Top House Republicans seeking documents regarding Biden’s ‘garbage’ comment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top House Republicans called on the White House to produce all documents and internal communications regarding President Joe…
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Negotiations stall over some crucial issues on final day of UN biodiversity summit in Colombia
Associated Press CALI, Colombia (AP) — At the United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia, negotiators struggle to find common ground on key…
Continue Reading Orphaned squirrel who became social media star was euthanized after being seized from home
PINE CITY, N.Y. (AP) — An orphaned squirrel that became a social media star called Peanut was euthanized after state authorities seized the beloved…
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Jury convicts former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during deadly raid
Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a former Kentucky detective of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor the…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Election preview with ABC correspondents and contributors. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” —…
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Instagram-famous squirrel named Peanut seized by New York state authorities
Associated Press A New York man who turned a rescued squirrel into a social media star called Peanut is pleading with state authorities to return his…
Continue Reading Brazil’s federal police indict 20 in connection with salt mine catastrophe in country’s northeast
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police have indicted 20 people for rock salt mining in the northeastern coastal city of Maceio…
Continue Reading A man is accused of punching and bloodying another passenger who was sleeping on a US flight
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An airline passenger is sitting in jail in Virginia after being accused of an unprovoked attack on a fellow passenger who…
Continue Reading Bolivia’s president accuses supporters of former leader Morales of seizing 3 military barracks
Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian President Luis Arce has condemned the seizure of three military units by supporters of former…
Continue Reading Brazilian state law overturns soy moratorium that helped curb Amazon deforestation
Associated Press AGUA CLARA, Brazil (AP) — In 2006, environmental nonprofits and some of the world’s largest soybean traders came together in a…
Continue Reading Early in-person voting in North Carolina exceeds 2020 total
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Early in-person voting in North Carolina ends Saturday, but the number of people who have cast ballots by…
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Where has all the rain gone? Bone-dry October strikes much of US
AP Science Writer It’s as if Mother Nature shut off the rain faucet in the United States in October. More than 100 cities across the nation are…
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Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Time to ‘fall back’ an hour
The good news: You will get a glorious extra hour of sleep. The bad: It’ll be dark as a pocket by late afternoon for the next few months in the…
Continue Reading Pentagon bolsters the US presence in the Middle East with bombers, fighter aircraft and warships
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is sending additional bomber aircraft and Navy warships to the…
Continue Reading Georgia officials agree to spend $100 million on Hurricane Helene aid for farms and forestry
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state government is diverting $100 million to spend on loans to farmers and cleanup after Hurricane…
Continue Reading In cartel-plagued Mexican cities authorities warn adults not to wear masks on Halloween
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Halloween is gaining ground in Mexico, but in a country so wracked by drug cartel violence, there have been real fears about…
Continue Reading Secret Service report offers new details on failures during Trump assassination attempt
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Secret Service report into the July assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump says…
Continue Reading Prisoners plead for air conditioning in lawsuit against Florida corrections department
Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — It was the hottest September in more than a century in parts of South Florida, and…
Continue Reading Brazil criticizes Venezuela for escalating tensions and personal attacks
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s government has broken its silence over growing tensions with neighboring Venezuela, with the Foreign…
Continue Reading 29 Nigerian children may be sentenced to death for protesting against cost-of-living crisis
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Twenty-nine minors in Nigeria could be facing the death penalty. The children were among 76 protesters…
Continue Reading 9 arrested in federal investigation into drug trafficking at New Mexico prison
MILAN, N.M. (AP) — Nine people were arrested this week in connection with a suspected drug trafficking operation at a federal prison in a small New…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania challenge of Elon Musk’s $1M-a-day voter sweepstakes moves back to state court
Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A legal fight over Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes will move back to state court in…
Continue Reading Wendy’s closing 140 more restaurants as part of push to update its locations
AP Business Writer Wendy’s plans to close 140 U.S. restaurants before the end of this year on top of the 100 it said it would close in May. But in…
Continue Reading A Palestinian-Israeli collective made one of 2024’s most lauded docs. Will it be released in the US?
AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Basel Adra, a Palestinian, and Yuval Abraham, an Israeli, spent five years making a movie that depicts daily life in…
Continue Reading Rescuers find body of worker swept away from Tennessee factory by Hurricane Helene flood
ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) — Rescue workers in Tennessee have recovered the body of the final person still missing after massive flooding from Hurricane…
Continue Reading Slovak populist premier is in a spat with the UK ambassador to Bratislava over the war in Ukraine
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has reacted angrily after the British ambassador to Bratislava…
Continue Reading A makeshift goldfish pond beneath a leaky Brooklyn fire hydrant is reborn in a tree bed
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An urban pond where goldfish used to swim beneath a leaky New York City fire hydrant has been replaced by a new…
Continue Reading Maryland is the first state to sign into new federal health care program
Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland is the first state to sign an agreement with the federal government designed to improve health care…
Continue Reading Meet Decoy Ohtani, perhaps the most valuable pet of the World Series
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As Los Angeles Dodgers fans thronged to the World Series victory parade in Los Angeles on Friday, many had their…
Continue Reading Army looking into shoving allegations involving the general who heads US Central Command
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army’s Criminal Investigation Division is looking into allegations that the four-star general who…
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