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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press It’s been a long road to the upcoming Capitol riot trial of the the leader of the extremist group Oath Keepers. But the prosecution’s case against Stewart Rhodes covers a lot more than just the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021. Rhodes and four co-defendants are facing the difficult-to-prove charge
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By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Sunday parliamentary election will determine who governs next in Italy. But it might take weeks before a coalition government is actually in place to run the major industrial economy and key NATO member. Opinion polls indicate that voters might elect the first far-right premier of the
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Sunday parliamentary election will determine who governs next in Italy. But it might take weeks before a coalition government is actually in place to run the major industrial economy and key NATO member. Opinion polls indicate that voters might elect the first far-right premier of the
Continue Reading By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Half of Puerto Rico is without power more than five days after Hurricane Fiona struck — including an entire town where not a single work crew has arrived. Many on the U.S. territory are angry and incredulous, and calls are growing for the ouster
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland is considering whether to improve the living conditions of its livestock and whether women should work a year longer before becoming eligible for full benefits in the state pension scheme. The Swiss will decide Sunday on a proposal that would put a stop to “intensive breeding”
Continue ReadingBy Rhythm Sachdeva, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — The crescent-shaped Sable Island in the North Atlantic is home to a herd of wild horses and will likely also be a target of the-then Hurricane Fiona. The storm, characterized as “historic” in magnitude by meteorologists, made landfall
Continue ReadingBy Megan DeLaire, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — There are a few reasons why Fiona is already being labelled a “historical storm” for Eastern Canada, and one is its unusual left hook. Tracking for the storm released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows
Continue Reading HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Fiona knocked out power to more than 500,000 customers in Atlantic Canada Saturday, damaging homes with strong winds and rain as it made landfall as a big, powerful post-tropical cyclone. Fiona transformed from a hurricane into a post-tropical storm late Friday, but meteorologists cautioned that it still could have hurricane-strength
Continue Reading By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (AP) — Working as a prison guard in Oklahoma is becoming an ever more dangerous job as the state, with one of the highest incarceration rates in the United States, struggles with violence and understaffing at detention facilities. Long hours, dangerous conditions and remote, rural locations have meant
Continue Reading By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A stark gender divide has emerged in debates unfolding in Republican-led states including West Virginia, Indiana and South Carolina following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision to end constitutional protections for abortion. As male-dominated legislatures worked to advance bans, protesters were more likely to be women.
Continue Reading By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was returning from an official appearance in Rapid City in 2019 when she faced a decision: Overnight in the capital of Pierre, where another trip would start the next day, or head home and see her son attend his high
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN You may know him best as the creator of the no-nonsense matriarch Madea, the director and writer of several films and TV series that bear his name and a billionaire film studio founder. But now, Tyler Perry wants to reintroduce himself to audiences with a historical drama he’s waited nearly 30
Continue ReadingBy Aimee Lewis, CNN In a race made chaotic by the rain, Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten rode to glory in a thrilling women’s road race at the Road World Championships in Australia on Saturday. What made the 39-year-old’s gold all the more remarkable was that she competed in the 164.3km race with a fractured elbow
Continue Reading ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis has traveled to Assisi, the birthplace of his namesake saint to deliver an appeal aimed at young people in hopes they can help save the Earth and make the world’s economy more attentive to the poor. During his brief visit Saturday to the hill town in central Italy, Francis
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Visitors at the Virginia Zoo had the experience of a lifetime after a giraffe unexpectedly gave birth in front of them. Imara, an endangered Masai giraffe, gave birth to her ninth calf on September 9, according to a Facebook post from the zoo. Masai giraffes, one of four giraffe subspecies, are
Continue ReadingCNN, KTXL By Jean Casarez and Brandon Griggs, CNN The threatening letters began in March 2007. They came in the mail to Eva LaRue’s Southern California house — sometimes handwritten, sometimes typed — from an unknown sender who called himself “Freddie Krueger” and vowed to rape and kill her and her young daughter. The letters
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in Saudi Arabia for the first stop of a two-day, three-country visit aimed at striking new energy deals and forging fresh alliances. Amid the economic and geopolitical turmoil resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the German government has scrambled to wean
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in Saudi Arabia for the first stop of a two-day, three-country visit aimed at striking new energy deals and forging fresh alliances. Amid the economic and geopolitical turmoil resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the German government has scrambled to wean
Continue ReadingBy Aimee Lewis, CNN When the end came neither Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal could hold back the tears. Perhaps it was the music that stirred the emotions, with British singer Ellie Goulding bringing a memorable night in London to a conclusion, or maybe it was the memories, and there are plenty of those shared
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Our fall is beginning to feel like an extension of summer as temperatures continue to climb this weekend. A ridge of high pressure strengthening over the southwest is causing daytime highs to climb well into the triple digits. High temperatures will carry over into next week and have the potential to peak at 110°. KESQ
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