Dozens of fires still burn in US Northeast but California fire is under relative control
Associated Press The Northeast kept a wary eye on dozens of fires that killed at least one person and continued to burn Tuesday amid bone-dry…
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Dozens of fires still burn in US Northeast but California fire is under relative control
Associated Press The Northeast kept a wary eye on dozens of fires that killed at least one person and continued to burn Tuesday amid bone-dry…
Continue ReadingFrench farmers protest EU-Mercosur deal that will increase South American imports
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French farmers have protested against a trade deal that would increase agricultural imports from South America,…
Continue ReadingHead of UN nuclear watchdog: ‘Dire straits dynamic’ with Iran’s nuclear program amid Mideast wars
Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran this week to meet with…
Continue Reading12 college students charged with hate crimes after assault in Maryland
Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A dozen students at Salisbury University on Maryland’s Eastern Shore have been charged with hate crimes after…
Continue ReadingMinnesota county to pay $3.4M to end lawsuit over detainee’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s most populous county will pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged jail workers ignored the pleas of a…
Continue ReadingWriter pleads guilty to Capitol riot charges
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A writer for a conservative media outlet has pleaded guilty to joining a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol…
Continue ReadingJury awards Abu Ghraib detainees $42 million, holds contractor responsible
Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A U.S. jury on Tuesday awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib…
Continue Reading23andMe cuts 40% of its workforce and discontinues therapeutics division
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — 23andMe is laying off 40% of its workforce, or more than 200 employees, and discontinuing its therapeutics…
Continue ReadingChris Wallace is leaving CNN. He says he wants to see what the new media environment has to offer
AP Media Writer Veteran broadcaster Chris Wallace is leaving CNN after three years but, at age 77, he’s not interested in retiring. Wallace…
Continue ReadingTrump has promised to ‘save TikTok’. What happens next is less clear
Associated Press After a tumultuous year filled with anxiety and a legal fight about its future in the U.S., TikTok may have just been thrown a…
Continue ReadingWall Street makes wagers on the likely winners and losers in a second Trump term
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is already making big bets on what take two for a White House led by Donald Trump will mean for the economy. Since…
Continue ReadingWomen switched at birth in 1965 sue Norway for a breach of human rights
Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — In 1965, a Norwegian woman gave birth to a baby girl in a private hospital. Seven days later she returned…
Continue ReadingSmall businesses can capitalize on Small Business Saturday with some planning
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small Business Saturday — the Saturday after Thanksgiving — is coming up. But it doesn’t always translate…
Continue ReadingWaymo’s robotaxis now open to anyone who wants a driverless ride in Los Angeles
AP Technology Writer Waymo on Tuesday opened its robotaxi service to anyone who wants a ride around Los Angeles, marking another milestone in the…
Continue ReadingWaymo’s robotaxis now open to anyone who wants a driverless ride in Los Angeles
AP Technology Writer Waymo on Tuesday opened its robotaxi service to anyone who wants a ride around Los Angeles, marking another milestone in the…
Continue ReadingJudge extends the time to indict the driver accused of killing Johnny Gaudreau and his brother
Associated Press SALEM, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey judge has granted prosecutors a 30-day extension in which to bring formal charges against the…
Continue ReadingMan killed by police in Minnesota was being sought in death of his pregnant wife
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Authorities in Minnesota say a man shot and killed by police was being sought in the fatal shooting of his pregnant wife.…
Continue ReadingPercival Everett’s ‘James’ is a finalist for Carnegie Medal for fiction
NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett’s “James” has received yet another literary nomination. Everett’s reworking of Mark Twain’s “The…
Continue ReadingWorld’s largest active volcano Mauna Loa showed telltale warning signs before erupting in 2022
AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists can’t know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale…
Continue ReadingSTD epidemic slows as new syphilis and gonorrhea cases fall in US
AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below…
Continue ReadingA bus carrying wedding guests falls into a river in northern Pakistan, killing 18
MANSEHRA, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a bus carrying wedding guests fell into the Indus River in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least…
Continue ReadingMan waives jury trial in killing of Georgia nursing student
Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A man on Tuesday waived his right to a jury trial in the killing of a Georgia nursing student, a case that…
Continue ReadingQ&A: Lashana Lynch is on the hunt for Eddie Redmayne in ‘The Day of the Jackal’
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Lashana Lynch has been running away from spies since she starred in James Bond film “No Time To Die.” After…
Continue ReadingAt least 15 inmates killed in a fight in Ecuador’s largest prison
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A fight among inmates has left 15 dead and 14 injured at Ecuador’s largest prison. The Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal…
Continue ReadingFederal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments
Associated Press BATON ROUGE, LA. (AP) — Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth Murrill says the state will ask a federal appeals court to quickly…
Continue ReadingUS prohibits airlines from flying to Haiti and UN suspends flights after planes were shot by gangs
Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration prohibited U.S. airlines from flying to Haiti for 30 days after…
Continue ReadingLaken Riley killing: Judge to decide fate of undocumented migrant accused in student’s death that fueled political debate
By Rebekah Riess and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — The undocumented migrant accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley — a slaying that…
Continue ReadingPolice cruiser strikes and kills a bicyclist pulling a trailer in Vermont
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont State Police say a bicyclist pulling a trailer died after he was struck by a police cruiser. The crash…
Continue ReadingNATO’s Rutte calls for more Western support for Ukraine, warns of Russian alliances
PARIS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte called on Western allies to provide further support to Ukraine “to change the trajectory of the…
Continue ReadingDemonstrators wave Nazi flags outside local theater performance of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ in Michigan
WXYZ, CNN By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A group of people carrying Nazi flags demonstrated outside a community theater performance of “The…
Continue ReadingChurch of England head Justin Welby resigns over handling of sex abuse scandal
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the global Anglican…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court rejects push to move Georgia case against ex-Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to let former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows move the election…
Continue ReadingUN force says Israeli work on Syrian frontier saw ‘severe violations’ of cease-fire after AP report
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — United Nations peacekeepers warned Tuesday that the Israeli military has committed “severe…
Continue ReadingMy Little Pony finally hits the Toy Hall of Fame, alongside Phase 10 and Transformers
Associated Press ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — My Little Pony finally made it to the winner’s circle. After years as an also-ran, the pastel-colored…
Continue ReadingArchbishop of Canterbury resigns over handling of church child abuse case
By Christopher Lamb and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the most senior leader in the Church of England, has…
Continue ReadingGerry Faust, the former head football coach at Notre Dame, has died at 89
AP Sports Writer AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Gerry Faust, the gravel-voiced Cincinnati high school coach who lived a dream by becoming the coach at Notre…
Continue ReadingEminem, Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crow, N.W.A. and Janet Jackson get Songwriters Hall of Fame nods
AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Eminem, Boy George, George Clinton, Sheryl Crow, Janet Jackson, the Doobie Brothers, N.W.A. and Alanis…
Continue ReadingBlinken is heading to Europe for urgent talks on Ukraine after Trump’s election
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Europe for urgent meetings on Ukraine with NATO and European Union officials…
Continue ReadingDoctor accused of criticizing Russia’s war in Ukraine is convicted and given over 5 years in prison
Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A doctor accused of criticizing Russia’s war in Ukraine in front of a patient was convicted of…
Continue ReadingGermany set for snap election in February
By Sebastian Shukla, Claudia Otto and Inke Kappeler, CNN (CNN) — Germany is set to hold a snap election on February 23 after an agreement was…
Continue ReadingPainter Frank Auerbach, who fled the Nazis and became a major artist, dies at 93
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany for Britain as a child and became one of the major artists of the 20th…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean president takes up golf again to forge a bond with Trump
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has dusted off his golf clubs in an attempt to forge a bond with…
Continue ReadingVardis Vardinoyannis, Greek business magnate and Kennedy family friend, dies at 90
Associated Press Vardis J. Vardinoyannis, a powerful and pivotal figure in Greek shipping and energy who survived a terrorist attack and cultivated…
Continue ReadingAs US Catholic bishops meet, Trump looms over their work on abortion and immigration
Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — As U.S. Catholic bishops gathered for their annual fall meeting this week in Baltimore, the specter of…
Continue ReadingGrowing pollution in Pakistan’s Punjab province has sickened 1.8M people in a month, officials say
Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say worsening air pollution in the past month has sickened an estimated 1.8 million people in…
Continue ReadingRussian parliament advances bill to ban adoptions by gender-transition countries
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s lower house of parliament has passed final reading of a bill to ban adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries…
Continue ReadingEuropean fake art network involving Banksys, Warhols, Modiglianis uncovered in Italy
ROME (AP) — Italian authorities say a network of European art forgers who painted fake Warhols, Banksys and Picassos and then tried to sell them to…
Continue ReadingDanish police close investigation into Old Stock Exchange fire
Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police are closing the investigation into the devastating fire that destroyed more than half of…
Continue ReadingDemonstrators wave Nazi flags outside local theater performance of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ in Michigan
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A group of people carrying Nazi flags demonstrated outside a community theater performance of “The Diary of…
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