Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The decision by New York prosecutors to charge a former aide to the New York governor this week with acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government has raised concerns about China’s efforts to influence U.S. politics. Linda Sun held numerous roles in New York state government, including deputy
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCE, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Four days after a Lawrence mother was reported missing, investigators on Tuesday discovered her body near a Massachusetts lake and arrested one of her neighbors in connection with the investigation. Carol Flaz, 37, was reported missing Saturday. Essex County District Attorney
Continue ReadingAssociated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The U.S. government announced Thursday that it secured the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners, who have arrived in Guatemala where they will apply for entry to the United States or other countries. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement that they were released on humanitarian grounds.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two lawmakers say that Ukraine’s parliament has approved the appointment of a new foreign minister. Andrii Sybiha is the country’s new chief diplomat. Sybiha is a former ambassador to Turkey. He replaced Dmytro Kuleba who became one of Ukraine’s most recognizable faces on the international stage as he petitioned
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K.’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the way more than one million tickets were sold for next year’s reunion concerts from iconic 1990s Britpop band Oasis. In a statement Thursday, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said its investigation into Live Nation Entertainment’s unit Ticketmaster will look
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump delivered his usual assortment of long-debunked false claims in an appearance on Fox News in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night. But one of the false claims was new. Trump, who has repeatedly insulted the intelligence of his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, claimed that
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (WBAL) — A Maryland native was killed inside her Rice University dorm room Monday night. Andrea Rodriguez Avila was found shot to death along with a man, who police believe was Rodriguez Avila’s boyfriend. The man was also dead, with a self-inflicted gunshot
Continue ReadingBy Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Concorde flight engineer Warren Hazelby gets chills recalling his first supersonic flight from London to New York in 2002. Hazelby remembers stepping onto the flight deck and taking it all in. The interior was smaller than the Boeing 707s and 747s he’d worked on for much of his career,
Continue ReadingBy Kate Amara Click here for updates on this story WASHINGTON, DC (WBAL) — Maryland and Washington, D.C., are suing three Rockville gun shops for their alleged roles in fueling a gun-trafficking scheme through straw selling and buying. Attorneys General Anthony Brown, of Maryland, and Brian Schwalb, of Washington, and the nonprofit Everytown Law were
Continue ReadingKINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The first batch of mpox vaccine arrived in Congo’s capital on Thursday, the country’s authorities said, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency. The 100,000 doses of the MVA-BN vaccine, manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic, have been donated by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As COVID-19 swept across the globe in early 2020, the Food and Drug Administration pulled most of its safety inspectors from the field, creating a massive backlog of uninspected pharmaceutical plants in the U.S. and overseas. Nearly five years later, The Associated Press wanted to assess the FDA’s performance in
Continue ReadingBy Kilee Thomas Click here for updates on this story SHAWNEE, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Hundreds of Oklahomans laid to rest in a Shawnee mausoleum will soon be moved to a new final resting place. The mausoleum has been in disarray, keeping families from visiting their loved ones for years. A judge granted the city of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health inspectors are still struggling to address a massive backlog of pharmaceutical plants that went uninspected during disruptions caused by COVID-19. That’s according to an analysis of government data by the Associated Press. The data shows roughly 2,000 drug manufacturing sites around the world have not had a Food
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Michelle Krupa and Nicole Chavez, CNN Winder, Georgia (CNN) — The warning had come that morning by phone to Apalachee High School: There would be shootings Wednesday at five schools. And the unknown caller – law enforcement officials would later confirm – warned Apalachee would be the first. Still, students all across Winder,
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Initial autopsies of four of the seven victims who died when a superyacht sank in a storm in Italy last month show they died of “dry drowning,” according to authorities. The phenomenon, also known as “atypical drowning,” means they had no water in their lungs, tracheas
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Experts says that millions of people in Pakistan continue to live along the path of floodwaters showing neither people nor the government have learned any lessons from the 2022 devastating floods that killed 1,737 people. An aid group said half of the victims among 300 people killed by rains since
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ALBANY, Georgia (Albany Herald) — Two long-time Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital employees, Carol Pressley and Anna Wade, are preparing to participate in their 10th Susan G. Komen Three-Day Breast Cancer Walk in Denver. United by a shared commitment to fighting breast cancer, the friends have
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Continue ReadingAP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell to its lowest level in two months last week, signaling that layoffs remain relatively low despite other signs of labor market cooling. Jobless claims fell by 5,000 to 227,000 for the week of Aug. 31. That’s the fewest since the week of July
Continue ReadingBy Gabrielle Parish Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — The Humane Society of Louisiana reports a significant increase in animals left for dead. More and more pets are being abandoned in rural areas across the state. According to the Humane Society, there’s been a 300% surge in animals being discarded
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