Nigeria escapes $11 billion bill after landmark UK court ruling over failed gas project
By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Nigeria’s government is celebrating a “landmark victory” after a UK court ruled it was not liable for a…
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The booming business of F1 to be explored in CNBC documentary airing ahead of Las Vegas Grand Prix
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Formula One fanatics will get more behind-the-scenes access to the global motorsports series through a new CNBC…
Continue ReadingThe damage to a Baltic undersea cable was ‘purposeful,’ Swedish leader says but gives no details
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says the damage done to an undersea telecoms cable between Sweden and Estonia was…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts police searching woods for an armed man in connection with his wife’s shooting death
GARDNER, Mass. (AP) — Police in Massachusetts are searching a large area of woods for a man in connection with the shooting death of his wife.…
Continue ReadingCity Girls’ uninhibited rap made them. On their third album, ‘RAW,’ the duo evolves their sound
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — You’d be hard pressed to find a rap duo doing it like City Girls, bringing life-affirming,…
Continue ReadingJenna Ellis becomes latest Trump lawyer to plead guilty over efforts to overturn Georgia’s election
By WILL WEISSERT and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Attorney and prominent conservative media figure Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty…
Continue ReadingSlovakia’s president is ready to swear in a new Cabinet after partner replaces ministry nominee
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The office of Slovakia’s president says she is ready to swear in a new Cabinet led by a former populist prime…
Continue ReadingThe body of a man who was missing after fishing boat sank off Connecticut is recovered
WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — The body of one of two boaters who went missing in the Long Island Sound off Connecticut has been recovered. Westport Police…
Continue ReadingHurricane Otis now a catastrophic Category 5 storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast nearing Acapulco
By JOSÉ ANTONIO RIVERA and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Residents of Mexico’s once glamorous port of Acapulco and…
Continue ReadingAt least 50 people are kidnapped over two days in northern Cameroon by unknown gunmen
Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Local authorities say at least 50 people have been kidnapped in two separate incidents within two days in…
Continue ReadingFamily, friends, colleagues bid farewell to Philadelphia officer killed in airport garage shooting
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Family, friends and fellow law enforcement officers gathered Tuesday to bid farewell to a Philadelphia police officer killed in…
Continue ReadingWisconsin officers fatally shoot person on school roof in exchange of gunfire, state police say
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Police officers in suburban Milwaukee have killed a person who fired at them from a middle school roof. Officials…
Continue ReadingGeorgia Supreme Court sends abortion law challenge back to lower court, leaving access unchanged
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court has rejected a lower court ruling that the state’s restrictive…
Continue ReadingQatar becomes a key intermediary in Israel-Hamas war as fate of hostages hangs in the balance
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The gas-rich nation of Qatar has become a key intermediary over the fate of more than 200…
Continue ReadingWith a sex scandal in his troubled diocese under police investigation, a Polish bishop resigns
By NICOLE WINFIELD and VANESSA GERA Associated Press ROME (AP) — The pope has accepted the resignation of a Polish bishop whose diocese has been…
Continue ReadingToll rises to 8 dead, 63 hurt from Louisiana interstate pileup blamed on dense fog, marsh fire smoke
By KEVIN McGILL and SARA CLINE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The toll from a fiery pileup in dense fog on a Louisiana interstate has risen to…
Continue ReadingMichelle Obama to narrate audio edition of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’
NEW YORK (AP) — A new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” will have a very well known narrator: former…
Continue ReadingExtremists with ties to the Islamic State group kill at least 26 people in eastern Congo
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE, JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo say extremists with ties to the Islamic State…
Continue ReadingOprah Winfrey selects Jesmyn Ward’s ‘Let Us Descend’ for her book club
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick highlights an author she has long admired, Jesmyn Ward. On…
Continue ReadingLove it or hate it, feelings run high over candy corn come Halloween
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cruel joke for trick-or-treaters or coveted seasonal delight? The great Halloween debate…
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