Associated Press SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Surveying storm damage in North Carolina, former President Donald Trump on Monday blasted federal emergency responders whose work has been stymied by armed harassment and a deluge of misinformation, but he said he was not concerned that the aftermath of Hurricane Helene would affect election results in the battleground
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the remote Nevada desert, Janille and Tom Baker’s hay ranch couldn’t survive without immigrant guest workers who come every year from Mexico. Hundreds of miles away in Las Vegas, immigrants are just as vital, keeping the 24-hour economy humming nonstop. Immigration has become a source of fear and frustration
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin will be shaking hands this week with multiple world leaders, including those from China, India, Turkey and Iran. They will be in the Russian city of Kazan for the summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies. The gathering defies predictions that the war in Ukraine and an international
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — U.S. and Canadian warships sailed through the disputed Taiwan Strait on Sunday, almost a week after China held massive war games around Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory. The destroyer USS Higgins and the Canadian frigate HMCS Vancouver made a “routine” transit meant to uphold the freedom of navigation
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BAKER, Nev. (AP) — Immigrants, as well as those who work closely with them, say both sides’ efforts to crack down on the border have clouded the larger immigration issue in ways often too nuanced to break down cleanly along ideological lines. They say that both parties’ attempts to gain the upper hand
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The metal gangway where dozens of people waited to board a ferry boat made a loud, creaking noise before snapping in the middle amid panicked cries from those sent plunging into the water. Some clung desperately to the railing, while others began to float away with the tidal current.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters remain largely divided over whether they prefer Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris to handle key economic issues, although Harris earns slightly better marks on elements such as taxes for the middle class, according to a new poll. A majority of registered voters in the survey by The
Continue ReadingM. Night Shyamalan’s thrilling “Trap” and albums from pop princess Halsey and country-pop star Kelsea Ballerini are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases. The Boss shines in the documentary “Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band” and Billy Crystal stars in a new series for Apple TV+ called “Before,” about a
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy Edman and Will Smith homered to send Shohei Ohtani into the World Series for the first time, and the Los Angeles Dodgers eliminated the New York Mets with a 10-5 victory in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series. The Dodgers clinched their record 25th NL pennant
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway vs. Hollywood. Subway vs. Freeway. Judge vs. Ohtani. New York neighbors who became cross-country rivals, the Yankees and Dodgers renew their starry struggle in the World Series for the first time in 43 years. “I’ve always had that sense being here that there’s that underlying, craving for
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Pete Muntean, and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Lighting on a Houston radio tower reportedly failed just days before it was hit by a helicopter on Sunday, killing four people in a fiery explosion that toppled the tower and left debris scattered through the neighborhood. Operating as an air tour flight,
Continue ReadingAP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As confetti fell and Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” blared through the arena, the New York Liberty celebrated the end of a long odyssey. The team that always fell short, starting from their days in Madison Square Garden, through detours to Radio City Music Hall and Westchester
Continue ReadingCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Indigenous senator told King Charles III that Australia is not his land as the British royal visited Australia’s parliament on Monday. Sen. Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of a parliamentary reception for the royal couple after shouting that British colonizers have taken Indigenous land and bones. “You committed genocide against
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — As the world grapples with plummeting levels of biodiversity, Colombia is hosting two weeks of meetings for the United Nations Biodiversity Conference. The conference, which began Monday in the city of Cali, is a follow-up to a global treaty signed by 196 countries in 2022 to protect 30% of
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For the New York Yankees, the real opening day is World Series Game 1. A little bubbly for a playoff berth, the AL East, the Division Series and their 41st pennant were just warmups. World Series rings are the only numbers that count when you are measured not
Continue ReadingAP National Writer Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump attended the NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets as the guest of an unidentified suite holder at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh. Trump arrived about midway through the first quarter and was greeted by a small crowd of supporters wearing Steelers jerseys toting a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas’ capital city of Little Rock in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults, has died at age 83. Mothershed Wair died Saturday at a hospital in Little Rock after having complications from multiple
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Sunday toasted the unveiling of a long-awaited reimagined public White House tour. The couple held a dinner in celebration of the first lady’s update of the White House public tour. The updates will be unveiled on Monday. President Biden, who is
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Police, prosecutors and forensic examiners in the northern Mexico state of Sinaloa all conspired to cover up the killing of an opponent of the ruling-party state governor, using a blood-stained truck found at the crime scene. The bombshell statement by federal prosecutors backs up the version of imprisoned drug lord Ismael
Continue ReadingAP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes overcame two interceptions to deliver a few big plays with his feet and the Kansas City Chiefs remained the league’s only undefeated team after beating the San Francisco 49ers 28-18 in a Super Bowl rematch. The stakes and the quality of play weren’t at
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