Armed activists launch new protests in Martinique over high living costs
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Government officials in Martinique say protesters with automatic weapons targeted police and firefighters during a…
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Tim Burton talks about his dread of AI as an exhibition of his work opens in London
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The imagination of Tim Burton has produced ghosts and ghouls, Martians, monsters and misfits. All are on display at…
Continue ReadingMusiCares names The Grateful Dead 2025 Persons of the Year
AP Music Writer MusiCares, an organization that helps music professionals who need financial, personal or medical assistance, will honor the Grateful…
Continue ReadingWisconsin sees high turnout on the first day of in-person absentee voting
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than 97,000 people cast absentee ballots in person in Wisconsin on the first day they could. The high…
Continue ReadingPeruvian theologian the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, father of influential liberation theology, has died
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian theologian the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, the father of the social justice-centered liberation theology that the Vatican…
Continue ReadingActivists challenge colonial-era abortion laws in Antigua and Barbuda
Associated Press ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (AP) — Doctors, nurses and activists in Antigua and Barbuda are fighting a colonial-era law that largely…
Continue ReadingKentucky lawmaker dies weeks after plunging into an empty swimming pool on a mower
Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky state Sen. Johnnie Turner has died weeks after being injured when the lawn mower he was riding…
Continue ReadingBoeing CEO says the company must fundamentally change as losses surge
By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Boeing reported huge quarterly losses Wednesday, as new CEO Kelly Ortberg conceded “it will take time…
Continue ReadingHungary’s Orbán claims the EU seeks to topple his government as his hostility toward it grows
Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has claimed in a speech that the European Union seeks to topple…
Continue ReadingQuarter Pounders are off the menu at 20% of McDonald’s in US as E. coli cases are investigated
AP Business Writer McDonald’s worked Wednesday to reassure customers that its U.S. restaurants are safe as federal investigators tried to pinpoint…
Continue ReadingMexican soldiers kill 19 drug cartel suspects and suffer no casualties in Sinaloa state
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican army troops have killed 19 suspected drug cartel gunmen in a shootout but suffered no casualties themselves. The Defense…
Continue ReadingTop Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine is dead
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hashem Safieddine, a strongman who rose through the ranks of the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah over…
Continue ReadingThree are detained in Lisbon’s second night of unrest after police shot dead a man during an arrest
Associated Press Police in Portugal say three people were detained in a second night of violent protests in greater Lisbon after police shot dead a…
Continue ReadingNo arrests after teens rampaged at a haunted hayride in New Jersey
COLLINGSWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Police said they made no arrests after hundreds of teenagers went on a rampage last weekend, disrupting a haunted hayride…
Continue ReadingOrange and black… and pink and purple. Some twists for creative Halloween parties
Associated Press Throwing a Halloween party is a great outlet for getting creative with the season. And it doesn’t have to be all monsters and…
Continue Reading‘Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage’ expands the ‘Big Bang Theory’ universe
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fans of “Young Sheldon,” the popular prequel of “The Big Bang Theory,” now have a new show to enjoy…
Continue ReadingHarris ad shows a Texas woman who lost baby and nearly died from sepsis amid strict abortion ban
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A striking new Kamala Harris campaign ad campaign that seeks to highlight increasingly perilous medical care for…
Continue ReadingUS home sales slowed again in September, falling to weakest annual pace in nearly 14 years
AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed in September to the weakest annual pace in nearly 14 years…
Continue ReadingJapan prepares to cheer on Ohtani and the Dodgers, and the country is dressing for the occasion
AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Television ratings in Japan have set records as the Los Angeles Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani have reached the World…
Continue ReadingTalk show host and former Navy man Montel Williams co-writes history of USS Intrepid
NEW YORK (AP) — A new history of the USS Intrepid will be co-written by Montel Williams, a former Navy man otherwise known for his long career as a…
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