By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — About a month and a half out from the finale of the Virginia governor’s race, optimism among Democrats in this state long trending blue is increasingly tinged with nervousness. Meanwhile, Republicans long stuck in the political wilderness are more hopeful and energized than they’ve been in
Continue Reading RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police have given the all-clear after a search of two state office buildings in Virginia’s capital prompted by a report of a possible active shooter. Virginia’s Capitol Police said in a tweet Friday that police concluded their search of the Madison and Monroe state office buildings in downtown Richmond and no
Continue Reading By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ president says Turkey’s new push for separate Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot states on ethnically divided Cyprus shows a desire to control the whole of the east Mediterranean island nation. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Friday President Nicos Anastasiades blasted the “absurdity” of Turkish
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By Ray Sanchez and Dakin Andone, CNN The mother of Jelani Day, an Illinois graduate student whose body was identified nearly a month after he was reported missing, is criticizing the way authorities handled her son’s case. “To them, Jelani didn’t mean anything,” Carmen Bolden Day told CNN on Friday. “There is no effort. There
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez and Dakin Andone, CNN The mother of Jelani Day, an Illinois graduate student whose body was identified nearly a month after he was reported missing, is criticizing the way authorities handled her son’s case. “To them, Jelani didn’t mean anything,” Carmen Bolden Day told CNN on Friday. “There is no effort. There
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez and Dakin Andone, CNN The mother of Jelani Day, an Illinois graduate student whose body was identified nearly a month after he was reported missing, is criticizing the way authorities handled her son’s case. “To them, Jelani didn’t mean anything,” Carmen Bolden Day told CNN on Friday. “There is no effort. There
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By Josh Campbell, Dakin Andone and Conor Powell, CNN After several days of living in squalid conditions under the Del Rio International Bridge, the last remaining migrants departed a makeshift camp there just before noon local time on Friday. A CNN team captured images under the bridge of the final two buses as they departed
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By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Italian soccer team Venezia is back in the top division for the first time since 2002. And it has tapped Major League Soccer to recruit young Americans in its bid to stay afloat in Serie A. Nineteen-year-old Gianluca Busio arrived in Venice from Sporting Kansas
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers who want to halt all public funds to Planned Parenthood are recommending that the state cancel abortion providers’ Medicaid contracts based on behavior in other states deemed illegal or unethical. A Senate committee approved a report with that recommendation on Thursday. Planned Parenthood is Missouri’s sole abortion provider.
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By Dakin Andone and Raja Razek, CNN Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin plans to appeal his conviction earlier this year on charges in the murder of George Floyd. According to a court filing Thursday, Chauvin aims to appeal based on 14 issues with his case, claiming the court in which he was tried repeatedly
Continue Reading OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma man who took part in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection and took a beer from a refrigerator in the building has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Court documents show 24-year-old Andrew Craig Ericson of Muskogee entered the plea Thursday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. In a
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By ERIC TUCKER, JIM MUSTIAN and ROB GILLIES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two Canadians detained in China have been released from prison. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced their release Friday night, hours after the U.S. Justice Department resolved criminal charges against a top executive of Chinese communications giant Huawei. Canadians Michael Kovrig
Continue Reading By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The White House is stepping up its work to figure out what to do about a rapidly thawing Arctic. The Biden administration is reactivating a key government committee that works on Arctic policy and regulation. It’s also appointing new members to an Arctic research commission, including two Indigenous Alaskans.
Continue Reading REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of people are under evacuation orders as a wildfire suspected of being started by arson rages in Northern California. The fire north of the city of Redding covers more than 9 square miles and is 10% contained Friday. The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday night that approximately 4,000 residents
Continue Reading By JONATHAN LEMIRE, LYNN ELBER and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A live televised interview with Vice President Kamala Harris was delayed on Friday after two hosts of the “The View” learned they tested positive for COVID-19 moments before she was to join them on the set. Cohost Sunny Hostin and guest
Continue Reading By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil is in the throes of its worst drought in 91 years, which has returned the specter of power rationing. Authorities are reviewing the scope of benefits of daylight saving time, ended by a presidential decree in 2019. Federal lawmakers discussed its return this week,
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is warning Russia against allowing hackers to attack data bases or spread disinformation in the bloc just as Germans prepare to go the polls for parliamentary elections. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says some of the 27 member countries “have observed malicious cyber
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli troops shot and killed a protester during clashes in the occupied West Bank. The 28-year-old man died on Friday at a hospital shortly after being wounded in the head by live gunfire. The clashes erupted in the northern town of Beita, where residents hold weekly demonstrations
Continue Reading By TRAVIS LOLLER, JONATHAN MATTISE and MARK HUMPHREY Associated Press COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Residents have gathered in a Tennessee town to pray for healing as details emerged about a gunman who went on a rampage Thursday at the grocery store where he worked. Hollie Skaggs and Sara Wiles were strangers who happened to be
Continue Reading SLIDELL, La. (AP) — The remains found in an alligator’s stomach have been positively identified as those of a man who was attacked and killed in Hurricane Ida floodwaters. St. Tammany Parish Coroner Dr. Charles Preston said Thursday the remains are those of 71-year-old Timothy Satterlee Sr., who had been missing since the Aug. 30
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