Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months as it became increasingly clear the measure lacked the support to pass as a potential partial government shutdown looms. The legislation to continue government funding when the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pledging to finish paving a roadway in the heart of the Amazon that experts and some in his own government say could worsen deforestation. Lula’s promise came Tuesday as he visited a region suffering from wildfires and the nation’s worst-ever drought.
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia police officer has died from his wounds nearly three months after being shot in the neck after a traffic stop. City officials say 31-year-old Officer Jaime Roman leaves behind a wife, a 7-year-old daughter and a 4-year-old son. Police say Roman had stopped the car in the city’s Kensington neighborhood
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation’s mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election, telling the head of the U.S. Postal Service that it hasn’t fixed persistent deficiencies. In an alarming letter, the officials
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a request to reconsider its ruling to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the two known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The court on Tuesday turned away the request by 110-year-old Viola Fletcher and 109-year-old Lessie Benningfield Randle to rehear its
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has praised Hungary’s autocratic leader, further fanning concerns that Trump embraces anti-democratic forces around the world. During Tuesday’s debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump expressed the mutual admiration he shares with Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister who has cozied up with Russia and China
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Music superstar Taylor Swift is officially in her Kamala Harris era after releasing a lengthy Instagram post supporting the Democratic presidential nominee. The endorsement came shortly after Harris and former President Donald Trump finished their first, and likely only, presidential debate. Swift included a picture of herself holding her
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump emerged Wednesday from a rocky debate against Kamala Harris looking to regain his footing with 55 days until Election Day, the first ballots already going out in Alabama and other states on the cusp of early voting. Not even three months ago, Trump stepped off the debate stage
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s national police chief says 402 children have been rescued and 171 suspects arrested after raids on 20 welfare homes linked to an Islamic business group, in which children were allegedly exploited and sexually abused. Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said the raids were conducted Wednesday following investigations into allegations
Continue ReadingDEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes across Gaza overnight and Wednesday hit a U.N. school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes, killing at least 34 people, including 19 women and children, hospital officials said. A U.N. official said six staffers were among the dead. The war in Gaza is now
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The British government has announced it will hold a public inquiry into the killing of Pat Finucane. He was a lawyer whose 1989 slaying raised questions of collusion between U.K. security forces and Loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland. Finucane was shot dead in his Belfast home by the Ulster Defense Association, a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris surprised some viewers during her debate with Donald Trump when she said that she’s a gun owner, raising the fact to counter her Republican opponent’s accusation that she wants to confiscate firearms. “Tim Walz and I are both gun owners,” Harris said, referencing her running mate.
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer A new study shows that more women chose to have their tubes tied after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. The study also shows the biggest increases were in states that ban abortion. It was published Wednesday in JAMA. Researchers examined insurance claims data from 2021 and 2022 for around 4.8
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The U.S. Postal Service is ending discounts that shipping consolidators such as UPS and DHL use to get packages to the nation’s doorsteps, in a move meant to help the Postal Service slow losses but that could see the higher costs passed on to consumers. The changes announced Wednesday affect nearly 2 billion
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Former Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha says he has been formally charged with corruption in connection with a property deal, describing the move as politically motivated. In October, prosecutors publicly put him under investigation for allegedly abusing his post to help his son-in-law, Jamarber Malltezi, privatize public land to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — At an impromptu party in the office to celebrate his 50th birthday, a veteran CIA officer got drunk, reached up a colleague’s skirt and forcibly kissed her in front of stunned co-workers, prosecutors alleged in the latest case of sexual misconduct to spill from the spy agency into a
Continue ReadingBeaumont, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a Texas man to more than three years in prison for kicking a cat that court records say was later set on fire. Documents in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas show 30-year-old Donaldvan Williams was sentenced Tuesday to 40 months in prison.
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer All signs point to this Sunday’s Emmy Awards becoming the “Shogun” show. The FX series about power struggles in feudal Japan has already broken the record for most Emmys for a single season after 14 victories at the precursor Creative Arts ceremony. It could add six more on Sunday, including best drama
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s second largest political party says an education bill that would give the government more control over white minority language schools is a threat to the country’s new government of national unity. The bill seeks to give the government the power to determine language and admission policies in schools.
Continue ReadingAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — First came space tourism. Now comes an even bigger thrill for the monied masses: spacewalking. The stage is set for the first private spacewalk Thursday. Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman will pop out of the hatch of his orbiting SpaceX capsule, two days after blasting off from Florida
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