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Brett Favre says he's 'unjustly smeared' in welfare case

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he is being treated unfairly in news coverage of a Mississippi welfare scandal, including about payments he received to help fund a pet p...

Oct 11, 2022

Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said Tuesday in announcing the results of its save-the...

Oct 11, 2022

King Charles III to be crowned May 6 next year, palace says

LONDON (AP) - King Charles III will be crowned at Westminster Abbey on May 6 in a ceremony that will embrace the past but look to the modern world after the 70-year reign of the late Queen Elizabeth I...

Alex Rawnsley Oct 11, 2022

Walker campaigning with 2 GOP senators after abortion report

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker is slated to campaign Tuesday with Sens. Rick Scott of Florida and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, offering the latest sign that the national...

Oct 11, 2022

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Dylann Roof, who killed 9

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Dylann Roof, who challenged his death sentence and conviction in the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina cong...

Oct 11, 2022

Israel says 'historic' sea border deal struck with Lebanon

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister said Tuesday that the country has reached an "historic agreement" with neighboring Lebanon over their shared maritime border after months of U.S.-brokered nego...

Oct 11, 2022

Conservative PACs inject millions into local school races

As Republicans and Democrats fight for control of Congress this fall, a growing collection of conservative political action groups is targeting its efforts closer to home: at local school boards. Thei...

Oct 10, 2022

Malaysian PM dissolves Parliament, calls snap polls

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that Parliament will be dissolved Monday, paving the way for general elections that are expected to be held in earl...

Oct 10, 2022

Explosions rock central Kyiv in apparent missile strikes

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Two explosions rocked Kyiv early Monday following months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital. Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitchko reported explosions in the city's Shevchenko distri...

Oct 09, 2022

'Amsterdam' and 'Lyle Lyle' struggle, letting 'Smile' repeat

NEW YORK (AP) - David O. Russell's star-studded 1930s mystery "Amsterdam" flopped and the children's book adaptation "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile" debuted softly, allowing the horror thriller "Smile" to rep...

Oct 09, 2022