AP Business Writer McDonald’s worked Wednesday to reassure customers that its U.S. restaurants are safe as federal investigators tried to pinpoint the cause of a deadly E. coli outbreak linked to the fast-food giant’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers. McDonald’s pulled Quarter Pounders from one-fifth of its U.S. stores Tuesday as a result of the outbreak, which
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Iranian government-linked hackers have researched and probed election-related websites in multiple US swing states, in a possible effort to discover vulnerabilities that could be used to influence the presidential election, Microsoft said in a report released Wednesday. Officials from multiple federal agencies are looking closely at the Iranian activity, a US official told CNN. The
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer MusiCares, an organization that helps music professionals who need financial, personal or medical assistance, will honor the Grateful Dead as its 2025 Persons of the Year. It will recognize original members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bobby Weir for their philanthropic efforts, their unique ability to foster community through concerts
Continue ReadingBy Nathalie Palacios, Mike Kinney, Crystal Cooper, Ram Guzman Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — Sounds of the crowd, cheerleaders and school marching band are all expected at a Texas high school homecoming. “When I think of homecoming, I think of football, more of the American culture,” said Fort
Continue ReadingKTVT By Nathalie Palacios, Mike Kinney, Crystal Cooper, Ram Guzman Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — Sounds of the crowd, cheerleaders and school marching band are all expected at a Texas high school homecoming. “When I think of homecoming, I think of football, more of the American culture,” said
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Swanson, Riley Moser Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police say a man shot and killed one person and injured another in western Minnesota before being taken into custody following a domestic violence-related standoff on Tuesday afternoon in south Minneapolis. Police Chief Brian O’Hara says officers were called to
Continue ReadingLIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian theologian the Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, the father of the social justice-centered liberation theology that the Vatican once criticized for its Marxist undercurrents, has died. He was 96. The Dominican Order in Peru announced on social media that the Catholic priest died Tuesday night at a convent in Lima. It did
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The monitor overseeing the Trump Organization’s finances wrote in its latest report that Donald Trump’s company intends to create 25 new entities for products or hotel licensing deals. “The Trump Organization informed the Monitor that, contingent upon the execution of certain agreements, it intended to create 25 new entities for the
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — Grab your passport and your sunscreen, Lonely Planet has just revealed its 30 must-visit destinations for 2025 as well as a brand-new rundown of top 10 travel trends. The travel publishing giant’s list is spread over cities, countries and regions, with Bansko in Bulgaria, Osaka in Japan and Edmonton
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Southeastern Conference quarterbacks may have played themselves out of the Heisman Trophy race for now. Well, maybe not Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia. But he could be next. Alabama’s Jalen Milroe has more interceptions than touchdown passes in four league games. Georgia’s Carson Beck has leveled off against SEC competition,
Continue ReadingLANDIS, N.C. (AP) — Former “Malcolm in the Middle” star Frankie Muniz is set to continue his NASCAR career with a full-time ride in the Truck Series for 2025. Muniz will make the jump from part-time racer to a full slate in No. 33 Ford for Reaume Brothers Racing. He made two starts for Reaume
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s 2020 Teacher of the Year, has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan. 1. This is the second lawsuit filed against the law in reliably Republican Louisiana. It is the only
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — More than 97,000 people cast absentee ballots in person in Wisconsin on the first day they could. The high turnout on Tuesday led long waits at some polling places that were made worse by an overwhelmed computer system that clerks use to process ballots. Republicans and Democrats have been
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky state Sen. Johnnie Turner, known for his staunch support for the coal industry and other causes in his Appalachian district, has died after being injured at home last month when he plunged into an empty swimming pool while aboard a lawn mower. He was 76. Turner, a Harlan
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer Newspapers in the United States closed at the rate of more than two per week during 2023, but a burst of activity among digital entrepreneurs illustrated some tiny shoots of growth in what has become a desert-like climate for local news. A total of 127 newspapers closed last year, while the 81
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By Paul Burton Click here for updates on this story KENSINGTON, New Hampshire (WBZ) — Joe Casey survived a mosquito bite that gave him Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). He says his family and community in New Hampshire have been critical to his recovery. Casey, 55, of Kensington, is now out of the hospital and recovering
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WBZ, FAMILY HANDOUT, GO FUND ME, CNN By Paul Burton Click here for updates on this story KENSINGTON, New Hampshire (WBZ) — Joe Casey survived a mosquito bite that gave him Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). He says his family and community in New Hampshire have been critical to his recovery. Casey, 55, of Kensington, is
Continue Reading By Sara Murray, Zachary Cohen, Jason Morris and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — A review of the millions of registered voters in Georgia found just 20 noncitizens were registered to vote, Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday. Those 20 people were removed from the state’s voter rolls – which total 8.2 million
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El presidente Donald Trump disputa la versión del ex secretario general de la Casa Blanca, John Kelly, de que advirtió al presidente antes de abandonar la Casa Blanca el año pasado que no contratara a un reemplazo que no le dijera la verdad o que sería sometido a juicio político. Kelly,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hashem Safieddine, a strongman who rose through the ranks of the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah over decades to become the second-most powerful person within the organization, has died. Safieddine, who was about 60, was killed in early October in a series of Israeli airstrikes in a southern suburb of
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