Longtime music director at Michigan church fired for same-sex marriage
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The longtime music director at a northern Michigan church says he was fired just a few months before retirement. Fred…
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Police say the man behind ballot box fires has metalworking experience and might plan more attacks
Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The man suspected of setting fires in ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington state is an experienced…
Continue Reading Massachusetts ratepayers to pay extra $512M for transmission line for Canadian hydropower
Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Three Massachusetts utilities and a transmission line developer have agreed to pass along $512 million in…
Continue Reading Voters to decide whether to allow noncitizens to vote in California city’s elections
Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Voters in a Southern California city are going to decide this November whether residents who aren’t…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania woman is now believed to be the oldest living person in North America
GREENVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A 114-year-old Pennsylvania woman is now believed to be the oldest living person in North America. Naomi Whitehead attained…
Continue Reading New Jersey’s largest daily newspaper ending print editions, but will continue online
Associated Press The owner of New Jersey’s largest newspaper says it will stop publishing a daily print version of the paper early next year, but…
Continue Reading Copa del Rey games and other sporting events postponed after deadly floods devastate southern Spain
AP Sports Writer VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — The Copa del Rey matches involving Valencia and Levante have been postponed following floods that killed…
Continue Reading Judge extends early voting option in a suburban Philadelphia county after Trump’s campaign sued
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge has sided with Donald Trump’s campaign and agreed to extend an in-person voting…
Continue Reading Man accused of voting twice found not guilty of voter fraud
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A man who attempted to vote twice in Virginia’s 2023 election was acquitted of attempted illegal voting on Monday,…
Continue Reading United Way and Paramount to air benefit for hurricane relief
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — United Way Worldwide and Paramount Global have announced they will host a benefit to raise funds for those impacted by…
Continue Reading This ancient tadpole fossil is the oldest ever discovered
AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a giant tadpole that wriggled around over 160 million years…
Continue Reading Men charged in fatal shooting of sheriff’s deputy in Detroit
Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Three 18-year-old men believed to be involved in an auto theft ring have been charged four months after the fatal…
Continue Reading Haiti sees a rise in killings and police executions with children targeted, UN says
Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — U.N. officials say more than 1,740 people were killed or injured in Haiti from July to September, a…
Continue Reading Teen Trump supporter charged with threatening Harris backers at polling place with machete
Associated Press An 18-year-old Donald Trump supporter is facing a felony charge after police say he threatened two Kamala Harris supporters with a…
Continue Reading Prosecutors seek a 17-year prison term for Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors plan to argue that a Massachusetts Air National Guard member who pleaded guilty to leaking highly…
Continue Reading Dutch asylum agency is fined 50,000 euros daily for an overcrowded center
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has ordered the agency responsible for housing asylum seekers to pay a 50,000-euro…
Continue Reading Harris promises to ‘represent all Americans’ after Biden’s remark on Trump supporters and ‘garbage’
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kamala Harris called Wednesday for Americans to “stop pointing fingers at each other” as she tried to…
Continue Reading US airstrikes target multiple sites in Syria, killing up to 35 Islamic State militants
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Central Command says the U.S. military has struck a number of Islamic State group camps in central Syria, killing as many as…
Continue Reading It’s spooky season. Here are some scary stories from around the world you probably haven’t heard
Associated Press Some are well-worn warnings as familiar as the changing of seasons. Others are slow burns that end with a bang. Still others are…
Continue Reading For ‘A Real Pain,’ Jesse Eisenberg learned to embrace the chaos of Kieran Culkin. Magic ensued
AP Film Writer Jesse Eisenberg co-stars with Kieran Culkin in the new film “A Real Pain,” which opens in theaters Friday. The story is a personal…
Continue Reading 3 Pakistani soldiers and 8 militants killed during a raid on insurgents’ hideout
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities say three soldiers and eight militants were killed after security forces backed by military…
Continue Reading Poland’s commission looking into Russian influences finds ex-defense minister at fault
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The head of a commission investigating Russian and Belarusian influences in Poland says it will refer to prosecutors a former…
Continue Reading Hezbollah chief says group will hold out in its war with Israel for ‘suitable’ cease-fire terms
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah’s newly named leader Naim Kassem has said in his first public comments that the militant group will keep…
Continue Reading Winter depression is real and there are many ways to fight back
AP Medical Writer People prone to seasonal depression are bracing themselves as winter approaches. Many have found strategies to get through the dark…
Continue Reading Person injured in dining hall shooting at University of Bridgeport
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A gunman opened fire in the dining hall of the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, injuring a person and prompting a…
Continue Reading Supreme Court’s conservative justices leave in place Virginia’s purge of voter registrations
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday left in place Virginia’s purge of voter…
Continue Reading Reddit’s explosive user growth and AI tools help it soar to its first profit as a public company
NEW YORK (AP) — Reddit has turned a profit for the first time as a public company. The social platform claimed a profit of $29.9 million, or 16…
Continue Reading A new push to wind down the Middle East wars faces familiar challenges
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States and other mediators are ramping up efforts to halt the wars in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip,…
Continue Reading Mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party is detained over alleged ties to Kurdish militants
ISTANBUL (AP) — State media say a mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party has been detained on suspicion of being a member of a banned Kurdish…
Continue Reading Hundreds of Jews murdered at a little known Nazi labor camp are remembered
Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The son of a Holocaust survivor has fulfilled a yearslong personal mission with the unveiling of memorials…
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