CHAMBLEE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia officer shot and killed a man who authorities say raised a handgun during his arrest near Atlanta. The Lawrenceville Police Department says Terrell Laron Hoggro was killed Tuesday evening in Chamblee. Officers were trying to arrest the 59-year-old Haggro on charges of kidnapping and aggravated assault associated with two
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Authorities say a homemade firebomb has exploded inside a public high school in Chile and ignited a blaze that injured at least 35 people. Police say a group of students at the school in central Santiago were making Molotov cocktails in a bathroom to be thrown at a street
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Major League Baseball’s postseason goes into its dream World Series matchup with its most-watched League Championship Series in seven years. According to Nielsen, the two series averaged 5.35 million viewers on Fox, FS1 and TBS, its highest numbers since 2017. According to MLB, Game 1 of the NLCS on Oct. 13 between
Continue ReadingPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals panel has vacated a 14-year sentence for suspended lawyer Michael Avenatti, who rose to fame representing porn actor Stormy Daniels against former President Donald Trump and was later convicted of bilking his California clients. A three-judge panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency didn’t ensure that states submitted accurate estimates of the number of lead pipes they had. The problem could send nearly $1 billion to places that don’t need it, according to a report by the EPA’s Office of Inspector General. It isn’t too late to ensure
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — In all but the blink of an eye, an Associated Press photographer’s camera captured the moments that a battleship-gray Israeli bomb plummeted toward a Beirut building before detonating to bring the tower down. The airstrike came 40 minutes after Israel warned people to evacuate two buildings in the area that
Continue ReadingAssociated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands will join the next Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland. But it will be without the flamboyant Joost Klein. He was booted from the 2024 competition after a backstage altercation and has declined to represent the Dutch again. Broadcaster AVROTROS says it is satisfied with new rules
Continue ReadingBERLIN, Conn. (AP) — A firefighter helping to battle a brush fire in Connecticut was killed after a utility vehicle operating on a steep, rocky incline rolled over onto the man, according to a preliminary police report. Authorities say Tuesday the three other firefighters injured in Monday’s accident suffered minor bumps and bruises and were
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TORONTO (AP) — Some lawmakers in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s own Liberal Party have asked the leader not to run for a fourth term Wednesday, handing him one of the biggest tests of his political career. A smiling Trudeau said Liberals are “strong and united” after meeting with Liberal members of Parliament for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A famous grizzly bear beloved for decades by countless tourists, biologists and professional wildlife photographers in Grand Teton National Park is dead after being struck by a vehicle in western Wyoming. Grizzly No. 399 died Tuesday night on a highway in Snake River Canyon south of Jackson, park officials
Continue ReadingAP Health Writer A food poisoning outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders was caused by a common type of E. coli bacteria that can cause serious illness and death. Particularly vulnerable are young children, older people or those with weakened immune systems. About 50 people have fallen ill in the McDonald’s outbreak, and one has
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa practiced Wednesday for the first time since suffering a concussion in Week 2, and the Dolphins are aiming for him to start Sunday against Arizona. Tagovailoa still needs to progress through the final stages of the NFL’s concussion protocol for that to happen, but he
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City doesn’t require a license to run a hotel, but that’s likely changing soon. City lawmakers passed legislation Wednesday that would require hotels to obtain a license. The mayor just needs to sign the bill. His office says he supports it. Hotels already have to comply with
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — More than 1,600 Virginians have had their voter registrations canceled since August under a state program that the Justice Department and advocacy groups contend is illegal. The scope of the removals was revealed for the first time this week after a federal magistrate ordered the state to disclose the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president has fired five ministers and appointed seven new ones in a major cabinet reshuffle. His office says it’s aimed at making his administration more efficient. The shake-up comes during worsening economic hardship and frustration with the administration in Africa’s most populous country. Tinubu took office last year
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — American and South Korean officials say there’s evidence that thousands of North Korean troops are now in Russia near Ukraine’s border. At a press conference Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the North Korean soldiers are preparing to join the fight against Ukrainian troops in the coming
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Missouri reporter was injured slightly by a metal fragment from Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Lucas Kunce as he practiced shooting at a campaign event. The KSHB-TV reporter was hit in the arm by flyaway metal as the Marine fired an AR-15-style rifle at targets at an exurban Kansas City home Tuesday. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Voting machines reversing votes. More voters registered than people eligible. Large numbers of noncitizens voting. With less than two weeks before Election Day, a resurgence in conspiracy theories and misinformation about voting is forcing state and local election officials to spend their time debunking rumors and explaining how elections are
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Authorities in southern Brazil say a 45-year-old man barricaded himself in a house and killed his father, brother and a police officer in an hours-long shootout before he himself was fatally shot. Nine other people were injured. The incident near Rio Grande do Sul state’s capital Porto Alegre
Continue ReadingAP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It is official. Lana Del Rey and alligator swamp tour guide Jeremy Dufrene did marry in Louisiana last month. After a few weeks of speculation about the status of their relationship, Del Rey and Dufrene’s marriage license was signed and returned to the Lafourche Parish Clerk of Court,
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