North Dakota woman to serve 25 years in prison for fatally poisoning boyfriend
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota woman will serve 25 years in prison in connection with the antifreeze poisoning death of her boyfriend last year.…
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Average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the US rises to the highest level in 8 weeks
AP Business Writer The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. moved higher for the third week in a row and reached the highest level since…
Continue ReadingEx-funeral home owner pleads guilty to assaulting police and journalists during Capitol riot
Associated Presss WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Long Island funeral home owner has pleaded guilty to spraying wasp killer at police officers and…
Continue ReadingDrug kingpin Demetrius ‘Big Meech’ Flenory leaves federal prison for a residential program in Miami
MIAMI (AP) — Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory, who co-founded the notorious drug trafficking organization Black Mafia Family, will serve the…
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Firebusters 2024, Day 4: Microwave oven safety tips
On Day 4 of the 2024 Firebusters week, we remind about some basic safety tips when using that great kitchen tool: the microwave…
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Mitzi Gaynor, star of ‘South Pacific,’ dies at 93
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor who starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film “South…
Continue ReadingFormer United Way worker convicted of taking $6.7M from nonprofit through secret company
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who worked for United Way in Massachusetts was convicted in federal court of taking $6.7 million from the nonprofit…
Continue ReadingEx-New Hampshire state senator Andy Sanborn charged with theft in connection to state pandemic aid
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former New Hampshire state senator accused last year of fraudulently obtaining federal COVID-19 loans and…
Continue ReadingNo. 2 Oregon hoping to take control of Big Ten title race when it visits reeling Purdue
No. 2 Oregon (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) at Purdue (1-5, 0-3), Friday, 8 p.m. ET (Fox) BetMGM College Football Odds: Oregon by 28 1/2. Series record: Oregon…
Continue ReadingLiam Payne and his bandmates all sought solo success after One Direction fame
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — One Direction was one of the last boy bands from the age of mass-audience linear television and one of the first of…
Continue Reading7 killed in suicide bomber attack at a cafe in Somalia’s capital
Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Police said seven people died and six others were injured after a suicide bomber detonated an…
Continue ReadingUS imposes sanctions on Chinese companies accused of helping make Russian attack drones
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury has announced sanctions against two Chinese makers of drone engines and parts that the Biden…
Continue ReadingIndia denies Canadian allegation that it uses mobsters to target Sikh separatists in Canada
Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s government is denying that it works with mobsters to target Sikh separatists in Canada as alleged…
Continue ReadingAfrica’s mpox deaths surpass 1,000 as health officials urge international support
Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Africa’s top public health agency says the number of mpox-related deaths in the continent has…
Continue ReadingDodgers win over Padres in NLDS decider averages 12.9 million viewers in Japan
NEW YORK (AP) — Last Friday’s decisive fifth game of the National League Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres was…
Continue ReadingLa Nina could soon arrive. Here’s what that means for winter weather
Associated Press NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center reports there is a 60% chance that a weak La Nina will develop this autumn and could last until…
Continue ReadingFlooding in central France submerges rail and road links
PARIS (AP) — Torrential rains and flooding have submerged roads and railways in central France, disrupting transportation in the region. National…
Continue ReadingProsecutors ask Massachusetts’ highest court to allow murder retrial for Karen Read
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have called on the state’s highest court to allow them to retry Karen Read for murder in the death…
Continue ReadingWho was Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader Israel says it killed?
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Yahya Sinwar masterminded an attack on Israel that shocked the world, unleashing a still-widening catastrophe with…
Continue ReadingKenya’s Parliament removes the deputy president from office in an impeachment trial
Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s Senate has voted to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office in an impeachment trial…
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