AP Congressional Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries crisscrossed Southern California over the weekend as his party works to wrest control of the U.S. House from Republicans. Jeffries rallied in communities far from the presidential battlegrounds, in Little Saigon in Orange County and the high desert of Los Angeles County. California is
Continue Reading Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada said it has identified India’s top diplomat in the country as a person of interest in the assassination of a Sikh activist there and expelled him and five other diplomats Monday, in an escalating dispute over the June 2023 killing and allegations of other crimes. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Continue Reading AP Basketball Writer SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Spike Lee had a memorable first trip to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Michael Jordan welcomed a couple newcomers to it. Jordan greeted Vince Carter and Doug Collins, members of the Hall’s class of 2024, when he saw them during a ceremony Saturday night. Lee
Continue Reading By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — A dramatic pattern shift is bringing the chilliest air since spring to millions of people in the central and eastern United States, making areas that have struggled so far to shed lingering warmth feel more like November than October. Extended periods of fall chill have been hard to
Continue Reading Associated Press A new report from Rutgers University estimates that about 40.2 million eligible voters in the quickly approaching U.S. presidential election are disabled. The voting bloc is growing as the U.S. population ages. But voters and advocates say the hurdles that make people feel excluded from the electoral process aren’t being addressed. That ranges
Continue Reading Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A jury has heard that the father of a 10-year-old girl found dead in her home in England fled to Pakistan and called U.K. police from there to say he had killed her. Urfan Sharif is on trial at London’s Central Criminal Court accused of Sara Sharif’s murder, alongside his
Continue Reading SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The body of Alex Salmond, Scotland’s former first minister who died during a conference in North Macedonia, will soon be returned by special flight to Scotland. Salmond, who as leader of the Scottish National Party took Scotland to the brink of independence in a 2014 referendum, died suddenly Saturday at
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A 26-year-old British man has died after falling from Spain’s tallest bridge during an attempt to climb one of its pylons. The man fell from the Castilla-La Mancha bridge, which crosses the River Tagus outside the town of Talavera de la Reina in central Spain, according to a statement
Continue Reading AP Basketball Writer There’s never been an era in NBA history where it’s been harder to win back-to-back titles. Here are the last six NBA champions, in order: Toronto, the Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee, Golden State, Denver and now Boston. That’s six different title-winning franchises in six seasons, a run of parity that the league
Continue Reading By Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Over the past week, the UN has said that the Israeli military has fired on its peacekeepers, forcibly entered its base, stopped logistics and injured more than a dozen of its troops in southern Lebanon. Israel’s attacks on the peacekeeping mission, which has operated in Lebanon for more than
Continue Reading AP Health Writer A nonprofit finds in a recent survey that large employers expect the cost to treat patients will jump nearly 8% next year. That’s the highest growth rate in a decade. The nonprofit, Business Group on Health, is trying to help employers navigate it. Its CEO, Ellen Kelsay, expects employers to react by
Continue Reading AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Just how much pain do you have to endure to benefit from weight training? Fitness experts say that depends on what you’re trying to accomplish. For years, some trainers have instructed gym-goers that to get the best results, they need to train “until failure,” meaning until you physically cannot
Continue Reading Associated Press A train operator is dead and nearly two dozen passengers injured after a New Jersey Transit commuter train struck a chunk of a tree on the tracks. New Jersey Transit says the accident occurred shortly after 6 a.m. Monday north of the Roebling Station in Mansfield Township. There were 42 passengers aboard the
Continue Reading Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is using GoFundMe to rally its network of deep-pocketed backers and everyday donors around the survivors of his July assassination attempt and Hurricane Helene’s destruction, bucking more traditional avenues of emergency relief. The two high-profile fundraisers — organized by the Republican nominee’s national finance
Continue Reading Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Human and civil rights groups are expressing concern after Poland’s leader said he would suspend the right to asylum because of its alleged abuse by eastern neighbors Belarus and Russia. Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the plan over the weekend. Poland has accused Belarus and Russia of organizing the
Continue Reading AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Uncle Jim is profoundly red, politically speaking. Cousin Jane is liberal, activist left. The two can’t usually be in a room together without sparks flying, but both are invited to your wedding. As the polarizing November election in the U.S. creeps closer, wedding planners, etiquette experts and conflict-resolution
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany’s secret police, the Stasi, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of a Polish man at a border crossing in divided Berlin 50 years ago. The Berlin state court said in its ruling Monday that there was no doubt that
Continue Reading Associated Press AASUM, Denmark (AP) — In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 “exceptionally well-preserved” skeletons. “This is such an exciting find because we found these skeletons that are so very, very well preserved,” said archeologist
Continue Reading Associated Press ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris zeroed in on former President Donald Trump ‘s comments suggesting the U.S. military could be used to deal with “the enemy from within” as the two presidential nominees took the fight for battleground Pennsylvania to opposite ends of the state on Monday. Harris, at her
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has convicted a French citizen of collecting information on military issues and sentenced him to three years in prison. Laurent Vinatier, who was arrested in Moscow in June, had earlier admitted guilt, setting the stage for a fast-tracked trial. Detentions on charges of spying and collecting sensitive data have
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