Month: October 2021

BEIRUT (AP) — The UN’s envoy for Syria has announced that the Syrian government and opposition have agreed to start drafting constitutional reforms for the war-torn country. The move will be a major step, after a nine-month hiatus and several rounds without progress. Geir Pedersen did not say what was behind the agreement or offer

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer NEWCASTLE, England (AP) — Newcastle has played its first game since being bought by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund with Tottenham the visitors to the northeast club. Outside St. James’ Park there was a vehicle emblazoned with the name “Jamal Khashoggi” alongside an image of the journalist murdered

By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A notorious Haitian gang known for brazen kidnappings and killings has been accused by police of abducting 17 missionaries from a U.S.-based organization. Five children were believed to be among those kidnapped. Haitian police said Sunday that the 400 Mawozo gang kidnapped the

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Farmers and Deere & Co. suppliers are worried about what the strike at the tractor maker’s factories will mean for their livelihoods. More than 10,000 Deere employees went on strike last week at 14 Deere factories in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado and Georgia after the United Auto Workers union rejected a

BURKE, Va. (AP) — Police say a man who works for the sergeant-at-arms of the U.S. House of Representatives has been charged with possession of child pornography. Fairfax County police say Stefan Bieret, of Burke, Virginia, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with 10 felonies related to possessing child pornography. The Washington Post reported that

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — Police in Arkansas say that three people are dead after an incident in which an officer fired his weapon while defending himself from a knife attack. Police provided little information on what happened, including how the people died or what led up to the officer firing his gun. Police did

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams was in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday to urge Black churchgoers to turn out for Democrat Terry McAuliffe in next month’s Virginia governor’s election. Abrams says what happens in the most watched race this year will “show the world who we are”