By ANDREW SELSKY and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Residents who survived the wildfire that leveled the Hawaii town of Lahaina might not be able to afford to live there after it is rebuilt unless officials alter the zoning laws and make other changes, economists warned Friday. “The risk is very real,″
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Surgeons have transplanted a pig’s heart into a dying man in a bid to prolong his life – only the second patient to ever undergo such an experimental feat. Two days later, the man was cracking jokes and able to sit in a chair, Maryland doctors
Continue ReadingBy SARAH BRUMFIELD and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Tropical Storm Ophelia formed off the mid-Atlantic coast and was expected to bring heavy rain, storm surge and windy conditions over the weekend, the National Hurricane Center said Friday. Ophelia had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph), according to a 2
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BILLER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The president of Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council said in an interview that he will prioritize the creation of a separate country in negotiations with their rivals, the Houthi rebels. Aidarous al-Zubaidi’s comments on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly come days after the conclusion of
Continue Reading
Students at Twentynine Palms High School were placed under a lockdown Friday morning at 9 a.m., The Morongo Unified School District said there were reports of a student with a weapon on the campus of Twenty Nine Palms High School. A San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Investigation found no evidence of a weapon on campus. The
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Sabato De Sarno wants people to fall in love with Gucci again, titling his debut collection “Gucci Ancora,” Italian for “Gucci Again.” The title is a touching admission of the challenges facing the 40-year-old designer, who joined Gucci this summer from Valentino, where he worked for
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The FBI has stepped up its search for members of a multimillion-dollar cybercrime group more than two years after the bureau and its European allies announced they had taken down the group’s computer systems, according to newly unsealed court documents reviewed by CNN. A hacking tool associated with the
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — An intensifying weather system off the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast was set to deliver heavy rain, flooding and high winds to communities across North Carolina and the Chesapeake Bay, forcing schools to close early on Friday and canceling weekend events. Rain was already moving inland across North Carolina by midday Friday ahead of
Continue ReadingBy ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Upon spotting a zookeeper laden with a bucket full of fruit-flavored ice pops, black spider monkeys in Rio de Janeiro’s BioParque gracefully swung their way towards him on Friday, chattering excitedly. While it’s technically still winter in Brazil, with spring due to start on Saturday,
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The United Auto Workers’ strike is getting bigger. One week into the union’s historic work stoppages against major car makers, the UAW on Friday walked out of dozens of more factories across 20 states. The UAW’s targeted strikes against General Motors, Stellantis and Ford began after the union’s contract with the
Continue ReadingBy Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Friday unveiled her economic proposal – which includes cutting middle-class taxes, tackling inflation and reducing federal government control – while calling out both Democrats and Republicans over what she referred to as “reckless” federal spending. “Joe Biden is proving that reckless spending is
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian activists in the Gaza Strip have launched incendiary balloons into Israel, prompting Israel to strike the besieged territory. Friday’s developments come as a week of violence along the volatile border intensified. The balloons were launched by Palestinian protesters at the separation fence between Israel and Gaza.
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The highest profile Republican candidate who had sued seeking to overturn election results in the nation’s third-most populous county, a Democratic stronghold in deeply red Texas, has dropped her lawsuit. Alexandra del Moral Mealer, who lost her bid to become Harris County judge, the county’s top
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Early voting has begun in Virginia’s costly, high-stakes and closely watched legislative elections after a week in which elected officials and candidates rallied their supporters across the state. All 140 General Assembly seats are on the ballot. The Legislature is narrowly divided, and both parties say
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer The United Auto Workers union expanded its strike against major carmakers Friday, walking out of 38 parts-distribution centers operated by General Motors and Jeep and Ram owner Stellantis in 20 states. Ford was spared additional strikes because the company has met some of the union’s demands during negotiations over
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Washington (CNN) — The third Republican presidential primary debate will be held on November 8, a source familiar with the event told CNN. The event will be held in Miami, as CNN previously reported. The Republican National Committee released new criteria Friday, making it tougher for the presidential
Continue ReadingBy KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge was arrested in Austin, Texas, last week after authorities say he opened fire on parked vehicles while out driving, striking at least one of them, and intentionally crashed into a woman’s vehicle, telling officers later that she had cut him off. Brian Lovell,
Continue ReadingSHREWSBURY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a man convicted of child sex crimes is back in custody after walking away from a St. Louis hospital. Forty-five-year-old Tommy Wayne Boyd was taken Wednesday from the Potosi Correctional Facility to Mercy Hospital South for medical treatment. St. Louis County police said in a news release that surveillance
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK, STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Friday directed federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no viable plan to keep the government funded and avert politically and economically costly disruption of federal services. A
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Henderson and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — After an F-35 fighter jet disappeared into the South Carolina sky, a 911 operator received a confounding call. “I guess we got a pilot at our house and he says he got ejected from the plane,” said the caller, asking for an ambulance. “I’m sorry, what
Continue Reading