Prosecutor takes aim at Sam Bankman-Fried’s credibility at trial of FTX founder
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor has attacked the credibility of Sam Bankman-Fried’s testimony at his fraud…
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NMSU students have allies to help with mental health — their peers
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — When many of us think of mental health support, we think of hospitals and psychologists, but we may not think of…
Continue Reading Natalee Holloway’s confessed killer returns to Peru to serve out sentence in another murder
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Dutchman who recently confessed to killing American high school student Natalee Holloway in 2005 in Aruba has been returned…
Continue Reading Ex-North Dakota lawmaker charged with traveling for sex with minor, receiving child sex abuse images
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A retired Republican state senator from North Dakota has been charged with traveling to Prague…
Continue Reading Montenegro, an EU hopeful, to vote on a new government backed by anti-Western and pro-Russian groups
By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — After months of political bickering, the parliament in NATO member and EU candidate…
Continue Reading Halloween weekend shootings across US leave at least 11 dead, scores injured
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Shootings across the U.S. over the weekend before Halloween have left at least 11…
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Tropical Storm Pilar leaves 2 dead in El Salvador as it wanders off Central America’s Pacific coast
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Pilar has already caused two deaths in El Salvador as it meanders off the Pacific…
Continue Reading Cyprus prepares for a potential migrant influx due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus is doubling the existing 1,153-person capacity of its main migrant reception camp as the island nation prepares for…
Continue Reading Death toll lowered to 7 in Louisiana super fog highway crashes involving 160 vehicles
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana authorities have lowered the death toll from last week’s series of highway crashes blamed on a “super fog”…
Continue Reading Slovakia’s new government announces a massive deployment at the Hungarian border to curb migration
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The new Slovak government has announced a “massive” deployment of police and armed forces along the border with…
Continue Reading Nikki Haley formally enters her home-state primary as she tries to pull closer to Donald Trump
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley has formally filed paperwork to enter the Republican primary…
Continue Reading St. Louis County prosecutor drops U.S. Senate bid, will instead oppose Cori Bush in House race
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell is dropping his bid to unseat Republican U.S.…
Continue Reading A 5.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Jamaica with no reports of casualties or serious damage
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A 5.4 magnitude earthquake has hit Jamaica and prompted people to flee buildings amid…
Continue Reading In early 2029, Earth will likely lock into breaching key warming threshold, scientists calculate
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study says that in a little more than five years the world will likely be unable to stay below the…
Continue Reading EU chief says investment plan for Western Balkan candidate members will require reforms
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The European Commission’s top official says a decade-long investment package for Western Balkan countries that are…
Continue Reading A former British cyberespionage agency employee gets life in prison for stabbing an American spy
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A former British cyberespionage agency employee who viciously stabbed an American intelligence…
Continue Reading Authorities say Puerto Rico policeman suspected in slaying of elderly couple has killed himself
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities say a Puerto Rican police officer identified as the suspect in the gruesome slaying of an elderly couple…
Continue Reading Eyedrops from CVS, Rite Aid and others carry possible infection risk, FDA says
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are warning consumers not to use more than two dozen varieties of over-the-counter eyedrops because of the…
Continue Reading Bangladesh’s ruling party holds rally to denounce ‘violent opposition protests’ ahead of elections
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League party held a rally in the…
Continue Reading A ferry that ran aground repeatedly off the Swedish coast is leaking oil and is extensively damaged
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Swedish Coast Guard says a ferry boat that ran aground twice off the southeastern coast of Sweden is leaking oil and has…
Continue Reading Outraised and embattled, Lauren Boebert heads back to Colorado with a revamped campaign strategy
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Retreating from the turmoil in Washington, D.C., Rep. Lauren…
Continue Reading Willie Nelson looks back on 7 decades of songwriting in new book ‘Energy Follows Thought’
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Willie starts with the words. It’s one of the surprising revelations in Willie…
Continue Reading Ohio woman accused of killing 4 men with fatal fentanyl doses to rob them pleads not guilty
By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman who prosecutors say killed four men with lethal…
Continue Reading A British man is extradited to Germany and indicted over a brutal killing nearly 45 years ago
BERLIN (AP) — German officials say a British man has been extradited to Germany and charged with murder over the brutal killing of a retiree at his…
Continue Reading FDA says WanaBana fruit puree pouches may contain dangerous levels of lead
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Health officials are warning that WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches may contain dangerous levels of lead.…
Continue Reading China’s declining aid to Pacific islands increasingly goes to allies, think tank reports
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian think tank says Beijing has increasingly targeted its South Pacific…
Continue Reading US consumers keep spending despite high prices and their own gloomy outlook. Can it last?
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — A flow of recent data from the U.S. government has made…
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Navajo sheep herding at risk from climate change. Some young people push to maintain the tradition
By MELINA WALLING and JOHN LOCHER Associated Press WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Whenever Amy Begaye’s extended family butchered a sheep, she was…
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Ex-cop who fired into Breonna Taylor’s apartment in flawed, fatal raid goes on trial again
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Louisville police officer who fired into Breonna Taylor’s apartment the night she…
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New ‘Thriller 40’ Documentary will go behind the scenes of Michael Jackson’s Legendary 1982 Album
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 40 years after Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” redefined pop music, the documentary “Thriller 40” looks at how it was made and…
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