UN warns that gang violence is overwhelming Haiti’s once peaceful central region
By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N. says gangs are invading Haiti’s rural central region and…
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Customer sues Chopt eatery chain over salad that she says contained a piece of manager’s finger
MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. (AP) — A customer has filed a lawsuit against the fast casual chain Chopt over a salad that she says contained a piece of the…
Continue ReadingA magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits near Barbados but no damage is reported on the Caribbean island
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Officials say that a magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck near the eastern Caribbean island of Barbados but no damage…
Continue ReadingPanic in Sierra Leone amid fresh gunfire following attacks on military barracks
By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Fresh gunfire was heard in a suburb of the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, on Tuesday as security forces…
Continue ReadingFake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI’s power to mislead
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Among images of the bombed out homes and ravaged streets of Gaza, some stood out for the utter…
Continue ReadingNew York drivers could face license suspensions over vision tests
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York drivers who renewed their expired licenses during part of the coronavirus pandemic face license suspensions on Dec. 1…
Continue ReadingMichigan police arrest 12-year-old boy after youth drives away on forklift, officers follow
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Police in Michigan have arrested a 12-year-old boy who they say led them on a chase in a stolen forklift. MLive.com reports…
Continue ReadingBurkina Faso’s state media says hundreds of rebels have been killed trying to seize vulnerable town
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Burkina Faso’s state broadcaster reports that hundreds of rebels were killed as they…
Continue ReadingRansomware attack prompts multistate hospital chain to divert some emergency room patients elsewhere
By JONATHAN MATTISE and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A ransomware attack has prompted a health care chain that operates…
Continue ReadingBelarus raids apartments of opposition activists as part of sweeping probe called latest crackdown
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ top state criminal investigation agency says it has conducted raids as part…
Continue ReadingNikki Haley wins backing from powerful Koch network as she aims to take on Trump
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The political arm of the powerful Koch network has endorsed Nikki Haley’s…
Continue ReadingFrench police arrest a yoga guru accused of exploiting female followers
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French authorities have arrested the leader of a multinational tantric yoga organization on…
Continue ReadingUkraine says spy chief’s wife is being treated for poisoning with heavy metals
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A spokesperson for Ukraine’s spy agency says the wife of Ukraine’s intelligence…
Continue ReadingUS aid to Israel and Ukraine: Here’s what’s in the $105 billion national security package Biden requested
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Weeks after the Biden administration laid out the details of a $105 billion national security package that includes…
Continue Reading3 young Palestinian men were shot in Vermont. Their families thought the US would be safer
By LISA RATHKE and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Far away from the war in Gaza, three college students were enjoying another…
Continue ReadingFed’s Waller raises possibility of a rate cut by spring if inflation keeps slowing
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Federal Reserve official raised the possibility that the Fed could decide to cut…
Continue ReadingAmerican consumers more confident in November as holiday shopping season kicks into high gear
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer American consumers are feeling slightly more confident this month as the all-important holiday shopping season kicks…
Continue ReadingStrike over privatizing Sao Paulo’s public transport causes crowds and delays in city of 11 million
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Long lines have appeared in Sao Paulo’s bus and subway stations as a strike opposing privatization efforts of public…
Continue Reading13 Sierra Leone military officers are under arrest for trying to stage a coup, a minister says
BY CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The attacks on Sierra Leone’s main military barracks and prisons are a failed coup…
Continue Reading14-year-old boy charged with murder after stabbing at NC school kills 1 student, injures another
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina say a 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a stabbing at a high school that left one…
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