Month: November 2022

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press The man who posted a broad online threat against synagogues in New Jersey has been identified and was not planning to carry out a specific plot, a law enforcement official said Friday, relieving Jewish communities already unnerved amid an increasing climate of antisemitism and related violence. The

By ANDREW MELDRUM and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian soldiers are forcing Ukrainian civilians from their apartments in the occupied capital of the Kherson region and moving in themselves, a resident said Friday as the southern city became a growing focus of war in Ukraine. His account of soldiers spreading throughout

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A special prosecutor investigating whether the Republican candidate for Michigan attorney general and others should be charged for trying to gain access to voting machines says there will be no decision before Tuesday’s election. Muskegon County Prosecutor D.J. Hilson said in a statement Friday that his office has been meeting with

By FRANKLIN BRICENO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — An Indigenous leader in Peru’s Amazon region says that his community has released 23 foreigners and 75 Peruvians who had been passengers on a riverboat detained overnight to demand government attention to complaints of oil pollution. Wadson Trujillo says the foreign passengers include citizens of Germany,

By AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press CARLSBAD, CALIF. (AP) — President Joe Biden says his top legislative achievements were due in part to the work of a Southern California congressman locked in a tight reelection race. The president on Friday toured a communications company that is expected to benefit from his push to

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Former Alaska Gov. Bill Sheffield has died. He was 94. A statement provided by friends of Sheffield says he died Friday at his home in Anchorage. Sheffield was governor from 1982 to 1986. His term in office was roiled by an impeachment proceeding after he was

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and Republican challenger Scott Jensen have held get-out-the-vote rallies at the Minnesota Capitol as they launched their final sprints to Election Day. Both campaigns brought in the chairs of their national parties Friday as they sought to fire up their core

By MIKE STOBBE and DON BABWIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. flu season is off to an unusually fast start. That’s adding to an autumn mix of viruses that have been filling hospitals and doctor waiting rooms.  The winter flu season usually flu ramps up in December or January. Reports of another