What to know about E. coli and the McDonald’s outbreak
AP Health Writer A food poisoning outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders was caused by a common type of E. coli bacteria that can cause…
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Tua Tagovailoa practices for the first time since suffering a concussion in Week 2
AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa practiced Wednesday for the first time since suffering a concussion in Week 2, and the…
Continue ReadingNew York City doesn’t require hotels to be licensed. That’s likely changing soon
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City doesn’t require a license to run a hotel, but that’s likely changing soon. City…
Continue ReadingMore than 1,600 voters have registration revoked under Virginia program targeting noncitizens
Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — More than 1,600 Virginians have had their voter registrations canceled since August under a state program…
Continue ReadingSome Liberal lawmakers ask Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau not to run for a fourth term
Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Some lawmakers in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s own Liberal Party have asked the leader not to run for a fourth…
Continue ReadingNigeria’s president reshuffles his cabinet during the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president has fired five ministers and appointed seven new ones in a major cabinet…
Continue ReadingThousands of North Korean troops in Russia. What does that mean for the war with Ukraine?
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — American and South Korean officials say there’s evidence that thousands of North Korean troops are now…
Continue ReadingFlyaway metal from Missouri Democratic Senate candidate’s rifle grazes reporter at campaign event
Associated Press A Missouri reporter was injured slightly by a metal fragment from Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Lucas Kunce as he practiced…
Continue ReadingElection officials are fighting a tsunami of voting conspiracy theories
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Voting machines reversing votes. More voters registered than people eligible. Large numbers of noncitizens voting.…
Continue ReadingGunman kills 3 people in southern Brazil during hours-long shootout
Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Authorities in southern Brazil say a 45-year-old man barricaded himself in a house and killed his father,…
Continue ReadingIowa finds several dozen instances of noncitizens voting in a past election
Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s top election official says several dozen people who identified themselves as noncitizens…
Continue ReadingLana Del Rey did marry alligator swamp tour guide Jeremy Dufrene in Louisiana, document shows
AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It is official. Lana Del Rey and alligator swamp tour guide Jeremy Dufrene did marry in Louisiana last month. After…
Continue ReadingLana Del Rey did marry alligator swamp tour guide Jeremy Dufrene in Louisiana, document shows
AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It is official. Lana Del Rey and alligator swamp tour guide Jeremy Dufrene did marry in Louisiana last month. After…
Continue ReadingEU stays on the sidelines over migrant deal between Italy and Albania
Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A top European Union official has refused to be drawn on an opinion of an agreement between Italy and…
Continue ReadingPro-Palestinian protester charged with assault after occupying building at University of Minnesota
Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Local prosecutors have charged one pro-Palestinian protester with assault while not filing charges against 10…
Continue ReadingSuspect in shootings of Democratic office in Arizona had over 120 guns in his home, officials find
Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona prosecutor said the man arrested in the shooting of a Democratic National Committee office in…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about how Helene’s aftermath is affecting voting in western North Carolina
Associated Press HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — Poll workers and voters in western North Carolina are overcoming several obstacles to participate in the…
Continue ReadingIsraeli weapon seen in rare AP photos of Beirut airstrike appears to be a powerful smart bomb
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — In all but the blink of an eye, an Associated Press photographer’s camera captured the moments that a…
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Ceremonias de corte de cinta en el distrito de Gadsden
Miriam Ordonez SAN LUIS, Ariz. (T3) – El Distrito Escolar de Gadsden celebró ocho ceremonias de corte de cinta esta mañana,…
Continue ReadingA record 80 foreign horses are pre-entered for Breeders’ Cup world championships at Del Mar
DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Fierceness, Ireland-based City of Troy and Forever Young from Japan are among a full field of 14 horses for the $7 million…
Continue ReadingSuspected drunken driver arrested after passing Harris’ motorcade the wrong way in Wisconsin
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A sheriff’s official says a suspected drunken driver heading the wrong way passed within feet of Vice…
Continue ReadingRams seek to carry momentum into Thursday night showdown with Vikings
Minnesota (5-1) at Los Angeles Rams (2-4) Thursday, 8:15 p.m. EDT, Amazon Prime Video BetMGM NFL odds: Vikings by 3. Against the spread: Vikings 5-1;…
Continue ReadingTim Walz, wife and son vote early in Minnesota
Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, his wife and their son went to a polling place in St.…
Continue ReadingKentucky school choice ballot measure pits competing messages from Gov. Andy Beshear, Sen. Rand Paul
Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The debate over Kentucky’s school choice ballot measure has become a test of influence for Democratic Gov.…
Continue ReadingLawsuits claim dozens of children were sexually abused inside Pennsylvania juvenile facilities
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A set of newly filed lawsuits by people who claim they were sexually abused inside Pennsylvania juvenile…
Continue ReadingMan pleads guilty to neighbor’s murder and had funeral pamphlet with victim’s name in his home
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a former police officer for more than a decade in South Carolina has pleaded guilty to…
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One person arrested for DUI after crash backs up Highway 1; CHP
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – An early morning crash leads to a DUI arrest of the driver on Highway 1 near Freedom Boulevard on Wednesday, according to the…
Continue ReadingRetired Gen. Martin Dempsey is returning as USA Basketball chair through 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Retired Gen. Martin E. Dempsey is returning as chairperson of USA Basketball through the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics,…
Continue ReadingGeorgia citizenship audit finds few noncitizens on voter rolls
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s top elections official says a check of voter rolls found that 20 of the 8.2 million people registered to vote in the…
Continue Reading‘Conclave’ and Ralph Fiennes go for the (papal) throne
AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A bunch of old men in robes sitting inside and picking a pontiff is not your average pitch in Hollywood. But Edward…
Continue ReadingA court says former Albanian president Meta must stay in custody during corruption investigation
Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An Albanian court has ruled that former President Ilir Meta should stay in custody while the left-wing…
Continue ReadingEfforts by Russia, Iran and China to sway US voters may escalate, new Microsoft report says
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new threat intelligence report from Microsoft says foreign adversaries have showed continued determination to…
Continue ReadingEuropean Commission chief assures Western Balkans of the bloc’s enlargement progress
Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has reassured the Western Balkan countries that the…
Continue ReadingArmed activists launch new protests in Martinique over high living costs
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Government officials in Martinique say protesters with automatic weapons targeted police and firefighters during a…
Continue ReadingTim Burton talks about his dread of AI as an exhibition of his work opens in London
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The imagination of Tim Burton has produced ghosts and ghouls, Martians, monsters and misfits. All are on display at…
Continue ReadingQuarter Pounders are off the menu at 20% of McDonald’s in US as E. coli cases are investigated
AP Business Writer McDonald’s worked Wednesday to reassure customers that its U.S. restaurants are safe as federal investigators tried to pinpoint…
Continue ReadingMusiCares names The Grateful Dead 2025 Persons of the Year
AP Music Writer MusiCares, an organization that helps music professionals who need financial, personal or medical assistance, will honor the Grateful…
Continue ReadingPeruvian theologian the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, father of influential liberation theology, has died
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian theologian the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, the father of the social justice-centered liberation theology that the Vatican…
Continue ReadingActivists challenge colonial-era abortion laws in Antigua and Barbuda
Associated Press ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (AP) — Doctors, nurses and activists in Antigua and Barbuda are fighting a colonial-era law that largely…
Continue ReadingStill playing with two broken fingers, Yankees 1B Anthony Rizzo excited for World Series return
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Rizzo is still playing with two broken fingers on his right hand, although the swelling is gradually…
Continue ReadingLouisiana’s 2020 Teacher of the Year is trying to block the state’s Ten Commandments law
Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s 2020 Teacher of the Year, has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that requires the…
Continue ReadingWisconsin sees high turnout on the first day of in-person absentee voting
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than 97,000 people cast absentee ballots in person in Wisconsin on the first day they could. The high…
Continue ReadingKentucky lawmaker dies weeks after plunging into an empty swimming pool on a mower
Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky state Sen. Johnnie Turner has died weeks after being injured when the lawn mower he was riding…
Continue ReadingLocal news sources are still drying up, but there’s growth in digital sites in metro areas
AP Media Writer Newspapers in the United States closed at the rate of more than two per week during 2023. That continues a disconcerting slide in the…
Continue ReadingTop Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine is dead
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hashem Safieddine, a strongman who rose through the ranks of the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah over…
Continue ReadingThree are detained in Lisbon’s second night of unrest after police shot dead a man during an arrest
Associated Press Police in Portugal say three people were detained in a second night of violent protests in greater Lisbon after police shot dead a…
Continue ReadingFBI surges to help a group of victims they don’t want you to forget
By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Soaring rates of violent acts impacting Indigenous communities and mounting unsolved cases have prompted a surge…
Continue ReadingNo arrests after teens rampaged at a haunted hayride in New Jersey
COLLINGSWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Police said they made no arrests after hundreds of teenagers went on a rampage last weekend, disrupting a haunted hayride…
Continue ReadingOrange and black… and pink and purple. Some twists for creative Halloween parties
Associated Press Throwing a Halloween party is a great outlet for getting creative with the season. And it doesn’t have to be all monsters and…
Continue Reading‘Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage’ expands the ‘Big Bang Theory’ universe
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chuck Lorre is responsible for some of the most successful sitcoms of all time. He says he has the recipe for…
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