Larry Laughlin, longtime AP bureau chief for northern New England, dies at 75
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Lawrence “Larry” Laughlin, a calm, kind and quick-witted journalist whose 38-year career included two…
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Two nominees for West Virginia governor agree to Oct. 29 debate
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The two major-party nominees for West Virginia governor have agreed to participate in a debate. The debate between…
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Who are the 2024 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ fellows?
Associated Press The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced Tuesday its 2024 class of fellows, often known as recipients of the…
Continue Reading This year’s MacArthur ‘genius’ fellows include more writers, artists and storytellers
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 class of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellows includes more writers, artists and…
Continue Reading Officials identify driver who crashed into a Texas pipeline and sparked a 4-day fire
Associated Press Police have released the name of the driver of a vehicle that crashed into a pipeline valve and sparked a four-day fire in a Houston…
Continue Reading A man in south Lebanon cares for pets left behind as residents flee Israeli strikes
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A dog clings to Hussein Hamza inside a car as he pans his camera around to show the aftermath of an Israeli…
Continue Reading 15-year-old is charged with murder in July shooting death of Chicago mail carrier
CHICAGO (AP) — Police have arrested a 15-year-old in Iowa in connection with the fatal shooting of a mail carrier in Chicago over the summer.…
Continue Reading Woman who lost husband and son uses probate process to obtain gunman’s records
Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — A woman who lost her husband and son in Maine’s deadliest shooting is seeking the gunman’s health and…
Continue Reading French and US companies to invest $10 billion to extract oil off Suriname’s coast
Associated Press PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Officials say that France’s TotalEnergies and U.S. hydrocarbon company APA Corp. plan to invest $10…
Continue Reading France’s new premier postpones election in New Caledonia until next year
Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — French Prime Minister Michel Barnier says he has postponed a provincial election in the restive Pacific…
Continue Reading Marketing plans are key for small businesses ahead of a tough holiday shopping season
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The holidays are the busiest time of year for many small retailers and other businesses. But the holidays this…
Continue Reading US sanctions extremist West Bank settler group for violence against Palestinians
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Hilltop Youth, a group of extremist settlers in the Israeli -occupied…
Continue Reading Chanel show wrestles with designer void as actor Lupita Nyong’o talks diversity in fashion
AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Chanel finds itself at a crossroads following Virginie Viard’s abrupt departure, as a giant empty cage at its…
Continue Reading A Cambodian reporter who exposed scams charged over online posts
Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian reporter who exposed online scams and corruption was charged with a criminal offense that…
Continue Reading Girl and boy injured in suspected acid attack outside a London school
LONDON (AP) — London police say two teens were injured after a male suspect on a scooter threw what was believed to be acid on them outside a…
Continue Reading NASA’s Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto’s largest moon
AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto’s largest moon. It…
Continue Reading Johannesburg considers naming a street after a Palestinian woman who hijacked a plane
Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Officials in South Africa’s biggest city of Johannesburg have proposed renaming a major street after a…
Continue Reading Britain’s Princess Beatrice is pregnant with her second child
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Princess Beatrice is pregnant with her second child. Buckingham Palace says 36-year-old Beatrice and her husband Edoardo…
Continue Reading Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, looks back in memoir ‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens’
AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ina Garten is looking back in a new memoir, “Be Ready When the Luck Happens,” which distills stories…
Continue Reading Myanmar’s military government begins a census seen as a way to gather information about opponents
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has begun a census it says will be used to compile voter lists for an election…
Continue Reading US job openings rise to 8 million as labor market remains sturdy
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in August as the American labor market continued to show resilience. The…
Continue Reading Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett and Miranda July are National Book Award finalists
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie’s memoir about his near-fatal stabbing, “Knife,” and Percival Everett’s revisionist…
Continue Reading Pine martens are returned to southern England for the first time in a century
LONDON (AP) — Conservationists have released 15 pine martens into the wild in southern England in an effort to reestablish the cat-sized mammals in…
Continue Reading Mail delivery suspended in Kansas neighborhood after 2 men attack postal carrier
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Mail delivery has been suspended in a Kansas neighborhood after two men assaulted a postal carrier who used pepper spray to…
Continue Reading A chemical cloud moving around Atlanta’s suburbs prompts a new shelter-in-place alert
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A chemical plant fire southeast of Atlanta is still causing trouble two days later. Authorities on Tuesday alerted…
Continue Reading Swiss police say a man attacked and injured 3 children in Zurich
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss police say a man has attacked and injured three young children as they were heading to a day care center in Zurich. A suspect…
Continue Reading Offering a dose of healing, curious beluga whales frolic in a warming Hudson Bay
AP Science Writer ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Beluga whales are called the canaries of the sea because scientists say they are some of the most vocal…
Continue Reading France’s prime minister vows to curb debt as he faced baptism of fire at heckled parliament
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Michel Barnier faced a rough ride at parliament as he laid out his proposed policies in an…
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Boris Johnson claims in memoir Queen Elizabeth II had bone cancer
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has controversially broken royal…
Continue Reading Search crews with cadaver dogs wade through muck of communities ‘wiped off the map’ by Helene
Associated Press SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris in the mountains of western North…
Continue Reading Shocking surveillance tape of Kentucky judge’s shooting played in court as sheriff’s murder case sent to grand jury
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Shocking video showing the killing of a Kentucky judge in his chambers was played Tuesday at the preliminary hearing…
Continue Reading A Belarusian opposition leader hails Lithuania’s decision to seek ICC investigation into president
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Belarus’ exiled opposition leader is hailing Lithuania’s move to seek prosecution at the…
Continue Reading What to know about Israel’s ground invasion in southern Lebanon
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s ground invasion in Lebanon stretched into its second week, as the Hezbollah militant group fired…
Continue Reading Nearly $32 million awarded for a large-scale solar project in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A solar project benefitting the University of Arkansas system is receiving nearly $32 million in pre-construction…
Continue Reading Rebel group in Congo generates $300,000 monthly in seized mining area, UN official says
Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A U.N. official says a rebel group in Congo generates around $300,000 a month in revenue through its control…
Continue Reading Nigeria’s independence anniversary is marked by protests and frustration over economic hardship
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerians are protesting against economic hardship as the West African nation marks its 64th independence…
Continue Reading Democratic donors prop up far-right candidates including Wisconsin gun activist in Senate race
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the election cycle enters an urgent, final five weeks, both Democrats and Republicans are engaging in…
Continue Reading Hundreds of firefighters battle a deadly forest fire raging in southern Greece for the third day
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters and volunteers in southern Greece are battling for a third day a large wildfire that has killed two…
Continue Reading Gunmen kill 6 people, including a local chief of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, in Iran towns
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV says gunmen have killed six people in two separate attacks in the same province in southern Iran, including a…
Continue Reading Dockworkers may have the negotiating advantage in their strike against US ports
Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The 45,000 dockworkers who went on strike Tuesday for the first time in decades at 36 U.S. ports from Maine to…
Continue Reading Australia’s online dating industry adopts code of conduct to keep users safer
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A code of conduct will be enforced on the online dating industry to better protect Australian users…
Continue Reading A cruise ship bound on a round-the-world voyage leaves Belfast after a 4-month delay
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A cruise ship taking passengers on a 3 ½-year around-the-world voyage finally sailed from Belfast’s dockside,…
Continue Reading Germany arrests woman who allegedly passed airport details to suspected spy for China
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have arrested a Chinese national accused of passing information on a major air freight hub to a man who is…
Continue Reading Iran fires at least 180 missiles into Israel as regionwide conflict grows
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday, the latest in a series of rapidly escalating attacks…
Continue Reading Sony’s PlayStation Network suffers hourslong outage, irking videogamers
LONDON (AP) — Sony’s PlayStation Network went down, frustrating gamers around the world who complain they weren’t able to sign in to their…
Continue Reading Mysteries of universe revealed? Hardly. But CERN still fascinates, discovers on its 70th anniversary
Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The scientific center that is home to the world’s largest particle accelerator and is billed as the world’s…
Continue Reading Tibetan group in India protests against China and human rights situation in homeland
NEW DELHI (AP) — Dozens of Tibetans living in India protested outside China’s embassy against the human rights situation in their homeland, which…
Continue Reading Inflation in Europe falls below 2% and opens the way for faster rate cuts
AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro fell to 1.8% in September, below the European Central…
Continue Reading A likely Russian artillery strike kills at least 6 at a Ukrainian market
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An apparent Russian artillery strike has hit a market in the southern Ukraine city of Kherson, killing at…
Continue Reading Julian Assange says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’ to secure his freedom in first public remarks since leaving prison
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has made his first public remarks since his release after he struck a…
Continue Reading Taiwan braces for a powerful typhoon to hit its largest port, after lashing northern Philippines
By Eric Cheung and Robert Shackelford, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan has put its military units on standby and closed schools and offices…
Continue Reading More than 20 are feared dead after a school bus catches fire in suburban Bangkok
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A bus carrying young students and their teachers on a school trip caught fire in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday,…
Continue Reading Jewish students fear climate of antisemitism on campus stoked by Israel-Hamas war
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Up and down the United Kingdom, parents have been packing their cars with bedding, crockery and much more as…
Continue Reading Israeli troops have launched a ground offensive in southern Lebanon. Here’s what we know
By Helen Regan and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israel has launched a ground operation across its northern border into Lebanon targeting the…
Continue Reading Wall Street retreats from records and oil prices jump after Iran’s missile attack on Israel
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks retreated from their records Tuesday after Iran fired missiles into Israel, a sharp escalation of…
Continue Reading Xi vows ‘reunification’ with Taiwan on eve of Communist China’s 75th birthday
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping reiterated his pledge to achieve “reunification” with Taiwan on the eve of…
Continue Reading South Korea unveils its most powerful missile, which could reach North Korea’s underground bunkers
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has unveiled its most powerful ballistic missile that could target North Korea. It did so…
Continue Reading NATO’s new chief makes Ukraine support a top priority and says he will work with any US president
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The new head of NATO is vowing to help shore up Western support for war-ravaged Ukraine and says he can work with…
Continue Reading Rescuers search for missing people in Nepal following flooding and landslides that killed 224
Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers in Nepal are searching for two dozen people still missing and trying to recover the bodies of…
Continue Reading Yemen’s Houthi rebels launch drone boat that hits ship in Red Sea as missile strikes another
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels have launched an explosive-loaded drone that crashed into one ship in…
Continue Reading A judge considers whether to clarify 2 new Georgia election certification rules
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge is considering whether to issue clarification or guidance for two rules from the Georgia State Election…
Continue Reading A Texas man is executed for fatally stabbing twin teenage girls in 1989
Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man has been executed for fatally stabbing twin 16-year-old girls more than three decades ago.…
Continue Reading Judge weighs jury instructions in trial of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death
Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has considered arguments related to dozens of pages of instructions that will be given to jurors in…
Continue Reading Albania’s opposition violently interrupt parliament session after lawmaker is sentenced to prison
Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian opposition lawmakers have violently disrupted a Parliament session to protest the imprisonment of…
Continue Reading Coldplay tickets for $11,000? Uproar in India after tickets sold out in minutes and resold for outrageously high prices
By Esha Mitra, Alex Stambaugh and Teele Rebane, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Fans eagerly awaiting the return of Coldplay to India were shocked to…
Continue Reading A former hostage fought for her own life in Gaza. A year on, she fights for her husband’s freedom
Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — As a hostage in Gaza, Aviva Siegel found herself begging for food and water. Since her release, she has…
Continue Reading WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange says he pleaded ‘guilty to journalism’ in order to be freed
Associated Press STRASBOURG, France (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says that he was freed because “I pled guilty to journalism.” In…
Continue Reading How one preschool uses PAW Patrol to teach democracy
AP Education Writer ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — As lawmakers voted on a budget deal at the U.S. Capitol, a different kind of balloting was taking place a…
Continue Reading Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as 1st female president of Mexico
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum has been sworn in as Mexico’s first female president, riding the enthusiasm over her…
Continue Reading Jimmy Carter and his hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president’s 100th birthday
Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Longtime friends, family and fans of Jimmy Carter milled around his hometown of Plains to celebrate his 100th…
Continue Reading Navigating US presidential politics, Zelenskyy met Trump and Harris. Now comes a harder part
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s trip to the U.S. brought him face to face with the American…
Continue Reading Who is Claudia Sheinbaum, the scientist who will head Mexico as its first female president?
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum is Mexico’s first female leader in the nation’s more than 200 years of independence. The…
Continue Reading Trump rallies in Wisconsin’s critical Democratic stronghold ahead of the vice presidential debate
Associated Press WAUNAKEE, Wis. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is spending the hours ahead of Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate…
Continue Reading Walz and Vance go in depth on policy while attacking each other’s running mates in VP debate
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a debate that evoked a calmer era in American politics, Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday went after each…
Continue Reading Taiwan shuts schools and offices ahead of likely direct hit from powerful typhoon
Associated Press KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has canceled dozens of flights, closed schools and offices and evacuated hundreds from vulnerable…
Continue Reading Knife attack in Shanghai supermarket kills 3, injures 15 others
BEIJING (AP) — A knife attack at a supermarket in Shanghai has killed three people and injured 15 others. Local police took a 37-year-old man…
Continue Reading Indian-controlled Kashmir votes in final phase of polls to elect local government
Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Voting has begun in Indian-controlled Kashmir in the final phase of an election to choose a local…
Continue Reading China’s Communist Party has ruled for 75 years. Will it make it to 100?
Associated Press More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of China retains a firm grip on power. The…
Continue Reading Harvesting hops for beer produces a lot of waste. These German groups are seeking to fix that
Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — A startup called HopfON — a play on Hopfen, the German word for hops — and a research society in Bavaria are…
Continue Reading Murders, mayhem and officer’s gunfire lead to charges at Brooklyn jail where ‘Diddy’ is held
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Criminal charges unsealed Monday offer a fresh window into violence and dysfunction plaguing the Brooklyn federal…
Continue Reading Along Mexico’s Pacific coast, flooding from Hurricane John left devastated towns and 17 dead
Associated Press COYUCA DE BENITEZ, Mexico (AP) — Along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, floodwaters have begun to recede, leaving behind…
Continue Reading Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at 83
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Banished baseball great Pete Rose has died. The longtime Cincinnati Red was MLB’s career hits leader and…
Continue Reading Japan’s central bank survey underpins optimism about growth
AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Business sentiment among Japan’s large manufacturers stood unchanged in the latest quarter from the previous…
Continue Reading Accused Los Angeles bus hijacker charged with murder, kidnapping
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected of hijacking a city bus in Los Angeles has been charged with murder,…
Continue Reading Leaders depart UN facing prospect of a wider Mideast war — but with a blueprint for a better future
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — They gathered at the United Nations surrounded by unsettling warnings of an escalating conflict that could…
Continue Reading Humberto Ortega, Nicaragua’s ex-military chief who later turned critic of his brother, dies at 77
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaraguan guerrilla fighter Humberto Ortega, a Sandinista defense minister who later in life became a critic of his older…
Continue Reading Japan’s new Prime Minister Ishiba vows to push a strong defense under the Japan-US alliance
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is pledging to stick to the vital Japan-U.S. alliance while calling for…
Continue Reading Native Americans in Montana ask court for voting sites on reservation
Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Native Americans living on a remote Montana reservation have filed a lawsuit against state and county…
Continue Reading China marks 75 years of Communist Party rule as economic challenges and security threats linger
BEIJING (AP) — China is marking the 75th year of Communist Party rule as economic challenges and security threats linger over the massive state. No…
Continue Reading Live music, breakfast and a raffle: Mexico’s president makes the most of his final day in office
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador turned his final morning briefing Monday into a variety show…
Continue Reading Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at 83
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of…
Continue Reading Kentucky lawman steps down as sheriff of the county where he’s accused of killing a judge
Associated Press A Kentucky lawman has stepped down as sheriff of the county where he’s accused of walking into a judge’s chambers and killing…
Continue Reading Measure to expand medical marijuana in Arkansas won’t qualify for the ballot
Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An effort to expand Arkansas’ medical marijuana program has failed to qualify for the November…
Continue Reading Seminole Hard Rock Tampa evacuated twice after suspicious devices found at the casino
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Officials say the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa was evacuated twice in two days after the discovery of two suspicious devices at the…
Continue Reading Argentine prosecutors accuse Opus Dei leaders in South America of trafficking and labor exploitation
Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A team of prosecutors in Argentina has concluded that there are grounds for launching a criminal…
Continue Reading Police in a cartel-dominated Mexican city are pulled off the streets after army takes their guns
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Local police in the cartel-dominated city of Culiacan, Mexico have been pulled off the streets after the army…
Continue Reading Buffalo’s longest-serving mayor is leaving City Hall for a betting agency
Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo’s longest-serving mayor says he will leave office early to lead an offtrack betting agency. Byron…
Continue Reading Justice Department will launch civil rights review into 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Justice Department announced Monday it plans to launch a review of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, an…
Continue Reading Wisconsin prisons agree to help hearing-impaired inmates under settlement
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has agreed to provide more help to hearing-impaired inmates as part…
Continue Reading Startling video shows Russian fighter jet flying within feet of US F-16 near Alaska
Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Military officials have released new video of a startling interaction between a Russian jet flying near…
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