Month: November 2022

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Lisa has gained more force in the western Caribbean as it heads for an landfall in Belize. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Lisa had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph) early Wednesday afternoon. The storm’s center was about 35 miles (60 kilometers) east-southeast of Belize City and

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Survivors and loved ones of victims of the Parkland school shooting are confronting gunman Nikolas Cruz for a second day before he is sentenced. Cruz will be sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for the 2018 massacre that left 17 dead and many others wounded

By MEG KINNARD and ALMAZ ABEDJE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press is the only news organization that does all of the nation’s vote-counting math on election night. AP Election Decision Editor Stephen Ohlemacher calls elections “the single largest act of journalism that happens every two years.” But AP’s full-time elections researchers work

The Associated Press IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado city of Idaho Springs said Wednesday it has agreed to pay $7 million to a 75-year-old man who said an officer used a stun gun on him without warning and dragged him from his apartment after a dispute with a neighbor, causing a stroke that

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s parliament has adopted a law preventing organizations and cultural clubs from using names considered linked to fascism, in response to the opening of Bulgarian clubs in the country with names of controversial figures that sparked protests.  Last month, hundreds protested in the southern

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and CARA ANNA Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Ethiopia’s warring sides agreed Wednesday to a permanent cessation of hostilities in a conflict believed to have killed hundreds of thousands, but enormous challenges lie ahead, including getting all parties to lay down arms or withdraw. The war in Africa’s second-most populous

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is asking voters in his state to worry about Republican Tim Michels. Evers is seeking a second term in a race that polls show as close. In the final days of the race, he’s calling Michels “radical” and “dangerous” and a possible

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin appeals court and a circuit judge this week shot down attempts backed by liberals seeking orders that local election clerks must accept absentee ballots that contain partial addresses of witnesses. The rulings come within days of Tuesday’s election and as more than 503,000 absentee