Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A lawsuit pitting an electronic voting machine manufacturer against a conservative news outlet that aired accusations of vote manipulation in the 2020 presidential election appears headed to trial in Delaware. Smartmatic is suing cable network Newsmax over on-air statements implying that Smartmatic participated in rigging the results, and that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected Donald Trump’s request to halt postconviction proceedings in his hush money criminal case, leaving a key ruling and the former president’s sentencing on track for after the November election. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan cited
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A jury in Seattle has awarded $6 million to the famly members of a Black Lives Matter protester who was struck and killed by a car on a closed interstate highway. The death of Summer Taylor was in July 2020 when there were nightly protests over the murder of George Floyd by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others on Thursday tossed out three counts in the indictment — including two counts brought against the former president — saying that they lie beyond the state’s jurisdiction. The against Trump and others who are appealing an order
Continue ReadingAssociated Press U.S. Border Patrol agents who rushed to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in 2022 failed to establish command and had inadequate training to confront what became one of the nation’s deadliest classroom attacks, according to a federal report released Thursday. But investigators concluded the agents did not violate rules and no disciplinary
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer McDonald’s is extending its $5 value meal until December at most U.S. stores, a move that rivals are likely to follow. McDonald’s introduced the deal in June after a disappointing first quarter that saw fewer U.S. visits and lower spending per order, particularly from customers earning less than $45,000 per year. The
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Supreme Court has set the date for the first state execution in 15 years. WXIN-TV reports the court on Wednesday said Joseph Corcoran will be executed before sunrise on Dec. 18. Corcoran was convicted in the killings of four people in 1997. Indiana’s last state execution was in 2009, according
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s president has dissolved the opposition-dominated parliament, paving the way for a snap legislative election after he took office on an anti-establishment platform. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said in a televised address Thursday evening the election would take place Nov. 17. Analysts say Faye’s political party has a high
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two dozen soldiers and police officers from Jamaica has arrived in Haiti to join a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya to fight powerful gangs. Jamaica is the second country to join the mission that the U.N. Security Council approved in October 2023. It began when the first contingent of Kenyan police
Continue ReadingOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian police say a renowned portrait of Winston Churchill that was reported stolen from an Ottawa hotel has been tracked down in Italy. Investigators will travel to Rome later this month to retrieve the 1941 portrait of the British leader taken by Ottawa photographer Yousuf Karsh, police said in a news
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House this week approved a sweeping package of bills to counter China’s influence, shoring up a largely bipartisan push to ensure America comes out ahead in the competition between the world’s superpowers. The efforts would ban Chinese-made drones, limit China-linked biotech companies from access to the U.S. market,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s governor has signed a bill that would require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote and photo identification when casting a ballot. Under current law, those who don’t bring photo IDs to the polls can sign an affidavit attesting to their identity and are required to
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Cardi B has welcomed her third child into the world. The Grammy winner announced on social media Thursday that she gave birth over the weekend. She posted photos of her holding and breastfeeding the newborn in a hospital. “The prettiest lil thing,” she wrote in the post, followed by the date
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Carol Hasty’s grandchildren are back in school a few days after a gunman opened fire on a nearby highway in Kentucky but she’s not happy about it — even with the increased police protection. Hasty said schools in Rockcastle County should have stayed closed, with students shifting to virtual learning from home, until
Continue ReadingAP National Writer An investigator gave the World Anti-Doping Agency a pass on its handling of the case involving Chinese swimmers, but not without hammering away at the nature of WADA’s “silence” after examining a case that did not follow rules designed to safeguard global sports. WADA released the decision from the Swiss investigator it
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The trial of a man charged in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students will be held in Boise, roughly 300 miles (482.80 kilometers) from where the crimes occurred. The Idaho Supreme Court issued an order on Thursday transferring the trial set for June 2025 from the
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The WNBA and Aces have filed motions to dismiss former Las Vegas player Dearica Hamby’s federal lawsuit that alleges mistreatment over her pregnancy. Hamby filed the suit about a month ago. She alleges the Aces discriminated and retaliated against her, resulting in her January 2023 trade to the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s government has declared three days of national mourning over the death of former President Alberto Fujimori. The government also granted him a state funeral despite his convictions on human rights abuses and corruption. Fujimori, who governed the South American country with an increasingly authoritarian hand between 1990 and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan is wading into the state Supreme Court races with a multimillion-dollar commitment to advertising. The liberal-championing group announced it would spend $2 million on seven weeks of radio ads ahead of the November election. The ads would largely focus on the candidates’
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie’s “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder,” his explicit and surprisingly resilient memoir about his brutal stabbing in 2022, is a nominee for the National Book Awards. Canada’s Anne Carson, one of the world’s most revered poets, was cited for “Wrong Norma.” The National Book Foundation on
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