NASCAR’s $1 million All-Star Race to run at North Wilkesboro again in 2024
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) — The NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race is returning to North Wilkesboro Speedway in North…
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US mortgage rates climb to 7.31%, hitting their highest level in nearly 23 years
Originally Published: 28 SEP 23 12:00 ET Updated: 28 SEP 23 12:58 ET By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US mortgage rates surged to their…
Continue Reading Judge rejects an 11th-hour bid to free FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried during his trial
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has closed the door on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s hopes to be free during his…
Continue Reading Jury acquits delivery driver of main charge in shooting of YouTube prankster
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — A jury has found a delivery driver not guilty in the shooting of a YouTube prankster who…
Continue Reading Latest fight in the Alex Murdaugh case is over who controls the convicted murderer’s assets
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh want the federal government to take over…
Continue Reading Why this week’s mass exodus from embattled Nagorno-Karabakh reflects decades of animosity
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The exodus of ethnic Armenians this week from the region known as Nagorno-Karabakh has been…
Continue Reading Last samba in Paris: Gabriela Hearst exits Chloé dancing, not crying, with runway swan song
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Designer Gabriela Hearst marked her farewell from Chloé with a jubilant dance alongside Rio’s…
Continue Reading Shutdown’s shadow, Biden’s speech and arguing the case: Takeaways from the House impeachment hearing
By COLLEEN LONG, ERIC TUCKER and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans repeatedly used the word “brand” at their…
Continue Reading Spotted lanternfly has spread to Illinois, threatening trees and crops
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois says an invasive insect called the spotted lanternfly has been confirmed in the state for the first time. The…
Continue Reading Lebanese Armenians scuffle with riot police during protest outside Azerbaijan Embassy
By FADI TAWIL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press EIN AAR, Lebanon (AP) — Hundreds of Lebanese Armenians have scuffled with riot police outside…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s Zelenskyy taps celebrities for roles as special adviser and charity ambassador
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed former Ukrainian soccer great Andriy Shevchenko…
Continue Reading EU struggles to update asylum laws three years on from a sweeping reform. And the clock is ticking
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union governments are struggling to overcome obstacles to put a new asylum system in place…
Continue Reading A key US government surveillance tool should face new limits, a divided privacy oversight board says
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI and other government agencies should be required to get court approval before reviewing…
Continue Reading Romanian court eases geographical restrictions on divisive influencer Andrew Tate
BY STEPHEN McGRATH and ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital on Thursday has eased…
Continue Reading Back-to-back tropical storms: Newly formed Rina trails Philippe out in the Atlantic
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Rina has formed in the Atlantic Ocean on the heels of Tropical Storm Philippe. Forecasters said Thursday that any…
Continue Reading US imposes sanctions on former Sudanese minister and 2 companies backing the paramilitary force
By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on a former Sudanese government minister and two companies…
Continue Reading A fire breaks out for the second time at a car battery factory run by Iran’s Defense Ministry
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A fire has broken out at a car battery factory owned by Iran’s Defense Ministry for the second time in less than a week.…
Continue Reading Kari Lake, prominent Trump supporter and election denier, will launch US Senate campaign in Arizona
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Kari Lake, a Donald Trump ally who has refused to acknowledge her…
Continue Reading 2 accused of false Alzheimer’s diagnoses get prison terms for fraud convictions
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A former director of an Ohio memory-loss clinic accused by dozens of patients of falsely diagnosing them with Alzheimer’s…
Continue Reading 16-year-old boy arrested in England over the ‘deliberate’ felling of a famous tree at Hadrian’s Wall
LONDON (AP) — A 16-year-old boy was arrested Thursday in northern England in connection with what authorities described as the “deliberate”…
Continue Reading Cost of building a super-size Alabama prison rises to more than $1 billion
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The cost of a new Alabama super-size prison that is now under construction has risen to more than $1 billion, complicating…
Continue Reading Macron proposes limited autonomy for France’s Mediterranean island of Corsica
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is proposing granting limited autonomy for Corsica in a modest step toward nationalist sentiment on…
Continue Reading New Thai prime minister pays friendly visit to neighboring Cambodia’s own new leader
By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Two of Southeast Asia’s newest national leaders have exchanged congratulations on…
Continue Reading Dutch police say 3 people are killed in shootings at a university hospital and home in Rotterdam
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police in the Netherlands say a lone gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire in…
Continue Reading Kosovo accuses Serbia of direct involvement in deadly clashes and investigates possible Russian role
By ZANA CIMILI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s interior minister has accused Serbia of direct involvement in weekend clashes…
Continue Reading Germany and Israel sign an agreement for Berlin to buy a US-Israeli missile defense system
BERLIN (AP) — Germany and Israel have signed an agreement for Berlin to buy the sophisticated Arrow 3 missile defense system, designed to intercept…
Continue Reading Ringo Starr on ‘Rewind Forward,’ writing country music, the AI-assisted final Beatles track and more
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — There are rock stars, and then there is Ringo Starr — drummer for the Beatles, award-winning…
Continue Reading Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service bows out as its red-and-white envelopes make their final trip
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer The curtain is finally coming down on Netflix’s once-iconic DVD-by-mail service, a quarter century…
Continue Reading Lebanese singer and actress Najah Sallam dies at age 92
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese singer and actress Najah Sallam, who surged to fame in the mid-20th century for her songs promoting pan-Arabism, has died.…
Continue Reading US government estimates economy grew last quarter at a 2.1% rate, unchanged from previous projection
By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a 2.1% annual pace from April through June,…
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