Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has praised Hungary’s autocratic leader, further fanning concerns that Trump embraces anti-democratic forces around the world. During Tuesday’s debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump expressed the mutual admiration he shares with Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister who has cozied up with Russia and China
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Music superstar Taylor Swift is officially in her Kamala Harris era after releasing a lengthy Instagram post supporting the Democratic presidential nominee. The endorsement came shortly after Harris and former President Donald Trump finished their first, and likely only, presidential debate. Swift included a picture of herself holding her
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump emerged Wednesday from a rocky debate against Kamala Harris looking to regain his footing with 55 days until Election Day, the first ballots already going out in Alabama and other states on the cusp of early voting. Not even three months ago, Trump stepped off the debate stage
Continue ReadingBy Denise Royal, Carlos Suarez and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill admitted some regrets about his actions during his pre-game detainment on Sunday but called for the officer who restrained him to be taken off the force. “Gone. Gone. Gone. He gotta go, man,” Hill said Wednesday in a news
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s national police chief says 402 children have been rescued and 171 suspects arrested after raids on 20 welfare homes linked to an Islamic business group, in which children were allegedly exploited and sexually abused. Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said the raids were conducted Wednesday following investigations into allegations
Continue ReadingDEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes across Gaza overnight and Wednesday hit a U.N. school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes, killing at least 34 people, including 19 women and children, hospital officials said. A U.N. official said six staffers were among the dead. The war in Gaza is now
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The British government has announced it will hold a public inquiry into the killing of Pat Finucane. He was a lawyer whose 1989 slaying raised questions of collusion between U.K. security forces and Loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland. Finucane was shot dead in his Belfast home by the Ulster Defense Association, a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris surprised some viewers during her debate with Donald Trump when she said that she’s a gun owner, raising the fact to counter her Republican opponent’s accusation that she wants to confiscate firearms. “Tim Walz and I are both gun owners,” Harris said, referencing her running mate.
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer A new study shows that more women chose to have their tubes tied after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. The study also shows the biggest increases were in states that ban abortion. It was published Wednesday in JAMA. Researchers examined insurance claims data from 2021 and 2022 for around 4.8
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The U.S. Postal Service is ending discounts that shipping consolidators such as UPS and DHL use to get packages to the nation’s doorsteps, in a move meant to help the Postal Service slow losses but that could see the higher costs passed on to consumers. The changes announced Wednesday affect nearly 2 billion
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Former Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha says he has been formally charged with corruption in connection with a property deal, describing the move as politically motivated. In October, prosecutors publicly put him under investigation for allegedly abusing his post to help his son-in-law, Jamarber Malltezi, privatize public land to
Continue ReadingBy Isabel Rosales and Dakin Andone, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — The mother of the teenager accused of killing four people during last week’s shooting at a Georgia high school has apologized to the victims’ families in an open letter while insisting her son “is not a monster.” “To the parents and families of those affected
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — At an impromptu party in the office to celebrate his 50th birthday, a veteran CIA officer got drunk, reached up a colleague’s skirt and forcibly kissed her in front of stunned co-workers, prosecutors alleged in the latest case of sexual misconduct to spill from the spy agency into a
Continue ReadingBeaumont, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a Texas man to more than three years in prison for kicking a cat that court records say was later set on fire. Documents in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas show 30-year-old Donaldvan Williams was sentenced Tuesday to 40 months in prison.
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer All signs point to this Sunday’s Emmy Awards becoming the “Shogun” show. The FX series about power struggles in feudal Japan has already broken the record for most Emmys for a single season after 14 victories at the precursor Creative Arts ceremony. It could add six more on Sunday, including best drama
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By Brian Stelter and Kit Maher, CNN New York (CNN) — The day after Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump’s first presidential debate, it is far from clear if Trump will agree to a rematch. Multiple TV networks are eager to host a presidential debate in October. The Harris campaign, exuding confidence after Harris baited
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s second largest political party says an education bill that would give the government more control over white minority language schools is a threat to the country’s new government of national unity. The bill seeks to give the government the power to determine language and admission policies in schools.
Continue ReadingAP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — First came space tourism. Now comes an even bigger thrill for the monied masses: spacewalking. The stage is set for the first private spacewalk Thursday. Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman will pop out of the hatch of his orbiting SpaceX capsule, two days after blasting off from Florida
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — An English appeals court has quashed the conviction of a man who has brain damage and sentenced to life in prison for the 1990 murder of a shopkeeper in London. Oliver Campbell was 21 when he was jailed in 1991 after being convicted based partly on admissions his lawyer says
Continue ReadingHUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Investigators say an explosion that injured six people at the Kansas State Fair was caused by a canned food item that got too hot when stored near a food warmer. The explosion happened Tuesday night at a concession trailer called the Fry Shack. Two people were hospitalized after the explosion and
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