Social media platforms brace for midterm elections mayhem
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press A Facebook search for the words “election fraud” first delivers an article claiming that workers at a…
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2 dead, 2 missing after vessels collide near Dutch island
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Emergency services say that two people have died and two more are missing after a water taxi and a ferry collided on…
Continue ReadingGerman tapped to lead Japan’s medical company Olympus as CEO
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese medical equipment maker Olympus has tapped Stefan Kaufmann, a German who has worked for…
Continue ReadingGerman tapped to lead Japan’s medical company Olympus as CEO
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese medical equipment maker Olympus has tapped Stefan Kaufmann, a German who has worked for…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s election commission bars ex-PM Khan from office
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistan’s elections commission has disqualified former Prime Minister Imran Khan…
Continue ReadingThai regulator approves $7.3 billion telecoms carrier merger
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s telecoms regulator has agreed to allow a merger between the country’s…
Continue ReadingThai regulator approves $7.3 billion telecoms carrier merger
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s telecoms regulator has agreed to allow a merger between the country’s…
Continue ReadingItaly’s far-right leader Meloni forms new government
By FRANCES D’EMILIO and GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Giorgia Meloni on Friday formed Italy’s new ruling coalition, giving the…
Continue ReadingCarolina Panthers trade Christian McCaffrey to the San Francisco 49ers, pending physical exam
By Ben Church, CNN The Carolina Panthers have confirmed running-back Christian McCaffrey will be traded to the San Francisco 49ers, pending a…
Continue ReadingCan Max Verstappen and Red Bull become Formula One’s new dynasty?
By Matias Grez, CNN For much of the 2022 Formula One season, Max Verstappen’s inevitable march to a second consecutive world championship felt…
Continue ReadingSCOTUS maintains public silence on Dobbs opinion leak investigation
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Almost five months after the Supreme Court suffered one of the worst breaches of confidentiality in…
Continue ReadingHow a judge explained his sentence of Steve Bannon to four months for contempt of Congress
By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A sentence of four months in prison that ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon was sentenced was shorter than the…
Continue ReadingBoris Johnson, ousted by scandal, eyes comeback as UK leader
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson — ousted by ethics scandals just three months ago…
Continue ReadingFamily of a 21-year-old who died at last year’s Astroworld Festival settles lawsuit against event organizers
By Andy Rose, CNN The family of a victim who was among the 10 people killed in a crowd surge last year at a concert in Houston settled a lawsuit…
Continue ReadingA car found buried in a California backyard did not contain human remains, police say
By Taylor Romine and Amanda Jackson, CNN Authorities investigating the mystery surrounding a vehicle buried on a residential property near San…
Continue ReadingA car found buried in a California backyard is being checked for possible human remains, police say
KGO By Taylor Romine and Amanda Jackson, CNN Authorities investigating the mystery surrounding a vehicle buried on a residential property near San…
Continue ReadingFormer UCLA gynecologist is found guilty of sexually abusing his patients, prosecutors say
By Taylor Romine and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A former UCLA obstetrician-gynecologist who worked for the university for decades has been found guilty of…
Continue ReadingGreece: Sailboat carrying 75 migrants safely towed to port
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says a sailboat carrying dozens of migrants that had sent a distress signal in rough weather off…
Continue ReadingRussian threats revive old nuclear fears in central Europe
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two stories beneath a modern steel production plant on Warsaw’s northern edge lies an…
Continue ReadingMan charged with federal hate crime for attacking a Jehovah’s Witnesses place of worship in Washington state in 2018
By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A man in Washington state has been charged with a federal hate crime in connection with a 2018 attack on a Jehovah’s…
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