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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Forecasters say Kristy has strengthened into a hurricane in the eastern Pacific Ocean and is expected to remain away from land as the storm grows more powerful. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center says Tuesday that the storm was 590 miles west-southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, and was moving west at 18 mph.

LONDON (AP) — Officials say German submarine-hunting planes will patrol the North Atlantic from a base in Scotland under a new Britain-Germany defense pact in response to the growing threat from Russia. Defense ministers from Britain and Germany will sign the agreement in London on Wednesday. Officials say it’s the first such defence pact between

AP Health Writer E. coli food poisoning linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers has sickened at least 49 people in 10 states, including one person who died and 10 who were hospitalized, federal health officials said Tuesday. The death was reported in an older person in Colorado, and one child has been hospitalized with severe

CINCINNATI (AP) — A freelance journalist who was handcuffed after refusing to stop filming the scene of a deadly car crash has sued the city of Cincinnati and the officer. Calvin Andrus said he was standing behind police crime scene tape and recording footage last November when an officer told him to leave. Andrus told

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada Republican who once ran for state treasurer has been suspended without pay from her judge’s seat in rural Pahrump, after being found guilty of misusing funds raised for a statue of a slain Las Vegas police officer. Michele Fiore’s job status was changed Monday by the Nevada Commission on

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Peloton plans to sell its deluxe stationary bike at Costco this holiday season as the struggling connected-exercise company seeks to broaden its customer base. The two companies said on Tuesday that the Peloton Bike+ will be sold at a discount online and at 300 Costco stores from November

AP Business Writer Denny’s says it’s closing 150 of its lowest-performing restaurants in an effort to turn around the brand’s flagging sales. About half of the closures will happen this year and the rest in 2025. The company made the announcement during a meeting with investors Tuesday. The locations weren’t revealed, but the restaurants represent

Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday hurled a series of personal attacks at Vice President Kamala Harris, calling her “lazy” — a word long used to demean Black people in racist terms — and repeatedly questioning her intelligence and stamina. At an event in Miami aimed at courting

Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s Justice Ministry has called for a boost in security for Prime Minister Garry Conille and other Cabinet officials in response to unspecified threats that they could be targeted by malicious parties. The ministry did not provide details other than to say it had “consistent and persistent” information that

DJANET, Algeria (AP) — A Swiss woman was killed earlier this month in Algeria, which has in recent years aimed to attract tourists and put a history of instability and terrorism in the Sahara in the past. Switzerland’s Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday confirmed the unnamed woman’s Oct. 11 death, calling it violent in

Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Government officials in Pakistan say a parliamentary panel has recommended the appointment of one of the three senior judges as the chief justice. Tuesday’s move virtually blocked the senior-most judge from heading the top court. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government will now send a summary to President Asif Ali Zardari

Associated Press BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) — Offshore wind energy projects in New York, New Jersey and Maryland are moving forward, as federal regulators examine the proposals and opponents increase their legal challenges to the work. A large offshore wind farm is being proposed in the waters off New York as federal agencies review seven other

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A 14-year-old Georgia boy indicted for murder in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School has pleaded not guilty. Colt Gray’s lawyer filed papers Tuesday entering the plea after Gray was indicted on Thursday. Gray is waiving an arraignment hearing. A Barrow County grand jury indicted Colt Gray on 55