Nation and World
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Fat Leonard's escape as stunning as his Navy bribery case
Sep 07, 2022 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Three weeks before he faced sentencing, the Malaysian defense contractor at the center of one of the biggest bribery investigations in U.S. military his...
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California weathers heat wave without rolling blackouts
Sep 07, 2022 7:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A brutal Western heat wave brought California to the verge of ordering rolling blackouts but the state's electrical grid managed to handle reco...
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UPS hiring for the holiday rush holds steady above 100,000
Sep 07, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - UPS plans to hire more than 100,000 workers to help handle the holiday rush this season, in line with hiring the previous two years. Holiday season volum...
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Judge strikes down Michigan's 1931 anti-abortion law, months after suspending it
Sep 07, 2022 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Judge strikes down Michigan's 1931 anti-abortion law, months after suspending it. ...
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Starbucks loses appeal, will rehire 7 fired Memphis workers
Sep 07, 2022 7:00 am - Starbucks said Wednesday it will reinstate seven employees who were fired in February after leading an effort to unionize their Memphis store. The seven will get their j...
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Decrying Ukraine war, Russian soldier seeks refuge in France
Sep 07, 2022 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Breaking the rules by taking a deep drag of his cigarette in a Paris airport washroom, the fugitive paratrooper rips his Russian passport in two and tosses ...
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Official: Suspect in Canada stab rampage died after arrest
Sep 07, 2022 7:00 am - ROSTHERN, Saskatchewan (AP) - The final suspect in a stabbing rampage that killed 10 people in and around a Canadian Indigenous reserve died after being arrested by poli...
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China earthquake deaths rise to 74 as lockdown anger grows
Sep 07, 2022 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - The death toll in this week's earthquake in western China has jumped to 74 with another 26 people still missing, the government reported Wednesday, as fru...
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Man charged with killing Memphis jogger held without bond
Sep 07, 2022 7:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee judge revoked bond Wednesday for a man charged with killing a Memphis woman who was abducted during a pre-dawn run near a university ca...
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Ukraine says grain coming to Somalia, but Russia skeptical
Sep 07, 2022 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ukraine's president says tons of grain from his country will arrive in the coming weeks in Somalia, where famine approaches and the global crises o...