Vice President Harris will attend COP28 climate conference in Dubai
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will join the United States delegation at the upcoming United…
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Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s government says it has reached a deal with Google for the company to contribute $100…
Continue Reading UAW will try to organize workers at all US nonunion factories after winning new contracts in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — Less than two weeks after ratifying new contracts with Detroit automakers, the United Auto Workers union announced plans Wednesday…
Continue Reading Families of American hostages in Gaza describe their anguish and call on US government for help
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Families of American hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip are describing their anguish and…
Continue Reading Arizona officials who refused to canvass election results indicted by grand jury
By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Officials in a rural Arizona county who delayed canvassing the 2022 general election results have…
Continue Reading Thunder guard Josh Giddey being investigated by police on alleged relationship with underage girl
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer The Newport Beach, California, Police Department said Wednesday that its detectives are conducting an investigation…
Continue Reading Sands casino family say they’ll buy majority of Mavs from Cuban. AP source says valuation is $3.5B
By TIM REYNOLDS and SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writers Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has entered into an agreement to sell a majority stake in the…
Continue Reading Hearing in Minnesota will determine if man imprisoned for murder was wrongfully convicted
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man serving life in prison for a deadly 2004 flower shop robbery had a simple message at a hearing reexamining his…
Continue Reading Proposed NewRange copper-nickel mine in Minnesota suffers fresh setback on top of years of delays
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The proposed NewRange Copper Nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota has suffered a fresh…
Continue Reading Coal-producing West Virginia is converting an entire school system to solar power
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An entire county school system in coal-producing West Virginia is going solar. The…
Continue Reading Residents in St. Croix sue government over water contaminated with lead and copper
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A group of residents have sued a public utility company in the U.S. Virgin Islands…
Continue Reading Paris angers critics with plans to restrict Olympic Games traffic but says residents shouldn’t flee
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Stay and enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime show. That is the message organizers of the Paris Olympics…
Continue Reading Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway says Haslams offered bribes to inflate Pilot truck stops earnings
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway says the billionaire Haslam family tried to bribe at least…
Continue Reading Businesses where George Floyd was killed sue Minneapolis, saying police are not protecting the area
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Several stores where George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police in 2020 are suing the city for about $1.5 million. The…
Continue Reading Charges dismissed against 3 emergency management supervisors in 2020 death
WAYNESBURG, Pa. (AP) — A judge has dismissed all charges against three western Pennsylvania emergency management supervisors accused of obstructing…
Continue Reading Feminist website Jezebel will be relaunched by Paste Magazine less than a month after shutting down
By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The irreverent feminist website Jezebel is making a comeback less than a month after it was…
Continue Reading Lawmakers can ‘vote their conscience’ on expelling Santos, House speaker says, but he has concerns
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson expressed reservations Wednesday about expelling Rep. George Santos from…
Continue Reading Poland’s new parliament brings back state financing for in vitro fertilization
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new parliament has reinstated government funding for in vitro fertilization, previously banned by the conservative…
Continue Reading Senate Majority Leader Schumer warns that antisemitism is on the rise as he pushes for Israel aid
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is warning that antisemitism in the United States has…
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Paso Del Norte Bridge to open Express Line this Friday for border crossers
UPDATE: As of Friday, December 1, the confined express lanes at the Paso Del Norte Bridge are now open. JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Chihuahua state…
Continue Reading Top diplomats arrive in North Macedonia for security meeting as some boycott Russia’s participation
By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Top diplomats from more than 50 countries have arrived in North Macedonia…
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Release of Palestinian prisoners sheds light on controversial Israeli justice system in the occupied West Bank
CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Barbara Arvanitidis, Nima Elbagir, Abeer Salman and Alex Platt, CNN (CNN) — The release of Palestinian prisoners by…
Continue Reading GOP considers holding formal vote to authorize Biden impeachment as White House questions legitimacy
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are considering holding a formal vote next month to authorize the…
Continue Reading Video of teen beating parking guard in upscale neighborhood sparks anger in class-divided Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An expensive private high school in Mexico has suspended and may expel a student who was caught on video beating a parking lot…
Continue Reading China presents UN with vague Mideast peace plan as US promotes its own role in easing the Gaza war
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China has presented the United Nations Security Council with a four-point plan for…
Continue Reading Lawsuit seeks $5M for Black former delivery driver who says white men shot at him in Mississippi
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Black former delivery driver who says two white men shot into his work van and…
Continue Reading Deutsche Bank was keen to land a ‘whale’ of a client in Trump, documents at his fraud trial show
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Deutsche Bank viewed Donald Trump as a “whale” of a client, wanted to land him and eagerly…
Continue Reading US Navy warship shoots down a drone launched by Houthis from Yemen
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military says a U.S. Navy warship sailing near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait shot down a…
Continue Reading Jury to decide whether officer fatally shooting handcuffed man was justified
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A Maryland jury will decide in the coming weeks whether a Prince George’s County police officer broke the law when he…
Continue Reading Maine offers free university tuition to Lewiston shooting victims, families
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s public university system is offering free tuition to family members of those who died and to those who were…
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