California man charged with shipping weapons to North Korea
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man has been charged with shipping weapons and ammunition to North Korea and told investigators…
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Namibia will have its first female leader after VP wins presidential election for the ruling party
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia has elected its first female leader, with Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner Tuesday of…
Continue ReadingLawsuit seeks to undo 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with expanded access in Arizona
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Reproductive rights advocates sued Arizona on Tuesday to undo a 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with a…
Continue ReadingUS closes investigation into E. coli outbreak linked to onions in McDonald’s Quarter Pounders
Associated Press Writers The U.S. government said Tuesday it has closed its investigation into an E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter…
Continue ReadingLakers push back return date for long-injured Jarred Vanderbilt amid new knee problem
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt has experienced a fluid buildup in his left knee during his injury rehabilitation,…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s Netanyahu ordered to take stand in his corruption trial after repeated delays
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court has ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take the stand next week in his long-running corruption trial,…
Continue ReadingSearch extends into the night for Pennsylvania woman who may have fallen into sinkhole
Associated Press A grandmother looking for her lost cat apparently fell into a sinkhole that had recently opened above an abandoned western…
Continue ReadingWhat happened to Hannah Kobayashi? Police say the Hawaii woman voluntarily disappeared
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hannah Kobayashi, a 30-year-old woman from Hawaii who was reported missing in Los Angeles three weeks ago, walked freely into…
Continue ReadingTrial begins in the killing of an Ole Miss student who was known in the local LGBTQ+ community
Associated Press A trial has begun for a man charged in the killing of a University of Mississippi student who was well-known in the local LGBTQ+…
Continue ReadingDucks’ Dillon Gabriel, Nittany Lions’ Abdul Carter, Hoosiers’ Curt Cignetti take top Big Ten honors
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel was named Big Ten offensive player of the year after leading the top-ranked Ducks to their…
Continue ReadingWhat happened to Hannah Kobayashi? Police say the Hawaii woman voluntarily disappeared
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hannah Kobayashi, a 30-year-old woman from Hawaii who was reported missing in Los Angeles three weeks ago, walked freely into…
Continue ReadingTransgender powerlifter asks Minnesota Supreme Court to let her compete in women’s events
Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Attorneys for a transgender athlete have urged the Minnesota Supreme Court to allow her to compete in the…
Continue ReadingAP men’s player of the week: Johni Broome of No. 2 Auburn rides dominant play to Maui championship
The Associated Press national player of the week in men’s college basketball for Week 4 of the season: Johni Broome, Auburn The 6-foot-10,…
Continue ReadingAn Israeli strike kills a person in Lebanon, further shaking the tenuous ceasefire
Associated Press NABATIYEH, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s Health Ministry and state media say Israeli forces have carried out several drone and…
Continue ReadingGlobal warming fills New England’s rich waters with death traps for endangered sea turtles
Associated Press QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — As global warming fills the plankton-rich waters of New England with death traps for sea turtles, the number…
Continue ReadingEx-New Orleans priest pleads guilty to rape and kidnapping in sexual abuse case ahead of trial
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A disgraced 93-year-old New Orleans priest pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving the sexual assault of a teenage boy in…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about South Korea and its short-lived but chaotic declaration of martial law
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing parliamentary moves to impeach him after he sent heavily armed…
Continue ReadingUS closes investigation into E. coli outbreak linked to onions in McDonald’s Quarter Pounders
Associated Press Writers The U.S. government said Tuesday it has closed its investigation into an E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter…
Continue ReadingJury deliberations begin in veteran Daniel Penny’s trial over using chokehold on Jordan Neely
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors have started deliberating in the trial of a military veteran charged with using a fatal chokehold to subdue…
Continue ReadingJury begins deliberations in NYC subway chokehold trial
By Lauren del Valle, Gloria Pazmino, Celina Tebor and Eric Levenson, CNN New York (CNN) — A Manhattan jury began deliberating Tuesday in the…
Continue ReadingNo pressure: Singer Lucinda Williams records album of Beatles songs at famed Abbey Road
AP Entertainment Writer Lucinda Williams isn’t easily intimidated, but it would be hard for any musician not to shudder at the task before her.…
Continue ReadingUS biathletes fear retaliation for speaking out about sexual harassment, report finds
Associated Press U.S. biathletes face “misogynistic” behavior while racing and fear retaliation if they report their concerns, according to an…
Continue ReadingNew women’s baseball league names 97-year-old AAGPBL alum honorary chair on advisory board
AP Sports Writer Former baseball pitcher Maybelle Blair will be an honorary chair on the advisory board of the Women’s Professional Baseball…
Continue ReadingDemonstrators again converge on Georgia’s parliament after the country’s EU bid was suspended
Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators in the Georgian capital have converged on parliament again in the capital of…
Continue ReadingSecret Service agent fired at suspects outside of Janet Yellen’s house in Washington DC
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An investigation is underway after a Secret Service agent working on protective assignment outside Treasury…
Continue ReadingGoodell speaks to Congress about the security issue of drones on NFL game days, AP source says
AP Pro Football Writer NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell met with congressional leaders Monday to speak to them about the ongoing security issue of…
Continue ReadingCalifornians pay billions for power companies’ wildfire prevention efforts. Are they cost-effective?
CalMatters Diane Moss lost her home in the Santa Monica Mountains after power lines ignited the apocalyptic Woolsey Fire in 2018. Since then, she’s…
Continue ReadingTrump vows to block Japanese steelmaker from buying US Steel, pledges tax incentives and tariffs
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is underscoring his intention to block the purchase of U.S. Steel by Japanese…
Continue ReadingSterling Sharpe and Mike Holmgren are picked as Hall of Fame finalists
AP Pro Football Writer Prolific receiver Sterling Sharpe and Super Bowl-winning coach Mike Holmgren advanced to the final stage of voting for the…
Continue ReadingHunter Biden gun case dismissed after President Joe Biden’s sweeping pardon
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge formally dismissed the gun case against Hunter Biden on Tuesday after President Joe Biden issued…
Continue ReadingSean Penn accuses Academy Awards of cowardice at Marrakech Film Festival
Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Sean Penn has blasted the organizers of the Oscars of being cowards who, in effect, limit the kind of…
Continue ReadingJay-Z’s ‘The Book of Hov’ immersive New York exhibit lives up to its name and becomes a book
AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay-Z’s popular exhibit “The Book of Hov” in New York is about to live up to its name by becoming…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in Georgia’s separatist region of Abkhazia reject encouraging Russian investment
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Lawmakers in Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia on Tuesday rejected a bill offering privileges to Russian investors…
Continue ReadingTiger Woods has no firm answers on a deal with Saudis or his future as a player
AP Golf Writer Tiger Woods could not offer much of a timetable Tuesday on PGA Tour negotiations with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf or his own future…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about Wisconsin’s collective bargaining law for public workers
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge’s overturning of Wisconsin’s 13-year-old law that effectively ended collective bargaining for…
Continue Reading‘Childless Cat Lady’ Taylor Swift tops Yale list of 2024’s most notable quotations
Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — From “Childless Cat Lady” to “They’re eating the cats,” Yale University’s list of 2024’s most…
Continue Reading‘Childless Cat Lady’ Taylor Swift tops Yale list of 2024’s most notable quotations
Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — From “Childless Cat Lady” to “They’re eating the cats,” Yale University’s list of 2024’s most…
Continue ReadingIsraeli American soldier killed during Oct. 7 Hamas attack remembered at New York memorial service
Associated Press SYOSSET, N.Y. (AP) — A New York Jewish community is mourning the death of a young Israeli American soldier who Israeli authorities…
Continue ReadingMartial law reversed in South Korea after president’s surprise decree sent shockwaves
By Yoonjung Seo, Peter Wilkinson, Rob Picheta, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s…
Continue ReadingMartial law reversed in South Korea after president’s surprise decree sent shockwaves
CNN By Yoonjung Seo, Peter Wilkinson, Rob Picheta, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s…
Continue ReadingUS job openings rose last month, though hiring slowed, in mixed picture for labor market
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of job postings in the United States rebounded in October from a 3 1/2 year low in September, a…
Continue Reading10 years and $42 million later, Jersey Shore town ends battle over its eroding beaches
Associated Press NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey resort community that has lived in fear of being wiped out by the next big storm is…
Continue ReadingThe drinking water for New Jersey’s capital went largely untested for more than a year, utility says
Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A utility says the drinking water in New Jersey’s capital city and some surrounding communities went…
Continue ReadingSearch suspended for man believed to have gone overboard from cruise ship off California’s coast
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it has suspended the search for a man believed to have gone overboard from a cruise…
Continue ReadingSearch suspended for man believed to have gone overboard from cruise ship off California’s coast
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it has suspended the search for a man believed to have gone overboard from a cruise…
Continue ReadingKendrick Lamar and SZA announce 2025 North American stadium tour
AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Not Like Us,” it’s like them — Kendrick Lamar and SZA will hit the road together in 2025. On Tuesday…
Continue ReadingKendrick Lamar and SZA announce 2025 North American stadium tour
AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Not Like Us,” it’s like them — Kendrick Lamar and SZA will hit the road together in 2025. On Tuesday…
Continue ReadingJill Biden’s final foreign trip as first lady will close with her and Trump at Notre Dame cathedral
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden is departing Tuesday on her final solo foreign trip as first lady. It’s a six-day, four-country…
Continue ReadingOutcry in Brazil as video shows a Sao Paulo police officer throwing a man off a bridge
Associated Press Rio de Janeiro (AP) — A military police officer in Sao Paulo threw a man off a bridge and into a river in early Monday morning, ,…
Continue ReadingHealth officials investigate mystery disease in southwest Congo after 143 deaths
Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Medical experts have been sent to southwestern Congo after a mystery disease killed dozens of people over…
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