Nazi-looted Monet artwork returned to family generations later
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Nazi-looted Claude Monet pastel has been returned to descendants of the man who owned it when it was seized…
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Language, lack of money and fear are matters of life and death with Milton approaching Florida
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Milton is expected to unleash its greatest force over hundreds of thousands of immigrants who don’t speak…
Continue ReadingThe race to lead Britain’s Conservative Party is down to the final 2 candidates
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s opposition Conservative Party will choose either Robert Jenrick or Kemi Badenoch to be its next leader.…
Continue ReadingWisconsin Supreme Court grapples with governor’s 400-year veto, calling it ‘crazy’
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court said Wednesday that Gov. Tony Evers’ creative use of his…
Continue ReadingUN tribunal orders ex-official to repay $58.8 million lost in bad deals while getting perks
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. tribunal has ordered a former high-ranking official to repay the United Nations $58.8 million lost in…
Continue ReadingJudge tosses a New York law that moved many local elections to even-numbered years
Associated Press A law moving many town and county elections in New York to even-numbered years to align them with state and federal races was struck…
Continue ReadingPilot of larger plane was looking away from smaller plane in Atlanta airport mishap, report says
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A report says the pilot of a larger plane was looking away from the tail of a smaller plane when the larger…
Continue ReadingHonda recalls nearly 1.7 million vehicles for steering problem that could lead to crashes
Honda Motor Co. is recalling close to 1.7 million vehicles due to a manufacturing issue that could make it difficult to steer the vehicles and lead…
Continue ReadingMexico takes the US side in potential trade battles with China and seeks to boost local content
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top economic official is suggesting that his country will actively take the U.S. side in looming trade battles…
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Two felons among 13 people apprehended last week to be prosecuted
61-year-old Jose Garcia and 55-year-old Jose Gaspar of Mexico were among the 13 men and women apprehended by Border Patrol last Wednesday…
Continue ReadingThis California ballot measure promises money for health care. Its critics warn it could backfire
CalMatters Among the blitz of election ads flooding TV, social media and street corners, you won’t see any opposition to a ballot measure proposing…
Continue ReadingVoting systems are targets of conspiracy theories, but get tested for accuracy and security
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Voting machines have been at the center of a web of conspiracy theories that erupted after the 2020 election, with…
Continue Reading Next Met Gala chairs: Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky and LeBron James
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The theme of the next Met Gala and its celebrity chairs have been announced: Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton,…
Continue ReadingSocial Security’s scheduled cost of living increase ‘won’t make a dent’ for some retirees
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sherri Myers, an 82-year-old resident of Pensacola City, Florida, says the Social Security cost-of-living…
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Ethel Kennedy, Kennedy family matriarch, hospitalized
Former Congressman Joe Kennedy III posted on X that his 96-year-old grandmother suffered a stroke in her sleep last Thursday, and is being treated at…
Continue ReadingTrump will hold a rally at Madison Square Garden in the race’s final stretch
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is returning to New York in the race’s final stretch and will hold a rally at Madison Square…
Continue ReadingFormer Sen. Tim Johnson, the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Dakota, dies at 77
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Former Sen. Tim Johnson, a centrist who was the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Dakota and who spent…
Continue Reading Elon Musk’s X is back in Brazil after its suspension, having complied with all judicial demands
Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The social media platform X is returning to Brazil after remaining inaccessible for more than a month…
Continue ReadingTrump has long blasted China’s trade practices. His ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles were printed there
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of copies of Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in a country that the former…
Continue ReadingSanewashing? The banality of crazy? A decade into the Trump era, media hasn’t figured him out
AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly a decade into the Trump Era of politics, less than a month from his third Election Day as the Republican…
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