German prosecutors seek 15-year prison term for Madeleine McCann suspect in an unrelated trial
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors have called for a sexual offenses conviction and a 15-year prison sentence for a man who is also under…
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Pennsylvania Republican in key swing-state Senate race backs using military to fight fentanyl
Associated Press STEELTON, Pa. (AP) — The Republican challenger trying to flip the U.S. Senate seat in swing-state Pennsylvania said he’ll press…
Continue ReadingMichael Jordan’s 23XI and a 2nd team sue NASCAR over revenue sharing model
AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR is facing a federal antitrust lawsuit from two of its teams, including one co-owned by Michael…
Continue ReadingEU offers to delay curbs on forest products after an outcry from trade partners
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is offering to delay by a year the introduction of new rules that would outlaw the sale of products that come…
Continue ReadingPrince Harry is visiting the small mountain kingdom of Lesotho, where he’s called ‘the warrior’
Associated Press MASERU, Lesotho (AP) — Prince Harry is visiting the tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho, where he co-founded a youth charity in 2006…
Continue ReadingEdmunds: The most reliable used vehicles under $15,000
Edmunds When you’re shopping for a used car, truck or SUV on a tight budget, reliability is critical because you don’t have much money to spend…
Continue ReadingAre LGBTQ Jews welcome in Orthodox communities? This is how they are building spaces of their own
Associated Press It was a heart-wrenching choice. But when Daniel Gammerman decided to never set foot back in an Orthodox synagogue, he thought of it…
Continue ReadingWalmart employees to get expanded cancer treatment options with the Mayo Clinic
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart’s employees and their dependents are being offered expanded cancer treatment with doctors at the Mayo…
Continue ReadingAn anti-whaling activist will stay in detention in Greenland while Japan seeks extradition
Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Greenland court has ruled that anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson must remain in detention until…
Continue ReadingGreek firefighters make progress in taming deadly forest blaze burning for 4 days
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say hundreds of firefighters, assisted by waterbombing planes and volunteers, have made significant…
Continue ReadingThe fall of Vuhledar is a microcosm of Ukraine’s wartime predicament
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The fall of a front-line town nestled atop a tactically significant hill is unlikely to change the course of…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s multilayered air-defense system passes another test in fending off Iranian missile strike
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s multilayered air-defense system is credited with protecting the country from serious damage or casualties from an…
Continue Reading4 candidates to lead Britain’s defeated Conservatives bash Labour, and each other
Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The four contenders to lead Britain’s Conservative Party have taken turns to argue why they have…
Continue ReadingIn music and dance, Sudanese performers transport refugee audiences back home
Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese musicians and dancers perform in Cairo for an audience that is mostly refugees from the war-torn country.…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Oct. 2: Debate takeaways, Iran missile attack, Helene aid, Stock market, Food dye ban
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, is now worth nearly 80% less than when he bought it in 2022,…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Oct. 2: Debate takeaways, Iran missile attack, Helene aid, Stock market, Food dye ban
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, is now worth nearly 80% less than when he bought it in 2022,…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Oct. 2: Debate takeaways, Iran missile attack, Helene aid, Stock market, Food dye ban
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, is now worth nearly 80% less than when he bought it in 2022,…
Continue ReadingAn American bomb from WWII explodes at a Japanese airport, leaving a crater on the taxiway
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A U.S. bomb from World War II has exploded at a Japanese airport, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the…
Continue ReadingGeorgia’s president refuses to sign an anti-LGBTQ bill and returns it to parliament
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s president has refused to sign into law a bill that severely curtails LGBTQ+ rights in the country and mirrors…
Continue ReadingTwo men close to Benin’s president jailed after alleged coup plot
COTONOU, Bénin (AP) — Two men close to Benin’s president who were arrested last week on suspicions of plotting a coup in the small West African…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s military will pull out of Vuhledar in the east after 2 years of intense fighting
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces are withdrawing from the front-line town of Vuhledar, perched atop a tactically significant…
Continue ReadingUK leader Starmer pitches pragmatism as he seeks to mend EU ties battered by Brexit
BRUSSELS (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has held out the prospect of “sensible leadership” on issues of common interest as he seeks…
Continue ReadingCatholic reform debate launched by Pope Francis leans away from ordained roles for women
Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ big Catholic reform project has opened with widespread calls for women to take up more positions…
Continue ReadingChowdeck is hungry for Nigeria’s food delivery market. One day, it wants to be a ‘super-app for Africa’
By Jackie Prager, CNN (CNN) — When Femi Aluko found himself isolating at home during the Covid-19 pandemic one question kept coming to mind —…
Continue ReadingTwo predawn explosions rock the area around the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen but no one is injured
Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Three Swedish nationals have been arrested in connection with two predawn explosions in the vicinity of…
Continue ReadingPakistani security forces kill 6 insurgents in a raid in the southwest
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say security forces have killed at lest six insurgents in a raid on their hideout in the country’s…
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Festival de cine y música celebra su décimo aniversario en el valle de Coachella
Hernán Quintas El NVISION Latino Film and Music Festival, una vibrante evolución del Official Latino Film Festival, revela su dinámico…
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Highway 101 near Betabel Road back open after big rig fire shuts down highway
SAN BENITO/SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Highway 101 is back open in both directions after a big rig suddenly burst into flames on Tuesday…
Continue ReadingLebanon’s rescuers struggle to respond to Israeli offensive while under fire and using old equipment
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — When Israel bombed buildings outside the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, Mohamed Arkadan and his team rushed to an…
Continue Reading2 dead and thousands evacuated as a typhoon approaches Taiwan
Associated Press KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — An approaching typhoon bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall to Taiwan has killed two people and…
Continue ReadingIsrael presses forward on two fronts and reports 8 combat deaths as fears of a wider war mount
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel pressed forward on two fronts Wednesday, pursuing a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah that left…
Continue ReadingWhat are the missiles in Iran’s arsenal and how does Israel counter them?
Analysis by Brad Lendon and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Iran has unleashed its largest ever attack on Israel, firing 180 ballistic…
Continue ReadingWhat are the missiles in Iran’s arsenal and how does Israel counter them?
CNN Analysis by Brad Lendon and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Iran has unleashed its largest ever attack on Israel, firing 180 ballistic…
Continue ReadingWhat are the missiles in Iran’s arsenal and how does Israel counter them?
CNN Analysis by Brad Lendon and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Iran has unleashed its largest ever attack on Israel, firing 180 ballistic…
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San Luis inicia la construcción de dos nuevos negocios
Miriam Ordonez SAN LUIS, Ariz. (T3) – Esta mañana, San Luis, Arizona, inició la construcción de dos nuevos negocios…
Continue ReadingMexico’s Sheinbaum keeps doing morning briefings, though her style is unlike her predecessor’s
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum has begun her presidency the same way her predecessor concluded his: with a morning media…
Continue ReadingSwine fever sweeps Italy’s north, threatening production of prized prosciutto and livelihoods
Associated Press CORTELEONA E GENZONE, Italy (AP) — One of Giovanni Airoli’s sows tested positive for African swine fever in late August. Within…
Continue ReadingOnline voting in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant
Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Let the chunk-off begin. Voting started Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s…
Continue ReadingHelene’s flooding swept away 11 workers at a Tennessee factory. Now the state is investigating
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state authorities are investigating the company that owns a plastics factory where 11 workers…
Continue ReadingPush to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — What lies beneath the Great Lakes’ waves is largely unknown, but there’s a new push to learn more…
Continue ReadingSex workers find themselves at the center of Congo’s mpox outbreak
Associated Press KAMITUGA, Congo (AP) — It’s been four months since Sifa Kunguja recovered from mpox, but as a sex worker, she said,…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Kojima, with its proud Jeans Street, draws fans of vintage, deep-blue denim
Associated Press KOJIMA, Japan (AP) — Denim — that All-American fabric — is all about being Japanese in the town of Kojima. The town’s…
Continue ReadingBodies of the children and teachers who died in a Thai school bus fire return home for funeral
Associated Press LAN SAK, Thailand (AP) — The bodies of almost two dozen young students and teachers who died in a bus fire in a suburb of Bangkok…
Continue ReadingFact-check fight: CBS News cuts candidates’ mics after JD Vance objects to a moderator’s correction
AP Media Writer CBS News briefly muted the debate microphones of the two vice presidential candidates after Republican JD Vance objected to a…
Continue ReadingSoutherners stay in touch the old-fashioned way after Helene cuts roads, power, phones
Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Isolated and without electricity or phone service since Hurricane Helene inflicted devastation across the…
Continue ReadingHarris and Trump are tested by the Mideast, Helene and the port strike in the campaign’s final weeks
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurricane Helene, the growing conflict in the Mideast and a dockworkers strike are looming over the final weeks…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street edges higher as financial markets steady themselves
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged higher in a quiet Wednesday, and Treasury yields rose following an encouraging update on the…
Continue ReadingHarris hands out meals, consoles families as she surveys Hurricane Helene devastation in Georgia
Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris handed out meals, embraced a shaken family and surveyed Hurricane Helene’s…
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People head down to Santa Cruz beach to cool down from high temperatures
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — Santa Cruz acting as a safe haven for people trying to cool off. Temperatures rising across multiple places in the…
Continue ReadingAfter pressing an Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, the Biden administration shifts its message
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says there is a significant difference between Israeli actions that have expanded its…
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