Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top U.S. government codebreaker who decrypted secret Soviet communications during the Cold War concluded that Ethel Rosenberg knew about her husband’s activities but “did not engage in the work herself,” according to a recently declassified memo that her sons say proves their mother was not a spy and should
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Jittery residents living near where a gunman opened fire on a Kentucky highway are taking precautions they never thought would be needed in their rural region, as searchers combed the woods Tuesday hoping to find the suspect. Brandi Campbell said her family has gone to bed early and kept
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of acres of wilderness. Sinkholes. And the possibility of a gunman around every corner. These are among the difficulties facing the dozens of law enforcement officers employed in the search for Joseph Couch, the man suspected of firing an AR-15 from a cliff ledge on
Continue ReadingBy Martha Shade, CNN (CNN) — September is National Literacy Month. According to the National Literacy Institute, about 21% of adults in the US are illiterate, and 54% read below a sixth grade level. In some cases, those adults were born in other non-English speaking countries. Poverty also plays a role, since economically disadvantaged school
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CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, Mary Gilbert, Robert Shackelford and Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — Francine has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph and is forecast to keep strengthening ahead of landfall along the Louisiana coast Wednesday. Francine was about 295 miles from Morgan City, Louisiana, Tuesday evening, according to the National Hurricane
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A year after he appeared on the stage supporting Sheryl Crow’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Peter Frampton finds the doors of the hallowed institution open to him. The guitarist-singer-songwriter has been eligible for the hall since 1998 but says he thought “it just
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A jury has been selected in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with federal civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith have pleaded not guilty to charges that they deprived the 29-year-old Nichols of his
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — More than a half-million Belarusians have fled their country since 2020 as the authoritarian government cracked down its critics. Some of them, however, are discovering they can’t escape intimidation and threats in their new lives abroad. Criminal cases have been opened against some of them inside Belarus, and they
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AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The inflation-adjusted median income of U.S. households rebounded last year to roughly its 2019 level, overcoming the biggest price spike in four decades to restore most Americans’ purchasing power. The proportion of Americans living in poverty also fell slightly last year, to 11.1%, from 11.5% in 2022. But the
Continue ReadingThe Russian military has launched massive naval and air drills spanning across both hemispheres and including China in joint maneuvers. Russia’s Defense Ministry says the “Ocean-24” exercise spans the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, the Mediterranean, Caspian and Baltic Seas and involves over 400 war ships, submarines and support vessels, more than 120 planes and helicopters
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has announced plans to visit Australia and Samoa next month on a trip that will span a dozen time zones and test the monarch’s stamina as he recovers from cancer treatment. The Oct. 18-26 tour, which Buckingham Palace outlined Tuesday, marks a watershed moment for the 75-year-old
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s defense ministry says a fighter jet crashed during a nighttime training exercise on Tuesday but the pilot who ejected has been found safe. The ministry says the Mirage 2000 jet lost power. The pilot was conscious and taken to a military hospital for an exam. He had been flying off
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick will be a story of familiar faces — in more ways than one. Winfrey announced Tuesday that she had chosen “Tell Me Everything,” the new novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout. It’s the second time Winfrey has cited a book by
Continue ReadingAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Poet Li-Young Lee has won a $100,000 lifetime achievement prize, and Carole Boston Weatherford has been named the new Young People’s Poet Laureate. The Poetry Foundation announced the awards on Tuesday. The Chicago-based nonprofit also awarded its $10,000 Pegasus award for criticism to Elizabeth Sarah Coles and its
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire will elect a female governor for the third time in November after former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig won their respective primaries. Current Gov. Republican Chris Sununu is not seeking reelection after four terms. Ayotte is a Republican who was New Hampshire’s
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. will pay $1.5 million to settle charges that it made inaccurate statements about the recyclability of its K-Cup single use beverage pods. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that Keurig agreed to a cease-and-desist order and to pay the civil penalty, without admitting or denying the
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Employee wages are one of the biggest costs for small businesses. A new survey found some owners may be seeing a bit of relief when it comes to wages. But while some say wage growth has stabilized or slowed, others note they haven’t seen any moderation in their
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Constantine Orbelian has been promoted to executive director of the largely dormant New York City Opera, which hasn’t given a staged performance since 2022. It plans to return with William Grant Still’s “Troubled Island” at City Center in 2025-26. Orbelian became music director for the 2021-22 season and added
Continue ReadingAP Auto Racing Writer CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Hendrick Motorsports and Arrow McLaren Racing scheduled a Tuesday afternoon news conference in which they are expected to announce Kyle Larson will run the Indianapolis 500 again in 2025. Larson told The Associated Press last week he wanted to run the race and a decision could be
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Former Spice Girl Mel B is among dozens of Black Britons urging Parliament to update the country’s equality laws and prohibit Afro hair discrimination. In an open letter to lawmakers on Tuesday, campaigners including Mel B, singer Beverley Knight and lawmaker Paulette Hamilton called for the U.K. to introduce a
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