Nation and World
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Jury orders Filmmaker Paul Haggis to pay $7.5M in rape suit
Nov 10, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A jury ordered Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis Thursday to pay at least $7.5 million to a woman who accused him of rape in one of several #Me...
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Judge orders Infowars host Alex Jones to pay additional $473 million for lies about Sandy Hook school shooting
Nov 10, 2022 6:00 am - WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - Judge orders Infowars host Alex Jones to pay additional $473 million for lies about Sandy Hook school shooting. ...
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People with disabilities raise voices at climate talks
Nov 10, 2022 6:00 am - SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) - Last year, climate activists who focus on disability rights scored a major victory at the United Nations climate change conference known as...
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Vaping company Juul cuts 400 jobs amid growing setbacks
Nov 10, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Embattled vaping company Juul Labs announced hundreds of layoffs Thursday as the company weathers lawsuits, government bans and increasing competition ...
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Feds resume study of restoring grizzlies to North Cascades
Nov 10, 2022 6:00 am - SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Environmental groups on Thursday hailed a decision by the Biden administration to resume studying whether grizzly bears should be restored to the r...
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Chris Rock to go live on Netflix in a first for the streamer
Nov 10, 2022 6:00 am - Chris Rock is going where no comedian has gone before - live on Netflix. The streaming giant said Thursday that Rock will be the first artist to perform on the company's...
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Egypt puts activist on hunger strike on medical treatment
Nov 10, 2022 6:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian prison authorities have intervened medically with imprisoned pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who this week escalated his hunger strike an...
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EU pledges $250M to Moldova to tackle acute energy crisis
Nov 10, 2022 6:00 am - CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) - European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen paid an official visit to Moldova Thursday, where she announced a 250 million-euro (-do...
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Iran protests rage on streets as officials renew threats
Nov 10, 2022 6:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Protests in Iran raged on streets into Thursday with demonstrators remembering a bloody crackdown in the country's southeast, even as ...
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EU proposes emission rules for last combustion engine cars
Nov 10, 2022 6:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union's executive arm proposed pollution standards Thursday for new combustion engine vehicles that are expected to remain on European roads...