Minnesota Twins owners considering selling the team after 40 years in the Pohlad family
AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After 40 years and three generations of owning the Minnesota Twins, the Pohlad family announced Thursday…
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Mozambique awaits election results as the ruling party looks to extend its reign past 50 years
Associated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Mozambicans are waiting for early election results a day after a vote for a new president passed off…
Continue Reading Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan on ‘The Apprentice’: ‘We’re way out on a limb’
AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even in an election year, most seem to agree on one aspect about Ali Abbasi’s much-debated Donald Trump film…
Continue Reading North Carolina governor signs Hurricane Helene relief bill
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has signed the state’s first relief package to address Hurricane Helene’s…
Continue Reading South Koreans are joyful after Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for literature
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han…
Continue ReadingNo. 22 Pitt looks for its first 6-0 start since 1982 when new ACC member Cal visits
California (3-2, 0-2), at No. 22 Pittsburgh (5-1, 1-0), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN) BetMGM College Football Odds: Pitt by 3 1/2. Series record:…
Continue Reading Ethel Kennedy, social activist and wife of Robert F. Kennedy, has died
Associated Press BOSTON, Mass. (AP) — Ethel Kennedy, who lost her husband Robert F. Kennedy to assassination, has died. She was 96. She was by her…
Continue ReadingHow to help people affected by Hurricane Milton
Communities in Florida still reeling from the impact of Hurricane Helene are now also grappling with the still-unfolding damage from Hurricane…
Continue Reading3-time NBA champion Danny Green, a 3-point sharpshooter, announces retirement
AP Basketball Writer Danny Green, the sharpshooting guard who won an NCAA championship at North Carolina before helping three different franchises…
Continue ReadingAtlantic City mayor and his wife plead not guilty to beating their daughter
Associated Press MAYS LANDING, N.J. (AP) — The first couple of New Jersey’s Atlantic City have pleaded not guilty to beatings and other abuse…
Continue ReadingRwanda’s Marburg outbreak is under control, Africa’s health chief says
Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The head of Africa’s top public health agency says that an outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg fever in…
Continue Reading Hurricane Milton disrupts Yom Kippur plans for Jews in Florida
Associated Press WINTER PARK, Florida (AP) — Many Jews worldwide will mark Yom Kippur in fasting and prayer at their synagogues this weekend. But…
Continue ReadingAfricans recruited to work in Russia say they were duped into building drones for use in Ukraine
Associated Press The social media ads promised the young African women a free plane ticket, money and a faraway adventure in Europe. Just complete a…
Continue Reading Milton spares Daytona Beach, Florida, factory that’s a critical supplier of IV fluids
AP Health Writer A Florida factory that makes IV fluids critical to hospitals nationwide will restart Friday morning after shutting down while…
Continue ReadingA train is evacuated in Strasbourg due to ‘light smoke’. No injuries were reported
PARIS (AP) — Passengers including European Parliament officials were evacuated from a train departing from the eastern French city of Strasbourg…
Continue ReadingNo. 16 Utah to face Arizona State after move from Pac-12 to Big 12
No. 16 Utah (4-1, 1-1 Big 12) at Arizona State (4-1, 1-1), Friday, 10:30 p.m. ET (ESPN) BetMGM College Football Odds: Utah by 6 1/2. Series record:…
Continue ReadingCyprus police arrest 8 Syrians suspected of helping to fund a militant group in their homeland
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A Cyprus court has ordered eight Syrians to remain in police detention for six days on suspicion they helped fund an alleged…
Continue ReadingAnother town in Haiti comes under attack a week after gangs killed at least 115 people
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gunmen have invaded another town north of Haiti’s capital, just a week after a massacre killed at least 115 people…
Continue Reading A pack of dogs killed a man behind a house in New York
Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a 59-year-old man was killed in a “horrific” attack by a pack of dogs in a back yard in Albany.…
Continue ReadingPoland tightens visa rules as probe confirms previous government’s cash-for-visas scandal
Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister says the European Union nation is tightening its visa regulations as probes…
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