Nation and World
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Twitter Blue signups unavailable after raft of fake accounts
Nov 11, 2022 6:00 am - Twitter's relaunched premium service - which grants blue-check 'œverification'ť labels to anyone willing to pay $8 a month - was unavailable Friday after the social medi...
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EXPLAINER: How important is a Russian retreat from Kherson?
Nov 11, 2022 6:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian officials said Friday that Ukrainian flags were appearing 'œen masse and all over the place,'ť in the wake of Russia's retreat from the so...
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Trump-backed Vegas sheriff tops Democrat for Nevada governor
Nov 11, 2022 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Republican Joe Lombardo, a career police officer-turned-elected sheriff in Las Vegas who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has been elected...
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Israel's Netanyahu given chance to form far-right government
Nov 11, 2022 6:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's president on Friday asked former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government, presenting the longtime leader currently standing ...
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Crypto exchange giant FTX collapses, files for bankruptcy
Nov 11, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - It took less than a week for FTX to go from the third-largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world to bankruptcy court. The embattled cryptocurrency exc...
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Gallagher, watermelon smashing comedian, dies at 76
Nov 11, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Gallagher, the long-haired, smash-'em-up comedian who left a trail of laughter, anger and shattered watermelons over a decadeslong career, has died at ag...
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Captain of burning dive boat pleads not guilty in 34 deaths
Nov 11, 2022 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A dive boat captain pleaded not guilty in federal court for a second time to manslaughter in the fiery deaths of 34 people trapped below deck on his b...
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Elizabeth Holmes asks for leniency for her Theranos crimes
Nov 11, 2022 6:00 am - Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is casting herself as a Silicon Valley scapegoat who overcame an abusive relationship to become a loving mother in an effort to a...
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Popular Istanbul mayor on trial, could face political ban
Nov 11, 2022 6:00 am - ISTANBUL (AP) - A prosecutor on Friday repeated a demand for Istanbul's mayor to be convicted on charges of insulting members of Turkey's Supreme Electoral Council, duri...
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KFC apologizes for app alert urging orders for Kristallnacht
Nov 11, 2022 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - KFC has apologized for accidentally sending an automated push alert to its app users in Germany that appeared to urge people to order food to commemorate t...