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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An elderly couple has died in West Virginia after their car crashed into a toll booth plaza administration building. The crash into the West Virginia Turnpike Administration building at the Ghent toll booth plaza happened just before 10 a.m. Thursday, West Virginia Turnpike Executive Director Jeff Miller said. Ghent is in

Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A former Kentucky sheriff has been indicted in the slaying of a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers two months ago. The shooting shocked a tiny Appalachian community. Prosecutors say Shawn “Mickey” Stines was indicted Thursday on one count of murder of a public official by

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Truist Financial Corporation has announced that it is making hundreds of millions of dollars in loans available to residents, businesses and local governments affected by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. The Charlotte-based bank said in a news release Wednesday that it will lend more than $650 million and offer more in

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Tensions continued to rise as teacher strikes in three Massachusetts communities slogged through another week. Officials in at least one community are warning that even if there are no snow days this winter, schools will be forced to hold classes during vacations, weekends or other non-school times to reach the

Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested a colonel and nine officers accused of stealing weapons and ammunition from the police department’s armory and illegally selling them to people including criminals in neighboring Haiti, where violence has surged. The crackdown that began Sunday is ongoing as officials

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill are rallying around Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick. Their support Thursday came even as new details surfaced about allegations that Hegseth had sexually assaulted a woman in 2017. The swift GOP embrace of Hegseth came as another controversial Trump nominee, Matt Gaetz, withdrew

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The chief operating officer for the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency is no longer working in the position. An office spokesperson confirmed Laura Hogshead is out of the role and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s legislative lobbyist Pryor Gibson will serve in the interim. Hogshead’s departure comes after

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials are warning American defense companies to increase their security after a wave of sabotage in Europe blamed on Russia. The National Counterintelligence and Security Center issued a public bulletin Thursday advising companies that work in the defense industry that Russia may seek to carry out acts of sabotage as

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City building superintendent has been charged with stealing more than $350,000 from a 100-year-old resident of the building where she worked. Prosecutors say Rosalind Hernandez persuaded the victim to grant her power of attorney and then used his checkbook and debit and credit cards to make

Associated Press The decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister and a top Hamas official puts them in a small group of leaders to be accused of crimes against humanity. The court issued warrants Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant,

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, his election victory is likely to embolden those who think they can get his ear. There’s the prospect that his second administration could face many of the same perils as his first, when there were influence-peddling scandals. That will test