Hungary in the spotlight after Turkey presses on with Sweden’s bid to join NATO
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The Hungarian parliament has refused a proposal to hold a vote on Sweden’s bid to join…
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Stranded at a closed border as bombs fall, foreign nationals in besieged Gaza await evacuation
By ISABEL DEBRE and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — For more than a week, Talaat Ghabayen, a citizen of Norway who…
Continue ReadingMontana man pleads not guilty to charges that he threatened to kill former House Speaker McCarthy
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he threatened to assault and murder former House Speaker Kevin…
Continue ReadingAtlanta firefighter and truck shortages prompt the city to temporarily close 3 fire stations
ATLANTA (AP) — The city of Atlanta has temporarily closed three of its more than 30 fire stations because of truck breakdowns and a shortage of…
Continue ReadingStates sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children’s mental health
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Dozens of US states, including California and New York, are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young…
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Your photos: Autumn Monday on High Desert ends with very special sunset – and a ‘flying saucer’ cloud
Monday evening brought yet another in a seemingly endless series of wonderful High Desert sunsets – but what were those ‘flying saucer’ clouds?…
Continue ReadingBurying friends, updating death lists: The morbid routine of displaced survivors of a Hamas massacre
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press EIN BOKEK, Israel (AP) — After Hamas militants attacked Kibbutz Be’eri on Oct. 7, killing more than 100 of its…
Continue ReadingIsrael vows again to destroy Hamas, rejecting calls for a cease-fire in Gaza at a major UN meeting
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israel is vowing again to destroy Hamas, rejecting calls for a cease-fire at a…
Continue ReadingForced labor concerns prompt US lawmakers to demand ban on seafood from 2 Chinese provinces
By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some U.S. lawmakers are demanding that seafood processed in two Chinese provinces be banned from…
Continue ReadingWhat we know about the off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to shut off a plane’s engines mid-flight
CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — An off-duty pilot who was riding in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines flight en route from…
Continue ReadingA German tourist who went missing in a remote Zimbabwe wildlife park is found alive 3 days later
By FARAI MUTSAKA Asociated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A German tourist who went missing in a national park teeming with wild animals in northern…
Continue ReadingProsecutors close investigation of Berlin aquarium collapse as the cause remains unclear
BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors in Berlin say they have closed their investigation into the spectacular collapse of a huge aquarium last December after…
Continue Reading2,000 children killed in Gaza, aid group says, as tempers flare at UN amid ceasefire calls
By Helen Regan, Tara John, Kareem El Damanhoury and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — Tempers flared at the United Nations on…
Continue ReadingPan American Games start in disarray with cleaners still working around the National Stadium
By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Workers and volunteers at the Pan American Games were still removing bricks, pieces of…
Continue ReadingLebanese PM visits troops at border with Israel while Saudi Arabia evacuates families of diplomats
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister has visited troops deployed near the border with Israel, and…
Continue ReadingA new RSV shot for infants is in short supply
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new shot for infants against RSV is in short supply, and U.S. health officials are telling…
Continue ReadingGazans forced to drink dirty, salty water as the fuel needed to run water systems runs out
By Laura Paddison and Rene Marsh, CNN (CNN) — Mohammad Al Shanti is forced to travel nearly four miles to Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza to…
Continue Reading8 people dead after more than 160 vehicles crashed along Louisiana’s I-55 amid dense fog, officials say
CNN, WDSU By Mary Gilbert and Macie Goldfarb, CNN (CNN) — An eighth person has died after a slew of crashes Monday along Interstate 55 in…
Continue ReadingUAW strikes at General Motors plant in Texas as union goes after automakers’ cash cows
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — First it was Ford, then Stellantis, and now a General Motors factory has been added to the growing…
Continue ReadingSpain’s acting government to push for a 37½-hour workweek. That’s if it can remain in power
MADRID (AP) — The parties forming Spain’s acting government say they will push for a 37½-hour workweek. The coalition partners struck the…
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