America First Policy Institute, a group advising Trump, says its systems were breached
Associated Press The America First Policy Institute says “hostile foreign actors” breached its systems. AFPI is a group helping to lay the…
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North Carolina football player Tylee Craft dies from rare lung cancer at 23
Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina football player Tylee Craft died Saturday morning from a rare form of lung cancer, coach…
Continue ReadingHistoric ocean liner could soon become the world’s largest artificial reef
Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The conservancy that oversees a storied but aging ocean liner and its landlord have resolved a years-old rent…
Continue ReadingWalz tramps through tall grass but bags no birds as pheasant hunting season opens
Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz tramped through tall grass with a shotgun in hand on the…
Continue ReadingHarris helps pack aid boxes for North Carolina hurricane victims ahead of Sunday campaign push
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday helped pack diapers into boxes of personal care products destined…
Continue ReadingA magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, no serious damage reported
A magnitude-6.2 earthquake shook parts of Costa Rica on Saturday but appears not to have caused any serious damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says…
Continue ReadingA man was shot to death in confrontation with law enforcement officers in Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities in Kansas say a man was shot to death by law enforcement officers during a confrontation. Col. Keith Allen of the…
Continue ReadingPregnant Philippine women arrested in Cambodia for surrogacy could be prosecuted after giving birth
Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A senior government official in Cambodia says that 13 pregnant Philippine women accused of illegally…
Continue ReadingUN official appeals for Lebanon’s ports and airport to be spared as Israel presses its offensive
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A top United Nations official says that he is concerned that Lebanon’s ports and airport might be taken out of…
Continue ReadingEx-Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who nearly got Scotland’s independence from UK, dies at 69
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who for decades championed Scotland’s independence from the…
Continue ReadingAppeals court overturns contempt finding, removes judge in Texas foster care lawsuit
Associated Press A federal appeals court has ordered the removal of a judge and overturned her contempt finding and fine against the state of Texas…
Continue ReadingA vehicle dropping off a shooting victim struck 3 nurses, critically wounding 1
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A vehicle fleeing a Philadelphia hospital after dropping off a gunshot victim early Saturday struck three nurses who were…
Continue ReadingSister of North Korea’s leader threatens South Korea over drone flights
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused South Korea of deliberately avoiding…
Continue ReadingCorrection: Brazil Storm story
SAO PAULO (AP) — In a story published Oct. 12, 2024, about a storm in Sao Paulo, Brazil, that knocked out power to a few million households, The…
Continue ReadingNorway introduces temporary border checks after its terror threat level was raised
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Police say Norway is introducing temporary border checks on its frontiers with other Western European nations after the…
Continue ReadingObama’s callout to Black men touches a nerve among Democrats. Is election-year misogyny at play?
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama had frank words for Black men who may be considering sitting out the election. “Part of it makes…
Continue ReadingHeavy Israeli bombardment in northern Gaza as UN peacekeepers in Lebanon are hit again
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Palestinians in northern Gaza described heavy Israeli bombardment Saturday in the hours after airstrikes killed at…
Continue ReadingPoland’s leader plans to suspend the right to asylum as country faces pressure on Belarus border
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s leader says he plans to temporarily suspend the right to asylum as part of a new migration policy. Prime Minister…
Continue ReadingAn explosion and fire at a service station in Russia’s Chechnya kills 4
MOSCOW (AP) — An explosion at a gas station in Russia’s southern region of Chechnya has killed at least four people. Russia’s Emergencies…
Continue ReadingA woman fired a gun after crashing her car and was fatally shot by police
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities say a woman was fatally shot by Oklahoma City police after firing a gun and threatening officers with it. Police…
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