Brazil criticizes Venezuela for escalating tensions and personal attacks
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s government has broken its silence over growing tensions with neighboring Venezuela, with the Foreign…
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29 Nigerian children may be sentenced to death for protesting against cost-of-living crisis
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Twenty-nine minors in Nigeria could be facing the death penalty. The children were among 76 protesters…
Continue Reading9 arrested in federal investigation into drug trafficking at New Mexico prison
MILAN, N.M. (AP) — Authorities have arrested eight people in connection with a suspected drug trafficking operation at a federal prison in the…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania challenge of Elon Musk’s $1M-a-day voter sweepstakes moves back to state court
Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A legal fight over Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes will move back to state court in…
Continue ReadingA Palestinian-Israeli collective made one of 2024’s most lauded docs. Will it be released in the US?
AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Basel Adra, a Palestinian, and Yuval Abraham, an Israeli, spent five years making a movie that depicts daily life in…
Continue ReadingRescuers find body of worker swept away from Tennessee factory by Hurricane Helene flood
ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) — Rescue workers in Tennessee have recovered the body of the final person still missing after massive flooding from Hurricane…
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Oregon’s forest restoration efforts gain momentum at Sisters event
Many in the community of Sisters attended an event Wednesday evening focused on preserving the state’s environmental health, protecting…
Continue ReadingSlovak populist premier is in a spat with the UK ambassador to Bratislava over the war in Ukraine
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has reacted angrily after the British ambassador to Bratislava…
Continue ReadingA makeshift goldfish pond beneath a leaky Brooklyn fire hydrant is reborn in a tree bed
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An urban pond where goldfish used to swim beneath a leaky New York City fire hydrant has been replaced by a new…
Continue ReadingIllinois officials take first step toward construction of 2 new prisons
AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials on Friday announced their impending search for a firm to manage the planning and…
Continue ReadingMaryland is the first state to sign into new federal health care program
Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland is the first state to sign an agreement with the federal government designed to improve health care…
Continue ReadingMeet Decoy Ohtani, perhaps the most valuable pet of the World Series
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As Los Angeles Dodgers fans thronged to the World Series victory parade in Los Angeles on Friday, many had their…
Continue ReadingArmy looking into shoving allegations involving the general who heads US Central Command
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army’s Criminal Investigation Division is looking into allegations that the four-star general who…
Continue ReadingCourt confirms federal takeover of a Mississippi jail but limits power over budget
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An appeals court says a federal receiver can proceed with a takeover of a Mississippi jail where a judge…
Continue ReadingDrugs, weapons and electronics seized during sweep at Brooklyn federal jail where ‘Diddy’ is held
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators seized drugs, homemade weapons and electronic devices this week during an “interagency…
Continue ReadingA judge delays the wrongful death lawsuit against Karen Read until after her criminal trial
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A judge has ruled that Karen Read won’t have to give a deposition in her wrongful death lawsuit until after…
Continue ReadingEarly voting reaches such heights that some Georgia polls may be Election Day ‘ghost town’
Associated Pressda STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — Flags telling people to “Vote Here” fluttered in not only English, but Spanish, Korean,…
Continue ReadingMan sentenced to life in Young Dolph killing gets 35 more years in prison
Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has given a Tennessee man sentenced to life in prison in the daytime ambush killing of rapper Young…
Continue ReadingUS is sending $425 million in military assistance to Ukraine
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it is sending an additional $425 million in military assistance to Ukraine as Kyiv prepares to…
Continue ReadingRapper Young Thug is a free man. Here are things to know about his plea.
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Young Thug is a free man after pleading guilty to gang, drug and gun charges. About 2 ½ years after he was…
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