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Passenger killed when gunman hijacks city bus, leads police on chase through downtown Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A passenger was killed after a gunman hijacked a city bus in Los Angeles early Wednesday, leading to a slow police chase through downtown before the suspect was eventually arrested,...

Sep 25, 2024

Helene becomes a hurricane and is expected to intensify as it moves toward Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Helene became a hurricane Wednesday after rapidly strengthening in the Caribbean Sea and moved north along Mexico's coast on a path toward the U.S., leading residents to evacu...

Sep 25, 2024

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel intercepts Hezbollah's farthest strike yet in 11 months of exchanges

Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets into Israel on Wednesday, including a longer-range projectile that set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv and across central Israel. It was the group's farthest strik...

Sep 25, 2024

Hezbollah fires a missile at Tel Aviv in deepest strike yet after Israel bombardment in Lebanon

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Hezbollah hurled dozens of projectiles into Israel early Wednesday, including a missile aimed at Tel Aviv that was the militant group's deepest strike yet and marked a further ...

Sep 25, 2024

Texas man who waived his right to appeal death sentence is executed for killing infant son

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas man who had waived his right to appeal his death sentence was put to death Tuesday evening for killing his 3-month-old son more than 16 years ago, one of five executio...

Sep 24, 2024

Man who staked out Trump at Florida golf course charged with attempting an assassination

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A man who authorities say staked out Donald Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida and wrote of his desire to kill him was indicted Tuesday on charges that he at...

Sep 24, 2024

Man who staked out Trump at Florida golf course charged with attempting an assassination

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A man who authorities say staked out Donald Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida and wrote of his desire to kill him was indicted Tuesday on charges that he at...

Sep 24, 2024

Supreme Court allows Missouri to proceed with the execution of death row inmate Marcellus Williams

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri man is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the state to proceed with its plan to execute him, rejecting...

Sep 24, 2024

Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has Parkinson's disease

WASHINGTON (AP) - Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, he told a congressional committee Tuesday. Favre made the disclosure as part of his testimony about a...

Sep 24, 2024

Sri Lanka's new president calls parliamentary elections to consolidate his mandate

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved Parliament late Tuesday and called for parliamentary elections in less than three weeks in an effort to consolida...

Sep 24, 2024