Suspect in killing of judge who presided over divorce case found dead in rural Maryland
WILLIAMSPORT, Md. (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected of killing a Maryland judge last week has been found dead. The Washington County…
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Suspect in fatal shooting of judge has been found dead, sheriff’s office says
By Nicki Brown and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A man suspected in the fatal shooting of a Maryland judge has been found dead, officials announced…
Continue Reading Grandpa Google? Tech giant begins antitrust defense by poking fun at its status among youth
By MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Google is beginning its defense against a federal lawsuit accusing it of illegally…
Continue Reading Missouri nonprofit director stole millions from program to feed needy kids, indictment alleges
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say that the executive director of a Missouri nonprofit is accused of stealing…
Continue Reading Mortgage rates climb higher, edging closer to 8%
By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates continued to climb this week amid a stronger-than-expected economy. The 30-year…
Continue Reading US government says it plans to go after legal goods tied to illegal fentanyl trade in new strategy
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced a new government-wide strategy that will…
Continue Reading Judge says Georgia’s congressional and legislative districts are discriminatory and must be redrawn
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge says some of Georgia’s congressional, state Senate and state House districts are…
Continue Reading Snow piles up in North Dakota as region’s first major snowstorm of the season moves eastward
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An east-moving snowstorm, the first major one of the season, continued Thursday into North…
Continue Reading Swan Valley businesses prepare for winter
Lots of local business owners within Swan Valley are preparing for the upcoming winter…
Continue Reading Judge finds former Ohio lawmaker guilty of domestic violence in incident involving his wife
By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio judge has found former Republican state Rep. Bob Young…
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Special needs Trunk or Treat set Saturday
The event is free, but tickets are required for each family.…
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Why flags are to be flown at half-staff
The flag should be flown at half-staff until sunset on Monday, Oct. 30,…
Continue Reading Spain considers using military barracks to house migrants amid uptick in arrivals by boat
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities are planning to convert unused military barracks and installations into temporary shelters for migrants to deal…
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Montpelier volunteer recognized at Idaho Capital for a Day
Larry Vila of Montpelier was honored for his volunteer service as part of the Idaho Capital for a Day event hosted by Gov. Brad Little…
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AAA shares reminders for safe celebrations and trick-or-treating
Halloween is just around the corner, and AAA is reminding drivers and trick-or-treaters to celebrate the spooky season with safety top of…
Continue Reading The US economy grew at a blistering rate despite high interest rates
By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The US economy expanded at a remarkably strong pace in the third quarter, despite interest rates at…
Continue Reading Pending home sales rose in September, despite high mortgage rates
By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US pending home sales ticked up in September despite mortgage rates surging over 7%. In a surprise…
Continue Reading Opinion: Lewiston killings show the war zone we have at home
CNN Opinion by Danielle Campoamor (CNN) — On the morning of May 24, 2022, my then-editors at TODAY.com were ready to send me to Ukraine to…
Continue Reading Maine shooting suspect heard voices and had thoughts about wanting to hurt fellow soldiers
By John Miller, Curt Devine, Casey Tolan, Isabelle Chapman and Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in the Maine mass shooting started…
Continue Reading Prosecutors drop charges against woman who accused Jonathan Majors the day after her arrest
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press New York (AP) — A woman who accused the actor Jonathan Majors of domestic violence was herself arrested by the…
Continue Reading How US gun culture stacks up with the world
By Kara Fox, Krystina Shveda, Natalie Croker and Marco Chacon, CNN (CNN) — Lewiston. Monterey Park. Orlando. Las Vegas. Newtown. Parkland. San…
Continue Reading Hamas official calls for stronger intervention by regional allies in its war with Israel
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A senior Hamas official has told The Associated Press that the Palestinian militant group had…
Continue Reading Prep star Flagg shifts focus to home state Maine after mass shooting, says college decision can wait
By The Associated Press Cooper Flagg, the consensus top player in the 2024 recruiting class, says his focus is on the tragedy of a mass shooting in…
Continue Reading China and the US appear to restart military talks despite disputes over Taiwan and South China Sea
BEIJING (AP) — China and the United States appear to be restarting dialogue between their militaries, despite continuing disputes over…
Continue Reading 2 workers at Fukushima plant hospitalized after accidentally getting sprayed with radioactive waste
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Two workers at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been hospitalized…
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Absentee ballot request deadline Friday
The deadline to apply for an absentee ballot for the Nov. 7 election is Friday, Oct.…
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Live burn training exercises in Rexburg
At this time, no road closures are planned on Oct.…
Continue Reading Many Israelis are furious at their government’s chaotic recovery efforts after Hamas attack
By RAVI NESSMAN and AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — More than two weeks after Hamas’ attack, many Israelis are furious at Prime…
Continue Reading Nineteen-year-old acquaintance charged with murder in the death of a Philadelphia journalist
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An acquaintance has been charged in the death of a Philadelphia journalist who went from sleeping on the street to working for…
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Lori Vallow-Daybell will be sent to Arizona to face murder conspiracy charges
A woman sentenced to life in prison in Idaho in the murders of her two kids and another woman will be taken to Arizona to face additional…
Continue Reading DeSantis is sending some weapons to Israel in move that could bolster him in the GOP primary
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s office says the state has arranged to send drones, weapons,…
Continue Reading Judge says he’ll look at Donald Trump’s comments, reconsider $10,000 fine for gag order violation
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge says he will take a fuller look at Donald Trump’s out-of-court comments and…
Continue Reading Strikers have shut down a vital Great Lakes shipping artery for days, and negotiations are looming
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A strike has shut down all shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway, interrupting exports of…
Continue Reading Former coal-fired power plant razed to make way for offshore wind electricity connection
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press UPPER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A giant smokestack that was part of the landscape for millions of tourists heading to…
Continue Reading Rep. Jamaal Bowman pleads guilty to misdemeanor for falsely pulling fire alarm in House office building
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a New York Democrat, pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor charge for falsely…
Continue Reading Ohio woman indicted on murder charges in deaths of at least four men, attorney general says
By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman has been indicted on murder charges in the deaths…
Continue Reading Palestinian activist is expelled by Israeli forces from his home in a volatile West Bank city
By AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has expelled a prominent Palestinian activist from his home in a West Bank city at the heart…
Continue Reading Rep. Jamaal Bowman pleads guilty to a misdemeanor for pulling a fire alarm in House office building
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic congressman Jamaal Bowman has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count for…
Continue Reading Here’s a timeline of the mass shooting in Maine and the hunt for the suspect
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Eighteen people were killed in a mass shooting at two locations in Lewiston, Maine, on the night of October 25,…
Continue Reading South Africa begins an inquiry into a building fire that killed 76 people in Johannesburg in August
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An inquiry has opened into an apartment building fire that killed at least 76…
Continue Reading European Union leaders seek aid access to Gaza and weigh the plight of EU citizens there
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are debating ways to best use their combined leverage to ensure that more aid…
Continue Reading Chicago father convicted of attempted murder in shootings to avenge 2015 slaying of 9-year-old son
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago father has been convicted of attempting to kill three people to avenge the slaying of his 9-year-old son who was lured…
Continue Reading ‘Everything is destroyed’: Civilians trickle out of Avdiivka as Russian assault leaves Ukrainian town in ruins
By Vasco Cotovio and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — A Ukrainian police officer inspects a half-destroyed building when, suddenly, he rushes to the…
Continue Reading 5 found shot to death at southeast North Carolina home, sheriff says
CLINTON, N.C. (AP) — A sheriff in southeast North Carolina says five people have been found fatally shot at a home. News outlets report that…
Continue Reading Greek army destroys World War II bomb found during excavation for luxury development near Athens
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek army specialists have destroyed an unexploded World War II bomb discovered during work on a massive urban development…
Continue Reading Palestinian foreign minister promises cooperation with international courts on visit to The Hague
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister says he fully supports an…
Continue Reading South Korean scholar acquitted of defaming sexual slavery victims during Japan colonial rule
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s top court has cleared a scholar of charges that she defamed Korean…
Continue Reading The last new Beatles song, ‘Now And Then,’ will be released next week
By DAVID BAUDER AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty years after the onset of Beatlemania and with two of the quartet now dead, artificial…
Continue Reading Weekly applications for US jobless benefits tick up slightly
NEW YORK (AP) — The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits rose last week but remains historically low as the labor market continues to…
Continue Reading Taliban free Afghan activist arrested 7 months ago after campaigning for girls’ education
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A nonprofit organization in Afghanistan says the Taliban have freed an activist who campaigned for the education of…
Continue Reading What we know about the mass shooting in Maine so far
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Officials say at least 16 people are dead after a man opened fire at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine.…
Continue Reading Priest kicked out of Jesuits for alleged abuse of women welcomed into Slovenia diocese
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A famous priest-artist who was thrown out of the Jesuits after being accused of sexual, spiritual…
Continue Reading Norwegian police investigate claim by Ingebrigtsen brothers that their father and coach was violent
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press Norwegian police have launched an investigation into allegations by the three Ingebrigtsen brothers that their…
Continue Reading UK PM Sunak warns against rush to regulate AI before understanding its risks
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — As authorities around the world scramble to draw up guardrails for artificial intelligence, British…
Continue Reading The number of military suicides dipped in 2022 as the Pentagon works on new prevention programs
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the number of suicides among members of the military and their families…
Continue Reading India ‘exploring all legal options’ after Qatari court sentences 8 Indians to death for spying
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian government has vowed to explore “all legal options” after a Qatari court handed…
Continue Reading Turkey’s central bank opts for another interest rate hike in efforts to curb inflation
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has hiked interest rates again in efforts to curb inflation, pressing ahead with more conventional…
Continue Reading Nigeria’s Supreme Court refuses to void president’s election and dismisses opposition challenges
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s Supreme Court has refused to void the election of President Bola Tinubu and…
Continue Reading Here’s why Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza hasn’t happened yet
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Ashkelon, Israel (CNN) — The lines of tanks, self-propelled artillery, armoured vehicles and army bulldozers stretch…
Continue Reading Mike Johnson is the new House speaker, but the ally of Donald Trump faces same GOP challenges ahead
By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Johnson is the new speaker of…
Continue Reading Entrepreneurs with disabilities activate allies, rewrite the narrative
By KELSEY SHEEHY of NerdWallet Roughly 1.8 million businesses in the U.S. are owned by someone with a disability, according to the American Community…
Continue Reading EU stops short of calling for ceasefire in Gaza ahead of UN vote as Gaza crisis escalates
CNN By Helen Regan, Eyad Kourdi and James Frater, CNN (CNN) — European Union leaders have stopped short of calling for a ceasefire in Gaza,…
Continue Reading An Al Jazeera journalist learned his family had been killed while on the air. It offered the world a glimpse of the horrors in Gaza
CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Al Jazeera is grieving. The Qatari-funded news network said Wednesday that an Israeli air strike had killed…
Continue Reading Poland’s president calls for new parliament to hold first session Nov. 13
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says he is calling the first session of the country’s newly elected parliament for Nov.…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Oct. 26: Maine shootings, Israel, House speaker, Auto strike, Vaccines
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — An unprecedented trial will begin in Colorado next week to determine if former President Donald Trump is…
Continue Reading As rainforests worldwide disappear, burn and degrade, a summit to protect them opens in Brazzaville
By CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press Leaders from Brazil, Indonesia, Republic of Congo and other countries with the three largest tropical forest…
Continue Reading This middle-schooler ‘knew how to be a best friend to everybody.’ Then gunfire erupted while she was out to buy milk
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — It’s been almost nine months since Brexi Torres-Ortiz and her mom sang together – hitting every note,…
Continue Reading Harris will attend an AI summit at a UK estate that was a base for World War II codebreakers
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to the United Kingdom next week for a…
Continue Reading Swedish court acquits Russian-born businessman of spying for Moscow
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Russian-born Swedish businessman has been acquitted of collecting information for Russia’s military intelligence service,…
Continue Reading European Union to press the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo to set decades of enmity behind them
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is ramping up political pressure on Serbia and Kosovo to normalize their relations. Serbian President Aleksandar…
Continue Reading Las 5 cosas que debes saber este 26 de octubre: por qué Otis sorprendió a todos
CNNEspañol sjv Así sorprendió el huracán Otis a los meteorólogos con su rápida intensificación. Tiroteos en Maine dejan decenas de muertos.…
Continue Reading Hungary hosts international training for military divers who salvage unexploded munitions
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Military divers from Belgium, Germany, Hungary and Lithuania have participated in an…
Continue Reading American man indicted on murder charges over an attack on 2 US tourists near a German castle
BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say an American man has been charged with murder and other offenses for attacking two women from the U.S. near…
Continue Reading Australian police charge 7 with laundering hundreds of millions for Chinese crime syndicate
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities have charged seven people with helping launder hundreds of millions of dollars for a Chinese…
Continue Reading Stock market today: World shares slide after Wall St rout driven by high yields, mixed earnings
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares skidded Thursday in Europe and Asia after Wall Street tumbled as bond yields…
Continue Reading China has sent its youngest-ever astronaut crew to the Tiangong space station
By Marc Stewart, Mengchen Zhang and Nectar Gan, CNN Gobi Desert, China (CNN) — When China’s first astronaut Yang Liwei blasted off into space…
Continue Reading Pakistan sets up deportation centers to hold migrants in the country illegally starting next week
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is setting up deportation centers to hold migrants living in the country illegally,…
Continue Reading During manhunt for suspect in Maine shooting that killed 18, authorities twice converge Thursday on his last known residence
By Shimon Prokupecz, John Miller and Eric Levenson, CNN Bowdoin, Maine (CNN) — A manhunt for a suspect accused of killing 18 people in a…
Continue Reading Many in Niger are suffering under coup-related sanctions. Junta backers call it a worthy sacrifice
By DALATOU MAMANE and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Families in Niger say they are struggling after economic sanctions…
Continue Reading Europe’s central bank is set to halt rate hikes as the Mideast war casts a shadow over the economy
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank is likely taking a break from interest rate increases. The…
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3 things to know this morning – October 26, 2023
Here’s what you should know to start your…
Continue Reading Israel vows more raids in Gaza as calls for ceasefire divide the United Nations
By Helen Regan, Tara John, Rob Picheta, Paul P. Murphy and Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN Jerusalem and Gaza (CNN) — Israel’s military conducted a…
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Ending the Golden State era of solitary confinement
The Marshall Project looks at how the state of California could reshape how solitary confinement is used—and misused—in the prison system, even…
Continue Reading Israeli troops launch brief ground raid into Gaza ahead of expected wider incursion
By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and AMY TEIBEL Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops and tanks launched a brief ground raid into…
Continue Reading China says it wants to bolster climate cooperation with US as California Gov. Newsom visits Beijing
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China’s Environment Minister Huang Runqiu says his country wants to strengthen cooperation with…
Continue Reading Acapulco residents are left in flooded and windblown chaos with hurricane’s toll still unknown
By MARK STEVENSON and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — A day after Hurricane Otis roared ashore in Acapulco, unleashing…
Continue Reading Fire, other ravages jeopardize California’s prized forests
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press KYBURZ, Calif. (AP) — On a steep mountainside where walls of flames torched the forest on their way toward Lake…
Continue Reading Jeep maker Stellantis plans to invest 1.5 billion euros in Chinese EV manufacturer Leapmotor
The Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Stellantis says it plans to invest about 1.5 billion euros, or about $1.6 billion, in Leapmotor, a Chinese…
Continue Reading South Korea, US and Japan condemn North Korea’s alleged supply of munitions to Russia
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have strongly condemned what they call North Korea’s…
Continue Reading As world roils, US and China seek to ease strained ties and prepare for possible Biden-Xi summit
By DIDI TANG and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the midst of two potentially world-changing conflicts, the U.S. is hoping to…
Continue Reading Trump isn’t accustomed to restrictions. That’s beginning to test the legal system
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump isn’t used to constraints. The former…
Continue Reading Japan court rules it is ‘unconstitutional’ to require transgender sterilization in landmark case
By Jessie Yeung and Francesca Annio, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s top court has ruled that a government requirement for transgender people to be…
Continue Reading This city is paying new parents $2,500 for having a baby – and that won’t even pay a month’s rent
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong is to pay new parents more than $2,500 for having a baby in a bid to boost its flagging birth…
Continue Reading Texas inmate faces execution for killing prisoner. The victim’s sister asks that his life be spared
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas inmate is facing execution for killing another prisoner more than 26 years ago. However,…
Continue Reading Fresh off a hearty Putin handshake, Orban heads into an EU summit on Ukraine
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will be the center of attention at an EU summit on Thursday…
Continue Reading An increase in harassment against Jewish and Muslim Americans has been reported since Hamas attacks
By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press Muslim and Jewish civil rights groups say they’ve seen large increases in reports of harassment, bias and…
Continue Reading Israel-Hamas war could threaten already fragile economies in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Economic crises are rippling through the countries bordering Israel. That raises…
Continue Reading Democrats’ divisions on Israel-Hamas war boil over in Michigan as Detroit-area Muslims feel betrayed
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press DEARBORN, Michigan (AP) — Many of Michigan’s top Democrats, including Gov.…
Continue Reading New US House speaker tried to help overturn the 2020 election, raising concerns about the next one
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The new speaker of the U.S. House had a key role in trying to overturn President Joe Biden’s 2020…
Continue Reading Strong US economic growth for last quarter likely reflected consumers’ resistance to Fed rate hikes
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is expected to report stellar growth for the U.S. economy during the…
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