Nation and World
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Meta fined $24.7M for campaign finance disclosure violations
Oct 26, 2022 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - A Washington state judge on Wednesday fined Facebook parent company Meta nearly $25 million for repeatedly and intentionally violating campaign finance di...
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Los Angeles council censures members amid racism scandal
Oct 26, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles City Council formally rebuked two members and its former president Wednesday for their involvement in a racism scandal that has led to...
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Spanish man trekking to World Cup believed arrested in Iran
Oct 26, 2022 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - A Spanish man trekking from Madrid to Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup is believed to be under arrest in Iran where he went missing more than three weeks a...
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Superstorm Sandy legacy: Recovery far from equal on NY shore
Oct 26, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Even before Superstorm Sandy's floodwaters surged over New York City's Rockaway Peninsula, there was an air of decay in Edgemere, a far-flung seaside nei...
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EU Commission proposes tougher pollution rules
Oct 26, 2022 7:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union's executive arm sought on Wednesday to toughen up pollution restrictions to ensure that harmful pollutants are eliminated by 2050 to p...
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Nevada county set for conspiracy-inspired ballot hand count
Oct 26, 2022 7:00 am - PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) - A county in Nevada is scheduled to start an unprecedented hand count of its midterm ballots Wednesday, a process fueled by voting machine conspiracy...
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Russia, NATO hold nuclear drills as Ukraine villages pounded
Oct 26, 2022 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - NATO and Russia's military alike staged planned annual nuclear exercises Wednesday as the Russian president repeated the unfounded claim that Ukrain...
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Crime, Trump center stage in sole New York governor's debate
Oct 26, 2022 7:00 am - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Sparring over crime, abortion and the deadly U.S. Capitol insurrection took center stage Tuesday as New York Gov. Kathy Hochul faced her Republican c...
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Forest Service boss decries arrest of worker in planned burn
Oct 26, 2022 7:00 am - SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The head of the U.S. Forest Service has denounced the arrest by an Oregon sheriff of a Forest Service employee after a planned burn in a national fore...
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Ebola infects 6 schoolkids in Uganda as contagion fear grows
Oct 26, 2022 7:00 am - KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Six schoolchildren in Uganda's capital have tested positive for Ebola, the health minister said Wednesday, marking a serious escalation of the out...