Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Former Washington state Gov. and U.S. Sen. Dan Evans has died. The popular Republican was 98. He served as governor from 1965 to 1977, and he was the keynote speaker at the 1968 National Republican Convention. In 1983, Evans was appointed to served out the term of Democratic Sen. Henry
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will skip this year’s Al Smith charity dinner in New York. Harris is breaking with tradition so she can campaign instead in a battleground state less than three weeks before Election Day. The dinner benefitting Catholic Charities traditionally has been used to promote collegiality and good
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Brooklyn, New York (CNN) — New Yorkers took to the streets in protest this week as the NYPD released body camera footage of a police shooting involving a subway fare-evader armed with a knife that drew heavy public criticism. Four people, including a police officer and the fare-evader, were shot in the September 15 incident that started when
Continue ReadingMASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a police pursuit that began in New York City ended on Long Island with the shooting death of the driver, and seven police officers and a civilian were taken to hospitals for treatment. Nassau County’s police commissioner, Patrick Ryder, says officers tried to stop the driver in Queens, but
Continue ReadingThe maker of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity is accusing Elon Musk’s SpaceX of trespassing on and damaging a plot of vacant land the company owns in Texas. Cards Against Humanity alleged in a lawsuit filed this week that SpaceX has placed construction materials, such as gravel, and other debris on land the
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The tens of thousands of bees removed from a Maine farmhouse this week had caused quite a buzz there for decades, according to the family who’s lived on the farm since the 18th century. An estimated 40,000 bees were taken from the walls of a farmhouse at Smiling
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Chelsea Walsh was in Kyiv as a nurse and aid worker in the early days of the war in Ukraine. Ryan Routh was there to recruit foreign soldiers to fight the Russians. But Walsh never saw him make much progress and instead watched him grow increasingly angry and unhinged. “Ryan Routh is a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The more Chelsea Walsh talked to the eccentric fellow American who seemed to pop up in every square and cobblestone street of Ukraine’s capital, the more she got creeped out. Walsh was in Kyiv as a nurse and aid worker in the early days of the war in Ukraine. Ryan Routh says he
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Kenya’s President William Ruto has arrived in Haiti. He claimed that Kenyan forces had significantly improved the country’s security. However, a United Nations security expert contradicted this claim. The expert warned that violence was worsening as gangs expanded their control. Ruto met with Kenyan police and high-ranking Haitian and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo say 600 prisoners in the country’s main prison have been freed as part of a process aimed at decongesting overcrowded prisons. Congo’s justice minister announced the move at a ceremony at the prison. Makala Central Prison has a capacity for 1,500 people. But the prison holds
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kathryn Crosby, who appeared in such movies as “The 7th Voyage of Sinbad”, “Anatomy of a Murder,” and “Operation Mad Ball” before marrying famed singer and Oscar-winning actor Bing Crosby, has died. She was 90. She died of natural causes Friday night at her home in the Northern California
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — The French presidential palace unveiled a long-awaited new government Saturday dominated by conservatives and centrists. It came more than two months after elections that produced a hung parliament and deepened political divisions as France grapples with growing financial and diplomatic challenges. A left-wing coalition secured the most seats in June-July
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Brooklyn, New York (CNN) — When Boubacar Lukaku is on the soccer field, it’s like nothing else matters. His concerns disappear, leaving just him and his laser focus on the ball, the net and his teammates. Lukaku has a lot to worry about. The 22-year-old asylum-seeker emigrated to the United States
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — A bus carrying a Brazilian football team flipped on a road south of Rio de Janeiro. The accident happened on Saturday, killing three people and injuring at least six. Local media reported that the three dead were players from the Curitiba Crocodiles, who play American football. The players were headed to
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Next week’s high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly is bringing more than 140 world leaders to New York City, including the leaders of Israel, the Palestinians and Ukraine. Keeping them safe is the U.S. Secret Service’s next big challenge. The agency, under a cloud after a July assassination
Continue ReadingGULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to protect dolphins along the Mississippi Gulf Coast after dozens were killed or sickened in 2019 following the prolonged opening of a spillway used for flood control. U.S. District Court Judge Louis Guirola Jr. ruled Wednesday that local governments and business groups
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Forward Trinity Rodman suffered an intense back spasm that caused her to leave the field by wheelchair late in the Washington Spirit’s match against the Kansas City Current. Rodman fell to the ground in the 75th minute of Friday night’s game after contact with Kansas City’s Temwa Chawinga. She tried
Continue ReadingAP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Madonna has attempted a semi-stealth entrance to the Dolce & Gabbana runway show draped in a black veil for a runway show referencing her 1990s heyday and celebrating the cone bra. Models in bleach-blonde wigs strutted in the Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana’s signature corsets and fitted jackets on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Four Greenpeace activists who were arrested for scaling the country estate of former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last year to protest his oil and gas drilling expansion plans have been cleared of criminal charges. A York Magistrates’ Court judge dismissed the charges Friday after finding the evidence was too
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — The main opposition party has dominated Czech regional elections and is ahead in the first round of voting for Parliament’s upper house. With almost all the votes counted, the ANO (YES) movement led by former populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis won 10 of the 13 regions contested in the election on Friday
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