AP National News

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol formally issued its extraordinary subpoena o Donald Trump on Friday, demanding testimony from the former president who lawmakers say “personally orchestrated” a multi-part effort to overturn the results of the 2020

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Dozens of women and girls have been raped and hundreds of civilians killed during fighting in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region. That’s according to an official document prepared by Tigray’s regional Emergency Coordination Centre and seen by The Associated Press. It states that about 40 girls and women between ages 13 and

By FRANCES D’EMILIO and GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Giorgia Meloni on Friday formed Italy’s new ruling coalition, giving the country its first far-right-led government since the end of World War II and becoming the first woman tapped to serve as the country’s premier. A presidential palace official announced that Meloni and her

ROME (AP) — Italy’s coast guard says it has found two dead minors on a migrant boat carrying nearly 40 people in the Mediterranean Sea, and a search is under way for a woman reported missing from the vessel. A coast guard statement said 36 people were found alive on the boat, which had been

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann alleges in a federal lawsuit that chess world champion Magnus Carlsen and others destroyed his career by falsely accusing him of cheating. Niemann is seeking $100 million in damages in the lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis, elevating a controversy that has

By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s 5th Congressional District is a true toss-up this election, a rarity in a state that’s seen on the national stage as reliably blue. The district, which was significantly redrawn, hasn’t been held by a Republican in a quarter-century. But the primary defeat of centrist

CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana man who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his 9-year-old daughter as he was talking to her two brothers about gun safety won’t serve any prison time for her 2017 death. A Lake County judge sentenced Eric S. Hummel, 38, on Thursday to one year to be served

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has taken formal delivery of its first batch of hydrogen from the United Arab Emirates, a “green” fuel it hopes will help replace coal and gas used by energy-intensive industries in future. Germany is scrambling to substitute natural gas imports from Russia while also staying on track for its ambitious goal

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that trims the powers of the president, a key demand of protesters who are seeking political reforms and solutions to the country’s economic crisis. The amendment transfers some presidential powers, including the appointment of officials, to

By ED WHITE Associated Press Prosecutors have rested their case in the trial of three men charged with assisting a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. An undercover FBI agent told jurors that leader Adam Fox talked favorably about the Wolverine Watchmen. That was a paramilitary group whose members included Joe Morrison, Pete

By GREGORY GONDWE Associated Press BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawian police say they have found four bodies of suspected Ethiopian migrants near the forested site where 25 other bodies were exhumed earlier this week. The four decomposing bodies were found Thursday about a kilometer from the mass grave where 25 bodies were exhumed within the

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Nine people were injured early Friday in a shooting at a fraternity house outside of Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Police say seven people were taken to the hospital. None of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening. Southern University is in the midst of celebrating homecoming. School officials say

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A high-tech indoor farming company in Appalachia promoted by JD Vance and financed in part by his venture capital firm is facing five lawsuits alleging it misled regulators and duped investors. The shareholder suits against Morehead, Kentucky-based AppHarvest were filed between November 2021 and August

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding an immediate end to violence and criminal activity in Haiti and imposing sanctions on a powerful gang leader. The United States and Mexico drafted the resolution, but had delayed the vote until Friday so they

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Legit gross or crazy delicious? Butter boards, the polarizing stepchild of charcuterie, have taken TikTok to new food-craze heights as some horrified safety and nutrition experts look on. And now, heading into the holidays, the boards are landing on tables as quick, inexpensive alternatives to the

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift has said “Midnights” was inspired by certain key sleepless nights — something many of her fans undoubtedly experienced as the singer-songwriter dropped seven bonus tracks and a music video just hours after the album’s release Friday. “Midnights” was released at, well, midnight Eastern time

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he has agreed to meet with Sweden’s new prime minister in Ankara to discuss the Scandinavian country’s bid to join NATO. He described the visit as an opportunity to test Stockholm’s “sincerity” in meeting Turkey’s conditions for membership. In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks shook off a shaky start and are turning higher in early trading on Wall Street, keeping major indexes on track for weekly gains after several days of up-and-down trading. The benchmark S&P 500 rose 0.5% early Friday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up a bit more. The Nasdaq

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The third and final defendant in an illegal scheme to supply $20 million worth of substandard counterfeit clothing and gear made in China to the U.S. military has been sentenced to two years in prison, federal prosecutors said. Terry Roe, 49, of Burlington, North Dakota, was the manager of a supplier