Month: October 2024

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The catastrophic flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina likely caused…

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…

Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — More than 1,600 Virginians have had their voter registrations canceled since August under a state program…

CHAMBLEE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia officer shot and killed a man who authorities say raised a handgun during his arrest near Atlanta. The Lawrenceville…

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Walmart has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by California officials that alleged the…

Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency didn’t ensure that states submitted accurate estimates of the number of…

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A federal regulator has ordered Apple and Goldman Sachs to pay a combined $89 million for deceiving consumers…

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — In all but the blink of an eye, an Associated Press photographer’s camera captured the moments that a…

Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands will join the next Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland. But it will be without…

BERLIN, Conn. (AP) — A firefighter helping to battle a brush fire in Connecticut was killed after a utility vehicle operating on a steep, rocky…

Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president has fired five ministers and appointed seven new ones in a major cabinet…

Associated Press A Missouri reporter was injured slightly by a metal fragment from Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Lucas Kunce as he practiced…

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Voting machines reversing votes. More voters registered than people eligible. Large numbers of noncitizens voting.…

Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Authorities in southern Brazil say a 45-year-old man barricaded himself in a house and killed his father,…

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A polarizing murder case against Karen Read in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend is back in court,…

AP Business Writer Outbreaks of foodborne illnesses are pretty rare for well known restaurant chains, but they do happen. This week, an outbreak of…

Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A top European Union official has refused to be drawn on an opinion of an agreement between Italy and…

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Local prosecutors have charged one pro-Palestinian protester with assault while not filing charges against 10…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A nongovernmental group says an explosion in a packed Kabul market has injured 11 people, including some children. The source of…

Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The debate over Kentucky’s school choice ballot measure has become a test of influence for Democratic Gov.…

Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a former police officer for more than a decade in South Carolina has pleaded guilty to…

Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Authorities say a homemade firebomb has exploded inside a public high school in Chile and ignited a blaze…

Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s large-scale blackouts that left 10 million people without power this month may not have happened if the…

Associated Press HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — Elections officials, poll workers and voters in western North Carolina have been adapting in the…

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s top elections official says a check of voter rolls found that 20 of the 8.2 million people registered to vote in the…