Children return to school in Seattle after weeklong strike
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Teachers, administrators and parent volunteers welcomed children back to school in Seattle on…
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Anti-virtual reality note included with explosive package
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press A law enforcement official says a hard plastic case that exploded on the campus of Northeastern University in…
Continue ReadingInfowars rep: ‘False statements’ on Sandy Hook shooting
By DAVE COLLINS and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A representative for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars…
Continue ReadingTexts: Mississippi ex-governor knew of Favre welfare money
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Newly revealed text messages show how deeply a Mississippi governor was involved in…
Continue ReadingDisabled voters win in Wisconsin; legal fights elsewhere
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters with disabilities are celebrating a win after a federal…
Continue ReadingLeaky pen and staff job cuts: King Charles under scrutiny
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Reports that up to 100 staff at King Charles III’s former residence could lose their jobs have drawn…
Continue ReadingBiden chooses veteran diplomat for new US envoy to Russia
By MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has picked a veteran foreign service officer with…
Continue ReadingDefense suddenly rests case in Florida school shooter trial
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz suddenly and surprisingly rested…
Continue Reading‘It’s crushing’: California cleans up mudslide damage
By AMY TAXIN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press OAK GLEN, Calif. (AP) — Rescuers are searching for a person missing in a mudslide that swept…
Continue Reading3 Iranian citizens charged in broad hacking campaign in US
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says three Iranian citizens have been charged in the United States with…
Continue ReadingNTSB recommends inspections after sinking of fishing boat
By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says a fishing boat that sank…
Continue ReadingBingo, Lite-Brite, Nerf among Toy Hall of Fame finalists
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Voting opened Wednesday on which toys should go into the National Toy Hall of Fame this year. The class of 2022 finalists…
Continue ReadingJim Beam outlines expansion to ramp up bourbon production
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press Jim Beam plans to ramp up bourbon production at its largest Kentucky distillery to meet growing global demand in…
Continue ReadingFrench court awards damages for 2009 Yemenia plane crash
PARIS (AP) — A French court has ordered a Yemeni airline to pay damages to the lone survivor of a 2009 airplane crash in the Indian Ocean and to…
Continue ReadingUS wholesale inflation declines in August to still-high 8.7%
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level jumped 8.7% in August from a year earlier, a slowdown…
Continue ReadingHuge line to view monarch’s coffin is queue fit for a queen
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britons famously love to line up, but marshaling hundreds of thousands of people who want to view…
Continue ReadingJordan responders rescue infant from collapsed building
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordanian teams on Wednesday rescued an infant and were working to save others from the rubble of a collapsed building, as…
Continue ReadingFrance, India say they share concerns over China’s rise
NEW DELHI (AP) — The French foreign minister says the war in Ukraine will not overshadow France’s commitments to the Indo-Pacific region, where…
Continue ReadingGerman government could raise stake in gas supplier Uniper
BERLIN (AP) — German energy supplier Uniper says it is exploring the possibility of the government acquiring a majority holding in the company as…
Continue ReadingGreece’s Irene Papas, who earned Hollywood fame, dies at 93
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek actress and recording artist Irene Papas has died at age 93. Papas was renowned for her dramatic performances and…
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