Nation and World
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Musk offers to end legal fight, pay $44 billion to buy Twitter
Oct 04, 2022 1:00 am - Elon Musk is abandoning his legal battle to back out of buying Twitter by offering to go through with his original $44 billion bid for the social media platform. The mer...
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Turkey's annual inflation hits new 24-year high at 83.45%
Oct 03, 2022 7:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's annual inflation reached a new 24-year high of 83.45% in September, according to official data on Monday, pushing the cost of essential go...
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Report: Mexico continued to use spyware against activists
Oct 03, 2022 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - The Mexican government or army has allegedly continued to use spyware designed to hack into the cellphones of activists, despite a pledge by President...
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High court passes on Indiana case involving death of boy, 2
Oct 03, 2022 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a man sentenced to 60 years in prison for his role in a shooting that killed a northern...
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Fraud, scam cases increasing on Zelle, Senate report finds
Oct 03, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Incidents of fraud and scams are occurring more often on the popular peer-to-peer payment service Zelle, according to a report issued Monday by the offic...
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Frustration with Ukraine war spills out on Russian state TV
Oct 03, 2022 7:00 am - Russia's retreat from a key Ukrainian city over the weekend elicited outcry from an unlikely crowd '“ state-run media outlets that typically cast Moscow's war in gl...
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Police: 5 California killings may be work of serial killer
Oct 03, 2022 7:00 am - STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) - A serial killer may have ambushed five men in central California separately in recent months, shooting them to death alone in the dark, and polic...
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Buffett's successor buys nearly $70M of Berkshire stock
Oct 03, 2022 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Billionaire Warren Buffett's successor bought nearly $70 million worth of stock in the conglomerate he is slated to one day lead. Berkshire Hathaway...
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Death toll in last week's Kabul school blast climbs to 52
Oct 03, 2022 7:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - Last week's suicide bombing at a Kabul education center killed as many as 52 people, more than twice the death toll acknowledged by Taliban officials, a...
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Amid crises, rural roots anchor Southern Baptists' president
Oct 03, 2022 7:00 am - FARMERSVILLE, Texas (AP) - On the first Saturday of fall, a sweating Bart Barber trekked across a weedy pasture in search of Bully Graham, the would-be patriarch of the ...