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By Marisa Sardonia Click here for updates on this story SPARTANBURG COUNTY, South Carolina (WLOS) — Law enforcement officials in Spartanburg County had the single largest seizure of cocaine from a residence in the history of the county on Monday, Oct. 7. The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office,Homeland Security Investigations and the Greenville Upstate Carolinas Border
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Gonzalo Zegarra (CNN) — El ex primer ministro de Escocia Alex Salmond murió a los 69 años, según declaraciones de los principales partidos políticos de Escocia y medios de comunicación del Reino Unido. Salmond enfermó mientras estaba en Macedonia del Norte, según informes de los medios británicos. “Nunca podré agradecerle a Alex todas sus lecciones,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A senior government official in Cambodia says that 13 pregnant Philippine women accused of illegally acting as surrogate mothers in Cambodia after being recruited online may face prison terms after they give birth. Interior Ministry Secretary of State Chou Bun Eng leads the country’s fight against human trafficking
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Mets pitcher Kodai Senga will start Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against Jack Flaherty and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday, continuing his comeback from injuries that have limited him to two starts this year. New York manager Carlos Mendoza said “everybody should be available and
Continue ReadingBy Jeff Zeleny, CNN Chandler, Arizona (CNN) — David Tapia has watched one election after another from the sidelines, unfazed and largely uninterested in politics. Until this year, when Donald Trump’s candidacy stirred him to become more politically aware. He intends to cast his first vote for Kamala Harris. “Looking at both sides, I’ll be
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeff Zeleny, CNN Chandler, Arizona (CNN) — David Tapia has watched one election after another from the sidelines, unfazed and largely uninterested in politics. Until this year, when Donald Trump’s candidacy stirred him to become more politically aware. He intends to cast his first vote for Kamala Harris. “Looking at both sides, I’ll
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By Amanda Musa, Josh Campbell, Brian Todd and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of Floridians are rebuilding their communities after Hurricane Milton made landfall as a deadly Category 3 storm this week and cut through the state, bringing destructive storm surge to parts of Florida’s western shore and deadly tornadoes to the east while
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who for decades championed Scotland’s independence from the U.K. and nearly accomplished it, has died. He was 69. Salmond, who was one of the most divisive figure in British politics at the turn of the century and who as the then leader
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A top United Nations official says that he is concerned that Lebanon’s ports and airport might be taken out of service, with serious implications for getting food supplies into the county. That’s as Israel continues its offensive against the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Carl Skau is deputy executive director of
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump called Vice President Kamala Harris “retarded” while attempting to convince top Republican donors to pour more money in his campaign, The New York Times reported Saturday. According to the Times, the former president’s offensive remark came during a dinner with donors at his penthouse apartment
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A federal appeals court has ordered the removal of a judge and overturned her contempt finding and fine against the state of Texas in a lawsuit over the state’s struggling foster care system. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling late Friday says U.S. District Judge Janis Jack’s contempt ruling and $100,000
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — A vehicle fleeing a Philadelphia hospital after dropping off a gunshot victim early Saturday struck three nurses who were trying to treat the patient, injuring one critically, authorities said. The silver Jeep Cherokee had just dropped off the man in the ambulance bay at Penn Presbyterian Hospital about 4:30 a.m. Saturday when
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused South Korea of deliberately avoiding responsibility for the alleged flights of South Korean drones over the North’s capital. North Korea’s foreign ministry has claimed that South Korean drones carrying anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets were detected in
Continue ReadingSAO PAULO (AP) — Around 1.4 million homes in Sao Paulo, Brazil, are without power almost 24 hours after a brief but powerful storm swept through South America’s largest city. Officials in Sao Paulo state said Saturday that record wind gusts Friday night of up to 67 mph or 108 kph knocked down transmission lines
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris is in “excellent health,” her doctor, US Army physician Joshua R. Simmons, said in a letter summarizing her medical history that was released by the White House on Saturday. Harris has seasonal allergies and hives and is nearsighted, Simmons’ letter said. Her immunizations and preventive
Continue ReadingOSLO, Norway (AP) — Police say Norway is introducing temporary border checks on its frontiers with other Western European nations after the domestic security agency raised the terror threat level. A police statement on Saturday said that the checks will apply until Oct. 22. It cited “a challenging threat picture” and the Oct. 8 announcement
Continue ReadingBy Karen Zatkulak Click here for updates on this story BAT CAVE, North Carolina (WLOS) — As a local family deals with the loss of a home and heartbreaking destruction in the small town of Bat Cave, they have a firsthand reminder of a similar tragedy more than a century ago. It’s all because of
Continue ReadingWLOS By Karen Zatkulak Click here for updates on this story BAT CAVE, North Carolina (WLOS) — As a local family deals with the loss of a home and heartbreaking destruction in the small town of Bat Cave, they have a firsthand reminder of a similar tragedy more than a century ago. It’s all because
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama had frank words for Black men who may be considering sitting out the election. “Part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that,” he said
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, Kristen Holmes and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s schedule in the closing weeks of the 2024 election is dotted with detours into overwhelmingly Democratic states. From California’s Coachella Valley on Saturday to New York’s Madison Square Garden later this month, the former president is veering away from the monthslong slog
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