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Supreme Court allows Missouri to proceed with the execution of death row inmate Marcellus Williams

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri man is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the state to proceed with its plan to execute him, rejecting...

Sep 24, 2024

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has Parkinson's disease

WASHINGTON (AP) - Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, he told a congressional committee Tuesday. Favre made the disclosure as part of his testimony about a...

Sep 24, 2024

Sri Lanka's new president calls parliamentary elections to consolidate his mandate

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved Parliament late Tuesday and called for parliamentary elections in less than three weeks in an effort to consolida...

Sep 24, 2024

US to send $375 million in military aid to Ukraine, including medium-range cluster bombs

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. will send Ukraine an undisclosed number of medium-range cluster bombs and an array of rockets, artillery and armored vehicles in a military aid package totaling about $375 m...

Sep 24, 2024

FBI: Son of suspect in Trump assassination attempt arrested on child sexual abuse images charges

WASHINGTON (AP) - The son of the man suspected in the assassination attempt in Florida of former President Donald Trump has been arrested on federal charges of possessing child sexual abuse images. Or...

Sep 24, 2024

FBI: Son of suspect in Trump assassination attempt arrested on child sexual abuse images charges

WASHINGTON (AP) - The son of the man suspected in the assassination attempt in Florida of former President Donald Trump has been arrested on federal charges of possessing child sexual abuse images. Or...

Sep 24, 2024

Tropical Storm Helene forms in Caribbean and is expected to become a hurricane and move toward US

MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Helene formed Tuesday in the Caribbean Sea and will strengthen into a major hurricane while moving north toward the U.S., forecasters said. Hurricane watches have been issu...

Sep 24, 2024

Biden in farewell U.N. address says says peace still possible in conflicts in Mideast and Ukraine

NEW YORK (AP) - President Joe Biden declared the U.S. must not retreat from the world, as he delivered his final address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday as Israel and Hezbollah militants in Le...

Sep 24, 2024

US Navy replenishment ship operating in Mideast was damaged in an incident, officials say

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A U.S. Navy replenishment ship operating in the Middle East sustained damage in an incident which is under investigation, officials said Tuesday. The damage to the U...

Sep 24, 2024

US Navy replenishment ship operating in Mideast was damaged in an incident, officials say

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A U.S. Navy replenishment ship operating in the Middle East sustained damage in an incident which is under investigation, officials said Tuesday. The damage to the U...

Sep 24, 2024