Israel assures US it won’t strike Iranian nuclear or oil sites, US officials say
AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration believes it has won assurances from Israel that it will not hit Iranian nuclear or…
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South Carolina ranked No. 1 in women’s AP Top 25 preseason poll with UConn, USC, Texas and UCLA next
AP Basketball Writer South Carolina is starting the season where it finished off last year — ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25 women’s college…
Continue Reading Alex Murdaugh settles the wrongful death lawsuit that sparked his fall
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a teen killed in a boat crash…
Continue Reading Ex-Louisville officer who fired shots in Breonna Taylor raid readies for 3rd trial
Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Louisville police officer who fired shots into Breonna Taylor’s windows the night of the deadly…
Continue Reading US retail trade group expects holiday season sales to grow more slowly
AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The largest retail trade group in the United States says it expects consumers to spend more during the upcoming…
Continue Reading Ahead of the presidential election, small biz owners are growing more uncertain about the economy
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small business owners are growing more uncertain about the economy ahead of the presidential election and are…
Continue Reading Royal arm: Prince William tries his hand at flag football in NFL event with kids in London
LONDON (AP) — Prince William has played catch with British teenagers at a flag football event organized by the NFL. Children from Birmingham,…
Continue Reading USDA launches an internal investigation into the deadly Boar’s Head outbreak
AP Health Writer U.S. Agriculture Department officials have launched an internal investigation into how the agency handled reports of serious…
Continue Reading Al Roker and his oldest daughter, Courtney, team up on a cookbook that celebrates their family
AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Al Roker and his oldest daughter, Courtney, are naturals to collaborate on a food project, and…
Continue Reading Harris works to energize Black male voters while Trump continues to attack immigration policy
Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris warned Tuesday that Republican Donald Trump would…
Continue Reading Russia releases man whose daughter’s drawing opposed Ukraine fighting
MOSCOW (AP) — A group that monitors political detentions in Russia says that a man convicted of discrediting the military after his daughter made a…
Continue Reading Tubeworms, snails and other weird creatures found under the seafloor
AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists for the first time have uncovered an underworld of animal life thriving beneath the seafloor. An…
Continue Reading Qatar’s ruler says his nation will vote on abandoning legislative elections after just one poll
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar’s ruling emir says his small, energy-rich nation will hold a referendum on ending a…
Continue Reading UN asks Asia-Pacific countries to invest more in preventing damage from disasters
Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A U.N. official says disasters, including those wrought by fiercer storms, are threatening more people…
Continue Reading Georgia judge blocks ballot counting rule and says county officials must certify election results
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has blocked a new rule that requires Georgia Election Day ballots to be counted by hand after the close of…
Continue Reading Petitions for union representation doubled under Biden’s presidency, first increase since 1970s
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There has been a doubling of petitions by workers to have union representation during President Joe Biden’s…
Continue Reading Supreme Court opens door to Texas online journalist’s lawsuit over her 2017 arrest
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a federal appeals court to take a new look at the lawsuit filed by a Texas-based online…
Continue Reading A Saudi cartoonist has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, activists say
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi cartoonist who once drew for a Qatari newspaper as a yearslong diplomatic crisis…
Continue Reading North Carolina governor candidate Mark Robinson sues CNN over report about posts on porn site
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has sued CNN over its recent report that he made explicit racial and…
Continue Reading Several thousand attend a funeral service in southern Bosnia for 19 killed in devastating floods
Associated Press JABLANICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Several thousand mourners in southern Bosnia have converged around 19 caskets covered in…
Continue Reading Kenya’s High Court rejects move to stop deputy president’s impeachment debate
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s High Court has rejected an application by the deputy president’s lawyers to stop the senate from debating an…
Continue Reading Suspect in mass shootings in South Africa that left 18 dead abandons his bail application
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A man charged with killing 18 people in mass shootings in two separate homes on the same night in South Africa has…
Continue Reading A gang leader in Haiti is injured in a shootout with Haitian and Kenyan police
Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police in Haiti said that a leader of one of that country’s powerful gangs has been injured in…
Continue Reading Hereditary nobles have sat in Britain’s Parliament for centuries. Their time may be up
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers are voting on a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote in the House of…
Continue Reading France will host Israel in the Nations League ‘under usual conditions,’ French authorities say
PARIS (AP) — Israel’s Nations League soccer match against host France next month will take place in “usual conditions,” French authorities…
Continue Reading Lowriding is more than just cars. It’s about family and culture for Mexican Americans
Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — For Luis Martinez, competing in lowriding bike and car competitions is about more than glory and bragging rights.…
Continue Reading How the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla has turned the AI boom into a digital gold mine
AP Business Writer The artificial intelligence boom has benefited chatbot makers, computer scientists and Nvidia investors. It’s also providing…
Continue Reading 4 people die in a migrant boat accident off a Greek island
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say four people, including two children, have died off the island of Kos in an accident involving a migrant…
Continue Reading Cyber criminals are increasingly helping Russia and China target the US and allies, Microsoft says
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia, China and Iran are expanding their partnerships with cyber criminals to conduct cyberespionage and…
Continue Reading In Missouri, Halloween night signs were required at the homes of sex offenders. Until now
Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Many states have laws designed to keep children away from convicted sexual offenders on Halloween night, such as…
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