Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — At least for now, a federal judge won’t order the state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November’s elections. U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross says after a Wednesday hearing that three voting rights groups haven’t yet done enough to prove that disruptions from Hurricane Helene unfairly deprived people of
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Milton is set to become the second hurricane to strike Florida in two weeks, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is once again positioning supplies and personnel where they’re needed and coordinating with state and local officials. FEMA has faced rampant disinformation about its response to Hurricane Helene, which slammed
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Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Floridians are anxiously watching a large and menacing Hurricane Milton as it approaches the state’s west coast. That includes
Continue Reading AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are working to move IV bags out of the path of Hurricane Milton, which is threatening another manufacturer of IV fluids even as hospitals nationwide are still reeling from disruptions caused by flooding at a large factory in North Carolina. Medical manufacturer B. Braun Medical closed its
Continue Reading AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The two teams suing NASCAR asked a judge for a preliminary injunction Wednesday so they can compete next season under the charter system they are challenging as their antitrust case moves through federal court. 23XI Racing, which is owned by Michael Jordan, veteran driver Denny Hamlin and
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new book’s assertion that former President Donald Trump may have had as many as seven private phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin since leaving the White House has refocused attention on their politically fraught relationship and on Trump’s sustained dialogue with world leaders as he seeks a return
Continue Reading Associated Press As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida’s west coast with powerful winds and flooding rain, environmentalists are worried it could scatter the polluted leftovers of the state’s phosphate fertilizer mining industry and other hazardous waste across the peninsula and into vulnerable waterways. More than 1 billion tons of slightly radioactive phosphogypsum waste is
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Daylight Saving Time, a system to reduce electricity usage by extending daylight hours. Facts Sunday, March 8, 2026 – Daylight Saving Time begins at 2am. Set clocks ahead one hour. Sunday, November 1, 2026 – Daylight Saving Time ends at 2am. Set clocks back one hour.
Continue Reading AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — All of Broadway’s marquees will dim to honor the life of Gavin Creel following an outcry by theater fans when only a partial dimming was proposed after the 48-year-old Tony Award-winner’s death last month. The Committee of Theatre Owners on Wednesday said all 41 Broadway theaters would dim
Continue Reading Anne Hathaway, Kelli O’Hara, Kristin Chenoweth and Audra McDonald and other stars of stage and screen are set for a campaign rally for Kamala Harris in New York City next week. “Broadway Rallies for Kamala” will be performed in front of a live, invited audience and live streamed nationally for free on Monday via BroadwayWorld
Continue Reading Associated Press Form Energy, a company that is beginning to produce a longer-lasting alternative to lithium batteries, hit a milestone Wednesday with an announcement of $405 million in funding. The money will allow Form to speed up manufacturing at its first factory in Weirton, West Virginia and continue research and development. Manufacturing long-duration energy storage
Continue Reading AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space weather forecasters say a severe solar storm heading to Earth could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with major back-to-back hurricanes. A severe geomagnetic storm watch has been issued for Thursday into Friday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Wednesday it has
Continue Reading Associated Press Sheriff’s deputies in Washington’s Kitsap County frequently get calls about animals — loose livestock, problem dogs. But the 911 call they received recently from a woman being hounded by dozens of raccoons swarming her home near Poulsbo stood out. The woman reported having had to flee her property after 50 to 100 raccoons
Continue Reading Associated Press Hurricanes are forcing changes to Florida’s election procedures. After Hurricane Helene, Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order granting greater election flexibility to officials in 13 hard-hit counties. More changes may be necessary after Hurricane Milton. The previously announced changes allow local officials to switch or consolidate polling sites and make it easier
Continue Reading Associated Press RAMSEYTOWN, N.C. (AP) — National Guard members who deployed to western North Carolina are still carrying out aid missions nearly two weeks after Hurricane Helene. Much of their humanitarian work involves delivering aid or checking in with mountain communities cut off from the outside world by storm-damaged roads. Priorities for those in impacted
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Ratan Tata, one of India’s most influential business leaders, was cremated after a state funeral in the country’s financial capital on Thursday. The veteran industrialist, former chairman of a $100 billion conglomerate Tata Group, died at a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday night at the age of 86. India’s Home
Continue Reading Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Friends and family of a state police recruit who died during training protested outside their graduation ceremony, demand to know how he died. Enrique Delgado-Garcia, 25, died at a hospital on Sept. 13 a day after becoming unresponsive during a defensive tactics exercise in a boxing ring and suffering
Continue Reading Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina legislators have approved an initial $273 million relief package to help address Hurricane Helene’s devastation and recovery in the mountains. The unanimous House and Senate passage on Wednesday came less than two weeks after Helene’s historical rainfall caused catastrophic damage and loss of life. Repubilcan legislative leaders
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Hall of Fame football player and coach Mike Ditka. Personal Birth date: October 18, 1939 Death date: October 9, 2026 Birth place: Carnegie, Pennsylvania Birth name: Michael Keller Dyczko Jr. Father: Michael Ditka Sr., steel mill worker and railroad union organizer Mother: Charlotte
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — You’ve heard the horror stories: Someone casting multiple ballots, people voting in the name of dead relatives, mail-in ballots being intercepted. Voter fraud does happen occasionally. When it does, we tend to hear a lot about it. It also gets caught and prosecuted. The nation’s multilayered election processes provide
Continue Reading Associated Press/Report for America PHOENIX (AP) — Early in-person voting is beginning in Arizona, making it the first of this year’s presidential battleground states where all residents can cast a ballot at a traditional polling place ahead of Election Day. The start of in-person voting on Wednesday in the closely contested state also is drawing
Continue Reading Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tourism in Orlando is coming to a standstill ahead of Hurricane Milton’s expected hit as a major storm in Florida. At least three major theme parks and the airport were set to cease operations on Wednesday. Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando will shut down Wednesday afternoon while SeaWorld
Continue Reading Associated Press Hmong Minnesotans were among those who watched as Gov. Tim Walz was catapulted onto the Democratic presidential ticket with Vice President Kamala Harris two months ago. They have watched him crisscross the country and earlier this week debate Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance. Hmong lawmakers and community activists say Walz has built a
Continue Reading Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s corrections chief says the department is expected to unveil a new process for executing inmates by the end of the year. The announcement signals a pending end to the yearslong pause that was put in place after a blistering report revealed that the state had conducted several executions
Continue Reading Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee election officials are disputing a judge’s ruling that restored the voting rights of four people who can’t have guns under their specific felony offenses. The motion filed by the state last week shows the impact of a new Tennessee policy that gun rights are a prerequisite to casting
Continue Reading Associated Press Travis Kelce is the host of “Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?”, a spin-off of “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” The game show was taped during Kelce’s NFL off-season from the Kansas City Chiefs. He also has a supporting role in the new Ryan Murphy series called “Grotesquerie” on FX. Kelce
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs wants to go to trial on sex trafficking charges next spring, lawyers for the jailed hip-hop mogul told a judge on Wednesday. His preference for a trial in April or May was mentioned in a joint letter in which his lawyers and prosecutors advised a judge
Continue Reading Associated Press Rudy Giuliani’s son is trying to stop two Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against his father from taking the elder Giuliani’s four New York Yankees World Series rings. Andrew Giuliani says in court documents filed Tuesday in New York that he is actually the rightful owner of the
Continue Reading AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As if the largest bug to ever live – a monster nearly 9 feet long with as many as 64 legs – wasn’t terrifying enough, scientists could only just imagine what the extinct beast’s head looked like. That’s because many of the fossils of these creatures are headless shells
Continue Reading Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Milton is expected to unleash its greatest force over hundreds of thousands of immigrants who don’t speak English. Most are Latin Americans who have been harvesting the fields along Florida’s I-4 corridor. They’ve also been washing dishes in restaurants, cleaning hotel rooms and working construction. For the Spanish speakers
Continue Reading CNN By Paul P. Murphy and Michelle Krupa, CNN Isla del Sol, Florida (CNN) — With the rain already slicing diagonals into the water off this transformed mangrove island in St. Petersburg, Vivienne Marran stood firm in her choice. “We can ride it out,” she told CNN less than 20 hours before Hurricane Milton was
Continue Reading By Paul P. Murphy and Michelle Krupa, CNN Isla del Sol, Florida (CNN) — With the rain already slicing diagonals into the water off this transformed mangrove island in St. Petersburg, Vivienne Marran stood firm in her choice. “We can ride it out,” she told CNN less than 20 hours before Hurricane Milton was due
Continue Reading UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed former British diplomat Tom Fletcher as the U.N.’s new humanitarian chief. Fletcher, who is currently principal of Hertford College, Oxford and vice chair of Oxford University’s Conference of Colleges, succeeds fellow Briton Martin Griffiths who stepped down for health reasons as undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs at
Continue Reading AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The theme of the next Met Gala and its celebrity chairs have been announced: Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky and LeBron James will help the museum celebrate Black style in menswear over the centuries. Williams and Hamilton were on hand Wednesday to help museum officials
Continue Reading Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s attorney general testified before a state commission during a hearing that could lead to action against his law license. At issue is his aggressive defense of a law allowing the state’s first Republican governor in 16 years to directly fill judicial vacancies. The law was part of a
Continue Reading Associated Press South Dakota’s top elections official has removed 273 people from the state’s voter rolls as general election voting is underway. Her office later said the move rectified a paperwork error on the state’s behalf. Those people had inadvertently been registered to vote due to human error by state Department of Public Safety employees
Continue Reading Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Saudi Arabia was defeated for a seat in the U.N.’s premier human rights body Wednesday after a campaign by rights groups urging the world body’s members to reject its bid. The 193-member General Assembly elected 18 new members Wednesday to serve on the 47-nation Human Rights Council. The Geneva-based
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Nazi-looted Claude Monet pastel has been returned to descendants of the man who owned it when it was seized in Austria decades ago. The pastel was sold off to support the Third Reich, but the family got the artwork back Wednesday at the FBI field office in New
Continue Reading Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s opposition Conservative Party will choose either Robert Jenrick or Kemi Badenoch to be its next leader. A third contender, James Cleverly, was dramatically knocked out of the leadership contest in a tight vote on Wednesday. Badenoch, a former business secretary, received 42 of the 120 votes cast, and former
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sherri Myers, an 82-year-old resident of Pensacola City, Florida, says the Social Security cost-of-living increase she’ll receive in January “won’t make a dent” in helping her meet her day-to-day expenses. “Inflation has eaten up my savings,” she said. “I don’t have anything to fall back on — the cushion is
Continue Reading Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court said Wednesday that Gov. Tony Evers’ creative use of his expansive veto power in an attempt to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years appeared to be “extreme” and “crazy” but questioned whether and how it should be reigned in. “It
Continue Reading Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. tribunal has ordered a former high-ranking official to repay the United Nations $58.8 million lost in deals he made with a British businessman who showered him with interest-free loans, a Mercedes for his wife and perks for his sons. The three-judge United Nations Dispute Tribunal ruled last
Continue Reading Associated Press A law moving many town and county elections in New York to even-numbered years to align them with state and federal races was struck down by a state judge. The ruling from a judge in Syracuse on Tuesday provides a win to Republicans who claimed it was a partisan effort by Democrats to
Continue Reading Honda Motor Co. is recalling close to 1.7 million vehicles due to a manufacturing issue that could make it difficult to steer the vehicles and lead to crashes. Honda reported the recall last week to government regulators, who issued the recall order on Tuesday. The safety recall order from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Continue Reading SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Former Sen. Tim Johnson, a centrist who was the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Dakota and who spent nearly three decades in Congress, has died. He was 77. Johnson, who was first elected to Congress in 1986 and retired from the Senate in 2015, died Tuesday night
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top economic official is suggesting that his country will actively take the U.S. side in looming trade battles with China. Marcelo Ebrard said that Mexico will use the situation to try to boost domestic content in its exports to the United States. He said at a business forum on Tuesday
Continue Reading Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The social media platform X is returning to Brazil after remaining inaccessible for more than a month following a clash between its owner, Elon Musk, and a justice on the country’s highest court. Internet service providers began restoring access to the platform on Wednesday after Supreme Court Justice
Continue Reading Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Voting machines have been at the center of a web of conspiracy theories that erupted after the 2020 election, with false claims that they were manipulated to steal the presidency from Donald Trump. There was no evidence of widespread fraud or rigged voting machines in that election, and multiple reviews
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 US service personnel. Facts On October 23, 1983, 241 US service personnel – including 220 Marines and 21 other service personnel – are killed by a truck bomb at a Marine compound
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft. Personal Birth date: October 28, 1955 Birth place: Seattle, Washington Birth name: William Henry Gates III Father: William Henry Gates II, attorney Mother: Mary (Maxwell) Gates, schoolteacher Marriage: Melinda (French) Gates (January 1, 1994-August 2, 2021, divorced)
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Caitlyn Jenner, former Olympian and reality TV personality. Personal Birth date: October 28, 1949 Birth place: Mount Kisco, New York Full name: Caitlyn Marie Jenner Father: William Jenner, tree surgeon Mother: Esther Jenner Marriage: Kris Jenner (1991-2015); Linda Thompson (1981-1986); Chrystie Crownover (1972-1980)
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is some background information about the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen on October 12, 2000. Facts In October 2000, the USS Cole was attacked by suicide bombers, while in port in Aden, Yemen, for refueling. The attack was attributed to al Qaeda and foreshadowed the attack on
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Oscar-nominated actress Winona Ryder. Personal Birth date: October 29, 1971 Birth place: Winona, Minnesota Birth name: Winona Laura Horowitz Father: Michael Horowitz, rare books dealer Mother: Cynthia (Istas) Horowitz Other Facts She has been nominated for an Academy Award two times: once for
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is some spooky background information about Halloween, celebrated annually in the United States on October 31. Facts The word Halloween is an abbreviated version of the phrases All Hallows’ Eve or All Hallows’ Evening. Halloween comes from an ancient pagan festival celebrated by Celtic people over 2,000 years ago
Continue Reading AP Sports Writer WARE, England (AP) — The Chicago Bears remain focused on the city’s lakefront as the location for a nearly $5 billion stadium development project. Team president Kevin Warren spoke at a news conference at the team’s hotel outside London ahead of Chicago’s game on Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Tottenham Hotspur
Continue Reading AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly a decade into the Trump Era of politics, less than a month from his third Election Day as the Republican candidate for president and there is still remarkably little consensus within the media about how best to cover Donald Trump. Are reporters “sanewashing” Trump, or are they
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia county official has collapsed and died at the state Capitol after a hearing about the BioLab fire. Hazardous plumes spread through counties east of Atlanta after last month’s chemical plant fire. Rockdale County official Kenny Johnson testified on Tuesday alongside frustrated local business owners and leaders at the hearing. Johnson
Continue Reading Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The prime ministers of Czech Republic and Poland say the European Union has to do more to tackle unauthorized migration. They also condemned the practice of renewing border checks among the bloc’s 27 member states. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said Wednesday that what the EU is doing is “insufficient.”
Continue Reading Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The family of Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy, says she’s been hospitalized after suffering a stroke. In a statement on X posted Tuesday night by her daughter Kerry Kennedy, the family said it happened Thursday morning in her sleep and that she was brought to a hospital
Continue Reading Associated Press PONT-SONDÉ, Haiti (AP) — The death toll in a horrific gang attack last week on a small town in central Haiti has risen to 115. The attack on residents of the town of Pont-Sondé on Oct. 3 was one of the biggest massacres that Haiti has seen in recent history. Myriam Fièvre, mayor
Continue Reading AP Health Writer A top U.S. commercial bakery is pushing back on a Food and Drug Administration warning to stop using labels that say its products contain sesame — a potentially dangerous allergen — when they don’t. Bimbo Bakeries USA, which includes brands such as Sara Lee, Entenmann’s and Ball Park buns and rolls, appears
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — The Italian government is facing a new set of challenges as it prepares to open two migrant processing centers in Albania in October where men rescued at sea en route to Italy will be processed for asylum. It’s a move which the hard-right administration says will combat human trafficking and allow in only
Continue Reading A FRENCH MILITARY BASE, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is inspecting the training of Ukrainian troops at a military camp in eastern France, a show of support for Ukraine as its Western allies mull a victory plan championed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The Ukrainian brigade that Macron is visiting is being battle-readied
Continue Reading Associated Press CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A cyberattack continues to affect the nation’s largest regulated water and wastewater utility company, renewing a focus on the importance of protecting critical infrastructure. New Jersey-based American Water announced the cyberattack on Monday and said it would pause billing to customers. It said it became aware of the unauthorized
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday held their first call in seven weeks, a conversation that comes as Israel expands its ground incursion into Lebanon and considers how to respond to Iran’s recent ballistic missile attack. Vice President Kamala Harris also joined the 30-minute call,
Continue Reading AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A rare, bright comet will be visible in October, clear skies permitting. The comet will make its closest approach to Earth on Saturday. Astronomers say it should be bright enough to see with the naked eye. Telescopes and binoculars will give a better view. Those hoping to spot
Continue Reading Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake repeatedly reminded debate viewers of her three-decade career on Arizona television, looking to harness the connection she built with voters and overcome Democrat Ruben Gallego’s portrayal of her as a liar. The hourlong forum Wednesday highlighted big differences on immigration, border security, abortion and taxes.
Continue Reading Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump hurled insults at his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, and other women Wednesday — saying he had no interest in stopping his attacks even if they turn off female voters — as Hurricane Milton made landfall, lashing Florida with rain, tornadoes and tropical-storm-force winds. “I
Continue Reading AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — “Disclaimer” pulls the rug out from the audience before they’ve had the chance to get settled. There’s no building of empathy for its central character, Cate Blanchett’s Catherine Ravenscroft. All we know at the beginning of the series, which begins rolling out on Apple TV+ Friday, is that
Continue Reading Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Increasingly hot summers and methamphetamine are a deadly mix. The stimulant is playing an outsize role in heat-related deaths across the United States. An Associated Press analysis of data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that methamphetamine is showing up more often on the death certificates
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government says its economy is on track to shrink for a second consecutive year. The German economy is Europe’s biggest. The outlook underlines the unpopular administration’s troubles as it heads into a difficult election year. The new forecast Wednesday that gross domestic product will shrink by 0.2% this year compares with
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Islamic New Year. For followers of Islam in the Western Hemisphere, the next New Year begins on the evening of June 6, 2027. The exact date can vary depending on the method used to determine the start of the new year, such as moon-sighting
Continue Reading AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds. He’d participate in local classical piano competitions by day, then was “gigging in night haunts in the heart of New Orleans.” On Nov. 15, Batiste will release his first
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A Turkish Airlines jetliner headed from Seattle to Istanbul made an emergency landing in New York after the captain died on board. An airline spokesperson says the 59-year-old pilot lost consciousness at some point after Flight TK204 took off from Seattle Tuesday night. The co-pilot decided to make an emergency landing
Continue Reading Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s president has asked the country’s three strongest political parties to hold talks on possible cooperation after an election won by the far-right Freedom Party. But he dispensed Wednesday with a tradition of giving the winner the task of trying to form the new government after others said they wouldn’t
Continue Reading OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norway’s highest court has called the Norwegian arm of Dutch motorcycle club Satudarah a criminal association and banned the group, saying it was necessary to prevent serious crime. The Supreme Court said participants in the club “repeatedly committed serious offenses against someone’s life, health and freedom,” and that their actions were
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistan has witnessed a spike in new polio cases since March, in a troubling sign as the government seeks to eradicate the disease in the country. Pakistan has recorded 32 new cases since March, said Anwarul Haq of the National Emergency Operation Center for Polio Eradication. Haq expressed optimism that
Continue Reading Associated Press If the high stakes presidential election is causing troublesome thoughts, existential dread or rifts with loved ones, there’s no need to white knuckle through it. Take a deep breath. Literally. Meditation and mindfulness teacher Rosie Acosta says focusing on each inhale and exhale can help regain that grounding sense of control that may
Continue Reading DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — Ukraine’s president is again seeking political and other support from a dozen countries in southeast Europe at a summit on Wednesday in Croatia, whose president isn’t attending in a sign of the divided views on the war with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Dubrovnik for the meeting with Croatia’s
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing has withdrawn a contract offer that would have given striking workers 30% raises over four years after talks broke down. The union said that the offer was withdrawn after a second day of mediated talks. Boeing said that the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers did not seriously consider its
Continue Reading Edmunds The electric truck battle is getting hot. Almost every major pickup truck maker offers an electric model, and one of the latest competitors is from Tesla. The polarizing Cybertruck has been out for several months, making all kinds of headlines. The Ford F-150 Lightning, which is entering its fourth model year, is still highly
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — A jailed leader of a prominent independent election monitoring group in Russia appeared in court on Wednesday as his trial continued on charges of organizing the work of an “undesirable” organization. Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of Russia’s leading election watchdog Golos, faces up to six years in prison if convicted. He has rejected
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Please disregard EU–Europe-Google, published on Oct. 9, 2024, and datelined in LONDON. The story was originally published on Sept 10, 2024 and was sent inadvertently.
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — More than 1,600 gas stations in Florida have run out of fuel as residents in Hurricane Milton’s path try to evacuate. Officials say the state’s reserves are falling due to panic buying and drivers topping off tanks, which can make shortages worse. Here’s what else you need to
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — More than 1,600 gas stations in Florida have run out of fuel as residents in Hurricane Milton’s path try to evacuate. Officials say the state’s reserves are falling due to panic buying and drivers topping off tanks, which can make shortages worse. Here’s what else you need to
Continue Reading CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — More than 1,600 gas stations in Florida have run out of fuel as residents in Hurricane Milton’s path try to evacuate. Officials say the state’s reserves are falling due to panic buying and drivers topping off tanks, which can make shortages worse. Here’s what else you need to
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — More than 1,600 gas stations in Florida have run out of fuel as residents in Hurricane Milton’s path try to evacuate. Officials say the state’s reserves are falling due to panic buying and drivers topping off tanks, which can make shortages worse. Here’s what else you need to know
Continue Reading Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian military says one of its drones struck an important arms depot inside Russia three weeks after another drone blasted a major Russian armory and three days after a drone smashed into a key oil terminal in Russia-occupied Crimea. A Ukrainian General Staff statement Wednesday said the nighttime
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — An American who spent three years behind bars in Russia before being released in a prisoner exchange has been convicted in absentia for fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine. Russia’s primary criminal investigation authority said in a statement that Trevor Reed was sentenced by a Russian court to 14 1/2 years in
Continue Reading Associated Press Melinda French Gates will grant $250 million to support women’s health around the world through an open call for nonprofits to apply for funding. The pledge announced Wednesday signals a new chapter in her individual philanthropic giving since departing from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation earlier this year and is part of
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologized after using an ableist slur to taunt political opponents in parliament. Albanese was speaking during question time on Tuesday when opposition lawmakers repeatedly interrupted him. “Have you got Tourette’s or something? You know, you just sit there, babble, babble, babble,” he said,
Continue Reading Associated Press Writer MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Human rights activists called on Filipino voters to reject former President Rodrigo Duterte and detained televangelist Apollo Quiboloy in next year’s mid-term elections, citing the criminal allegations they’re facing. Duterte registered Monday to run for mayor in the southern city of Davao while facing an International Criminal Court
Continue Reading Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister warned on Wednesday that his country’s retaliation for a recent Iranian missile attack will be “lethal” and “surprising,” while the Israeli military pushed ahead with a large-scale operation in northern Gaza and a ground offensive in Lebanon against Hezbollah militants. On the diplomatic front, Israeli Prime Minister
Continue Reading Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police have clashed with supporters of a rights group for the Pashtun ethnic minority in the country’s northwestern angered by a government ban imposed on the organization this week, leaving three people dead. Officers fired tear gas and swung batons to disperse hundreds of protesters on Wednesday. Earlier
Continue Reading Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A Kosovo court has opened a trial of 45 people charged over a gunfight following an incursion by heavily armed Serb gunmen last year. The trial at the Pristina District Court is held under tight security. Only three Serb defendants were present Wedneday and the others are at large.
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — The United States has sanctioned a senior leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for supplying weapons for the 17-month-long war, which has killed more than 20,000 people. The U.S. Department of Treasury says Algoney Hamdan Daglo Musa controls a UAE-based front company that imported vehicles to Sudan on behalf of the paramilitary
Continue Reading Associated Press A FRENCH MILITARY BASE, FRANCE (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has inspected the training of Ukrainian troops at a military camp in eastern France. It’s a show of support for Ukraine a day before President Volodymyr Zelenskyy travels to Paris as part of a European tour. This was Macron’s first meeting with
Continue Reading Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Three scientists who discovered powerful techniques to decode and even design novel proteins — the building blocks of life — were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday. Their work used advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, and holds the potential to transform how new drugs and other materials are made.
Continue Reading By Gawon Bae, Brad Lendon, Yoonjung Seo and Mike Valerio, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea’s army said it will take the “substantial military step” of completely cutting off its territory from South Korea on Wednesday, after months of fortifying its heavily armed border. The announcement, which comes after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un scrapped
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