61 indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges connected to ‘Stop Cop City’ movement
By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges following a long-running state…
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United Airlines says the outage that held up departing flights was not a cybersecurity issue
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer United Airlines said Tuesday that a software update triggered a glitch that forced it to halt departures…
Continue ReadingAustrian actor gets 2-year suspended sentence over possessing and processing child sex abuse images
VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian court has found a famous actor guilty of possessing and producing tens of thousands of files of child sex abuse images…
Continue ReadingMark Meadows pleads not guilty to charges in Georgia election case and waives right to arraignment
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of…
Continue ReadingNo longer stranded, tens of thousands clean up and head home after Burning Man floods
By SCOTT SONNER, ED KOMENDA and GABE STERN Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The traffic jam leaving the Burning Man festival eased up…
Continue ReadingUS steps toward forcing recall of 52 million air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government is taking a big step toward forcing a defiant Tennessee company to recall 52…
Continue ReadingPier collapses on University of Wisconsin campus. One hospitalized, 20 others slightly injured
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Part of a pier where dozens of University of Wisconsin students and others were celebrating Labor Day collapsed into a lake,…
Continue ReadingSoccer player’s killing draws attention to struggles in one of Panama’s principal ports
By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press COLON, Panama (AP) — The killing of a member of Panama’s national soccer team in this rough Caribbean port has…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s Supreme Court delays pivotal judicial overhaul hearing after attorney general opposes plan
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has delayed the first of three pivotal hearings on the legality of the…
Continue ReadingJury selection begins in contempt case against ex-Trump White House official Peter Navarro
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jury selection has begun in the case against former Trump White House official Peter…
Continue ReadingAlex Murdaugh’s lawyers want a new trial. They say the court clerk told jurors not to trust him
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh want a new trial, accusing the court clerk…
Continue ReadingMore than 50 security forces killed by jihadis in Burkina Faso, as violence inches closer to capital
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s military says that more than 50 security forces were killed during…
Continue ReadingRep. Gloria Johnson of ‘Tennessee Three’ officially launches 2024 Senate campaign
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson has formally announced her…
Continue ReadingBelarus bans citizens from renewing passports abroad, spreading fear among those who fled repression
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian president banned citizens from renewing their passports while staying abroad, which could force…
Continue ReadingAlexander Payne makes ’em like they used to: Fall Movie Preview
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The great films of the 1970s have long loomed in the imagination of filmmakers raised during one of…
Continue ReadingUK government lifts de facto ban on onshore wind farms
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative government is lifting restrictions that have effectively banned the building…
Continue ReadingSen. McConnell’s health episodes show no evidence of stroke or seizure disorder but questions linger
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s health episodes show…
Continue ReadingTourist-flooded Venice OKs test of fee for day-trippers on peak visitor weekends in 2024
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Tourist-flooded Venice has approved guidelines for testing a new fee for day-trippers on…
Continue ReadingOwner of collapsed Iowa building that killed 3 people files lawsuit blaming engineering company
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The owner of an Iowa apartment building that collapsed in May has filed a lawsuit blaming an engineering company for not…
Continue ReadingInformation theft is on the rise. People are particularly vulnerable after natural disasters
By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Information theft is on the rise. Over 1.1 million people reported the crime to the Federal Trade…
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