Month: October 2022

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two weeks of early voting started Saturday in Nevada, one of the most competitive states in this year’s midterm elections. Democrats have edged out Republicans in the swing state in recent years, but this year they’re facing headwinds from anxiety about the economy. The governor’s

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities have announced the release of a prominent human rights lawyer. The lawyer was pardoned by Egypt’s presidential pardon committee, the latest in a series high profile figures to be released. Egypt’s human rights record has come under growing international scrutiny ahead of its hosting of the International Climate summit next

HARTLAND, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have identified the six people who died in an apartment fire in southern Wisconsin as two adults and four children. Police said Sunday that all six lived together in one apartment of the four-unit building in Hartland. Officials say the adults who died were Connor McKisick and Jessica McKisick. The

By ED WHITE Associated Press Prosecutors are urging a jury to convict three men for assisting the leaders of a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor. They say the men provided land, paramilitary training and inspiration for domestic terrorism ahead of the 2020 U.S. election. Joe Morrison, Pete Musico and Paul Bellar are not charged with

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Oscar Tschiebwe was the consensus men’s college basketball player of the year last season, an accomplishment usually followed by a jump to the NBA. Kentucky’s big man decided to take a different route. He’s coming back — and he may be even better this season. “He’s a better passer.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A passenger boat carrying 240 people has caught fire off southern Indonesia, killing 14. Rescue officials say the KM Express Cantika 77 was headed to Kalabahi from Kupang in East Nusa Tenggara province when it caught fire. They say it was carrying 230 passengers and 10 crew members. The cause of

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The next prime minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, has embraced his Indian and Hindu heritage. On Monday, people across the former British colony proudly celebrated his victory. Social media and TV channels in India were awash with congratulations for the 42-year-old Sunak, who is

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — An armed former student broke into a St. Louis high school Monday morning warning, “You are all going to die!” before fatally shooting a teacher and a teenage girl, and wounding seven others before police killed him in an exchange of gunfire. The

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration is ratcheting up pressure on President Daniel Ortega’s authoritarian rule in Nicaragua, threatening a ban on Americans from doing business in the nation’s gold industry, raising the possibility of trade restrictions and stripping the U.S. visas of some 500 government insiders. The actions,

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Manuel and Marcy Silva combed through the charred rubble that used to be their home, searching for any salvageable bits in the wake of the largest wildfire in New Mexico history. They were only one payment away from owning their mobile home. Like others, they

By ASHRAF KHALIL and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The trial of a far-right extremist group leader and four associates charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was delayed on Monday after the Oath Keepers leader tested positive for the coronavirus. Jurors were supposed to begin hearing the

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Another long and painful trial over the killing of George Floyd was averted on Monday after one former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter and another agreed to take a more uncommon approach and let a judge decide his fate based on the evidence in the

By The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Dirty bombs have long been feared as a potential weapon of terrorists because their main objective is to sow panic, confusion and anxiety by hurling radioactive dust and smoke into the atmosphere. The Kremlin alleges that Ukraine is preparing to detonate a dirty bomb in order to

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Prairie fires pushed by winds topping 60 mph led to evacuations in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa and destroyed homes and injured two firefighters south of Nebraska’s capital city. The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office in southeastern Nebraska says at least two grassland fires south of Lincoln threatened hundreds of residents. The

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — In Mississippi, where health officials expect 5,000 more births each year as a result of the Supreme Court ruling upending abortion rights, children are more likely to die before their first birthday than in any other state. Mississippi has the nation’s highest fetal mortality

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — On March 26, El Salvador’s street gangs had killed 62 people across the country, igniting a nationwide furor. President Nayib Bukele and his allies in congress launched a war against the gangs and suspended constitutional rights. Nearly seven months later, this “state of exception”

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents come and go, but White House grounds superintendent Dale Haney has been a constant through the past 10 presidencies. As of this month, Haney has tended the lawns and gardens of the White House for 50 years. But he may be better known for taking care

By RAQUEL REDONDO and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A Spanish man trekking from Madrid to Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup has not been heard from since the day after he crossed into Iran three weeks ago, his family said Monday, stirring fears about his fate in a country convulsed by

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Bangladesh are evacuating hundreds of thousands of people across its vast coastal region as a tropical storm quickly approaches amid fears of extensive damage. The government has halted operations by all river vessels across the country, closed three airports and asked fishing boats to return from the sea and

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — On March 26, El Salvador’s street gangs had killed 62 people across the country, igniting a nationwide furor. President Nayib Bukele and his allies in congress launched a war against the gangs and suspended constitutional rights. Nearly seven months later, this “state of exception”

By COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A teenager has pleaded guilty to terrorism, first-degree murder and other charges in a Michigan school shooting. Four students were killed and seven people wounded when Ethan Crumbley opened fire nearly a year ago. Oxford High School staff had discovered his violent drawings

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The decline of an endangered species of whale slowed last year, as it lost about 2% of its population, but scientists warn the animal still faces existential threats and is losing breeding females too fast. The North Atlantic right whale’s population was more than 480 in

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) — On a recent Sunday morning, in the sanctuary of Saddleback Church, Lead Pastor Andy Wood opened with a shout-out to the congregation’s newest female teaching pastor – his wife Stacie Wood. It has been about a month since Andy Wood, 41, succeeded Pastor Rick Warren,

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian army says Israel has carried out an airstrike on the suburbs of the Syrian capital of Damascus wounding a soldier and damaging property. The Monday afternoon attack comes three days after a similar strike on Damascus suburbs caused property damage. Israel usually carries out airstrikes at night and such

By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil is days from a presidential election featuring two political titans and bitter rivals that could usher in another four years of far-right politics or return a leftist to the nation’s top job. On one side is incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, a former army captain who built

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities tried to dampen public fears over Russia’s use of Iranian drones by claiming increasing success Monday in shooting them down, while the Kremlin’s talk of a possible “dirty bomb” attack added another worrying dimension as the war enters its ninth month. Ukrainians are bracing

BERLIN (AP) — Two former German soldiers have been convicted of trying to form a mercenary group to intervene in Yemen’s civil war. They were found guilty Monday of attempting to form a terrorist organization. The Stuttgart state court said the two men were given suspended sentences of 18 months and 14 months. The court

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Scientists use old fashioned detective work to figure out that humans are responsible for climate change. They eliminate other suspects such as the sun or volcanoes. They also find the specific chemical fingerprint of fossil fuel burning in the air. Toss in some complicated chemistry, physics and even math,

Por GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Ataques aéreos del Ejército de Myanmar matan a más de 60 personas que asistían a una celebración política de la minoría étnica Kachin, que es independentista.