The US and South Korea reach new deal on costs for the American troop presence
AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and South Korea have tentatively agreed to a new deal covering the costs of maintaining…
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College sports ‘fraternity’ jumping in to help athletes from schools impacted by Hurricane Helene
AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The UNC Asheville soccer and volleyball teams are calling UNC Charlotte home, its athletes living in two…
Continue Reading London police officer charged over death of woman struck by motorcycle during escort for UK royal
LONDON (AP) — A Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with causing death by careless driving in connection with the death of an 81-year-old…
Continue Reading Advocates urge Ohio to restore voter registrations removed in alleged violations of federal law
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two voter advocacy organizations have put Ohio’s Republican elections chief on notice that voters are…
Continue Reading US launches airstrikes by fighter jets and ships on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the U.S. military struck more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen, going after weapons…
Continue Reading Los Angeles mayor picks ex-sheriff to be city’s police chief
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell has been selected to lead the Los Angeles Police Department, taking…
Continue Reading Solar flares may cause faint auroras across top of Northern Hemisphere
AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Solar storms may cause faint northern lights across fringes of the northern United States over the weekend as…
Continue Reading Supreme Court leaves in place two Biden environmental regulations
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has left in place two Biden administration environmental regulations aimed at reducing…
Continue Reading Supreme Court will hear an Ohio woman’s claim she lost out on jobs because she is straight
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up the case of an Ohio woman who claims she suffered sex discrimination in her employment because she…
Continue Reading Supreme Court to weigh a Texas death row case after halting execution
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of a Texas man on death row who has long argued that DNA testing would…
Continue Reading In Senegal, the bastion of the region’s Francophonie, French is giving way to local languages
Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the French…
Continue Reading Mexico’s new president promises to resume fight against climate change
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — In her first days as Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of distancing herself from the…
Continue Reading What to stream: Jelly Roll, ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,’ Cate Blanchett and Charli XCX remixes
Sean Wang’s semi-autobiographical feature debut “Dìdi” and Jelly Roll’s 22-track album “Beautifully Broken” are some of this…
Continue Reading Amid Hurricane Helene’s destruction, sports organizations launch relief efforts to aid storm victims
AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sports teams and organizations have launched their own relief efforts to help those impacted by the…
Continue Reading A deadly hurricane is the latest disruption for young athletes who already have endured a pandemic
AP Sports Writer The destruction from Hurricane Helene has disrupted the high school landscape throughout southern Appalachia. Floodwaters swallowed…
Continue Reading For migrant women who land in Colorado looking for jobs, a common answer emerges: No
AP Education Writer AURORA, Colo. (AP) — East Colfax Avenue was the best place to find a job. That’s what everyone told Sofia Roca. Never…
Continue Reading Karen Read seeks delay in wrongful death lawsuit until her trial on murder and other charges is done
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Karen Read is seeking to delay a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of her Boston police officer boyfriend…
Continue Reading Elon Musk to join Trump at rally at the site of first assassination attempt
Billionaire Elon Musk will join Donald Trump at a rally at the site of the former president’s July assassination attempt. The campaign said the…
Continue Reading Texas man sought in wounding of small town’s police chief
MEMPHIS, Texas (AP) — Authorities in the Texas Panhandle are searching for a man they said wounded a small town’s police chief. The Texas…
Continue Reading This week’s gang attack on a Haitian town killed at least 70 people, UN says
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.N. human rights office says the tally of victims killed in a brutal attack on a small town in central Haiti by…
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