LOS ANGELES (AP) — The World Series had its most-watched game in five years Tuesday night as the New York Yankees avoided a sweep. The Yankees’ 11-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 averaged 16.28 million viewers on Fox, Fox Deportes and streaming, according to Nielsen. That is the most-watched game in
Continue ReadingAP Media Writer The Washington Post has lost at least 250,000 subscribers since announcing last Friday that it would not endorse a candidate for president — roughly 10 percent of its digital following, the newspaper reported Wednesday. The Post would not officially confirm that figure, saying it was a private company, but it was reported
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time in almost a year, demonstrating an improved potential ability to launch long-range nuclear attacks on the mainland U.S. The launch was likely meant to meant grab American attention days ahead of the U.S. election and respond to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some Iowa voters were improperly removed from registration rolls by county election officials after challenges to their registration status were filed too close to the election, Iowa’s top election official confirmed Wednesday. County auditors may have processed removals stemming from challenges that were filed within 90 days of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan officials say two clerks in the Upper Peninsula have been removed from their election duties after expressing plans to conduct a hand count of votes in Tuesday’s election. In a letter Monday, the state’s Bureau of Elections director said that Rock River Clerk Tom Schierkolk and Deputy Clerk
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A senior official with Europe’s top human rights watchdog is urging the government of ethnically divided Cyprus to allow passage to nearly three dozen asylum seekers who have for months been stranded in tents inside a U.N.-controlled buffer zone. Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty, said
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Wednesday reported more cases of E. coli poisoning among people who ate at McDonald’s, as government investigators seeking the outbreak’s source identified an “onion grower of interest” in Washington state. The Food and Drug Administration said 90 people across 13 states have fallen ill in the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted 11 alleged members of a Minneapolis street gang on charges that include murder, conspiracy and drug trafficking. Federal prosecutors say some of the alleged gang members have been charged for their role in seven shootings that killed five people. The alleged members of the
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — Two more people standing trial along with rapper Young Thug have pleaded guilty to reduced charges after reaching deals with prosecutors. Pleas from Rodalius Ryan and Marquavius Huey came Wednesday, just a day after another co-defendant, Quamarvious Nichols, took a plea deal. Ryan pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiring to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Delaware voters will select replacements for some of the state’s most prominent elected officials in the Nov. 5 general election. At the top of the ballot, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump will compete for the state’s three electoral votes in the race to replace Democratic President Joe Biden,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Palestinian ambulance worker made a horrific discovery when the bloody sheet was lifted: The corpse on the stretcher was his own mother, killed by an Israeli airstrike Wednesday in central Gaza. “Oh God, I swear — she’s my mother! I didn’t know it was her!” Abed
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Twelve people have died in a fire at a steel plant in central Mexico. Tlaxcala state Civil Protection said Wednesday the fire call in Xaloztoc, about 87 miles east of Mexico City, started shortly after 3 a.m. Another person was injured, but that person’s condition was unknown. Based on preliminary information
Continue ReadingTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The longtime music director at a northern Michigan church says he was fired just a few months before retirement. Fred Szczepanski says officials learned that he was in a same-sex marriage. The firing has angered members of St. Francis Church in Traverse City and led to sidewalk protests by the
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Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police say it was an accident when a reporter was hit by flyaway metal as Missouri’s Democratic U.S. Senate candidate fired an AR-15-style rifle at a shooting range. Prosecutors declined to charge U.S. Senate hopeful Lucas Kunce. The reporter told the sheriff that he felt a pinch at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Archaeologists using laser-sensing technology have detected what may be an ancient Mayan city cloaked by jungle in southern Mexico, authorities said Wednesday. The lost city, dubbed Valeriana by researchers after the name of a nearby lagoon, may have been as densely settled as the better-known pre-Hispanic metropolis of Calakmul,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America JOURDANTON, Texas (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Rep. Colin Allred are making their final pitches to Texas voters at campaign stops across the state as Election Day nears. Cruz continues to lean on immigration and limiting transgender rights as flashpoints for traditionally conservative voters. Allred blames Cruz for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, who dressed as a giant panda, hosted their final White House Halloween trick-or-treating event on Wednesday. The first lady wore the costume in a nod to the furry creatures’ return to the National Zoo in Washington. Jill Biden also added an educational theme
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An ex-FTX executive who testified against the cryptocurrency firm’s founder at his trial last year has been spared a prison sentence. A federal judge on Wednesday credited the leniency shown to Nishad Singh’s substantial cooperation and the fact that he arrived late to the multibillion dollar fraud. Singh was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Voters in two counties in Washington state and Oregon have not received mail-in ballots with less than a week to go before the election, election officials say. The news comes two days after incendiary devices were set off in ballot drop boxes in both those states. The U.S. Postal Service failed to deliver
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Investigations into potential fraud related to voter registration applications in three Pennsylvania counties have become fodder for online misinformation, including from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Authorities in Lancaster, Monroe and York counties have released limited details, and local prosecutors are looking into whether any crimes might have occurred.
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