MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday charged without offering evidence that Western spy agencies and their Ukrainian agents have helped engineer a riot in the southern region of Dagestan, where a mob stormed the airport after a flight from Israel landed there. More than 20 people were hurt — none Israelis —
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Millions more dollars are flowing into Pennsylvania’s race for a state Supreme Court seat, as labor unions, trial lawyers and billionaires spend heavily. The latest reports due Friday show that spending zipped past $17 million, as Democrat Dan McCaffery, Republican Carolyn Carluccio and their allies claw
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press American gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton says she is “overwhelmed with all the love and support” she has received and is slowly recovering with family after being hospitalized with a rare form of pneumonia earlier this month. The 55-year-old Retton posted a statement Monday on Instagram in her first public comment
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The US attorney who in 2020 vetted unverified claims from an FBI informant about alleged Ukrainian bribes paid to the Bidens recently testified to House lawmakers that he found some of the material credible enough to pass the tip along to the prosecutor leading the Hunter
Continue ReadingBy AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Just last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu predicted a new era of peace and prosperity in the Middle East, based on growing acceptance of Israel within the region. Today, with the Israel-Hamas war in its fourth week, that vision is in tatters. The mobilization of 360,000
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Frank Howard, a four-time All-Star who slugged 382 home runs during a lengthy major league career that included a World Series title with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1963, has died. He was 87. A spokesperson for the Washington Nationals said the team was informed of Howard’s death by
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By Eric Levenson, Whitney Wild and Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — The landlord accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy near Chicago over two weeks ago pleaded not guilty to murder and hate crime charges in an Illinois court Monday. On October 14, Wadea Al-Fayoume was stabbed 26 times at his home in Plainfield
Continue ReadingOpinion by Peter Bergen (CNN) — Editor’s note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America, a professor of practice at Arizona State University and the host of the Audible podcast “In the Room With Peter Bergen,” also on Apple and Spotify. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion at CNN. The
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — If Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wins a federal lawsuit in which Disney claims its free speech rights were violated by the Republican leader, the company won’t be the last entity to be punished over supporting a “disfavored viewpoint,” Disney said in court papers on Monday. The
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Riverside County Supervisors authorized the county’s Flood Control & Water Conservation District to hire a construction company to make emergency repairs Tuesday. The repair work is for a channel near Cathedral City compromised during Tropical Storm Hilary. The board signed off on the district’s $300,000 contract with Santa Ana-based Sukut Construction for repair and fortification
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A jury has been picked for the trial of a suspected serial killer who calls himself “the Beast.” Forty-one-year-old Keith Gibson is accused in the deaths of several people in Delaware and Pennsylvania in 2021. A jury panel of 12 was selected Monday for the trial.
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and U.S. Rep. David Kustoff are praising security measures at a Memphis Jewish school where an ex-student with a gun was stopped from entering the building in July. The politicians stressed during Monday’s visit to the suburban Memphis school that strong safety
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government has banned all charter flights to Nicaragua that migrants fleeing poverty and violence had been increasingly using in their quest to reach the United States. The order was issued Monday in a brief bulletin that The Associated Press obtained. The move
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ivanka Trump’s testimony at her father’s New York civil fraud trial is being delayed until next week so there is sufficient time for her to be questioned, a judge said Monday. Former President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter had been set to take the witness stand
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Drugstore employees around the country have started calling in sick to highlight a lack of support from their employers. Organizers say the protest will continue until Wednesday. The extent and impact of the demonstration are not yet clear. Representatives of Walgreens and CVS Health say the companies have seen
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Andy Reid just keeps winning. Reid again was a near-unanimous choice by The Associated Press for the top spot among NFL head coaches, receiving eight of nine first-place votes. A panel of nine AP Pro Football Writers ranked the top five head coaches, making their selections based on
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Estela Sandoval Díaz was huddled in her tiny concrete bathroom, sure these were the final moments of her life, when Hurricane Otis ripped off her tin roof. With it went clothing, savings, furniture, photos and 33 years of the life Sandoval built piece-by-piece on the forgotten
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Riverside County reported a new Mpox case, the first since July. There were no further details available on this case, such as the age range or city of residence of the patient. County health officials tell News Channel 3 that the case was confirmed on Oct. 27. There are now 319 total Mpox cases in
Continue ReadingBy DANIEL POLITI and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Long lines have formed at gas stations throughout Argentina as surging demand outstrips supply, becoming a campaign issue just weeks ahead of the second round of the country’s presidential race. Economy Minister Sergio Massa, who is one of the two remaining presidential
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Google CEO Sundar Pichai took the stand Monday to defend the search giant in the largest tech antitrust trial since the Microsoft case of the 1990s, marking a climactic moment in the US government’s weeks-long effort to prove that Google has illegally monopolized the online search market. Pichai, whom Google
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