GOP targets rural Democrats, rare breed in Virginia politics
By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two of the last remaining rural Democrats in the Virginia House of Delegates are being…
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He’s been on the run for 23 years. US Marshals say he may have been spotted at a Dodgers game
CNN, HLN By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The US Marshals Service is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man investigators say strongly…
Continue ReadingMagnitude 5.9 earthquake rocks Japan’s northwestern Chiba prefecture
By Junko Ogura, CNN An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude struck Japan’s northwestern Chiba Prefecture, which lies east of the capital Tokyo, on…
Continue ReadingPuerto Rico to host show’s 1st Dec. 31 Spanish countdown
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Spanish-language countdown will be included for the first time in the “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve…
Continue Reading18 ex-NBA players charged in $4M health care fraud scheme
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities say 18 former NBA players have been charged with…
Continue ReadingBarry Diller’s IAC buying magazine co Meredith for $2B
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Barry Diller’s IAC is buying Meredith, one of the country’s largest magazine companies and…
Continue ReadingFamily of slain Florida woman questions investigation
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The family of a slain college student says a deputy dismissed clues that should have kept the man now suspected of killing her…
Continue ReadingPegasus spyware maker ends contract with UAE after UK high court’s hacking ruling
By Hamzeh Noami The Israeli manufacturer of Pegasus spyware said Thursday it had terminated its contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the…
Continue ReadingPegasus spyware maker ends contract with UAE after UK high court’s hacking ruling
CNN, GETTY IMAGES By Hamzeh Noami The Israeli manufacturer of Pegasus spyware said Thursday it had terminated its contract with the United Arab…
Continue ReadingThailand police seeking protesters in shooting of officer
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand say they are seeking four suspects in connection with the…
Continue ReadingSenate dodges US debt disaster, voting to extend borrowing
By KEVIN FREKING, ALAN FRAM and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has dodged a U.S. debt disaster by approving…
Continue ReadingCongo’s famous mountain gorilla dies at 14 in Virunga Park
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Virunga National Park in Congo says that Ndakasi, the mountain…
Continue ReadingMagnitude 5.9 quake halts trains in Tokyo area; 30 injured
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A powerful magnitude 5.9 earthquake has shaken the Tokyo area, injuring more than 30 people and…
Continue ReadingGhost towns: Nursing home staffing falls amid pandemic
By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Even before the pandemic bared the truth of a profit-driven nursing home industry with…
Continue ReadingAP WAS THERE: Great Chicago fire, Oct. 8-10, 1871
CHICAGO (AP) — AP WAS THERE: Great Chicago fire, Oct. 8-10,…
Continue ReadingInflation knocks businesses off balance as recovery slows
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Companies will soon start reporting their latest quarterly financial results and investors have been warned…
Continue ReadingMaryland man accused of killing his pharmacist brother wanted to confront him for administering the Covid-19 vaccine, court documents say
CNN By Carma Hassan and Jennifer Henderson, CNN A Maryland man accused of killing his pharmacist brother, his sister-in-law and an 83-year-old woman…
Continue ReadingMaryland man accused of killing his pharmacist brother wanted to confront him for administering the Covid-19 vaccine, court documents say
By Carma Hassan and Jennifer Henderson, CNN A Maryland man accused of killing his pharmacist brother, his sister-in-law and an 83-year-old woman told…
Continue ReadingCourt rules Polish Constitution has primacy over EU laws
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s constitutional court has ruled that Polish laws have supremacy over those of…
Continue ReadingFrench Church and state at odds over sex abuse confessions
PARIS (AP) — France’s government has summoned the head of the French Catholic bishops’ conference after he said that secrets shared in the…
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