Trump lashes out at Harris and ‘The View’ co-hosts, as Hurricane Milton makes landfall
Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump hurled insults at his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, and other women…
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Alfonso Cuarón and Cate Blanchett made a television series. ‘Disclaimer’ is already a triumph
AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — “Disclaimer” pulls the rug out from the audience before they’ve had the chance to get settled. There’s…
Continue Reading Hot days and methamphetamine are now a deadlier mix
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — On just one sweltering day during the hottest June on record in Phoenix, a 38-year-old man collapsed under a…
Continue Reading Germany’s economy is on track to shrink for a second straight year
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government says its economy is on track to shrink for a second consecutive year. The German economy is Europe’s…
Continue Reading Jon Batiste’s ‘Beethoven Blues’ transforms classical works into unique blues and gospel renditions
AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds. He’d…
Continue Reading Pilot dies aboard Turkish Airlines flight, forcing emergency landing in New York
NEW YORK (AP) — A Turkish Airlines jetliner headed from Seattle to Istanbul made an emergency landing in New York after the captain died on board.…
Continue Reading Austria’s president seeks a solution after other parties say they won’t work with the far right
Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s president has asked the country’s three strongest political parties to hold talks on possible…
Continue Reading Norway bans local chapter of motorcycle club Satudarah and calls it a criminal association
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norway’s highest court has called the Norwegian arm of Dutch motorcycle club Satudarah a criminal association and banned the…
Continue Reading Pakistan records spike in new polio cases, hampering efforts to make the country polio-free
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistan has witnessed a spike in new polio cases since March, in a troubling sign as the government seeks to…
Continue Reading Feeling stressed about the election? Here’s what some are doing and what they say you can do too
Associated Press If the high stakes presidential election is causing troublesome thoughts, existential dread or rifts with loved ones, there’s no…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy to seek more war support from a dozen countries in southeast Europe
DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — Ukraine’s president is again seeking political and other support from a dozen countries in southeast Europe at a summit…
Continue Reading Boeing withdraws contract offer after talks with striking workers break down
SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing has withdrawn a contract offer that would have given striking workers 30% raises over four years after talks broke down. The…
Continue Reading Edmunds electric truck face-off: Ford F-150 Lightning vs. Tesla Cybertruck
Edmunds The electric truck battle is getting hot. Almost every major pickup truck maker offers an electric model, and one of the latest competitors…
Continue Reading Jailed leader of a prominent election watchdog is on trial in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — A jailed leader of a prominent independent election monitoring group in Russia appeared in court on Wednesday as his trial continued…
Continue Reading STORY REMOVED: EU–Europe-Google
LONDON (AP) — Please disregard EU–Europe-Google, published on Oct. 9, 2024, and datelined in LONDON. The story was originally published on…
Continue Reading Ukrainian drone strikes another arms depot inside Russia, officials say
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian military says one of its drones struck an important arms depot inside Russia three weeks after…
Continue Reading An American once imprisoned in Russia is sentenced in absentia as Ukraine mercenary
MOSCOW (AP) — An American who spent three years behind bars in Russia before being released in a prisoner exchange has been convicted in absentia…
Continue Reading Melinda French Gates will give $250M to women’s health groups globally through a new open call
Associated Press Melinda French Gates will grant $250 million to support women’s health around the world through an open call for nonprofits to…
Continue Reading Rights groups ask Filipinos to reject ex-Pres Duterte and detained preacher in upcoming elections
Associated Press Writer MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Human rights activists called on Filipino voters to reject former President Rodrigo Duterte and…
Continue Reading Israeli defense minister warns an attack on Iran would be ‘lethal’ and ‘surprising’
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister warned on Wednesday that his country’s retaliation for a recent Iranian…
Continue Reading 3 protesters are killed in clashes with police after Pakistan banned an ethnic rights group
Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police have clashed with supporters of a rights group for the Pashtun ethnic minority in the…
Continue Reading Trial opens of Serb gunmen accused of attacking Kosovo police
Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A Kosovo court has opened a trial of 45 people charged over a gunfight following an incursion by heavily…
Continue Reading Macron inspects Ukraine troops at a French military camp ahead of a meeting with Zelenskyy
Associated Press A FRENCH MILITARY BASE, FRANCE (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has inspected the training of Ukrainian troops at a…
Continue Reading Nobel Prize in chemistry honors 3 scientists who used AI to design proteins — life’s building blocks
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Three scientists who discovered powerful techniques to decode and even design novel proteins — the building blocks…
Continue Reading 5 dead after a small plane crashes on Santa Catalina Island off the Southern California coast
AVALON, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say five people are dead after a small plane crashed on Santa Catalina Island off the Southern California coast.…
Continue Reading Japan’s new PM dissolves the lower house of parliament to set up a snap election
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has dissolved the lower house of parliament to set up an Oct. 27 snap…
Continue Reading Japan prosecutors will not appeal acquittal of world’s longest death-row inmate in retrial
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese prosecutors say they will not appeal the acquittal of the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a…
Continue Reading US considers asking court to break up Google as it weighs remedies in the antitrust case
AP Technology Writer The U.S. Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to sell parts of its business in order to…
Continue Reading Trump has long blasted China’s trade practices. His ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles were printed there
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of copies of Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in a country that the former…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street sets more records after Shanghai’s worst drop since early COVID
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks set records Wednesday after the latest wild swerves for Chinese stocks left few ripples in markets…
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