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Israel strikes Iran as payback for missile attack, risking escalation of Mideast wars
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel pounded Iran with a series of airstrikes early Saturday, saying it was targeting military sites in retaliation for the barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic fired upon Israel earlier in the month. Explosions could be heard in the Iranian capital, Tehran, though the Islamic Republic
Continue ReadingVote-weary Bulgarians face a seventh general election in just over 3 years
Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarians will cast ballots on Sunday in the seventh general elections in just over three years as their country faces growing political instability that might further enhance the popularity of pro-Russian and far-right groups. Of the six elections since 2021, only two have produced an elected government, but they
Continue ReadingFormer Abercrombie & Fitch CEO pleads not guilty to sex trafficking and prostitution charges
Associated Press CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — The former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch pleaded not guilty Friday to federal sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges. Michael Jeffries, 80, declined to comment after his lawyer entered the plea on his behalf in federal court in Central Islip, on Long Island. He is free on
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street closes mostly lower and ends a 6-week winning streak
AP Business Writers U.S. stock indexes gave up an early gain and drifted to a mixed finish Friday, helping give the market its first losing week since early September. The S&P 500 closed little changed after having been up 0.9% earlier in the day. The benchmark index ended the week 1% lower, ending a six-week
Continue ReadingElon Musk’s super PAC awards $1 million prizes to 2 registered voters, despite DOJ warning
By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s super PAC awarded two $1 million prizes to registered voters in Michigan and Wisconsin on Thursday, after being warned by the Justice Department that the payments might be illegal. These are the first giveaways by the pro-Donald Trump super PAC after news broke Wednesday that the Justice Department had
Continue ReadingCyclone Dana lashes eastern India as hundreds of thousands evacuate
By Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Heavy rain and high winds lashed parts of eastern India on Friday as a tropical storm hit coastal areas and rescue teams braced for its impact. Tropical Cyclone Dana made landfall along the northern coast of Odisha state as the equivalent of a tropical storm in the Atlantic basin
Continue ReadingAllies hope a Trump win changes the system for mortgages. Some warn it will make them pricier
Associated Press If Donald Trump wins the presidential election, Republicans hope he will fulfill a longstanding GOP goal of privatizing the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have been under government control since the Great Recession. But Democrats and some economists warn that, especially in this time of high mortgage rates, doing so
Continue ReadingMother who beat and starved her 5-year-old son to death sentenced to over 50 years in prison
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire woman has been sentenced to 53 years to life in prison in the death of her 5-year-old son, who was beaten, starved and exposed to drugs. Thirty-eight-year-old Danielle Dauphinais appeared in court Friday and tearfully apologized for her actions. Elijah Lewis weighed just 19 pounds when
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Biden visits Indian Country and apologizes for the ‘sin’ of a 150-year boarding school policy
Associated Press LAVEEN VILLAGE, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday formally apologized to Native Americans for the “sin” of a government-run boarding school system that for decades forcibly separated children from their parents, calling it a “blot on American history” in his first presidential visit to Indian Country. “It’s a sin on our
Continue ReadingHillary Clinton says Trump is ‘more unhinged, more unstable’ than in 2016
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that former President Donald Trump is now “more unhinged, more unstable” and more dangerous than when she faced him in the 2016 presidential election. “I think he’s more unhinged, more unstable,” the losing 2016 Democratic nominee told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on
Continue ReadingHillary Clinton says Trump is ‘more unhinged, more unstable’ than in 2016
CNN By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that former President Donald Trump is now “more unhinged, more unstable” and more dangerous than when she faced him in the 2016 presidential election. “I think he’s more unhinged, more unstable,” the losing 2016 Democratic nominee told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins
Continue ReadingAI-generated child sexual abuse images are spreading. Law enforcement is racing to stop them
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A child psychiatrist who altered a first-day-of-school photo he saw on Facebook to make a group of girls appear nude. A U.S. Army soldier accused of creating images depicting children he knew being sexually abused. A software engineer charged with generating hyper-realistic sexually explicit images of children. Law enforcement agencies
Continue ReadingIn Asheville, high school seniors make key life choices under the stress of Helene recovery
Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — High school seniors in Asheville are grappling with several important life decisions as they still recover from the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene on their region. Schools across North Carolina’s Buncombe County have been canceled for over a month, but are now set to resume within the next week.
Continue ReadingMourners gather to mark a year since Maine’s deadliest mass shooting
Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Maine residents whose sense of safety was shattered last year by a mass shooting have marked the anniversary Friday with a memorial service that drew hundreds of people to the city’s hockey arena. The killings of 18 people by an Army reservist in Lewiston drove home the stark reality
Continue ReadingHarris and Beyoncé ignite a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Trump
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Kamala Harris and Beyoncé ignited a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Donald Trump on Friday, with the superstar telling the Democratic nominee’s biggest crowd ever that it was “time to sing a new song” as Harris warned that her GOP opponent was dead set on further eroding women’s
Continue ReadingGeorgia prepares for a divisive election which could determine its future in Europe
Associated Press JAVAKHETI, Georgia (AP) — The South Caucasus country of Georgia will go to the polls Saturday in a parliamentary election many citizens believe may be the most crucial vote of their lifetimes. The election will pit a coalition of opposition parties against the ruling party Georgian Dream which many Georgians fear is dragging
Continue ReadingLithuania votes in the 2nd round of its parliamentary election, with change uncertain
Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanians will vote Sunday in the second round of parliamentary elections, with the conservative governing party still in contention despite first-round gains for the left-leaning opposition. Strict COVID-19 measures during the pandemic, political scandals involving several key members of the Cabinet and an influx of migrants from neighboring Belarus have
Continue ReadingThe dark sky over an urban park in central Mexico attracts stargazers who worry it might not last
Associated Press JOYA-LA BARRETA ECOLOGICAL PARK, Mexico (AP) — As night descended, a rumble of frogs filled the air in this park outside the central Mexican city of Queretaro. In the sky, tiny stars appeared one by one, aligning into constellations. Juan Carlos Hernández used his weight to adjust a large telescope. “Aim for me,
Continue ReadingOne year after a massacre in Maine, survivors and loved ones search for new beginnings
Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Ben Dyer was shot five times during Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, when a gunman killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar. A year later, Dyer and fiancée Keela Smith want to turn the worst day of their lives into the best. As Lewiston prepares to mark
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