NEW YORK (AP) — A new history of the USS Intrepid will be co-written by Montel Williams, a former Navy man otherwise known for his long career as a daytime television host. Hanover Square Press announced Wednesday. that “The Sailing of the Intrepid” will be published May 6, and the writers are Williams and David
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed in September to the weakest annual pace in nearly 14 years even as mortgage rates eased and the supply of properties on the market continued to climb. Existing home sales fell 1% last month from August to a seasonally adjusted annual
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ASTON, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris says she believes Donald Trump “is a fascist.” Her comment comes after Trump’s his longest-serving chief of staff said the former president praised Adolf Hitler while in office and put personal loyalty above the Constitution. In interviews with The New York Times and The Atlantic,
Continue ReadingALBION, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 1975 killing of a 17-year-old girl. A judge sentenced 69-year-old Fred Bandy Jr. on Tuesday to a life term with the possibility of parole in Laurel Jean Mitchell’s death. She was found drowned in a river after she failed
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine will receive $50 billion in loans, backed by frozen Russian assets, from Group of Seven allies. That word comes Wednesday from the White House. Distribution of the money will begin by year’s end, according to officials who say the United States is providing $20 billion of the total. Leaders
Continue ReadingPETRILA, Romania (AP) — For many years, Sebastian Tirinticǎ worked in a coal mine, just like his father and grandfather before him. These days, Tirinticǎ, now 38, is largely surrounded by solar panels and wind turbines as he travels across Romania to train former coal workers and others for jobs in renewable energies. It’s been
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has rejected a claim by Donald Trump’s campaign that his Labour Party is illegally interfering in the U.S. presidential election. A statement on Trump’s website says an official complaint has been filed with the Federal Election Commission against the Labour Party and the campaign of Vice President
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s air force struck Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday in an apparent retaliation for an attack at a key state-run defense company that killed five people and wounded more than 20 others. The defense ministry said more than 30 targets were “destroyed” in the aerial
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Police say a 60-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after three people were found dead in a care home in southern England. Dorset police are investigating whether carbon monoxide poisoning caused the deaths. Detective Chief Inspector Neil Third says investigators are trying to determine if someone was grossly negligent.
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Striking Greek public school teachers have marched in protest through central Athens as tensions grow between labor organizations and the center-right government over workers’ rights. The 24-hour strike was called by Greece’s civil servants’ union, taking over from teaching unions after the government tried to block the action in court. Labor
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former followers of an arrested Filipino televangelist confronted him in a Senate hearing Wednesday, accusing him of repeatedly abusing them sexually by portraying the assaults as their religious duty to the “appointed son of God.” Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, who was brought to the Senate under heavy police security, denied
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A British father and daughter seriously wounded by a suicide bomber who killed 22 people after an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester in 2017 have won a harassment lawsuit against a former television producer who claimed the tragedy was a hoax. Martin Hibbert and his daughter, Eve, sued Richard Hall over false
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SIUMU, Samoa (AP) — Britain’s King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla have arrived in Samoa ahead of a biennial summit of 56 leaders of Commonwealth countries. The summit is being hosted for the first time in a Pacific Island nation. Residents of the fishing village of Siumu, close to where Charles
Continue ReadingAssociated Press YORK, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scotty Perry is facing a tough reelection race this year. He is being challenged by Democrat Janelle Stelson, a former TV news anchor who is well-known in a House district that includes Harrisburg and its surrounding communities. Perry is not backing away from his record as
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A court in Greenland has once again decided to extend the custody of anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson till Nov. 13 while Denmark considers a Japanese extradition request. It was unclear when Denmark will decide whether or not to send him to Japan, which does not have an extradition treaty with the
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Customarily, Simchat Torah is one of the most joyous days of the Jewish calendar, highlighted by exuberant dancing around a Torah. Jewish leaders say the joy will return during this week’s celebrations, even as Jews recall that last year’s Simchat Torah overlapped with Oct. 7, the day some
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French politicians appear deeply divided over the fate of leftist lawmaker Andy Kerbrat, and whether he should resign. The 34 year-old was caught last week buying synthetic drugs from a drug dealer. Kerbrat, of the far-left France Unbowed party, has blamed his personal drug consumption on “personal problems and psychological fragilities.” He
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Adam Crapser, an adoptee who was deported to South Korea in 2016 because his American parents never secured his citizenship, has delivered a scathing denunciation of the Korean government and his adoption agency in a Seoul appeals court. The 49-year-old’s yearslong legal battle highlights the systemic failures by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives already have a supermajority on the Supreme Court as a result of Donald Trump’s presidency. If Trump wins a second term, the right side of the court could retain control for several more decades. Justices Clarence Thomas, 76, and Samuel Alito, 74, are the two oldest members of the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Republican Donald Trump is pushing supporters in Georgia to get out and vote for him in a state that could be crucial in the presidential election. He spoke Wednesday before a rally organized by Charlie Kirk, a conservative provocateur. Kirk is using his online presence and the organization he
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