DEIR AL-BALAH (AP) — Palestinians across the Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied West Bank welcomed news that a flurry of Western countries have recognized a Palestinian state, while expressing doubt the move will improve their dire circumstances. On Monday, France, Andorra, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta, and Monaco announced or confirmed their recognition of a Palestinian state […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Missouri woman is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for scheming to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland home and property before a judge halted the brazen foreclosure sale. U.S. District Judge John Fowlkes will sentence Lisa Jeanine Findley in federal court in Memphis. Findley pleaded […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has abruptly canceled this week’s planned meeting with congressional Democratic leaders, refusing to negotiate over their demands to shore up health care funds as part of a deal to prevent a potential looming federal government shutdown. In a lengthy Tuesday social media post, Trump rejected the sit-down the White […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel is set to return to late-night television Tuesday after a nearly weeklong suspension that triggered a national discussion about freedom of speech and President Donald Trump’s ability to police the words of journalists, commentators and even comics. ABC, which suspended Kimmel’s show last Wednesday following criticism of his comments […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing to establish President Donald Trump’s presidential library in an iconic stretch of downtown Miami. Paving the way for the president’s post-administration historical archives is another way DeSantis and conservative lawmakers are vying to demonstrate their loyalty to Trump, who has shifted the center of […]
The portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly popular online voting contest called Fat Bear Week.
Watched by the world, President Donald Trump returns to the United Nations on Tuesday to deliver a wide-ranging address on his second-term foreign policy achievements and lament that “globalist institutions have significantly decayed the world order,” according to the White House. World leaders will be listening closely to his remarks at the U.N. General Assembly […]
Shares of Tylenol maker Kenvue bounced back sharply before the opening bell a day after President Donald Trump promoted unproven and in some cases discredited ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism. “Don’t take Tylenol,” Trump instructed pregnant women around a dozen times during the White House news conference Monday, also urging mothers not to give […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — As President Donald Trump’s administration imposes new restrictions on the legal immigration system, U.S. adults are more likely than they were a year ago to think these immigrants benefit the country, according to a new poll. The survey from they were in January to say the number of legal immigrants […]
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Five teenagers were wounded in a shooting on Monday night at an apartment complex in El Paso, Texas, law enforcement said. A group in an outdoor area within the apartment complex appeared to be about to get in a fight when a male started shooting into the crowd, said Adrian […]
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) — After a Democrat won 40% of votes in a special state senate election in a deeply conservative Georgia district, voters will decide Tuesday between her and the Republican who won the second most votes. Debra Shigley and Republican Jason Dickerson are competing in a runoff after neither Shigley nor six Republicans […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Southern Arizona voters will select a successor Tuesday to the late U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, a progressive stalwart who represented the state for more than two decades in Congress. Grijalva died in March, resulting in the 7th Congressional District seat being one of three safely Democratic districts to become vacant due to […]
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A man representing himself in federal court against charges of trying to assassinate Donald Trump last year at his Florida golf course told jurors during his closing argument on Tuesday that he didn’t intend to kill anyone that day. “It’s hard for me to believe that a crime occurred if […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs urged a New York federal judge Monday to sentence him early next month to no more than 14 months in prison for his conviction on two prostitution-related charges, meaning he’d go free almost immediately if the judge agreed. The lawyers made their arguments in […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — With global support for a Palestinian state growing, Israel’s devastating war in Gaza is expected to take center stage as the U.N.’s gathering of world leaders gets into full gear Tuesday. But humanity’s myriad conflicts, rising poverty and heating planet will also be in the spotlight. The General Assembly ’s big […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in federal grant funding that it froze at the University of California, Los Angeles. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco granted a preliminary injunction on Monday, saying the government likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act, which requires […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The long history of bourbon production at Buffalo Trace Distillery has been connected to the Kentucky River — summed up as a blessing and curse by a plaque on the grounds. In the 1800s, long before the Buffalo Trace name was attached to the distillery, the river served as a floating […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Watched by the world, President Donald Trump returns to the United Nations on Tuesday to deliver a wide-ranging address on his second-term foreign policy achievements and lament that “globalist institutions have significantly decayed the world order,” according to the White House. World leaders will be listening closely to his remarks at […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Will Berry was 11 when his mother was murdered. Thirty-three-year-old Margaret Parrish Berry was shot in the head during a robbery at the gas station where she worked. Geoffrey West was 21 when he pulled the trigger, a decision he says he wishes each day that he could take back. Berry […]
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Sept. 19 The New York Times says the Trump Administration is trying to punish free speech A founding principle of the United States, enshrined in the Constitution’s opening amendment, is that our republic depends on citizens’ freedom to disagree with one another. They need […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris said Monday evening that she regrets not expressing her concerns about President Joe Biden running for a second term when a majority of Americans felt he was too old for the job. “I have and had a certain responsibility that I should have followed through on,” Harris told Rachel Maddow […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly popular online voting contest called Fat Bear Week. Those casting votes online starting Tuesday will choose between 11 […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump isn’t a doctor. But he played one on TV Monday, offering copious amounts of unproven medical advice that he suggested — often without providing evidence — might help reduce autism rates. Trump repeatedly implored pregnant women to avoid taking the painkiller Tylenol, the bestselling form of acetaminophen. That’s despite […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an order designating a decentralized movement known as antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, though whether he can actually do that remained unclear. Trump blames antifa for political violence. The Republican president said on social media last week during a state visit to the United Kingdom […]
