AP National News

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — After Superstorm Sandy struck the northeast U.S. in 2012, an unprecedented effort began to fortify the densely populated coastline against the next big storm. Then, last year, remnants of Hurricane Ida blew in, and flash floods killed at least 58 people. The two deadly storms, nearly

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its Western allies have dismissed Russia’s claims that banned biological weapons activities are taking place in Ukraine with American support. They call it disinformation and fabrications. But Russia’s U.N. ambassador says Moscow will pursue a U.N. investigation of its allegations that

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — Eight people were found dead in a burning Tulsa-area house in what was being investigated as multiple homicides, police said. The fire was reported about 4 p.m. Thursday in a quiet residential area of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, 13 miles (20 kilometers) southeast of Tulsa. Broken Arrow police said that although

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea on Friday, Seoul officials said, as its rival South Korea was wrapping up an annual military drill that the North views as an invasion rehearsal. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement the missile flew toward North Korea’s

By GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says new sanctions imposed on his government by the United States this week will only serve to drive more migrants to the U.S. border. Speaking at an anniversary ceremony for Nicaragua’s Interior Ministry, Ortega said Thursday that the United States has imposed

By GABE STERN, KEN RITTER and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s secretary of state told a rural county late Thursday it must halt a first-of-its-kind hand count of mail-in votes after the state Supreme Court warned the current process violates Nevada election law. Volunteers in rural Nye County had wrapped up

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — Eight people were found dead Thursday in a burning Tulsa-area house in what was being investigated as multiple homicides, police said. The fire was reported about 4 p.m. Thursday in a quiet residential area of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, 13 miles (20 kilometers) southeast of Tulsa. Broken Arrow police said that

By BARBARA ORTUTAY, TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter and ousted the CEO, chief financial officer and the company’s top lawyer, two people familiar with the deal said Thursday night. The people wouldn’t say if all the paperwork for the deal, originally valued at $44 billion,

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s attorney general has agreed not to enforce a near-total ban on abortions at least until next year. Planned Parenthood Arizona credited the move on Thursday with allowing them to restart abortion care across the state. The state’s largest provider of abortions restarted services at only their

By GABE STERN, KEN RITTER and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — Volunteers in a rural Nevada county spent a second day tallying ballots in a first-of-its-kind hand count of mail-in votes that became even less certain late Thursday when the state Supreme Court issued an opinion concluding the current process violates state

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dancer in a film produced by Harvey Weinstein testified Thursday that she was “freaked out” after meeting the movie mogul on the Puerto Rican set but the presence and reassurance of his assistant convinced her it was OK to go with him to his

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney has endorsed and plans to campaign for Democratic congresswoman Elissa Slotkin of Michigan. Backing a Democrat is a first for Cheney, a harsh critic of Republican former President Donald Trump who lost her GOP primary in Wyoming last summer. Cheney announced her support for the two-term

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police have made an arrest in connection with a burglary at the campaign headquarters for Katie Hobbs, the Democratic nominee for governor. Police said Thursday than an officer saw a news story with surveillance photos of the suspect and recognized him as the man arrested for a burglary at another office

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Residents of a town in north-central Mexico were stunned to see a dog running down the street with a human head in its mouth. Officials in Zacatecas state confirmed the incident and said Thursday that police eventually managed to wrest the head away from the dog.

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has ordered the families of U.S. embassy staffers in the Nigerian capital to leave due to heightened fears of a terrorist attack. Thursday’s announcement comes just two days after the department said it would allow nonessential personnel at the embassy in Abuja to

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has reported that it returned to profitability after two consecutive quarters of losses this year. But its stock tumbled due to weaker-than-expected revenue as well as the company’s disappointing projections for the current quarter. Amazon reported revenue of $127.1 billion, less than the $127.4

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The 19-year-old gunman who forced his way into a St. Louis school and killed two people purchased the AR-15-style rifle from a private seller after an FBI background check stopped him from buying a weapon from a licensed dealer, police said Thursday. Orlando Harris tried to

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. nuclear chief says a new nuclear test explosion by North Korea “would be yet another confirmation of a program which is moving full steam ahead in a way that is incredibly concerning.” Rafael Grossi says the International Atomic Energy Agency sees preparations for a seventh test but has no

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. nuclear chief says he is sending inspectors to two locations in Ukraine where Russia alleged that activities related to the possible production of “dirty bombs” was taking place and expects them to reach a conclusion “in days — very fast.” Rafael Grossi said