OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — Election officials in Oregon’s third-largest county say the vote count is being delayed because of problems with a ballot-sorting machine. Clackamas County elections officials said Thursday that the sorter began experiencing mechanical issues after ballots were mailed to voters. While it’s under repair, elections workers are processing ballots using hand
Continue Reading Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bobby Brink redirected Joel Farabee’s feed past goalie Jordan Binnington with 3:01 left in the Philadelphia Flyers’ 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. Garnet Hathaway also scored and Sam Ersson made 20 saves to help Philadelphia win consecutive games for the first time this season. St.
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald Trump, drawing objections from the federal workers tasked with recording the president’s remarks for posterity. That’s according to two U.S. government officials who spoke on
Continue Reading By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The winner of the US presidential election could have a sweeping impact on the contentious relationship between the world’s two largest economies and rival powers. But in China, where election news is filtered through heavily censored state and social media, the focus has been more on spectacle
Continue Reading Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — For U.S. philanthropist Amed Khan, America’s has mismanaged the war in Ukraine. It has rallied support, but not enough for Kyiv to win the war. He and other Americans who directly support Ukraine’s war effort, either through financial aid or voluntary combat, say the U.S. — Ukraine’s main ally
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Dodgers’ 7-6 victory over the Yankees in Game 5 for their eighth World Series title and second in five years averaged 18.6 million viewers on Fox, Fox Deportes and streaming, according to Nielsen. That is the most-watched game in the Fall Classic since Game 7 in 2019 when the Washington
Continue Reading Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Employees for Arizona’s most populous country are joining election workers in an around-the-clock operation to help process early ballots. Maricopa County ballots this year are longer than usual, and the envelopes need to be processed so they can be prepared for actual counting. The county was unsure how long it
Continue Reading CNN By Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Young Thug was sentenced to time served as part of a sweeping case that originally included dozens of defendants. The rapper, whose given name is Jeffery Williams, was released Thursday night after more than 900 days in custody, according to jail records. He will have
Continue Reading Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is boasting that its new intercontinental ballistic missile is “the world’s strongest,” a claim seen as pure propaganda after experts assessed it as being too big to be useful in a war situation. The ICBM launched Thursday flew higher and for a longer duration than any
Continue Reading Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince William’s roadshow for environmental innovation will arrive in South Africa next week as the heir to the British throne announces the winners of his annual Earthshot Prize, aimed at finding new ways to combat climate change and other threats to the planet’s air, water and wildlife. William will travel
Continue Reading STUART, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man is recovering from a shark bite just over a decade after being bitten at the same beach. Treasure Coast Newspapers reports that 28-year-old Cole Taschman was surfing with two friends at Bathtub Beach in Stuart last Friday afternoon when the attack occurred. He believes the shark that bit
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Watch the debate live at this link. U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley and challenger Lucas Kunce will take the debate stage at 7 p.m. Thursday in St. Louis. The debate is being aired by Nextstar and will appear in Mid-Missouri on MyZouTV. Hawley, a Republican, and Kunce, a Democrat, will be on Tuesday’s ballot for one
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CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sunrise Beach man who was accused of driving a school bus while he was drunk is facing more than two dozen more charges. Brett Emehiser was charged with 43 counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and one count of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. The amended complaint was filed
Continue Reading Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has voted to extend the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping force in the Western Sahara for another year Thursday with Algeria refusing to vote in protest at the resolution’s failure to include a reference to monitoring human rights in the disputed north African territory. The
Continue Reading COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A judge gave a man probation and a suspended sentence Thursday after he pleaded guilty to attacking a former U.S. senator as she was running along a riverside park in western Iowa. Dominic Henton, 26, was given the suspended sentence and probation for the Nov. 8, 2023, assault of Martha
Continue Reading BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Gulf Coast, battered by a mammoth oil spill more than a decade ago and left bereft by years of subsequent flooding, will have its first oyster season since 2018. The oyster season will open at sunrise, Nov. 13, in eight harvesting areas, but will last only 10 days, the
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LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters who haven’t yet cast their ballots will be faced with the question of whether they support a casino on the Osage River in Lake Ozark. Voting yes on Amendment 5 would change the state constitution to allow for 14 gambling boat licenses instead of the current 13. This would open
Continue Reading Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump met with Arab Americans in the nation’s largest Arab-majority city as the Republican presidential nominee works to court the potentially decisive group despite his history of Islamophobic rhetoric and policy. Trump was greeted with cheers and applause Friday from a modest crowd at The Great Commoner restaurant
Continue Reading Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N.-backed human rights experts say Russia’s torture of Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war is a crime against humanity. Chair of the independent investigation commission investigating human rights violations in Ukraine said Thursday that the panel previously described Russia’s widespread and systematic use of torture in Ukraine and Russia
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — The union representing striking Boeing factory workers says members will vote Monday on a new contract offer from the company that provides slightly bigger wage increases than an offer that was rejected last week. Boeing ‘s latest offer would raise wages 38% over four years, or a compounded increase of about 43%,
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