions face a moment of truth in Michigan in this year’s presidential race
Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris rallies in Michigan’s union halls, standing alongside the state’s most…
Continue ReadingThe son of a South Carolina inmate urges the governor to save his father from execution
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The son of a South Carolina inmate is asking the governor to save his father from execution. Inmate Richard…
Continue ReadingThese 5 Pennsylvania congressional races could determine House control
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With the U.S. House narrowly divided, contests for Pennsylvania’s seats will be critical to determine who…
Continue ReadingZelenskyy outlines his ‘victory plan’ to Ukraine’s lawmakers, including a call to join NATO
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told lawmakers Wednesday that Ukraine’s Western partners are increasing…
Continue ReadingThe world will be fueled by electricity but even more clean energy is needed, report says
Associated Press The world is set to make abundant energy by the second half of the decade as the production of batteries and solar panels surges but…
Continue ReadingIn the heartland of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, the old ways have changed and violence rages
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Cellphone chats have become death sentences in the continuing, bloody factional war inside Mexico’s…
Continue ReadingThe world’s second Sphere will be built in the UAE capital after the first opened in Las Vegas
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world’s second Sphere is planned to be built in the capital of the United Arab Emirates…
Continue ReadingUN asks Asia-Pacific countries to invest more in preventing damage from disasters
Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A U.N. official says disasters, including those wrought by fiercer storms, are threatening more people…
Continue ReadingUN says Yemen risks being dragged into Mideast conflict that could spiral out of control
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Yemen risks being dragged further into the military escalation in the Middle East that keeps intensifying…
Continue ReadingMissouri abortion-rights campaign fundraising total at $22M one month before election
Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A campaign to enshrine abortion rights in the Missouri Constitution has raised close to $22 million.…
Continue ReadingBiden says Harris will cut her own path as president, and her perspective will be fresh and new
Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden says Kamala Harris would “cut her own path” once she wins the 2024 election, allowing…
Continue ReadingProsecutors will not file criminal charges against 2 people at center of Los Angeles racism scandal
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles city attorney’s office said Tuesday that it does not plan to file criminal charges against…
Continue ReadingProtesters demand Kellogg remove artificial colors from Froot Loops and other cereals
AP Business Writer Dozens of people rallied outside the Michigan headquarters of WK Kellogg Co. Tuesday, demanding that the company remove artificial…
Continue ReadingTroubled Boeing signals it may raise up to $25 billion to shore up finances
Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing is moving toward raising up to $25 billion to shore up its troubled financial position. The company signaled…
Continue ReadingAn inmate convicted of the 1994 killing of a Japanese psychic was found dead in a Hawaii prison cell
HONOLULU (AP) — An inmate convicted of the 1994 murder of a Japanese psychic and her son has been killed in his Hawaii prison cell. Authorities say…
Continue ReadingNavajo leader calls for tribal vice president’s resignation amid political upheaval
Associated Press The president of one of the largest Native American tribes in the U.S. announced Tuesday he has removed responsibilities from his…
Continue ReadingLawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ask judge to release identities of his accusers
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs asked a New York judge Tuesday to force prosecutors to disclose the names of…
Continue ReadingHundreds of troops kicked out under ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ get upgraded to honorable discharges
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon announced Tuesday that more than 800 military personnel have seen their service records upgraded to…
Continue ReadingVoting rights groups seek investigation into Wisconsin text message
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Voting rights advocates on Tuesday asked the state and federal departments of justice to investigate…
Continue ReadingSmall business disaster loan program is out of money until Congress approves new funds
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Small Business Administration has run out of money for the disaster assistance loans it offers small…
Continue ReadingHunter Biden revives lawsuit against Fox News over explicit images used in streaming series
NEW YORK (AP) — Hunter Biden is reviving a lawsuit that accuses Fox News of illegally publishing explicit images of him as part of a streaming…
Continue ReadingLawyers told to apologize for blasting recorded screams in a Philly neighborhood
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge says lawyers must formally apologize for blaring a looped recording of a woman screaming last month as a test…
Continue Reading2 men charged with 7 Baltimore area homicides in gang case
BALTIMORE (AP) — Officials say two men have been indicted by a Baltimore grand jury and charged with killing at least seven people as suspected…
Continue ReadingJury seated for Indiana trial of suspect in 2017 killings of 2 teen girls
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — The last jurors are now seated for the murder trial of a man charged in the Indiana killings of two teenage girls slain in…
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