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Conservatives love him. Liberals disdain him. For residents of Maine town, it’s more complicated

Associated Press NORTHEAST HARBOR, Maine (AP) — When Donald Trump was elected president earlier this month, Caroline Pryor’s mind turned immediately to the man who lives down the road — Leonard Leo. Few people in America have done more to advance conservative causes than Leo. Years ago, the then-unknown conservative lawyer began executing a plan

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Moore scores 15 points, Grand Canyon knocks off previously unbeaten Stanford 78-71 in Palm Springs

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Collin Moore scored 15 points to lead five in double-figure scoring and Grand Canyon defeated previously unbeaten Stanford 78-71 on Tuesday night in the Acrisure Holiday Invitational. Moore’s dunk sparked a 12-3 surge to give Grand Canyon a 61-52 lead with 7:24 to play. Makaih Williams and Ray Harrison each

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North Korea expands weapons plant that makes missiles used by Russia, researchers say

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — North Korea is expanding a weapons plant that manufactures missiles used by Russia against Ukraine, according to new research from a US-based think tank. The facility produces both KN-23 missiles (Hwasong-11A) and KN-24 missiles (Hwasong-11B), according to researchers at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury

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Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead National Institutes of Health

Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead the National Institutes of Health. Bhattacharya is a physician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, and is a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates. He promoted the idea of herd immunity during the pandemic, arguing that people at low risk

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Turkey reportedly arrested suspects in Israeli-Moldovan rabbi’s killing in UAE as they left airport

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Turkish security forces reportedly arrested the three Uzbek suspects in the killing of a rabbi in the United Arab Emirates as they left an airport in Istanbul. That’s according to Turkish media reports on Wednesday. The arrests in Turkey of the three Uzbeks suspected of killing Israeli-Moldovan

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