Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Ethiopia is increasingly concerned over a defense deal signed earlier this month between Egypt and Somalia, two countries that Addis Ababa is embroiled in disputes with amid rising tensions in the Horn of Africa region. Details of the deal have not been made public but Ali Abdi Aware, the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) — It was another day of war in Gaza, another day of what 19-year-old Palestinian TikTok star Medo Halimy called his “Tent Life.” As he often did in videos documenting life’s mundane absurdities in the enclave, Halimy on Monday walked to his local internet cafe — rather, a tent with Wi-Fi
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Republican state representative in central Florida has been indicted on felony forgery charges related to her role in running her family’s private Christian school in Orlando. Carolina Amesty, 29, turned herself in to authorities at the Orange County Jail on Thursday and was booked on four
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against Rudy Giuliani are asking a court to award them the cash-strapped former New York City mayor’s apartment and other property as they ramp up efforts to collect on the staggering debt. Lawyers for Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye”
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court has upheld a school district’s policy aimed at supporting the privacy of transgender students. In a 3-1 opinion issued Friday, the court upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the mother of a Manchester School District student. She sued after inadvertently
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is pledging to scrutinize contract for deed lending, a form of alternative or seller financing in which a private seller or investor group comes to a loan agreement with a buyer without many of the typical banking and mortgage regulations and protections. The federal watchdog agency declared earlier
Continue ReadingPESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says security forces have killed 37 insurgents in multiple raids over more than a week on militant hideouts in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban. The military said Friday that troops also killed five insurgents elsewhere in the country’s restive southwest. Pakistan has stepped up operations against Islamic
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An inmate set to be executed in South Carolina in three weeks wants the state Supreme Court to delay the execution so his lawyers can argue his co-defendant who testified against him lied about having no plea deal in exchange for his testimony. Attorneys for Freddie Owens also say
Continue ReadingAP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After struggling to drum up interest following its Cannes Film Festival premiere, “The Apprentice,” starring Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump, has found a distributor that plans to release the film shortly before the election in November. Briarcliff Entertainment will release “The Apprentice” on Oct. 11 in
Continue ReadingLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has appointed a new member to the Nebraska Library Commission — a former local school board member removed from office after trying to ban more than 50 books. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Terri Cunningham-Swanson will serve on the board responsible for promoting, developing and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Passengers who bought cabins for a 3 1/2-year round-the-world cruise have been waiting months for the vessel to depart. Villa Vie Residences’ Odyssey was due to sail in May but has been stuck in Belfast undergoing repair work. The ship is scheduled to visit 425 ports in 147
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two Minnesota women are charged with organizing thefts of several thousand dollars’ worth of merchandise from a Lululemon store in Minneapolis, and then funneling the stolen goods through a nail salon. Fifty-six-year-old My Hoang Thi Van, and 24-year-old Kathy Nguyen, are each charged with one felony count of organized retail theft. The
Continue ReadingYOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — “Dancing With the Stars” pro Artem Chigvintsev was arrested Thursday and booked on a domestic violence charge in northern California, according to the local sheriff’s office. When Napa County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic violence call in Yountville, it was apparent that there was potential abuse and Chigvintsev was arrested,
Continue ReadingNASA on Friday cut two astronauts from the next crew to make room on the return trip for the two stuck at the International Space Station. NASA’s Nick Hague and Russian Aleksandr Gorbunov will launch in September aboard a SpaceX rocket for the orbiting laboratory. The duo will return with Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore
Continue ReadingAP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz’s surprising U.S. Open loss to Botic van de Zandschulp in the second round is raising questions for the 21-year-old from Spain who was the pre-tournament favorite and already owns four Grand Slam titles. Alcaraz figured he would be able to turn things around at some point
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police used a tanklike vehicle with a battering ram to smash into a Southern California home and arrest the next-door neighbor of a couple living in a nudist community who were reported missing earlier this week, officials said Friday. Officials believe the bodies of Stephanie Menard, 73, and her
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man accused of stabbing a state child welfare worker to death as she was making a home visit to check on children has been found guilty but mentally ill in her killing. A Sangamon County judge convicted 35-year-old Benjamin Howard Reed on Thursday of first-degree murder in the killing
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HAIFA, Israel (AP) — A 4-year-old boy whose curiosity led to the destruction of a 3,500-year-old jar has returned to the museum in northern Israel where it happened, welcomed by forgiving curators who are using the accident as an educational opportunity. Ariel Geller, his siblings and parents on Friday entered the Hecht Museum
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday the agency’s first shipment of vaccines should arrive in Congo within days. Africa has received just a tiny fraction of the vaccines needed
Continue ReadingThe suspenseful thriller “Rebel Ridge,” the 31st studio album from George Strait and the return of the acclaimed English spy series “Slow Horses” are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases . The cute mascot Astro Bot gets his own full full-fledged adventure on the PlayStation 5 and Sylvester’s unimpeachable legacy as master of
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