North Korea says US carrier’s return aggravates tensions
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea warned Saturday the U.S. redeployment of an aircraft carrier near the…
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Herschel Walker centers pitch to Republicans on ‘wokeness’
By BILL BARROW Associated Press EMERSON, Ga. (AP) — Herschel Walker pitches himself as a politician who can bridge America’s racial and cultural…
Continue ReadingNational Guard struggles as troops leave at faster pace
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Soldiers are leaving the Army National Guard at a faster rate than they are enlisting,…
Continue ReadingHurricane Julia near Nicaragua after lashing Colombia island
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Julia closed in on Nicaragua’s central Caribbean coast late Saturday after lashing Colombia’s San Andres…
Continue ReadingReport: Walker encouraged woman to have second abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The woman who says Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker paid for a 2009 abortion claims he encouraged her to have…
Continue ReadingBus catches fire in west India, killing 12 and injuring 43
NEW DELHI (AP) — A bus has caught fire after hitting a truck on a highway in western India and at least 12 passengers have been killed. Maharashtra…
Continue ReadingAlleged Malaysian wildlife trafficker hit with US sanctions
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is targeting an alleged Malaysian wildlife trafficker and what officials call his…
Continue ReadingFIFA won’t sanction Indonesia over fatal crush, Widodo says
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo says the country won’t face sanctions from soccer’s world governing body…
Continue ReadingJohnson, Barnes polished in 1st Wisconsin Senate debate
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and his Democratic challenger Lt. Gov.…
Continue ReadingRivian recalling nearly all its vehicles over loose fastener
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Electric truck and SUV maker Rivian Automotive says it is recalling almost all the vehicles it has delivered to customers in…
Continue ReadingBialiatski joins small group of jailed Nobel Peace laureates
By KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Belarussian Ales Bialiatski, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with human rights groups in Russia…
Continue ReadingJudge won’t block Jan. 6 panel subpoena to Arizona GOP chair
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge in Phoenix is refusing to put on hold her order requiring the phone records of…
Continue ReadingAppeals court ruling allows Arizona abortions to restart
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Abortions can take place again in Arizona, at least for now, after an appeals court on Friday…
Continue ReadingAnother man arrested after slaying of 1 cop, wounding of 2nd
BRADLEY, Ill. (AP) — Illinois State Police say another person has been arrested in connection with the killing of one police officer and the…
Continue ReadingInfo expected to emerge slowly in hospital chain cyberattack
By KATHLEEN FOODY and KIMBERLEE KRUESI The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Officials are continuing to decline to reveal new details surrounding an…
Continue ReadingTrump super PAC reserves millions in airtime in key states
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is finally opening his checkbook and reserving millions of dollars in…
Continue ReadingBrother of suspect in California family’s killing arrested
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The younger brother of a man suspected in the kidnapping and killings…
Continue ReadingLawyer gets prison for laundering millions in drug money
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A lawyer who laundered millions of dollars in drug money for a violent Mexican drug cartel has been sentenced in California to 15…
Continue ReadingAs search goes on, Floridians await OK to survey Ian’s wrath
By JAY REEVES Associated Press FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — William Wellema drove all the way from New Jersey to Florida’s Gulf Coast to see…
Continue ReadingLost wedding ring found in brush pile after Hurricane Ian
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Ashley Garner had given up on ever seeing her wedding ring again. She lost it outside her Fort Myers home just days before…
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