Giving away a fortune: What could Warren Buffett’s adult children support?
Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s adult children — Susie, Howard and Peter Buffett — have long track records as…
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Two ex-fire chiefs in New York City arrested in corruption scandal
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two former New York City Fire Department chiefs have pleaded not guilty to charges that they solicited tens of…
Continue ReadingShooting at popular tailgating spot leaves 2 dead after Detroit Lions game
DETROIT (AP) — A second person has died from a shooting at a popular tailgating site after a Detroit Lions game, police said Monday. A fight broke…
Continue ReadingAn American pastor detained in China for nearly 20 years has been released
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Christian pastor from California has been freed from China after nearly 20 years behind bars and is back home…
Continue ReadingMan who appeared intent on killing Trump wrote a book urging Iran to assassinate the ex-president
Associated Press KAAAWA, Hawaii (AP) — Ryan Wesley Routh portrayed himself online as a man who built housing for homeless people in Hawaii, tried…
Continue ReadingTrial starts for Frenchman accused of unlawfully collecting military information in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — The trial of a French citizen arrested in Russia on charges of unlawfully collecting information on military issues started but was…
Continue ReadingMenopause can bring on dental problems, but you can protect your mouth
AP Science Writer Hot flashes and night sweats are among the most infamous menopause maladies. But you might want to pay attention to your teeth and…
Continue ReadingAn Iowa shootout leaves a fleeing suspect dead and 2 police officers injured
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An early morning shootout has left two Iowa police officers hospitalized and a suspect dead. Des Moines police say the…
Continue ReadingTrump blames Biden and Harris’ rhetoric toward him despite his own history of going after rivals
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump claimed without evidence Monday that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’…
Continue ReadingA secretive group recruited far-right candidates in key US House races. It could help Democrats
Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Joe Wiederien was an unlikely candidate to challenge a Republican congressman in one of the nation’s…
Continue Reading281 inmates escape after floods brought down prison’s walls in northeast Nigeria
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities say 281 inmates escaped after devastating floods brought down a prison’s walls in the…
Continue ReadingThe number of people killed in Haiti after a tanker truck exploded rises to 26
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Officials say the number of people killed after a tanker truck carrying gasoline exploded in southern Haiti over the…
Continue ReadingPutin orders military to boost troop numbers by 180,000 to 1.5 million as Ukraine fighting continues
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase its number of troops by 180,000 to a total of 1.5…
Continue ReadingA secretive group recruited far-right candidates in key US House races. It could help Democrats
Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Joe Wiederien was an unlikely candidate to challenge a Republican congressman in one of the nation’s…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Gordon weakens to a depression
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Gordon has weakened to a depression as it swirls through open waters in the Atlantic. The storm was…
Continue ReadingColumnists resign from the Jewish Chronicle over allegations Gaza articles were fabricated
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prominent columnists have resigned from the Jewish Chronicle newspaper over allegations it published fabricated…
Continue ReadingLutherans in Walz’s Minnesota put potlucks before politics during divisive election season
Associated Press KENYON, Minnesota (AP) — Serving coffee after Sunday worship outside Holden Lutheran Church, Jeff Davidson said he remains…
Continue ReadingWind, rain but no name as tropical disturbance approaches Carolinas coast
MIAMI (AP) — Heavy winds and rains from a storm in the Atlantic that wasn’t quite organized enough to get a name hit a stretch of the…
Continue ReadingA boy was trapped between boulders for 9 hours until crews could free him
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Rescuers freed an 11-year-old boy who slipped between two boulders near his school and was trapped for more…
Continue ReadingA state’s experience with grocery chain mergers spurs a fight to stop Albertsons’ deal with Kroger
AP Business Writer Washington state is in court to try to block a proposed merger between Albertsons and Kroger. The case that opened Monday is one…
Continue ReadingMoroccan authorities stop migration attempt into Spanish enclave of Ceuta
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Authorities say Moroccan security forces stopped groups of people who sought to force their way across the border into…
Continue ReadingBurning oil tanker is safely towed away from Yemen after rebel attacks
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Greek-flagged oil tanker ablaze for weeks after attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has been…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN says
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.N. says the Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan. It’s…
Continue ReadingSustainable investing advocate says ‘anti-woke’ backlash in US won’t stop the movement
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Maria Lettini already knew about the backlash going on in the United States against ESG investing, which takes…
Continue ReadingCentral Europe flooding leaves 16 dead in Romania, Poland, Czech Republic and Austria
Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Exceptionally heavy rainfall pounding Central Europe has prompted deadly flooding in the region, with four…
Continue ReadingConnie Chung launched a generation of Asian American girls named Connie. She had no idea
AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Some public figures are honored with namesake buildings or monuments. Veteran broadcaster Connie Chung has a strain…
Continue ReadingFormer prominent BBC news anchor gets suspended sentence for indecent images of children on phone
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former BBC news anchor Huw Edwards has been given a suspended prison sentence for indecent images of children on his…
Continue ReadingA French member of the European Commission resigns and criticizes President von der Leyen
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — An influential French member of the European Union’s powerful executive branch has resigned. Thierry Breton…
Continue ReadingJapan celebrates record Emmy wins for ‘Shogun’
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan erupted with joy Monday as the samurai series “Shogun” won a record 18 Emmys for its first season. It took…
Continue ReadingGermany begins conducting checks at all its land borders
Associated Press KEHL, Germany (AP) — Germany has begun random checks at its borders with five Western European nations, expanding a system of…
Continue ReadingPapua New Guinea violence leaves between 20 and 50 people dead, UN official says
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea has left between 20 and 50 people dead, a United…
Continue ReadingA union leader freed from prison vows to continue a strike against Cambodia’s’s biggest casino
Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian union leader freed from prison after serving time for her part in a strike against the…
Continue ReadingIslamic State claims responsibility for weekend bombing that killed 2 police officers in Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the weekend bombing that killed two police officials in restive…
Continue ReadingWill the Federal Reserve cut interest rates fast enough to deliver a ‘soft landing’?
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers and home buyers, business people and political leaders have been waiting for months for…
Continue ReadingAutoworkers demonstrate in Brussels to protest layoff threats across the EU industrial base
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Trade unions and thousands of disgruntled workers are demonstrating in the Belgian capital to protest the threat…
Continue ReadingTito Jackson, member of beloved pop group the Jackson 5, dies at 70
Associated Press Tito Jackson, one of the brothers who made up the beloved pop group the Jackson 5, has died. He was 70. Jackson was the third of…
Continue ReadingTrump was on the links taking a breather from the campaign. Then the Secret Service saw a rifle
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sunday was to be a day of relative rest for Donald Trump, a rare breather this deep into a presidential…
Continue ReadingRobert F. Kennedy Jr. becomes a frequent campaigner for Donald Trump
Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Three weeks after dropping his independent presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has become a…
Continue ReadingDemocrats put up $25 million to reach voters in 10 states in fierce fight for Senate majority
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Trying to defend their narrow Senate majority with a challenging slate of contests on Republican-leaning turf,…
Continue ReadingDo you know the 3 branches of US government? Many don’t, leading to a push for civics education
AP National Writers BLUFFTON, South Carolina (AP) — On the first day of his American National Government class, Prof. Kevin Dopf asks how many of…
Continue ReadingArgentina’s President Milei presents 2025 budget, vowing austerity and setting up a showdown
Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Libertarian President Javier Milei of Argentina has presented the 2025 budget to Congress,…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares are mixed as Wall Street gears up for an interest rate cut
AP Business Writer Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average set a record as Wall Street geared up for Federal…
Continue ReadingHillary Clinton takes stock of life’s wins and losses in a memoir inspired by a Joni Mitchell lyric
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At the end of her new memoir, Hillary Clinton offers up what sounds like a far-off wish: “I hope I’m alive…
Continue ReadingThe Titan’s former lead engineer says he felt pressured to get the submersible ready
Associated Press The lead engineer for an experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreck of the Titanic says he felt pressured to get…
Continue ReadingWhat to Stream: Keith Urban, ‘The Golden Bachelorette,’ Zack Snyder series and ‘WandaVision’ spinoff
Keith Urban’s 12th studio album and Kathryn Hahn starring in the “WandaVision” spinoff “Agatha All Along” are some of this week’s new…
Continue ReadingUK leader Starmer seeks to learn from Meloni’s tough migration policies at meeting in Rome
Associated Press ROME (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has met with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome. The center-left British leader…
Continue ReadingNew York officials release new renderings of possible Gilgo Beach victim
Associated Press BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — Law enforcement officials have released new, more detailed renderings of one of the victims whose remains…
Continue ReadingFlorida hospitals ask immigrants about their legal status. Texas will try it next
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — For three days, the staff of an Orlando medical clinic encouraged a woman with abdominal pain who called the triage line to…
Continue ReadingTikTok and the U.S. face off in court over law that could lead to a ban on the popular platform
AP Business Writer TikTok faced off with the U.S. government in federal court on Monday, arguing a law that could ban the platform in a few short…
Continue ReadingStrongest typhoon since 1949 hits Shanghai and knocks out power to some homes
Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The strongest typhoon to hit Shanghai since 1949 has flooded roads with water and broken tree branches and…
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