Court won’t allow public money to be spent on private schools in South Carolina
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that a 2023 law allowing parents to spend taxpayer money on…
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Former South Carolina, Jets RB Kevin Long dies at 69
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Kevin Long, who played running back at South Carolina before getting drafted by the New York Jets, has died at age 69. The…
Continue Reading Laura Loomer, who promoted a 9/11 conspiracy theory, joins Trump for ceremonies marking the attacks
Right-wing activist and influencer Laura Loomer has joined Republican nominee Donald Trump in New York and Pennsylvania as he commemorated the…
Continue Reading Private power companies in Puerto Rico are under scrutiny as officials demand fewer outages
Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two private power companies in Puerto Rico have come under scrutiny while presenting plans to…
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a case on the future of the state’s elections leader
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court says it would hear a lawsuit that could determine whether the state’s top…
Continue Reading Algeria election results are being questioned by the opposition candidates and the president himself
Associated Press Algerians expected an uneventful election that would bestow President Abdelmadjid Tebboune a second term. Instead, they got the…
Continue Reading Canadian envoy in Cyprus to draw on its experience accommodating needs of women migrants and minors
Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Canada’s envoy on women, peace and security says her country is drawing on Cyprus’ experience of…
Continue Reading What to know about fracking, false claims and other climate issues mentioned during the debate
Associated Press Amid a barrage of climate-infused weather disasters such as flooding and hurricanes, along with the shattering of heat…
Continue Reading North Carolina lawmakers approve more voucher funds and order sheriffs to aid federal agents
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature has passed of a supplemental spending bill that does away…
Continue Reading Chile’s leftist president vows to seek repeal of dictatorship-era amnesty law
Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s left-wing president President Gabriel Boric has promised to push for the repeal of an iron-clad…
Continue Reading Fearless Fund drops grant program for Black women business owners in lawsuit settlement
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A venture capital firm has closed a grant program for Black women business owners as part of a settlement with a…
Continue Reading Canada’s Conservative leader says his party plans no-confidence motion against Trudeau’s government
Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre says his party plans to put forward a…
Continue Reading Tennessee senator and ambassador to China Jim Sasser has died
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jim Sasser, who served 18 years in the U.S. Senate and six years as ambassador to China, has died. He was 87. The Democrat…
Continue Reading For Harris and Trump, facial expressions did much of the talking during presidential debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump said as much with their faces as they did with their words during Tuesday’s debate. With…
Continue Reading Omaha school shooting began with a fight between 2 boys, court documents say
Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Court documents say the shooting that critically injured a 15-year-old at an Omaha high school began with a…
Continue Reading DA who oversaw abandoned prosecution of Colorado man in wife’s death should be disbarred, panel says
Associated Press DENVER (AP) — State regulators have ruled that a district attorney who brought charges that were ultimately dismissed against a…
Continue Reading An Ohio city reshaped by Haitian immigrants lands in an unwelcome spotlight
Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Many cities have been reshaped by immigrants in the last few years without attracting much notice. Not…
Continue Reading North Carolina’s public universities cut 59 positions as part of a massive DEI overhaul this summer
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Newly released reports from North Carolina’s public university system to prove compliance with a new…
Continue Reading Remains found in car in Illinois river identified as 2 men who vanished in 1976, coroner says
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say DNA testing on skeletal remains found in a car pulled this year from an Illinois river confirmed they are…
Continue Reading Justin Timberlake reaches plea deal to resolve drunken driving case, AP source says
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Timberlake is scheduled to enter a new plea Friday in his drunken driving case in New York’s…
Continue Reading Campbell wants to say goodbye to the ‘soup’ in its name. It isn’t the first to make such a change
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Campbell is ready to drop the soup — at least from its official name. Campbell Soup Co. announced its…
Continue Reading CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Wildfires plague U.S. West and Brazil, Yagi rampages in Vietnam
Extreme weather is striking multiple places around the world, including wildfires in California, a hurricane that threatens Louisiana, drought and…
Continue Reading Federal judge temporarily blocks Utah social media law aimed at protecting children
Associated Press A federal judge in Utah has temporarily blocked a social media access law that leaders said was meant to protect the personal…
Continue Reading Authorities find no smoking gun in Nassar records held by Michigan State University
Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general says records finally given up by Michigan State University don’t reveal…
Continue Reading Mom, brother, grandfather and caregivers are charged with starving 7-year-old disabled boy to death
Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A mother, grandfather, adult brother and two caregivers in Florida have been charged with the…
Continue Reading Court could clear the way for Americans to legally bet on US elections
Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Amid the explosion of legal gambling in the United States, some things have remained off-limits,…
Continue Reading Indiana judge rules against abortion providers fighting near-total ban
Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana county judge has ruled against abortion providers who are seeking to broaden access to the…
Continue Reading Speaker Johnson postpones vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson postponed a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies…
Continue Reading Mississippi man found not guilty of threatening Republican US Sen. Roger Wicker
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A jury has cleared a Mississippi man on a charge of threatening to kill Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker during a…
Continue Reading Serbian appeals court overturns ruling to extradite to Belarus a critic of its authoritarian regime
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An appeals court in Serbia has overturned an earlier ruling that a prominent critic of the authoritarian government in…
Continue Reading The prison where the ‘In Cold Blood’ killers were executed will soon open for tours
LANSING, Kan. (AP) — The shuttered Kansas prison where the killers chronicled in Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood” were executed is now a…
Continue Reading The Mississippi River is running low again. It’s a problem for farmers moving beans and grain
Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The water level of the Mississippi River is unusually low for the third straight year, forcing barge companies to…
Continue Reading A Soyuz craft with 2 Russians and 1 American docks at the International Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American has docked at the International Space Station. The capsule atop a towering…
Continue Reading Tyreek Hill says he could have handled his traffic stop better but he still wants the officer fired
AP Sports Writers MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill acknowledged Wednesday that he could have handled himself…
Continue Reading Harvard reports slight decline in Black students in wake of affirmative action ruling
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — There was a slight decline in the number of Black students in Harvard University’s freshman class, the first…
Continue Reading A Philadelphia officer has died of his injuries from a June shooting
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia police officer has died from his wounds nearly three months after being shot in the neck after a traffic stop.…
Continue Reading Election officials warn that widespread problems with the US mail system could disrupt voting
Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the…
Continue Reading The Oklahoma Supreme Court denies a request to reconsider Tulsa Race Massacre lawsuit dismissal
Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a request to reconsider its ruling to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the…
Continue Reading Trump cited Hungary’s Orbán as an example of foreign support during debate
Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has praised Hungary’s autocratic leader, further fanning concerns…
Continue Reading What to know about Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Music superstar Taylor Swift is officially in her Kamala Harris era after releasing a lengthy Instagram…
Continue Reading Donald Trump faces his own debate fallout just months after benefiting from Joe Biden’s
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump emerged Wednesday from a rocky debate against Kamala Harris looking to regain his footing with 55…
Continue Reading The ancient jar smashed by a 4-year-old is back on display at an Israeli museum after repair
Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli museum has put back on display a rare Bronze-Era jar that a 4-year-old accidentally smashed.…
Continue Reading Israeli airstrikes hit UN school and homes in Gaza and kill at least 34 people, hospitals say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes across Gaza overnight and Wednesday hit a U.N. school sheltering displaced Palestinian families…
Continue Reading US-based researchers win $1 million prize for their work on face recognition
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Four scientific researchers working in the United States are sharing a $1 million prize from a Portuguese foundation for…
Continue Reading The UK will hold an inquiry into a notorious slaying during Northern Ireland’s Troubles
LONDON (AP) — The British government has announced it will hold a public inquiry into the killing of Pat Finucane. He was a lawyer whose 1989…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris, gun owner, talks firearms at debate
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said during Tuesday’s debate that she owns a gun, surprising some viewers.…
Continue Reading More women had their tubes tied after Roe v. Wade was overturned
AP Science Writer A new study shows that more women chose to have their tubes tied after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. The study also shows the…
Continue Reading US Postal Service squeeze on shipping consolidators could raise consumer costs
Associated Press The U.S. Postal Service is ending discounts that shipping consolidators such as UPS and DHL use to get packages to the nation’s…
Continue Reading Albania’s former prime minister Sali Berisha is formally charged with corruption
Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Former Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha says he has been formally charged with corruption in connection…
Continue Reading New CIA workplace assault case emerges as spy agency shields extent of sexual misconduct in ranks
Associated Press LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — At an impromptu party in the office to celebrate his 50th birthday, a veteran CIA officer got drunk, reached…
Continue Reading A Texas man is sentenced for kicking a cat that prosecutors say was later set on fire
Beaumont, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a Texas man to more than three years in prison for kicking a cat that court records say was…
Continue Reading Will the Emmys be the ‘Shogun’ show? What to expect from Sunday’s show
AP Entertainment Writer All signs point to this Sunday’s Emmy Awards becoming the “Shogun” show. The FX series about power struggles in…
Continue Reading Critics say a South African education bill on language in schools threatens new unity government
Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s second largest political party says an education bill that would give the government more…
Continue Reading A man with brain damage has a murder conviction reversed after a 34-year fight
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An English appeals court has quashed the conviction of a man who has brain damage and sentenced to life in prison…
Continue Reading Canned food item got too hot and exploded, injuring 6 at Kansas State Fair
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Investigators say an explosion that injured six people at the Kansas State Fair was caused by a canned food item that got…
Continue Reading Spacewalking is the new domain of the rich as billionaire attempts first private spacewalk
AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — First came space tourism. Now comes an even bigger thrill for the monied masses: spacewalking. The…
Continue Reading NFL averaged 21 million viewers per game for opening week, its highest on record
AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NFL averaged 21.0 million viewers per game during the league’s opening week, making it the…
Continue Reading Harris’ suggestion that Poland could be next if Ukraine loses the war resonates with Poles
Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ warning that failing to support Ukraine could leave Poland and…
Continue Reading Kosovo prosecutors charge 45 people over a deadly incursion by Serb gunmen
Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo prosecutors have filed charges against 45 people over a gunfight following an incursion by heavily…
Continue Reading Workers at UK’s biggest steel plant get better severance deal ahead of green transition
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has unveiled details of a new support package for workers who face losing their jobs at the…
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Edmunds If you’re thinking about buying a new car but don’t need one right away, now is a great time to show a little patience. Waiting just a…
Continue Reading Gunmen kill a polio worker and a policeman during a vaccination campaign in Pakistan
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on police escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door…
Continue Reading US consumer watchdog finds that school lunch fees are taking a toll on parents
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. consumer watchdog has found that low-income families typically pay as much as 60 cents per dollar in fees…
Continue Reading Pakistan’s transgender community gets a ride-sharing service for safety
Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s transgender community now has its first ride-sharing service. It’s the latest effort to…
Continue Reading The first general election ballots are going in the mail as the presidential contest nears
Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The first general election ballots for the presidential race are going out as Alabama officials begin…
Continue Reading Mexico’s Senate approves a contentious judicial overhaul after protesters storm the chamber
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Senate has voted to overhaul the country’s judiciary, clearing the biggest hurdle for a…
Continue Reading France foiled 3 attack plots targeting the Paris Olympics, prosecutor says
PARIS (AP) — France’s counterterrorism prosecutor says authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic Games in Paris and other cities…
Continue Reading Jewelry seized from Polish inmates of Nazi German concentration camps is returned to families
Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Relatives of 12 Polish inmates of Nazi Germany’s concentration camps have received precious belongings…
Continue Reading US and UK pledge almost $1.5 billion to help Ukraine during diplomats’ visit to Kyiv
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States and Britain pledged nearly $1.5 billion in additional aid to Ukraine on Wednesday during a…
Continue Reading A partial bridge collapse in eastern Germany disrupts traffic. No one was injured
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Officials are investigating why part of a bridge in eastern Germany has collapsed. No one has been injured but the…
Continue Reading Key witness in trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried seeks no prison time at upcoming sentencing
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s collapsed cryptocurrency empire,…
Continue Reading US inflation reaches a 3-year low as Federal Reserve prepares to cut interest rates
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The post-pandemic spike in U.S. inflation eased further last month as year-over-year price increases reached…
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AP Entertainment Writer A Florida judge has declared Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner divorced and single, signing off on a confidential agreement reached…
Continue Reading Wildfires in Southern California torch dozens of homes and force thousands to evacuate
Associated Press WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Three major wildfires in Southern California’s mountains east of Los Angeles torched dozens of…
Continue Reading Workers call off protest that grounded flights at Kenya’s main airport
Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s airport workers’ union has called off a strike that grounded flights in the country’s main…
Continue Reading No neigh-sayers: Live horses join first-day veterinary students for anatomy lecture in Hungary
Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — First-year veterinary students in Hungary are being joined by two full-grown horses in their lecture hall…
Continue Reading Hong Kong hits out at US Congress for passing a bill that could close its representative offices
Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government says the U.S. House of Representatives twisted facts in an attack on the city as it…
Continue Reading Bold looks among boulders at Michael Kors’ New York Fashion Week show
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Kors created a unique runway in a cavernous raw space in a midtown for his spring/summer 2025 collection…
Continue Reading Human rights group calls on governments to protect Venezuelan and Haitian immigrants
Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Human Rights Watch is calling on governments in Latin America to improve protection schemes for millions…
Continue Reading Iran’s president slams the West over the war in Gaza and support for Israel
Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran’s new president has slammed the West, saying that Israel is “committing massacres” in the war in Gaza…
Continue Reading Taylor Swift wins big at MTV Video Music Awards, ties Beyoncé’s record and thanks Travis Kelce
AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift ‘s dominance continued at the MTV Video Music Awards, where she took home seven awards —…
Continue Reading Q&A: Lily Collins is ‘Emily in Paris,’ Rome and Barcelona
The Associated Press ROME (AP) — Filming “Emily in Paris” in Rome has given star Lily Collins a confidence boost ahead of her West End debut.…
Continue Reading As Trump and Harris spar, ABC’s moderators grapple with conducting a debate in a polarized country
AP Media Writer The ABC News moderators were great. No, actually they were a “disgraceful failure.” They cut off Kamala Harris too much. No,…
Continue Reading James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader voice lives on through AI. Voice actors see promise and peril in that
AP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Over the course of an acting career that spanned more than six decades, James Earl Jones’ voice became an…
Continue Reading WNBA players and union speak out against commissioner after she failed to condemn fan racism
AP Basketball Writer WNBA players and their union spoke out against Commissioner Cathy Engelbert’s recent comments on a TV show that failed to…
Continue Reading To pumped-up Democrats, Harris was everything Biden was not in confronting Trump in debate
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To many Democrats, Kamala Harris was everything Joe Biden was not in confronting Donald Trump on the debate…
Continue Reading Harris addresses Trump’s false claims about her race and his history of racial division
Associated Press Kamala Harris has addressed false claims by former President Donald Trump about her racial identity, calling his remarks about race…
Continue Reading ‘The Mentalist’ star Simon Baker admits drinking and driving in Australia
MULLUMBIMBY, Australia (AP) — Australian actor and director Simon Baker, best known for his role as Patrick Jane in the CBS drama series “The…
Continue Reading Thousands in the dark as Hurricane Francine strikes Louisiana, raising flood fears
Associated Press MORGAN CITY, La. (AP) — Hurricane Francine slammed into the Louisiana coast Wednesday evening as a dangerous Category 2 storm that…
Continue Reading Takeaways from AP’s report on Russian and U.S. influence in Central African Republic
Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — In the wake of Russian mercenary leaderYevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion, a deal was struck…
Continue Reading Trump insists Russia’s war should end. But he won’t say if he wants Ukraine to win
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said in the presidential debate that he wanted Russia’s war with Ukraine to be…
Continue Reading The US-Russia battle for influence in Africa plays out in Central African Republic
Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Hours after Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin rebelled against his country’s…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris gives abortion rights advocates the debate answer they’ve longed for in Philadelphia
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden had given bumbling remarks about abortion on the debate stage, it was widely viewed as…
Continue Reading Officers pummeled Tyre Nichols because he fled, a form of ‘run tax,’ prosecutor says
Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Three former Memphis police officers charged in the beating death of Tyre Nichols stood by his body and…
Continue Reading Ex-CIA officer who spied for China gets 10 years in prison — and a lifetime of polygraph tests
Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI who received cash, golf clubs and other expensive gifts in…
Continue Reading 9/11 anniversary brings Biden, Harris and Trump together at ground zero
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With presidential candidates looking on, some 9/11 victims’ relatives appealed to them Wednesday for…
Continue Reading A wrongful death settlement doesn’t end an investigation into a toddler’s disappearance
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — A settlement resulting in the dismissal of a wrongful death lawsuit hasn’t ended a criminal investigation into a…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street storms back from an early slide thanks to Nvidia and Big Tech
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes stormed back from big early drops on Wednesday to finish higher, led by a handful of…
Continue Reading Trump repeats false claims over 2020 election loss, deflects responsibility for Jan. 6
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump persisted in saying during the presidential debate that he won the 2020 election…
Continue Reading Flash flood sweeps away hamlet as Vietnam’s storm toll rises to 155 dead
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A flash flood swept away a hamlet in northern Vietnam, killing 22 people and leaving dozens missing as deaths from a typhoon…
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