Search continues for highway shooting suspect charged with attempted murder
LONDON, Ky. — Joseph A. Couch spent $2,914.40 to buy an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle and a thousand rounds of ammunition on Saturday, and then sent a series of alarming text messages.
Gulf Coast residents flee, oil production shut as Francine intensifies
Tropical Storm Francine was on track on Tuesday to become a hurricane overnight, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, prompting Louisiana residents to flee inland and oil and gas companies to shut in Gulf of Mexico production.
As Harris and Trump debated, a social media battle raged
While tens of millions of Americans tuned in to watch the debate between Republican Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris on their television screens on Tuesday, a secondary battle played out on social media through clips and video edits of memorable debate moments.
Johnson’s spending plan falters, facing resistance from both parties
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson’s initial plan to avert a government shutdown has run into a wall of Republican opposition as lawmakers from an array of factions in his party balk at a six-month stopgap funding measure that Democrats have already rejected.
Harris puts Trump on defensive in fiery debate
PHILADELPHIA —Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris put Republican Donald Trump on the defensive at a combative presidential debate on Tuesday with a stream of attacks on abortion limits, his fitness for office and his myriad legal woes, as both candidates sought a campaign-altering moment in their closely fought election.
Trojan condoms contain ‘forever chemicals,’ lawsuit claims
A new lawsuit on Monday claims that Trojan condoms are not safe because they contain toxic “forever chemicals,” which have been linked to cancer.
Michigan Supreme Court rules RFK Jr to stay on state’s presidential ballot
(Reuters) — The Michigan Supreme Court ruled on Monday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will remain as a presidential candidate on the state’s ballots for the Nov. 5 election, despite his request to be removed, in a potential blow to Republican Donald Trump.
Colombia deadliest country for environmentalists in 2023, rights group says
BOGOTA — Colombia, host nation for this year’s United Nations COP16 biodiversity conference, was the deadliest country for environmentalists and land rights defenders in 2023, with a record 79 killed according to UK advocacy group Global Witness.
Biden administration sends Congress long-awaited Ukraine strategy report, sources say
President Joe Biden’s administration has sent Congress a classified report on its strategy for the war in Ukraine, three sources said on Monday, months after a June deadline mandated in a multibillion-dollar spending bill lawmakers passed in April.
US election officials decry Trump’s threat to jail them if he returns to White House
U.S. election administrators and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ campaign condemned on Monday threats by Donald Trump to jail “corrupt” election officials if he wins on Nov. 5, accusing him of intimidation and inciting potential violence.
Philippines arrests celebrity pastor accused of sex crimes
MANILA (Reuters) — An influential evangelist preacher from the Philippines accused of sex trafficking and sexual abuse has been arrested, authorities said on Sunday. Apollo Quiboloy, self-proclaimed “owner of the universe” and “appointed son of god”, is wanted on charges of child and sexual abuse and related allegations of human trafficking. He has denied wrongdoing.
Biden administration finalizes rule to strengthen mental health parity law
The Biden Administration said on Monday it had finalized a regulation to help ensure that the 175 million Americans with private health insurance have access to affordable mental health services.
US says alleged white supremacists tried to use Telegram to spark race war
U.S. prosecutors unveiled criminal charges on Monday against two alleged leaders of a white supremacist gang, saying they used the Telegram social media site to solicit attacks on Black, Jewish, LGBTQ people and immigrants aiming to incite a race war.
Philadelphia gears up for Harris-Trump debate with protests expected
PHILADELPHIA — It is the birthplace of U.S. independence, the “City of Brotherly Love,” and the hometown of beloved fictional boxer “Rocky” Balboa.
When and where is the Harris-Trump presidential debate?
U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Kamala Harris will square off next week in their first presidential debate since President Joe Biden quit the race. It will be the first chance some 240 million U.S. voters get to hear Trump and Harris explain their policies side by side ahead of the Nov. 5 election, and a rare moment when the two are in the same room.
Kentucky highway shooting suspect still at large as manhunt stretches into second day
Kentucky police were searching a remote, heavily wooded area on Sunday for a suspected gunman who opened fire on vehicles traveling a rural stretch of Interstate 75 a day earlier, shooting and injuring five people.
Israeli strike kills senior rescue service official in Gaza as fighting rages
An Israeli airstrike on a house in Jabalia on Sunday killed Mohammad Morsi, deputy director of the Gaza Civil Emergency Service in the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, and four of his family, health officials said.
Russia takes Ukrainian town in advance on Pokrovsk
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia said on Sunday its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine as Moscow’s forces advance on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk and seek to pierce the Ukrainian defensive front lines.
Typhoon Yagi wreaks havoc on infrastructure, factories in Vietnam
HANOI/HAIPHONG, Typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, was downgraded to a tropical depression on Sunday, after wreaking havoc in northern Vietnam, where it damaged factories and infrastructure in export-oriented industrial hubs.
Mother of Georgia suspect called school minutes before shooting, family says
ATLANTA — The mother of the 14-year-old boy charged with fatally shooting four people at his Georgia high school this past week has told relatives that she had called the school on the morning on the attack, warning of an “extreme emergency,” her sister said Saturday.
