RFK Jr. sues North Carolina elections board as he seeks to remove his name from ballot
Associated Press/Report for America Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing the North Carolina State Board of Elections. The lawsuit filed in state court…
Continue ReadingAP National News
NY man pleads guilty in pandemic loan fraud
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A politically active western New York businessman has admitted to a multimillion-dollar pandemic loan fraud, and prosecutors…
Continue ReadingMississippi bus crash kills 7 people and injures 37
BOVINA, Miss. (AP) — Seven people were killed and dozens were injured in Mississippi after a commercial bus overturned on Interstate 20 on Saturday…
Continue ReadingA top court in the Dominican Republic deliberates anti-sodomy laws targeting police and military
Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A top court in the Dominican Republic has agreed to review a challenge to laws dating from the last…
Continue ReadingA Georgia Democrat seeks to unseat an indicted Trump elector who says he only did what he was told
Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — A suburban Atlanta senate race is receiving national attention and money as a young Georgia Democrat charges…
Continue ReadingBorder arrests are expected to rise slightly in August but are hovering near 4-year lows
Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico during August are expected to rise slightly from July, officials…
Continue ReadingSudden death of ‘Johnny Hockey’ means more hard times for beleaguered Columbus Blue Jackets
AP Sports Writer Columbus Blue Jackets officials could hardly believe their luck when they persuaded superstar Johnny Gaudreau to pass up larger…
Continue ReadingPolice say 2 people who were attacked during London’s Notting Hill Carnival have died
LONDON (AP) — British police say two people who were critically injured in attacks while attending London’s Notting Hill Carnival this week have…
Continue ReadingA Norwegian princess marries an American self-styled shaman in front of a star-studded audience
Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Social media influencers, reality stars and TV personalities were among the guests as the Norwegian king’s…
Continue ReadingPolio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza a day before fighting is expected to pause
By JULIA FRANKEL, SAMY MAGDY and SAM METZ JERUSALEM (AP) — A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the…
Continue ReadingAt Venice Film Festival, Jude Law debuts ‘The Order’ about FBI manhunt for a domestic terrorist
AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Jude Law plays an FBI agent investigating the violent crimes of a white supremacist group in “The Order,”…
Continue Reading7 killed by Russian attacks as Moscow pushes ahead in Ukraine’s east
Five people have been killed by Russian shelling in the town of Chasiv Yar as Moscow’s troops push ahead in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.…
Continue ReadingCatholic diocese sues US government, worried some foreign-born priests might be forced to leave
Associated Press For more than a year, religious organizations have lobbied Congress and the Biden administration to fix a sudden procedural change…
Continue ReadingMan charged with assault on 2 Jewish students on University of Pittsburgh campus
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man has been charged with aggravated assault in an alleged glass bottle attack on two Jewish students on the University of…
Continue ReadingGOP nominee for governor in North Carolina has a history of inflammatory words. It could cost Trump
Associated Press COLFAX, N.C. (AP) — In the race to succeed term-limited North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, Democrat Josh Stein and allies have…
Continue ReadingChinese and Philippine vessels collide at a disputed atoll and governments trade accusations
Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China and the Philippines have accused each other of causing a collision between their two vessels in the…
Continue ReadingUN will continue to engage the Taliban in Afghanistan despite new laws restricting women
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N. spokesman says the United Nations will continue to engage all stakeholders in Afghanistan including the Taliban, even…
Continue ReadingDozens of exotic animals seized at Turkish border
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish customs officials in the northwestern city of Edirne discovered dozens of exotic animals being smuggled into Turkey from…
Continue ReadingA Ukrainian Paralympian left the warfront to compete in Paris. His mind is on his platoon in ‘hell’
Associated Press VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — For Ukrainian volleyball player and infantry officer Dmytro Melnyk, coming to Paris to compete at the…
Continue ReadingFloods in Nigeria have killed scores and washed away farmland, raising food security concerns
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in Nigeria say weeks of flooding have killed nearly 200 people across the country. The Nigerian…
Continue Reading