Illinois government employee fired after posting antisemitic comments on social media
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An employee with the Illinois comptroller’s office has been fired after she posted antisemitic comments on social media…
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Nigerians remember those killed or detained in the 2020 protests against police brutality
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Many Nigerians are remembering the victims of the historic protests in 2020 against police…
Continue Reading Brazil police conduct searches targeting intelligence agency’s use of tracking software
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police in Brazil conducted searches and made two arrests in an investigation targeting members of the country’s…
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Kenneth Chesebro: Pro-Trump attorney who helped craft fake elector plot pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case
Originally Published: 20 OCT 23 10:38 ETUpdated: 20 OCT 23 12:30 ETBy Marshall Cohen, Nick Valencia, Maxime Tamsett and Fabiana Chaparro, CNN(CNN)…
Continue Reading A man, a plan, a chainsaw: How a power tool took center stage in Argentina’s presidential race
By DANIEL POLITI and DAVID BILLER BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Politicians usually talk about belt tightening, or trimming spending with…
Continue Reading Gaza conditions worsen amid warnings that shortages could ‘kill many, many people’
Originally Published: 20 OCT 23 03:37 ETUpdated: 20 OCT 23 12:13 ETBy Rhea Mogul and Christian Edwards, CNN(CNN) — Shortages of food, fuel and…
Continue Reading Jim Jordan loses third vote for House speaker as he resists pressure to drop out of the race
Originally Published: 20 OCT 23 05:06 ETUpdated: 20 OCT 23 12:07 ETBy Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot and Annie Grayer, CNN(CNN) —…
Continue Reading In Lebanon, thousands are displaced from border towns by clashes, stretching state resources
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — More than 4,200 people have been displaced from villages in south Lebanon by clashes on the…
Continue Reading EU discusses Bulgaria’s gas transit tax that has angered Hungary and Serbia
By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The European Commission says it’s discussing with Bulgaria its introduction of a…
Continue Reading There isn’t much Cher hasn’t done in her career. A Christmas album is new territory, though
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — There isn’t much Cher hasn’t done in her career. She’s achieved EGOT status,…
Continue Reading Judge fines Donald Trump $5,000 after post maligning court staffer is found on campaign website
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump was fined $5,000 on Friday after his disparaging social media…
Continue Reading Hunter Biden prosecutor to appear for closed-door congressional testimony, AP sources say
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation is…
Continue Reading Florida man convicted of murdering wife in dispute over ‘Zombie House Flipping’ appearance
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has been found guilty of murdering his wife after a dispute over whether they should appear together on a…
Continue Reading Cleveland museum sues to stop seizure of statue believed to depict Marcus Aurelius
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Museum of Art has sued New York City authorities over their seizure of a headless bronze statue believed to depict…
Continue Reading UK stage and screen star Haydn Gwynne dies at 66 after cancer diagnosis
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Haydn Gwynne, a versatile and acclaimed performer on British stage and screen, has died. She was 66…
Continue Reading Biden asks Congress to secure $105 billion for Ukraine, Israel, the border and more
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Friday released a sweeping set of proposals to…
Continue Reading US auto workers’ union boss says strikes will continue in bid for better offers from companies
By TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said Friday that while Detroit’s…
Continue Reading A month after a pig heart transplant, man works to regain strength with no rejection so far
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted…
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Crash in Far East El Paso leaves one person seriously injured
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person was seriously injured after a crash in Far East El Paso. El Paso Sheriff’s deputies were called out a…
Continue Reading Hurricane Norma heads for Mexico’s Los Cabos resorts, and Tammy becomes hurricane in the Atlantic
By IGNACIO MARTÍNEZ Associated Press CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Norma is heading for the resorts of Los Cabos at the southern tip of…
Continue Reading Estonia says damage to Finland pipeline was caused by people, but it’s unclear if it was deliberate
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Estonian officials say damage to an undersea gas pipeline and telecom cable connecting Finland and Estonia was caused by…
Continue Reading Judge rules Alex Jones can’t use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying Sandy Hook families
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas judge has ruled that Infowars host Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying more than $1.1 billion to…
Continue Reading Dutch king and queen are confronted by angry protesters on visit to a slavery museum in South Africa
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Angry protesters in Cape Town have confronted the king and queen of the Netherlands…
Continue Reading Ukraine displays recovered artifacts it says were stolen by Russians
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says it has recovered 14 archaeological items allegedly stolen by a Russian man who…
Continue Reading CVS Health pulls some cough-and-cold treatments with ingredient deemed ineffective by doctors
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer CVS Health is pulling from its drugstore shelves some cough-and-cold treatments that contain an ingredient that has…
Continue Reading Russia extends detention of a US journalist detained for failing to register as a foreign agent
By The Associated Press A Russian-American journalist was ordered Friday to be detained for another three days on charges of failing to register as a…
Continue Reading Scholz says that Germany needs to expand deportations of rejected asylum-seekers
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany needs to start deporting “on a large scale” migrants who don’t have the right to stay in…
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Jordan presses ahead with speaker fight despite growing pressure to drop out
Originally Published: 20 OCT 23 05:06 ET Updated: 20 OCT 23 08:45 ET By Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) —…
Continue Reading Special counsel says Trump isn’t entitled to immunity in 2020 election case as former president seeks dismissal
Originally Published: 19 OCT 23 21:16 ET By Dan Berman (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday struck back at Donald Trump’s attempt to…
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Army private who fled to North Korea charged with desertion, held by US military, officials tell AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Army private who fled to North Korea before being returned home to the United States last month has been detained by the U.S.…
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