ISTANBUL (AP) — Authorities say wildfires are raging across western Turkey for a third straight day exacerbated by high winds and warm temperatures. More than 130 fires have erupted across the country in the past week. That’s according to Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate. Most have been brought under control, but eight major fires
Continue ReadingMARION, Va. (AP) — A Virginia prosecutor says the man who was charged in the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s deputy and the wounding of another deputy has died in a Tennessee hospital. Smyth County Commonwealth’s Attorney Phillip Blevins said that Timothy Wayne Goodman of North Carolina died early Friday. Goodman had been charged with
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — The city of Phoenix and its police force have launched a new website in response to a recent scathing U.S. Justice Department report outlining a pattern of excessive force and racial discrimination. The website includes incident records, body camera videos and evidence in cases mentioned in the report. Interim Police Chief Michael
Continue ReadingChechnya President Ramzan Kadyrov has invited Tesla CEO Elon Musk to Russia after being filmed behind the wheel of one of the company’s Cybertrucks mounted with a machine gun. In a clip posted on Kadyrov’s Telegram channel, the self-styled strongman was seen taking the stainless steel-clad Cybertruck for a leisurely drive before standing astride the
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign says it is reserving $370 million in advertising to run between Labor Day and Election Day. In a memo Saturday, the Harris-Walz campaign said the fall advertising push will include $170 million in television reservations running for nine weeks, starting Sept. 3, in battleground states. It also
Continue ReadingATHENS, Ala. (AP) — Country singer Keith Urban gave just a few hours’ notice before performing a free concert Friday night in the parking lot of a large convenience store and gas station in north Alabama. Hundreds of people turned out for the show in Athens, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) south of Nashville. It
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A lawsuit claims an employee of a rural Kansas school district repeatedly shoved a teenager with Down syndrome into a utility closet, hit the boy and once photographed him locked in a cage used to store athletic equipment. The suit filed Friday in federal court says the paraprofessional assigned to the 15-year-old sent
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Former U.S. Rep. George Santos is expected to plead guilty to multiple counts in his federal fraud case, according to a person familiar with the matter. Santos, a Republican from New York, is expected to enter the plea at a court hearing planned for Monday on Long Island, the person said. The person
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday repeatedly swerved from a message focused on the economy into non sequiturs and personal attacks, including thrice declaring that he was better looking than Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump wound back and forth between hitting his points on economic policy and delivering a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Officials at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland say Air Force security guards exchanged gunfire with someone who twice opened fire at an entrance to the base. Base public affairs chief Stefanie Antosh says no injuries are reported after the Saturday morning shootings. Antosh said guards returned fire at a passing vehicle around 4:30 a.m.,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) — Fighters from Sudan’s paramilitary group have rampaged through a central village, looting and burning and killing at least 85 people, including women and children. The latest atrocity in the country’s 18-month conflict was reported Saturday by authorities and residents. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began attacking Galgani in the central
Continue ReadingAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Teamsters union members will host Vice President Kamala Harris for a roundtable discussion in the near future. But the union’s president, Sean O’Brien, has yet to get an invitation to speak at next week’s Democratic National Convention. Kara Deniz, a spokeswoman for the 1.3 million member union, told the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Hurricane Ernesto was being felt this weekend along much of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, even with the storm hundreds of miles offshore and crossing Bermuda. Dangerous rip currents forced some public beaches to close during one of the final busy weekends of the summer season. New York City officials closed ocean-facing beaches for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tim Walz touted his Nebraska roots Saturday in his first trip back to his home state since becoming the Democratic vice presidential nominee, and drew sharp contrasts between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Playing to the crowd, Walz noted his love of Nebraska football and joked about the historical
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ding Jiaxi knew he would spend his 57th birthday alone in a Chinese prison cell, without a phone call from family or a chance to stretch in the sunlight. It was the activist’s fifth year in those conditions. His wife, Sophie Luo, shared details about her husband’s plight before his
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov has arrived in Afghanistan in the highest-level visit by a foreign official since the Taliban returned to power three years ago. Aripov, heading a delegation, was welcomed at the Kabul airport by Abdul Salam Hanafi, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister, and other senior members of the government,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The latest search for the remains of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims has ended with three more sets containing gunshot wounds, investigators said. The three are among 11 sets of remains exhumed during the latest excavation in Oaklawn Cemetery, state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said Friday. “Two of those gunshot
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Silvio Santos, a Brazilian television executive and presenter known for his beaming smile and catchphrase “Who wants money?” has died after a decades-long career in the spotlight. He was 93. Santos owned the television network SBT and created several variety shows. The most famous of them carried his name,
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Maurice Williams, a rhythm and blues singer and composer who with his backing group the Zodiacs became one of music’s great one-shot acts with the classic ballad “Stay,” has died. He was 86. Williams died Aug. 6, according to an announcement from the North Carolina Music Hall of
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer There were wins for Liverpool and Arsenal and records for the prolific Mohamed Salah and the enduring James Milner on the first Saturday of the Premier League season. Liverpool’s new era under Arne Slot began with a 2-0 victory over promoted Ipswich. Salah netted the second to take his tally of goals
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