Georgia’s Gullah-Geechee community seeks path forward after deadly dock collapse
Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The partial collapse of a ferry dock that left seven people dead during an annual cultural festival has left…
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Louis McCartney will lead ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ on Broadway
AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Louis McCartney who starred in the play “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” in London will reprise his…
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Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At least one person was killed and four people injured when a train running along Norway’s northern…
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Jailed former Malaysian leader apologizes for fund embezzlement scandal, reiterates his innocence
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Imprisoned former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak issued a rare apology over the looting of a state investment…
Continue Reading US applications for jobless benefits fall, but continuing claims rise to highest level since 2021
AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell last week, but the total number of those collecting benefits rose to…
Continue Reading British killer nurse Lucy Letby loses appeal bid for attempted baby murder conviction
LONDON (AP) — An appeals court in London has rejected British killer nurse Lucy Letby’s bid to challenge her conviction for the attempted murder…
Continue Reading French culture minister proposes entrance fee for Notre Dame to help fund preservation work
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s culture minister has proposed introducing an entrance fee to visit Notre Dame cathedral in Paris when it…
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Police can be ‘mistaken,’ defense says at start of murder trial of Ohio ex-officer who shot unarmed Andre Hill
By Amanda Musa and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Defense attorneys for a former Ohio police officer who fatally shot unarmed Black man Andre…
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Since it started as a hashtag in 2012, GivingTuesday has become one of the biggest fundraising days of the year for nonprofits in the U.S. It happens…
Continue Reading Venice extends its day-tripper tax through next year to combat overtourism
ROME (AP) — Venice will extend its day-tripper tax through next year, increasing the number of days and doubling the fee to 10 euros for…
Continue Reading Evangelicals emerge as a potent lobby for US support of Ukraine
Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Since the war in Ukraine began, Yaroslav Pyzh, a Baptist pastor in Lviv, has worn many hats. He runs the…
Continue Reading Wife of Pakistan’s imprisoned former premier Imran Khan freed on bail
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The wife of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan was released from a high-security prison in the garrison city…
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AP Business Writer The parent company of WWE and UFC is buying Professional Bull Riders, On Location, and IMG from Endeavor Group in an all-stock…
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King Charles and Keir Starmer brace for reparations debate at Commonwealth summit
By Rob Picheta and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s government and King Charles III are bracing for a heated conversation…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka says 3 locals were arrested over a possible attack on Israel tourists
Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka police have arrested three persons in connection with a possible attack on Israel travellers…
Continue Reading LinkedIn hit with 310 million euro fine for data privacy violations from Irish watchdog
LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators have slapped LinkedIn with a 310 million euro fine for violations of the bloc’s stringent data privacy…
Continue Reading Israeli strike on Gaza shelter kills 17 as Blinken says cease-fire talks will resume
Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on a school where displaced people were sheltering in the central Gaza Strip…
Continue Reading An Afghan province bans all media from showing images of living things to comply with Taliban laws
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Taliban officials in Afghanistan’s south have banned all media from showing images of living things to comply with the…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Oct. 24: Presidential race, North Korean soldiers, Boeing strike, Iranian hackers, Tropical Storm Trami
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Continue Reading Russia amplified hurricane disinformation to drive Americans apart, researchers find
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has helped amplify and spread false and misleading internet claims about recent hurricanes in the United…
Continue Reading Venezuelan opposition leaders win the EU’s top human rights prize
BRUSSELS (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia have won the European Union’s top human rights…
Continue Reading A Dutch government watchdog says the Netherlands is unlikely to hit a 2030 target for emissions cuts
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government’s climate watchdog is warning that the Netherlands is “very unlikely” to…
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New rules from the White House on the use of artificial intelligence by U.S. national security and spy agencies…
Continue Reading Pope Francis denounces a world ‘losing its heart’ in 4th encyclical of his papacy
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has issued the fourth encyclical of his papacy, denouncing a world that “is losing its heart” during times of…
Continue Reading Switching jobs? There’s more to do with your 401(k) than just rolling it over
AP Business Writer Switching jobs can be a great way to increase your pay, but make sure it doesn’t hurt your retirement savings. After…
Continue Reading Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela served as a cultural ambassador for Mexican Americans, Mexicans
Associated Press For baseball fans, “Fernandomania” marked a flash of pitching brilliance, the emergence of a unique talent in the history of one…
Continue Reading Intel scores fresh win against EU after top court backs annulment of billion-euro antitrust fine
LONDON (AP) — Chipmaker Intel has won a fresh victory in a long-running battle against European Union competition watchdogs after the bloc’s top…
Continue Reading Putin ends BRICS summit that sought to expand Russia’s global clout but was shadowed by Ukraine
KAZAN, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has presided at the closing session of a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies,…
Continue Reading Russian lawmakers ratify pact with North Korea as US confirms that Pyongyang sent troops to Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers have ratified a pact with North Korea envisioning mutual military assistance, a move that comes even as the U.S.…
Continue Reading Police investigating arson, vandalism and attempted burglary that happened hours apart at Philadelphia synagogue
By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Police are investigating incidents of arson, vandalism and attempted burglary at a historic synagogue in…
Continue Reading EPA imposes stricter standards to protect children from exposure to lead paint
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is imposing strict new limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and…
Continue Reading Well-known Cambodian investigative journalist released on bail
TA KHMAU, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian investigative reporter who was charged with a criminal offense after exposing online scams and corruption has…
Continue Reading Teen arrested in connection with planned attack at Phoenix Pride festival, police say
By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — An Arizona teen has been indicted on terrorism charges after allegedly planning to launch deadly explosives at the…
Continue Reading The Israeli military has used Palestinians as human shields in Gaza, soldier and former detainees say
CNN By Mick Krever, Jeremy Diamond and Abeer Salman | Video by Mark Baron and Agne Jurkenaite, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The Israeli military has…
Continue Reading The Israeli military has used Palestinians as human shields in Gaza, soldier and former detainees say
By Mick Krever, Jeremy Diamond and Abeer Salman | Video by Mark Baron and Agne Jurkenaite, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The Israeli military has…
Continue Reading South Korean president raises possibility of supplying Ukraine with arms
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president has raised the possibility of supplying Ukraine with weapons while stressing…
Continue Reading Climate-threatened Pacific Islands criticize Australia at Commonwealth meeting
APIA, Samoa (AP) — Several Pacific island nations singled out Australia to do more to phase out fossil fuel exports during the Commonwealth Heads…
Continue Reading Turkey strikes Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq for a second day
Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has struck suspected Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq for a second day after a deadly…
Continue Reading Indonesia says its coast guard drove away Chinese ship that interrupted survey in disputed sea
Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian patrol ships drove a Chinese coast guard vessel away from a survey vessel in a disputed area…
Continue Reading Samuel L. Jackson lauded at MoMA film benefit by close family and friends
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Museum of Modern Art was filled with expletives and laughter Wednesday evening as Samuel L. Jackson’s family…
Continue Reading Pakistani security forces kill 19 militants in separate shootouts
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities say security forces faced off with insurgents in three separate shootouts, killing 19 militants.…
Continue Reading India evacuates hundreds of thousands of people and shuts schools as a tropical storm nears
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities have shut schools, evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and canceled trains in parts of the country as a…
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Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing factory workers voted against the company’s latest contract offer and remain on the picket lines six weeks…
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Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Five elephants in a Colorado zoo could someday sue for their freedom, if the state’s Supreme Court sides…
Continue Reading North Carolina lawmakers approve $600M more for Helene recovery, order more voting sites
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina state legislators have approved over $600 million more toward Hurricane Helene recovery and…
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AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street drifted to a mixed finish Thursday after Tesla surged to one of the best days in its history, while…
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Associated Press NGOZI, Burundi (AP) — The hug between the two women looked like it would last forever. A spirited 85-year-old had embraced a…
Continue Reading Colorado funeral home owners accused of stashing dead bodies plead guilty to federal fraud charges
Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in…
Continue Reading Thousands mourn Fethullah Gülen, a Turkish spiritual leader who died in the US
Associated Press AUGUSTA, N.J. (AP) — A crowd surged forward to Fethullah Gülen’s grave on Thursday, straining to get one more chance to pay…
Continue Reading Voters trust Harris on a number of issues. But is that what they’ll vote on?
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — If the presidential election hinged on abortion or climate change, Kamala Harris might be feeling pretty…
Continue Reading Massive displacement from Israel-Hezbollah war transforms Beirut’s famed commercial street
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Inside what was once one of Beirut’s oldest and best-known cinemas, dozens of Lebanese, Palestinians and Syrians…
Continue Reading The Paris conference for Lebanon raises $1 billion in pledges for humanitarian and military support
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — An international conference for Lebanon in Paris on Thursday raised $1 billion in pledges for humanitarian aid and…
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Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Three white men serving life sentences for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery are asking a Georgia judge for…
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Donald Trump ran for president, the lawyers most directly involved in his efforts to overturn the…
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Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — One of the nation’s most competitive gubernatorial races has also become intensely personal. None of…
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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Every year, thousands of South Koreans – mostly middle-aged men – die quietly and alone, cut off from their…
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, tensions over abortion have only intensified,…
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AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Among the legacy news outlets that have come up empty in their efforts to interview Kamala Harris and Donald Trump…
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Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — TikTok videos of women turned away from emergency rooms because of state abortion bans haunt one young…
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SYDNEY (AP) — A restaurateur has pleaded guilty to displaying a Nazi symbol during a pro-Palestinian rally in Sydney earlier in October. The…
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris went to a Philadelphia suburb for a CNN town hall to take questions from undecided voters. The…
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Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Widespread flooding and landslides set off by a tropical storm in the northeastern Philippines on…
Continue Reading Los Angeles Times editorials editor resigns after newspaper withholds presidential endorsement
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A journalism trade publication is reporting that the editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times has resigned. Mariel Garza told…
Continue Reading Trash carried by a North Korean balloon again falls on the presidential compound in Seoul
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says trash carried by a North Korean balloon has fallen on the presidential compound in…
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Associated Press The top election official in one of the nation’s most politically important counties says she was forced out of her role just…
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Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A Venezuelan media tycoon has been charged in federal court in Florida for what authorities say was his role in…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Cardi B says she has been hospitalized with a medical emergency and will have to miss a Saturday night headlining performance at an…
Continue Reading Kentucky mom pleads guilty to fatally shooting her 2 sons
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky woman has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting her two young sons last year. News outlets report that Tiffanie…
Continue Reading Mexican police capture a suspect in a 2016 Illinois murder
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Police in Mexico have captured a man suspected of strangling an Illinois attorney to death in 2016. The U.S. Marshals…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania high court gives voters provisional option if their mail ballots get rejected
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court has ruled people whose mail ballots are rejected for not following technical…
Continue Reading Israel accuses 6 Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza of being Palestinian militants
Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli army on Wednesday accused six Al Jazeera journalists covering the war in Gaza of also being…
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Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man is facing new federal charges after being arrested in a courthouse bomb attack that injured…
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AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series…
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Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In anticipation of three Taylor Swift concerts, which could draw around 150,000 visitors to New Orleans’…
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Associated Press Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to turn over his Manhattan apartment, luxury watches and a Mercedes to two Georgia election workers…
Continue Reading Angelenos mourn Mexican-born pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, who starred for the Dodgers in the 1980s
AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julia Mendez carefully positioned three candles in a row under a sign welcoming fans to Dodger Stadium. Then…
Continue Reading Postal Service reassures on mail ballots, says all centers operating in regions hit by hurricanes
Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service has reopened all of its mail processing centers in areas of Florida and North Carolina…
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CNN By Tricia Escobedo, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to…
Continue Reading Suspect in shootings of Democratic office in Arizona had over 120 guns in his home, officials find
Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona prosecutor says the man arrested in the three-time shooting of a Democratic campaign office had…
Continue Reading North Carolina government calculates Hurricane Helene damages, needs at least $53B
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The catastrophic flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina likely caused…
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AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are recommending that people 50 and older get a shot against bacteria that can cause…
Continue Reading DNA links a suspected Chicago-area serial killer who died in 1981 to a woman’s 1979 death
NORTH AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say DNA found on the clothing of a suburban Chicago woman who was kidnapped and killed 45 years ago matches…
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Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — More than 1,600 Virginians have had their voter registrations canceled since August under a state program…
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By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 50 years after the cold case murder of a 19-year-old who went missing from her Illinois village,…
Continue Reading Georgia officer fatally shoots a man police say raised a gun during his arrest
CHAMBLEE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia officer shot and killed a man who authorities say raised a handgun during his arrest near Atlanta. The Lawrenceville…
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Associated Press ASTON, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to lay out her campaign’s closing argument by returning to the site near…
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Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Walmart has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by California officials that alleged the…
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Suspected drunken driver heading wrong way passes Vice President Kamala Harris’ motorcade on interstate in Milwaukee
WISN, CNN By Dalia Faheid and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — A suspected drunken driver drove toward Vice President Kamala Harris’ motorcade while…
Continue Reading Federal appeals panel says suspended lawyer Michael Avenatti should be resentenced
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals panel has vacated a 14-year sentence for suspended lawyer Michael Avenatti. Avenatti rose to fame…
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Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency didn’t ensure that states submitted accurate estimates of the number of…
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AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A federal regulator has ordered Apple and Goldman Sachs to pay a combined $89 million for deceiving consumers…
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Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — In all but the blink of an eye, an Associated Press photographer’s camera captured the moments that a…
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Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands will join the next Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland. But it will be without…
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BERLIN, Conn. (AP) — A firefighter helping to battle a brush fire in Connecticut was killed after a utility vehicle operating on a steep, rocky…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Personal Birth date: November 12, 1948…
Continue Reading Grand Teton grizzly bear No. 399 that delighted visitors for decades is killed by vehicle in Wyoming
Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A famous grizzly bear beloved for decades by countless tourists, biologists and professional wildlife…
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