Month: October 2024

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Inside what was once one of Beirut’s oldest and best-known cinemas, dozens of Lebanese, Palestinians and Syrians displaced by the Israel-Hezbollah war now spend their time following the news on their phones, cooking, chatting or walking around to pass the time. Outside on Hamra Street, sidewalks are brimming with displaced

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — An international conference for Lebanon in Paris on Thursday raised $1 billion in pledges for humanitarian aid and military support to help the country where war between Hezbollah militants and Israel has displaced a million people, killed over 2,500, and deepened an economic crisis, French organizers said. In his closing

Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Three white men serving life sentences for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery are asking a Georgia judge for a new trial. Greg and Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan appeared Thursday before the same judge who sentenced them three years ago. A jury convicted the McMichaels and Bryan of

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Donald Trump ran for president, the lawyers most directly involved in his efforts to overturn the election wound up sanctioned, criminally prosecuted or even sued for millions of dollars. This time around, Republican party leaders are working to present a more organized, skilled legal operation even as

Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — One of the nation’s most competitive gubernatorial races has also become intensely personal. None of the nation’s 12 female governors are up for reelection, but five women are running as major party gubernatorial nominees in four states. Two of them are in New Hampshire, where Republican Kelly Ayotte and

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, tensions over abortion have only intensified, setting the presidential election up as a referendum on fundamental rights for tens of millions of women. Flanked by southern states where abortion is nearly outlawed, North Carolina has a more moderate 12-week

Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — TikTok videos of women turned away from emergency rooms because of state abortion bans haunt one young female voter in North Carolina. Young women in the crucial swing state say abortion is the top issue that’s driving them to vote for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in November. Republicans, meanwhile,

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A journalism trade publication is reporting that the editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times has resigned. Mariel Garza told the Columbia Journalism Review in an interview Wednesday that she resigned because the LA Times’ owner blocked the editorial board’s plans to endorse Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president. A

Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A Venezuelan media tycoon has been charged in federal court in Florida for what authorities say was his role in laundering money in a conspiracy to siphon more than $1 billion from Venezuela’s state oil company. A federal grand jury in Miami returned an indictment Wednesday charging Raul Gorrin in

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man is facing new federal charges after being arrested in a courthouse bomb attack that injured five people last month. Federal officials say Wednesday that Nathaniel McGuire has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction, maliciously damaging a building with an explosive, and possessing unregistered

AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan,” has died at age 86. Ely’s daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that her father died Sept. 29 at his home in Los Alamos, California, an unincorporated

Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In anticipation of three Taylor Swift concerts, which could draw around 150,000 visitors to New Orleans’ Superdome this weekend, state authorities on Wednesday began clearing a nearby homeless encampment. Roughly 75 people who were living in tents beneath an overpass would be relocated roughly two blocks away, Louisiana State

Associated Press Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to turn over his Manhattan apartment, luxury watches and a Mercedes to two Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him. But how exactly will that work? Lawyers in the case say the details will be decided in coming days. Either Giuliani will deliver

AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julia Mendez carefully positioned three candles in a row under a sign welcoming fans to Dodger Stadium. Then she pulled out a foil-wrapped burrito and rested it against the post. “I know he ate a burrito all his life,” said the 70-year-old fan from North Hollywood who had

Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service has reopened all of its mail processing centers in areas of Florida and North Carolina hit by recent hurricanes, a top official said Wednesday in a briefing meant to reassure voters and election officials that the agency is ready to handle mail ballots. The Postal

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The catastrophic flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina likely caused at least a record $53 billion in damages and recovery needs, Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration said Wednesday. The state budget office generated the preliminary figure for direct or indirect damages and potential investments to

NORTH AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say DNA found on the clothing of a suburban Chicago woman who was kidnapped and killed 45 years ago matches that of a suspected serial killer who died two years later of a self-inflicted knife wound. Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser said Wednesday that the DNA of Bruce

Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — More than 1,600 Virginians have had their voter registrations canceled since August under a state program that the Justice Department and advocacy groups contend is illegal. The scope of the removals was revealed for the first time this week after a federal magistrate ordered the state to disclose the

CHAMBLEE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia officer shot and killed a man who authorities say raised a handgun during his arrest near Atlanta. The Lawrenceville Police Department says Terrell Laron Hoggro was killed Tuesday evening in Chamblee. Officers were trying to arrest the 59-year-old Hoggro on charges of kidnapping and aggravated assault associated with two

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Walmart has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by California officials that alleged the retail giant illegally dumped hazardous waste. Batteries, aerosol cans of insect killer, toxic cleaning supplies, and other hazardous waste are alleged to have been dumped in municipal landfills throughout the state.

Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency didn’t ensure that states submitted accurate estimates of the number of lead pipes they had. The problem could send nearly $1 billion to places that don’t need it, according to a report by the EPA’s Office of Inspector General. It isn’t too late to ensure

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A federal regulator has ordered Apple and Goldman Sachs to pay a combined $89 million for deceiving consumers and mishandled Apple Card customers’ transaction. The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau says Apple failed to send tens of thousands of Apple Card disputes to Goldman. And when such customer disputes

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — In all but the blink of an eye, an Associated Press photographer’s camera captured the moments that a battleship-gray Israeli bomb plummeted toward a Beirut building before detonating to bring the tower down. The airstrike came 40 minutes after Israel warned people to evacuate two buildings in the area that

Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands will join the next Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland. But it will be without the flamboyant Joost Klein. He was booted from the 2024 competition after a backstage altercation and has declined to represent the Dutch again. Broadcaster AVROTROS says it is satisfied with new rules

BERLIN, Conn. (AP) — A firefighter helping to battle a brush fire in Connecticut was killed after a utility vehicle operating on a steep, rocky incline rolled over onto the man, according to a preliminary police report. Authorities say Tuesday the three other firefighters injured in Monday’s accident suffered minor bumps and bruises and were