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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Floodwaters pushed by the remnants of Hurricane Helene left North Carolina’s largest mountain city isolated Saturday by damaged roads and a lack of power and cellphone service, part of a swath of destruction across southern Appalachia that left an unknown number dead and countless worried relatives unable to reach loved ones. […]

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BEIRUT (AP) — Two U.S. airstrikes in Syria killed 37 militants affiliated with the Islamic State group and an al-Qaeda-linked group, the U.S. military said Sunday. It said two of the dead were senior militants. U.S. Central Command said it struck northwestern Syria on Tuesday, targeting a senior […]

New charges — and a new defendant — added to the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump underscore how the Mar-a-Lago investigation is still very much ongoing, even as the focus has been on an expected indictment in a separate case related to the 2020 election.In an updated indictment handed down Thursday, prosecutors… […]

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Mutinous soldiers who staged a coup in Niger declared their leader the new head of state on Friday, hours after the general asked for national and international support despite rising concerns that the political crisis could hinder the nation’s fight against jihadists and boost Russia’s influence in West Africa.Spokesman Col. Maj.… […]

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A teenager recalled Friday how she helped save a girl who was severely wounded during a Michigan school shooting in 2021, telling a judge that she moved her to an empty classroom, applied pressure to stop the bleeding and prayed with her.“I asked her if she knew who God was. She… […]

This image released by Studio Ghibli shows poster art for “The Boy and the Heron” by director Hayao Miyazaki. The film will be the opening night presentation for the 48th Toronto International Film Festival. (Studio Ghibli via AP) Updated [hour]: [minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   NEW YORK (AP) — “The Boy and the… […]

By ARNIE STAPLETON Updated [hour]: [minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado is leaving the Pac-12 to return to the conference the Buffaloes jilted a dozen years ago, and the Big 12 celebrated the reunion with a two-word statement released through Commissioner Brett Yomark: “They’re back.”“The landscape of collegiate sports is… […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A Caesars Palace casino in the heart of Times Square. A sprawling gambling hall along Coney Island’s iconic boardwalk. A Hard Rock casino complex next to the home stadium of baseball’s New York Mets. This image rendering provided by Hard Rock International, shows the Hard Rock’s casino proposal in the Queens […]

A 66-year-old woman was in critical condition after a fire that ripped through a Massachusetts assisted-living facility earlier this week, officials said, as records and accounts from staff raise concerns about conditions at Gabriel House before the blaze. The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office had announced Thursday that Brenda Cropper had died the previous day […]

Los Angeles (AP) – Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and ‘60s whose hits included “Pretty Little Baby” and “Who’s Sorry Now?” — the latter would serve as an ironic title for a personal life filled with heartbreak and tragedy — has died at age 87. Radio DJ Bruce “Cousin Brucie” Morrow […]