Herschel Walker faces abortion allegation from 2nd accuser
By BILL BARROW and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman is accusing Herschel Walker, the anti-abortion Republican running for…
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Nebraska man charged in 4 deaths moved from hospital to jail
LAUREL, Neb. (AP) — A man charged with killing four people in a small northeast Nebraska town in August has been released from a hospital and moved…
Continue Reading Report: Sen. Menendez, NJ Democrat, faces new federal probe
The Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey is reportedly the subject of a new federal investigation.…
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Continue Reading Arson probed after major Los Angeles blaze and smaller fires
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A raging fire destroyed a vacant commercial building in Los Angeles and numerous other small fires broke out in the same area,…
Continue Reading Suspended Georgia sheriff convicted of civil rights abuses
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal jury has returned a guilty verdict on six of seven charges against a suspended Georgia sheriff accused of violating the…
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Indiana police have identified the boy whose body was found in a suitcase. Now, his mother is wanted in connection with his death
By Amir Vera and Stephanie Gallman, CNN Authorities have identified the boy found dead inside a suitcase in rural Indiana earlier this year,…
Continue Reading Former Nevada county official pleads not guilty in stabbing death of Las Vegas reporter
By Kacey Cherry and Raja Razek, CNN A former county official in Nevada entered a not guilty plea Wednesday in the stabbing death of a Las Vegas…
Continue Reading AP sources: Musk in control of Twitter, ousts top executives
By BARBARA ORTUTAY, TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter and ousted the CEO, chief financial…
Continue Reading Indiana police have identified the boy whose body was found in a suitcase. Now, his mother is wanted in connection with his death
By Amir Vera and Stephanie Gallman, CNN Authorities have identified the boy found dead inside a suitcase in rural Indiana earlier this year,…
Continue Reading Man gets death for killing Texas agency’s 1st Sikh deputy
HOUSTON (AP) — A man has received a death sentence for the fatal 2019 shooting of a law enforcement officer who was the first Sikh deputy in his…
Continue Reading Arizona GOP leader wins temporary halt to record turnover
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justice Elena Kagan is temporarily blocking the turnover of phone records belonging to the leader of the Arizona…
Continue Reading EU expanding border guard presence along busy Balkan route
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Continue Reading Branson’s God and country tourism draws patriotic Christians
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Continue Reading Second railroad union rejects deal, adding to strike worries
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Continue Reading Man who drove SUV into Waukesha Christmas parade found guilty of intentional homicide
By Eric Levenson, Bill Kirkos and Brad Parks, CNN Darrell Brooks was found guilty of six counts of first-degree intentional homicide on Wednesday for…
Continue Reading France denies Canadian extradition request for former priest
OTTAWA, Canada (AP) — The Canadian government says that France has denied an extradition request for Johannes Rivoire, a former priest accused of…
Continue Reading Italy’s Meloni easily wins 2nd and final confidence vote
ROME (AP) — Italy’s new far-right-led government of Premier Giorgia Meloni has easily won the second of two required confidence votes in…
Continue Reading Putin opponent loses complaint about prison confinement
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, lost another court battle in his effort to push back against the…
Continue Reading GM: All US facilities will be powered by renewables by 2025
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors said Wednesday that it has secured all of the renewable energy it needs to power its U.S. facilities by 2025, well…
Continue Reading Israel’s Herzog warns Biden of mounting Iran ‘challenge’
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Continue Reading UN steps up satellite tracking of damage to Ukraine culture
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s cultural and satellite agencies have joined forces to more systematically track the…
Continue Reading Delivery driver charged with killing woman pleads guilty
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A delivery driver charged with killing a Google employee from New York who went missing while out for a run near her…
Continue Reading Waiting period is baked into gun ballot measure in Oregon
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A waiting and vetting period would be baked into gun purchases in Oregon if a measure on the…
Continue Reading Swarming honeybees can produce as much electricity as a thunderstorm, study shows
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Continue Reading Ex-politician pleads not guilty in Vegas reporter killing
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors say a former Las Vegas-area politician won’t face the death penalty at trial in the…
Continue Reading Webb telescope shares unique peek inside the early universe
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has provided astronomers with a glimpse of the early universe in a new image shared on…
Continue Reading San Diego doctor charged in death of inmate in county jail
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego doctor was charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a…
Continue Reading Executives could forfeit some compensation under new rule
Associated Press Securities regulators wants to make sure publicly traded companies recover any executive compensation that’s awarded based on…
Continue Reading On Sunday, Brazil’s bitter presidential race comes to an end
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Continue Reading Belarus hands investigative reporter 8-year prison sentence
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarushas sentenced a prominent investigative journalist to eight years in…
Continue Reading With Americans feeling pinched, Biden targets ‘junk fees’
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With time running out before the election, President Joe Biden highlighted his…
Continue Reading Analysts say Canada telecom merger could still go forward
TORONTO (AP) — Analysts say a multi-billion-dollar merger between two of Canada’s largest telecommunication companies,could still be completed…
Continue Reading California carbon emissions fell 9% in pandemic’s 1st year
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s planet-warming emissions dropped by nearly 9% in 2020 compared to…
Continue Reading Moroccan rapper accused of praising hashish released on bail
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Continue Reading Webb telescope shares unique peek inside the early universe
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has provided astronomers with a glimpse of the early universe in a new image shared on…
Continue Reading Watch out for ‘leakage’: These are some clues students can look out for to help prevent school violence
By Holly Yan, CNN To help thwart potential school violence, students and staff need to beware of certain warning signs — and feel comfortable…
Continue Reading 15 killed, 40 injured in terrorist attack claimed by ISIS in Iran
By Adam Pourahmadi and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN At least 15 people were killed and 40 others were injured Wednesday in a “terrorist attack”…
Continue Reading Housing slowdown: New home sales fell 10.9% in September
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business New home sales fell in September amid rising mortgage rates that have pushed some buyers away from the housing market.…
Continue Reading The Powerball jackpot climbed to $800 million after no ticket matched all winning numbers in Wednesday’s drawing
By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Powerball jackpot soared to a whopping $800 million after Wednesday night’s drawing yielded no grand prize winning…
Continue Reading Flu and other respiratory virus activity continues to ramp up across the US
By Deidre McPhillips and Brenda Goodman, CNN Government health officials on Friday warned of an early and severe start to cold and flu season in the…
Continue Reading Don’t be fooled by a strong GDP report
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Imminent recession is the topic du jour. From Goldman Sachs to the IMF, analysts and economists seem to agree that…
Continue Reading Clorox recalls 37 million bottles of Pine-Sol that could contain bacteria
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Roughly 37 million bottles of Pine-Sol products have been recalled because they could contain a potentially harmful…
Continue Reading ‘World’s dirtiest man’ dies at 94, months after his first wash
By Hafsa Khalil, CNN An Iranian hermit known as “the world’s dirtiest man” has died at the ripe age of 94, just months after taking…
Continue Reading Why stocks keep rallying even though consumers feel lousy
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Continue Reading Google’s core business is slowing down amid recession fears
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Continue Reading US imposes more Iranian sanctions over Mahsa Amini’s death
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has imposed new sanctions on members of Iran’s intelligence agency,…
Continue Reading No Black players expected in World Series, a 1st since 1950
By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer Looking around Memorial Stadium before Game 1 of the 1983 World Series, Philadelphia Phillies star Gary Matthews saw…
Continue Reading Trump aide Meadows ordered to testify in election probe
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Wednesday ordered former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to testify before a…
Continue Reading Man convicted of killing 6 with SUV in Christmas parade
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man was convicted Wednesday of killing six people and injuring dozens of others…
Continue Reading French iconic painter of black Pierre Soulages dead at 102
By THOMAS ADAMSON PARIS (AP) — French painter Pierre Soulages, an icon of post-World War II European abstract art famed for his use of black, has…
Continue Reading Clashes in Iran as thousands gather at Mahsa Amini’s grave, 40 days after her death
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Continue Reading Feds: Theft of frozen beef in Nebraska uncovers crime ring
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An investigation into the theft this summer of several semitrailers loaded with frozen beef from Nebraska has led to arrests…
Continue Reading 3 men convicted of supporting plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer
By ED WHITE Associated Press Three men accused of supporting terrorism in the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor were convicted of all charges…
Continue Reading Fisherman plead not guilty to charges in tournament scandal
CLEVELAND (AP) — Two men accused of stuffing five walleye with lead weights and fish fillets during a lucrative fishing tournament on Lake Erie…
Continue Reading Mexico scraps daylight savings time except along border
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Senate approved a bill Wednesday to eliminate daylight saving time, putting an end to the practice of changing clocks…
Continue Reading Judge rules DeSantis administration must turn over records relating to migrant flights
By Chris Boyette, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration did not comply with state public records laws and must turn over records…
Continue Reading Investigators raid home of Russian celeb Ksenia Sobchak
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Continue Reading NGO: Libyan Coast Guard threatened to shoot down plane
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Continue Reading Richmond gets court win in lingering Confederate statue case
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Continue Reading Ebola infects 6 schoolkids in Uganda as contagion fear grows
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Continue Reading Southeast Asian foreign ministers hold special Myanmar talks
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Continue Reading Man who drove SUV into Waukesha Christmas parade found guilty of intentional homicide
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Continue Reading New Italian rules could keep humanitarian ships out of port
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Continue Reading World still way off track on goal to keep global warming below dangerous threshold, UN says
By Ella Nilsen and Radina Gigova, CNN Nations are still way off track to limit global warming below a dangerous threshold as catastrophic extreme…
Continue Reading World still way off track on goal to keep global warming below dangerous threshold, UN says
By Ella Nilsen and Radina Gigova, CNN Nations are still way off track to limit global warming below a dangerous threshold as catastrophic extreme…
Continue Reading Ohio elections chief: Precincts can’t take absentee ballots
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Continue Reading Displaced by devastating floods, Nigerians are forced to use floodwater despite cholera risk
By Nimi Princewill and Larry Madowo, CNN Nigeria’s southern Bayelsa state is officially nicknamed the ‘glory of all lands.’ But…
Continue Reading Displaced by devastating floods, Nigerians are forced to use floodwater despite cholera risk
By Nimi Princewill and Larry Madowo, CNN Nigeria’s southern Bayelsa state is officially nicknamed the ‘glory of all lands.’ But…
Continue Reading Body of Joshua Jones, American killed in Ukraine, returned to Ukrainian custody
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By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa will allow a $500 million superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian…
Continue Reading Kremlin: any talks about Griner swap must be confidential
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Continue Reading ‘Kill everyone’: Russian violence in Ukraine was strategic
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Continue Reading Russia fires rockets at Ukraine, renews ‘dirty bomb’ claims
By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s military targeted more than 40 villages around Ukraine over the past day,…
Continue Reading Putin monitors practice launches by Russia’s nuclear forces
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has monitored drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces involving multiple practice…
Continue Reading 2,700-year-old rock carvings discovered in Iraq’s Mosul
BAGHDAD (AP) — Archaeologists in northern Iraq have unearthed 2,700-year-old rock carvings featuring war scenes and trees, dating back to the…
Continue Reading EU Commission proposes tougher pollution rules
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm is seeking to toughen up pollution restrictions to ensure that harmful pollutants are…
Continue Reading Ukraine tells refugees not to return this winter as Russian strikes put energy grid in peril
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Continue Reading Gunmen attack major Shiite holy site in Iran, killing 15
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Continue Reading Witnesses: Drone strikes in Ethiopia’s Oromia kill civilians
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Witnesses tell The Associated Press that drone strikes in Ethiopia’s Oromia region killed…
Continue Reading UK Treasury chief delays detailing new economic plans
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Continue Reading Spanish man trekking to World Cup believed arrested in Iran
By RAQUEL REDONDO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The family of a Spanish man trekking from Madrid to Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup says he is…
Continue Reading Germany unveils cannabis liberalization plan, with caveats
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister has unveiled plans to decriminalize the possession of up to 30 grams…
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BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. and European Union officials have set up a task force tasked with resolving a dispute over electric vehicle batteries that the…
Continue Reading French TV star scrutinized in book about sex abuse, #MeToo
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Continue Reading More kids to ride in ‘clean’ school buses, mostly electric
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 400 school districts spanning all 50 states and Washington, D.C., along with several…
Continue Reading Serbia toughens visa rules as migration prompts EU pressure
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Continue Reading US, allies warn decisive response if North Korea tests nuke
By HARUKA NUGA and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Officials from the United States and its Asian allies Japan and South Korea suspect…
Continue Reading Low-wage workers bear financial brunt of denied abortions
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writers A Texas mother of a toddler, scraping by on her husband’s income, was…
Continue Reading Turkish doctor detained for proposing chemical weapons probe
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Continue Reading Sunak makes Parliament debut as PM, axes more Truss policies
By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Rishi Sunak has faced the opposition in Parliament for the first time as…
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