Yemen’s warring sides fail to extend UN-backed truce
By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The United Nations says that negotiations between Yemen’s warring sides to extend a…
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Chesapeake Bay lighthouse auctioned, with strings attached
HOOPERSVILLE, Md. (AP) — The federal government has sold off a lighthouse in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay for a six-figure sum after a bidding…
Continue Reading Ian is long gone but water keeps rising in central Florida
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press GENEVA, Fla. (AP) — Residents living in parts of central Florida donned fishing waders, boots and bug spray and…
Continue Reading FBI: Jetliner evacuated in Albuquerque after security threat
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say an American Airlines flight from Texas to New Mexico was evacuated after landing at the Albuquerque…
Continue Reading Phone alerts responders after car hits tree, killing all 6
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police in Nebraska say a passenger’s cellphone automatically alerted responders after a car hit a tree in a crash that…
Continue Reading Soccer world reacts to disaster at Indonesia stadium
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — A minute of silence has been observed before soccer matches around the world in honor of victims of…
Continue Reading Killings of 5 men in California are related, police say
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Rewards totaling $85,000 have been offered for information leading to an arrest in five fatal shootings since July in…
Continue Reading French march in Paris to rally support for women in Iran
By JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Thousands of people have marched in Paris to show their support for Iranian protesters standing up…
Continue Reading 2 hurt when helicopter crashes in yard of California home
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A helicopter spun out of control and crashed in the front yard of a home in central California, hurting a pilot and…
Continue Reading Glitzy Valentino show sees Paris Fashion Week at fever pitch
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Valentino’s fashion show in Paris saw black cars snared for blocks dropping off battalions of…
Continue Reading Rights group: Israel holding 800 Palestinians without trial
By ELEANOR H. REICH Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli rights group says Israel is holding nearly 800 Palestinians without trial or…
Continue Reading French soccer game suspended for 15 minutes after tear gas
TOULOUSE, France (AP) — Play was briefly suspended in a French league soccer game after tear gas coming from the stands left some players…
Continue Reading Horror pic ‘Smile’ happy at No. 1; ‘Bros’ starts in 4th
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Moviegoing audiences chose the horror movie over the romantic comedy to kick off the month of October. Paramount’s…
Continue Reading Poor Florida neighborhood battered by flood tries to recover
REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press HARLEM HEIGHTS, Fla. (AP) — The Gladiolus Food Pantry usually hands out supplies on Wednesdays to about 240…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: 3 more on trial in Michigan governor kidnap plot
By ED WHITE Associated Press JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — A scheme to kidnap Michigan’s governor in 2020 will get yet another airing in a different…
Continue Reading 9 NATO members urge support for Ukraine after annexation
PRAGUE (AP) — The heads of nine central and eastern European NATO members issued a joint statement backing a path to membership for Ukraine in the…
Continue Reading Defendant to represent himself in Wisconsin parade trial
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Darrell Brooks’ trial was never going to be easy for the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha. Now it could hurt even…
Continue Reading Mediator: Ousted Burkina Faso leader offers resignation
By SAM MEDNICK and ARSENE KABORE Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s ousted coup leader has offered his…
Continue Reading Spain: 4 bodies retrieved from migrant boat, 1 man rescued
MADRID (AP) — Spain´s marine rescue service says it has picked up the bodies of four people from a rubber dinghy believed to have been carrying…
Continue Reading Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists’ president
By BOBBY ROSS Jr. Associated Press FARMERSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A sweating Bart Barber trekked across a pasture in search of Bully Graham, the…
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