Colombia leader to see Venezuela’s Maduro as isolation thaws
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela will have a face-to-face meeting Tuesday for the first time in six years.…
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Tropical Storm Lisa forms in Caribbean, likely to grow
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Lisa has formed in the Caribbean south of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands and it’s forecast to make landfall…
Continue ReadingPolice standoff shuts down part of downtown Mobile, Alabama
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Multiple police officers with weapons drawn surrounded a vehicle parked outside a government building in Mobile, Alabama, in a…
Continue ReadingPerfect 10: Taylor Swift sets Billboard Hot 100 first
The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Taylor Swift scored a 10 out of 10 as she became the first artist in history to claim the top 10 slots…
Continue ReadingBiden paints oil firms as war profiteers, talks windfall tax
By ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is raising the possibility of imposing a windfall tax on…
Continue ReadingBidens dole out Halloween candy to first responders’ kids
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, doled out Halloween candy Monday to…
Continue ReadingTrump asks justices to keep tax returns from House committee
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is going to the Supreme Court, again, this time to try to stop his tax returns from being handed to…
Continue ReadingIn Xi’s China, even internal reports fall prey to censorship
By DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party has long relied on a critically important and secretive internal…
Continue ReadingZinke’s Trump Cabinet days shape Montana race for US House
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Donald Trump’s former interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, is facing challenges on three…
Continue Reading4 workers sickened by gas leak at Los Angeles airport
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four workers have been sickened by an apparent release of carbon dioxide at a Los Angeles International Airport utility room.…
Continue ReadingTop Biden envoy pushes back on criticism of Iran strategy
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Biden administration official is pushing back against growing criticism from Iranian…
Continue ReadingSheriff: ‘No truth’ in HBCU president’s comments on bus stop
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff is pushing back on a historically Black university president’s statement accusing law…
Continue ReadingMusk floats paid Twitter verification, fires board
By MATT O’BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers Billionaire Elon Musk is already floating major changes for Twitter — and faces…
Continue ReadingGOP seizes on voter hesitancy to attack EVs as costly to US
By HOPE YEN and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Heading into next week’s midterm elections, many Republican candidates are…
Continue ReadingUK orders all England’s poultry kept in to fight bird flu
LONDON (AP) — British authorities say all poultry and other captive birds in England must be kept indoors from next week after bird flu was…
Continue ReadingGerman leader urges climate activists not to endanger others
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is urging climate activists to show “creativity” and avoid endangering others after attacking art…
Continue ReadingCameron Crowe’s ‘Almost Famous’ rocks out on Broadway
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cameron Crowe has turned his very autobiographical coming-of-age film “Almost Famous”…
Continue ReadingCormac Roth, musician and actor Tim Roth’s son, dies at 25
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Musician Cormac Roth has died at age 25 after a battle with cancer. He was the son of actor Tim Roth.…
Continue ReadingEx-Michigan cop to face murder trial in killing of Black man
By ED WHITE Associated Press A former Michigan police officer who shot a Black motorist in the back of the head will stand trial for second-degree…
Continue ReadingRussia recruiting U.S.-trained Afghan commandos, vets say
By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press Afghan special forces soldiers who fought alongside American troops and then fled to Iran after the chaotic U.S.…
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