EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana woman who pleaded guilty to neglect for a rat attack that left her 6-month-old son with disfiguring injuries has been sentenced to probation. A judge sentenced 29-year-old Angel Schonabaum to four years in prison Thursday but gave her credit for a year of time served and suspended the remaining
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The grandson of South Africa’s first Black president, Nelson Mandela, says the U.K. government denied him an entry visa because of his support for Hamas. Mandla Mandela could not travel to the U.K. earlier this month to address pro-Palestinian gatherings after he was informed that he would need a visa,
Continue ReadingFORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (AP) — A person of interest is in custody in connection with the death of a soldier stationed at Fort Leonard Wood in south-central Missouri. The body of Sgt. Sarah Roque of Ligonier, Indiana, was found Tuesday inside a trash bin. No cause of death was given but the Department of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Officials in a Pennsylvania county say an investigation is underway after election workers identified about 2,500 voter registration forms that may be fraudulent. The Lancaster County Elections Board and the local prosecutor said Friday some of the forms contained false names, suspicious handwriting, questionable signatures, incorrect addresses or other
Continue ReadingAssociated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The hard-right Dutch government has announced tough measures aimed at reining in asylum requests. They include a re-introduction of border checks and make the Netherlands the latest European nation to take a hardline stance against migration. Among the measures that will be swiftly sent to parliament for approval
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Many of Donald Trump’s supporters left a Michigan rally before he arrived after the former president kept them waiting for three hours to tape a popular podcast interview. Those who remained at the outdoor rally on an airport tarmac huddled in the cold Friday night as they waited
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential election and the race for control of the closely divided U.S. House are expected to dominate attention in Oregon on election night. Voters will also decide a ballot measure to establish ranked-choice voting. Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump will compete for Oregon’s eight electoral votes. In
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah voters will cast ballots for the full range of federal and state offices in the Nov. 5 general election, including president, Congress, governor, state Legislature and others. Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are competing for Utah’s six electoral votes. GOP Congressman John Curtis, Democrat Caroline Gleich and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Seth Meyers admits there are times when he’s in a disagreement with his wife or absurd situation with his kids and he can’t help immediately thinking about making it into a bit. The comedian and host of “Late Night with Seth Meyers” has morphed several of those amusing stories
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Wildfires in Brazil have swept through an area the size of Switzerland, a level of destruction that will take decades to recover, if it ever does, according to a new satellite assessment. The breadth of forest that has been lost or degraded was revealed as smoke that has blanketed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A court in Uganda has sentenced a former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels to 40 years in prison for brutal crimes committed by the group during its insurgency that started in the 1980s. Thomas Kwoyelo — a former child soldier who later became a rebel commander — will serve only 25
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Some hurricane-impacted households in North Carolina and Florida will receive one-time, direct cash payments of $1,000 on Friday. The nonprofit GiveDirectly is using AI to find low-income households in badly damaged areas and reaching out to them via an app used to manage SNAP benefits. GiveDirectly hopes the tech-forward model can inspire more
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike that hit a guesthouse in southeast Lebanon has killed three journalists who were covering the Israel-Hezbollah war. Those killed were camera operator Ghassan Najjar and broadcast technician Mohammed Rida of the Beirut-based pan-Arab Al-Mayadeen TV, and camera operator Wissam Qassim, who worked for Al-Manar TV of Lebanon’s
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — George Washington. Benjamin Franklin. Betsy Ross. The two Founding Fathers and the seamstress of the American flag all once worshipped on the now centuries-old wooden pews of Christ Church. It’s the site of colonial America’s break with the Church of England — and where the U.S. Episcopal Church was born.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The two historic churches are less than a mile apart in Philadelphia. Christ Church is where some of the Founding Fathers worshipped, and where colonial America made its break with the Church of England. Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is located on the oldest parcel of land continuously owned
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek ferry crews have curtailed a four-day strike by several hours, announcing Friday they would go back on the job in the early afternoon instead of at midnight. The strike had threatened to disrupt the travel plans of thousands of Greeks heading to islands for a long weekend ahead of a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — North Korean troops are poised to be deployed by Russia on the battlefield in Ukraine as early as this weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed Friday. Western officials have warned that North Korean units joining the fight would stoke the almost three-year war and bring geopolitical consequences as far
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s state-run media say security forces have arrested the son-in-law of the country’s former longtime military ruler, Than Shwe, for allegedly posting inflammatory statements on his Facebook account. Nay Soe Maung, a 67-year-old retired colonel and a former army medical officer, was the latest to be arrested and jailed for writing Facebook
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on has praised the Serbian president for meeting her and other European Union leaders instead of attending a Russia-organized summit of developing economies held earlier this week. Von der Leyen was also in Bosnia on Friday as part of a trip this
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by two percentage points to a record-high 21% in an effort to combat growing inflation. Government spending on the military is straining the economy’s capacity to produce goods and services and driving up workers’ wages. The central bank said in a statement Friday
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