Facebook owner Meta bans Russia state media outlets over ‘foreign interference’
AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Meta said it’s banning Russia state media organization from its social media platforms, alleging that the…
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German opposition Christian Democrats tap leader Friedrich Merz as their candidate for chancellor
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s opposition center-right Christian Democratic Union has chosen its leader Friedrich Merz to be its candidate for…
Continue ReadingRadio Nikki: Haley launching a weekly SiriusXM radio talk show at least through January
AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Haley says she’s launching a weekly talk show on SiriusXM satellite radio starting next week. The last…
Continue ReadingDoctors Without Borders closes operations in Russia after being removed from list of foreign NGOs
Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says it has closed its operations in Russia after 32 years. The medical aid group cited a…
Continue ReadingCities in Central Europe reinforce riverbanks ahead of more flooding
Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Soldiers have dropped sandbags from military helicopters to reinforce river embankments and evacuated…
Continue ReadingCasualties in Myanmar push Southeast Asia’s death toll from Typhoon Yagi past 500
BANGKOK (AP) — Floods and landslides in Myanmar triggered by last week’s Typhoon Yagi and seasonal monsoon rains have claimed at least 226 lives,…
Continue ReadingA man is charged with murder over crossbow attack near London that killed 3 women
LONDON (AP) — A man has appeared in a London court charged with killing three women in a knife and crossbow attack near London in July . Kyle…
Continue ReadingEU chief unveils her new team with women in top roles in right-leaning Commission
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen has put women in many of the top roles on her new team for her next…
Continue ReadingIsrael says halting Hezbollah attacks is now a war goal as officials warn of a wider operation
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Tuesday that halting Hezbollah’s attacks in the country’s north to allow residents to…
Continue ReadingMali troops put down a deadly militant attack in the capital
Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Army troops have subdued Islamic militants who attacked a military training camp and the airport in…
Continue ReadingThe new hard-right Dutch coalition pledges stricter limits on asylum
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The new hard-right Dutch government has pledged clamp down on migration with stricter policies to…
Continue ReadingA French man admits in court to drugging his wife so that he and dozens of men could rape her
Associated Press AVIGNON, France (AP) — A 71-year-old French man admitted in court Tuesday that for nearly a decade, he repeatedly drugged his…
Continue Reading4 people could face the death penalty after drug arrests on Bali
Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities said Tuesday that they have arrested six people on drug charges on the tourist…
Continue ReadingUN experts decry worsening repression in Venezuela after contested election
Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Independent U.N. human rights experts say Venezuela’s government has intensified the “harshest and most violent…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street stays stuck in place as it counts down to a rate cut
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes remained stuck in place on Tuesday as Wall Street made few big moves ahead of what’s…
Continue ReadingDays of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea leave more than 35 people dead, police say
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A police official says days of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea’s mountainous interior have left…
Continue ReadingA key employee says the Titan sub tragedy could have been prevented
Associated Press A key employee who labeled a doomed experimental submersible unsafe prior to its last, fatal voyage testified Tuesday that the…
Continue ReadingDedicated artists are keeping Japan’s ancient craft of temari alive
Associated Press KAWARAMACHI, Japan (AP) — Time seems to stop here. Women sit in a small circle, quietly, painstakingly stitching patterns on balls…
Continue ReadingTough treatment and good memories mix at newest national site dedicated to Latinos
Associated Press In the second half of the 20th century, Mexican and Mexican-American children in Marfa, Texas, were educated in an adobe-style…
Continue Reading2 people reported dead in China as Typhoon Bebinca is downgraded to a tropical storm
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say two people have died in eastern Jiangsu province as Typhoon Bebinca brought torrential rains and powerful…
Continue ReadingNot-so-great expectations: Students are reading fewer books in English class
Associated Press Chris Stanislawski didn’t read much in his middle school English classes, but it never felt necessary. Students were given…
Continue ReadingSean ‘Diddy’ Combs arrest and indictment: A timeline of key events
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is in custody after being arrested and indicted by federal authorities in New York. He is accused of…
Continue ReadingUS Coast Guard says Russian naval vessels crossed into buffer zone off Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says it tracked a group of Russian naval vessels as they crossed into U.S. waters in off Alaska in an…
Continue ReadingMany in Indian-controlled Kashmir plan to vote this time to deny Modi total control
Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — For decades, boycotting elections in Indian-controlled Kashmir was a sign of protest against Indian rule.…
Continue ReadingSenate Republicans again block legislation to guarantee women’s rights to IVF
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have blocked for a second time this year legislation to establish a nationwide right to in vitro…
Continue ReadingDemocrats run unopposed to fill 2 state House vacancies in Philadelphia
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Philadelphia voters are filling two vacant seats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. In both cases the Democratic…
Continue ReadingUS judge unlikely to rule until next week as Arizona tribe fights to extend ban on lithium drilling
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Members of an Arizona tribe urged a federal judge Tuesday to extend a temporary ban on exploratory drilling for a…
Continue ReadingEx-police officer accused of killing suspected shoplifter is going on trial in Virginia
Associated Press/Report for America FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A former northern Virginia police officer is going on trial in the fatal shooting of an…
Continue ReadingElon Musk has often inflamed politically tense moments, raising worries for the US election
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hours after an apparent attempt on Donald Trump’s life over the weekend, Elon Musk took to his social…
Continue ReadingBill Gates calls for more aid to go to Africa and for debt relief for burdened countries
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The billionaire Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates thinks the richest governments should increase…
Continue ReadingCousins caps winning drive with TD pass to London as Falcons rally past Eagles 22-21
AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Oh, so this was what Atlanta expected out of $180 million lavished on Kirk Cousins. Certainly not a shaky…
Continue ReadingAt least 15 dead since July and thousands of hectares scorched as wildfires sweep Peru
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Wildfires in Peru have left at least 15 dead since July and more than 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) of cultivated land and natural…
Continue ReadingSean ‘Diddy’ Combs is arrested in New York after federal indictment
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop mogul who has faced a stream of allegations by women accusing him of…
Continue ReadingLawsuit says Alabama voter purge targets naturalized citizens
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Voting rights groups have filed a lawsuit against Alabama’s secretary of state over a policy they said is illegally…
Continue ReadingOhio Supreme Court clears ballot language saying anti-gerrymandering measure calls for the opposite
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has let stand ballot language that will describe this fall’s Issue 1 as…
Continue ReadingMother of Colorado supermarket gunman says he is ‘sick’ and denies knowing about plan
Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The mother of a mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 says her son is…
Continue ReadingUS airs frustration with Israel’s military about strikes in Gaza
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Monday accused Israel’s military of striking schools,…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump doesn’t share details about his family’s cryptocurrency venture during X launch event
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has launched his family’s cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty…
Continue ReadingOn jury duty, David Letterman auditioned for a role he’s never gotten
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime host of “The Late Show with David Letterman” found himself answering questions rather than asking…
Continue ReadingVance and Georgia Gov. Kemp project Republican unity at evangelical event after Trump tensions
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A leading conservative Christian group put on a show of Republican unity Monday, cementing the new détente between…
Continue ReadingDemocracy declined for 8th straight year around the globe, institute finds
Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An organization promoting democracy says last year had the worst decline in credible elections and…
Continue ReadingEmmy Awards ratings up more than 50%, reversing record lows
AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Emmys telecast on ABC reached nearly 7 million viewers, a jump of more than 50%from the record low…
Continue ReadingPurple place: Mets unveil the new Grimace seat at Citi Field
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Fenway Park has the Ted Williams seat. And now Citi Field has the Grimace seat. The kid-friendly McDonald’s…
Continue ReadingBoeing says it’s considering temporary layoffs to save cash during the strike by machinists
Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing plans to freeze hiring and reduce travel and is considering temporary layoffs to save cash during a factory…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania court rejects Cornel West’s bid to get on ballot and clears way for mail voting
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has upheld a lower ruling that rejected a bid to get independent…
Continue ReadingArrests for illegal border crossings jump 3% in August, suggesting decline may be bottoming out
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. authorities say arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico rose slightly in August. The figures released Monday end a…
Continue ReadingJudge rejects former Trump aide Mark Meadows’ bid to move Arizona election case to federal court
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has rejected a bid by Mark Meadows, a former chief of staff to President Donald Trump, to move his charges…
Continue ReadingHusband indicted in Virginia double homicide nearly a year after au pair’s arrest
Associated Press/Report for America FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A Virginia grand jury has indicted Brendan Banfield on four counts of aggravated murder in…
Continue ReadingDelaware judge sets parameters for trial in Smartmatic defamation lawsuit against Newsmax
Associated Press A Delaware judge has set several trial parameters in a defamation lawsuit pitting an electronic voting machine manufacturer targeted…
Continue ReadingCourt reinstates Arkansas ban of electronic signatures on voter registration forms
Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court has reinstated an Arkansas rule prohibiting election officials from accepting…
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