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COVENTRY, RI – After an election campaign where he walked the district and talked to voters about his record of accomplishment for the district’s several local issues, including protecting the rights of sewer ratepayers and property owners on Johnson's Pond, as well as state-wide issues such as promoting small…
NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA Finals was the most watched since 1999 with an average of 1.88 million people viewing the seven-game series that Golden State won over Atlanta in a decisive Game 7. That game averaged 3.3 million viewers, making it the most watched WNBA postseason game ever. It was up 128% from last season's…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are riding their sweep of Congress into a new era, eager to meet voter demands for change with plans to tackle high costs of living and confront President Donald Trump's final years in the White House.
NICOSIA – The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy Maria Angela Holguin met Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on November 4, amid renewed diplomatic activity on the Cyprus problem and reports that Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is expected to visit the occupied north on Nov. 6. The anticipated visit comes…
Anthony Ippolito saw the opportunity of a lifetime when he learned that Oscar-winning director Peter Farrelly was developing a film about Sylvester Stallone’s determination to write and star in the original “Rocky.” There was just one problem: Nobody had asked him to audition for “I Play Rocky.” “So, I kind of just…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday accepted as legally binding the certified results from last week’s parliamentary elections and said he would begin consultations with party representatives on the formation of a new government. Herzog’s acceptance of the results as valid dealt a blow to…
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Yaya Touré’s tough season as the first African coach in the Champions League has seen his Slovan Bratislava team set an unwanted record of games lost. Slovan’s 4-0 defeat to LASK in Austria on Tuesday was the Slovak champion’s 14th straight loss in the competition’s main phase dating back…
NEW YORK (AP) — In Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine,” John Malkovich plays an itinerant CIA officer, Chris, weary from his travels. But Chris has got nothing on Malkovich’s miles. Over his 50-year career, Malkovich has performed live in 47 countries, by his count. He’s played a serial killer in Hamburg. He’s…
WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than a decade with Donald Trump at the epicenter of U.S. politics, most voters appear exhausted and exasperated by him, according to The AP Voter Poll, a survey of midterm voters in all 50 states. The president’s failure to deliver on key promises — most prominently, his vows to tame…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters took a wrecking ball to the traditional map of political battlegrounds, electing Democrats in states that were long considered reliably Republican. Kansas, South Carolina, Texas, Ohio and Iowa, all states Republican Donald Trump easily won two years ago in the presidential election, backed…
LONDON (AP) — Mysterious cyberattacks on European supermarket fridges have sent officials around the continent scrambling to figure out the cold, hard facts. Supermarkets in a number of European countries reported this week that their fridges and freezers warmed up after they were remotely taken over, resulting in…
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni’s is undertaking a two-day working visit to Rodopi and Evros November 4-5. She is participating in the handover of several important monuments restored through projects implemented by the Ministry of Culture. He Minister hander over the church of Maximianoupolis to the public, at the…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrat David Crowley defeated a Republican with close ties to President Donald Trump on Tuesday, rising from a childhood in one of the nation’s poorest neighborhoods to become the first Black person to lead the battleground state. Crowley’s win over U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany marks the first time in…
New York’s Open Meetings Law discriminates. Not by intent, but in effect. It decides who can fully serve in public life based on whether a person can be in a particular room at a particular hour. People who work nights, care for children or aging parents, live with illness or disability, have trouble getting around,...
NEW YORK – Every December, a quiet panic sweeps Wall Street and corporations all over the country. Somebody opens a spreadsheet, somebody Googles “luxury gifts for clients.” Somebody realized that the firm’s biggest client got the same bottle of Scotch last year. Katharine Pritsos lived through 20 of those Decembers…
BROOKLINE, MA – Dr. Michael Billys, founder and coordinator of the Zoom Schoolmates of the 1960s and 1970s presented the prestigious 5th Annual Dr. Harry Kimon Voyages COVID-19 Memorial Grants to Jovan Green and Varvara Dogias following the Vespers Service at the Holy Cross Chapel on the campus of Hellenic…
EDISON, NJ – The Cyprus Children’s Fund successfully hosted its annual Harvest Champagne Brunch on October 24 at the renowned Plainfield Country Club, gathering prominent community leaders including Consul General of Cyprus in New York Kyriakos Pogiatzis, Fr. Evagoras Constantinides, Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical…
WASHINGTON, DC – ‘Revealing the Hidden: Byzantine Icons from Thessaloniki and Patmos’ opens on November 7 at the Museum of the Bible, 400 4th Street SW in Washington, DC. The exhibition features 24 icons never before seen in the United States and runs through February 28, 2027. Brian Hyland, Senior Curator at the…
NEW YORK – All six Greek-American members of the U.S. House of Representatives who were seeking reelection secured new terms in Tuesday, Nov. 3, midterm elections. They are Gus Bilirakis, Mike Haridopolos and Jimmy Patronis in Florida; Nicole Malliotakis in New York; Maggie Goodlander in New Hampshire; and Dina Titus…
WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than a decade, Donald Trump defied the rules of politics that applied to everyone else. No more. Tuesday's elections were a categorical repudiation of a Republican president who has spent the first half of his second term governing without regard to consequences, imposing unilateral tariffs…
NEW YORK – The 28th Annual Capital Link Invest in Greece Forum ‘Greece: From Recovery to Leadership: A New Era of Investment, Innovation and Global Connectivity’, the flagship annual conference, organized under the Auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in New York, takes place on Monday, December 7, at The…
LAS VEGAS. Greek-American Democratic Rep. Dina Titus has secured reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives, winning Nevada’s 1st Congressional District, according to an Associated Press race projection announced at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, Greece time. With 65% of the votes counted, Titus had received 95,109…
CHICAGO. Greek-American Democrat Alexi Giannoulias has secured reelection as Illinois Secretary of State, defeating his Republican opponent, Diane Harris, in the November 3 election. According to NBC News’ election projection, with 86.3% of the expected vote counted, Giannoulias had received 2,464,081 votes, or 64.7%…
CONCORD, N.H. – Greek-American Democratic Rep. Maggie Goodlander has secured reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating Republican challenger Lily Tang Williams in New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District. According to the Associated Press’ election projection, announced at 6:05 a.m. Wednesday…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, delivering a decisive rebuke of Republican governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Progressive favorite Abdul El-Sayed has defeated Republican Mike Rogers in a bitter campaign for Michigan’s open Senate seat, giving the Democratic Party’s left wing a breakthrough victory in one of the nation’s most important swing states. El-Sayed, the son of Egyptian immigrants, will become the…
NICOSIA – A controversial move by UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy Maria Angela Holguin, who, just hours before meeting again with President Nikos Christodoulides, chose to meet with Turkey’s so-called “ambassador” in the occupied areas. The move brought back memories of the diplomatic incident in 2013, when…
BERLIN (AP) — Several flights across Europe received hoax bomb threats Tuesday that prompted searches, diversions and, in one case, an escort by the Italian Air Force until landing, officials said. The flights included Polish airline LOT, Scandinavian Airlines, Wizz Air and Ryanair. The hoax threats came a day after a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will stop providing $4 billion in aid each year to Israel in 2027 but will sell arms to its closest ally in the Middle East, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. The Republican president told Fox News Channel during a phone call on Election Day for the midterms that Israeli Prime…
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente announced Tuesday that he is stepping down, six days after a high-speed train collision south of Madrid killed 69 people. He made the announcement at the end of an hourslong appearance before lawmakers about the crash — the second such deadly collision this year…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched an unidentified projectile toward the sea on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, adding to a recent series of provocative weapons demonstrations by Pyongyang. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launch happened off North Korea’s east coast but gave no further…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has repeatedly encouraged voters to pretend he's on the ballot this Election Day. They appear to be taking his advice — and that's not a good thing for the Republican president or his party. Early returns suggest major swings away from the GOP, even in Trump's adopted home…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats have won control of Congress in Tuesday’s 2026 midterm elections in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, a drubbing that reached deep into reliable GOP territory. Democrats flipped at least seven Senate seats in ruby-red states and battlegrounds…
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Greek-American Democratic Congressman Chris Pappas has secured election to the U.S. Senate, defeating former Republican Senator John E. Sununu in New Hampshire, according to the Associated Press race call. With 22% of the votes counted, Pappas had received 84,746 votes, or 60.6%, compared with…
NEW YORK. Greek-American Republican Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis secured reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives, winning in New York’s 11th Congressional District, which includes Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn. According to the Associated Press race call, announced at 4:26 a.m. Wednesday…
TAMPA, Fla. – All three Greek-American Republican congressmen representing Florida have secured reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives, retaining their seats in Tuesday, November 3, midterm elections, according to Associated Press race calls. They are Gus Bilirakis, Mike Haridopolos and Jimmy Patronis. Gus…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first polls were closing on Tuesday as voters, fed up over high prices and angry over the direction of the country, cast their ballots in midterm elections that will serve as a referendum on President Donald Trump’s second term. The elections could drastically shift power in Washington. Democrats…
MICHIGAN (AP) - Michigan election officials objected after hearing that federal poll monitors in Dearborn and Flint were asking workers about their training or requesting to see training materials, a spokesperson said. “This is not permitted under the law,” said Angela Benander of the Department of State. The U.S…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has repeatedly encouraged voters to pretend he's on the ballot this Election Day. He's not, of course. But there is reason to believe that Tuesday's midterms, above all, will be a referendum on his performance over the last two years. History, polling and early voting numbers…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The final day of voting in this year’s midterm elections arrived Tuesday against a backdrop of uncertainty after a year in which President Donald Trump has tried to interfere in how states run their elections and sown doubts about the outcome should Republicans lose. Millions of Americans had already…
WASHINGTON, DC – ‘Revealing the Hidden: Byzantine Icons from Thessaloniki and Patmos’ opens on November 7 at the Museum of the Bible, 400 4th Street SW in Washington, DC. The exhibition features 24 icons never before seen in the United States and runs through February 28, 2027. Brian Hyland, Senior Curator at the…
UPPER DARBY, PA – Saint Demetrios Greek School in Upper Darby honored the national anniversary of October 28th with a beautiful celebration on November 1 filled with great emotion, pride, and love for Greece. The students paid tribute to the heroes of 1940 through poems, songs, and commemorative presentations…
On Monday evening, the eve of the election, something unprecedented happened: President Donald Trump went to the large, renovated reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial, a short distance from the White House. While everyone expected him to speak about the election, he instead spoke in… painstaking detail about the…
Saritha Komatireddy, the Republican nominee for New York Attorney General, says on Kafe & Kouventa that the office she is seeking has lost sight of its core mission. “The overriding responsibility of the Attorney General’s office is to keep New Yorkers safe,” she said in a conversation on Kafé & Kouvénta (Καφέ &…
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Detentions, resignations, switching of sides, attempts to destroy evidence of wrongdoing. News has been coming in at such a pace in the wake of former Serbian strongman Aleksandar Vucic’s electoral defeat on Oct. 25 that a website dubbed ‘system breakdown’ has been formed, with AI feeding the…
PARIS (AP) — Police across France are under pressure to maintain security during further protests expected in some cities, while facing scrutiny over their riot-control tactics used during previous unrest that left some teenagers seriously injured. Officers have appeared outnumbered and overwhelmed during last…
WASHINGTON (AP) — With voters deciding thousands of races across the country on Tuesday, keeping track of which races to watch throughout the night — and when to expect results — can get tricky. Here's a rundown of the biggest races hour by hour, along with some clues as to how long it will take to count the votes…
ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson are running to be Georgia’s next governor in a race that could reshape control of a crucial battleground state and even make some history along the way. Bottoms, 56, could become the first Black woman elected governor in the country. She’s also a…
ROME (AP) — It turns out that winning 22 Grand Slam titles and a record 14 French Open trophies doesn’t make putting the kids to bed any easier. Rafael Nadal made that clear when he showed up slightly after the appointed time near 9 p.m. on a Monday night for a video interview from his...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish police have opened an investigation into possible involuntary manslaughter after a soccer player died following an on-field collision in a second-division match. The country’s National Police said Tuesday that proceedings were opened and prosecutors will also be involved. Tenerife…
As a child, Rebeca Quiñonez-Piñón wondered where monarch butterflies stop for a meal and a night’s rest on their long migrations across North America. Now she and other scientists are attaching tiny tracking devices to hundreds of butterflies to find those critical stopover locations before they disappear. Swarms of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers are testing two sharply different theories for winning one of the nation’s premier swing states Tuesday in a white-knuckle contest that may determine control of the Senate. El-Sayed is aiming to prove that an unapologetically progressive agenda…
PHILADELPHIA - A distinctive electoral contest, of strong interest to the Greek-American community, is taking place in the 53rd District of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, where incumbent Democratic Representative Steven Malagari faces Republican businessman Yanni Lambros. Both candidates are of Greek…
TROY, NY – On October 31, Trojan AHEPA Chapter 306 (Troy, NY) members and their families spent the morning volunteering at the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York. Volunteers sorted and packed fruits and vegetables for delivery to homeless shelters, senior centers, local food banks and other places of great…
ATHENS - "Simpler procedures, less bureaucracy, more investment, more and better jobs. That is the message," Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos said in an interview with ERTNews on Tuesday, referring to the measures he presented at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis the previous day…
ATHENS – Six criminal groups engaged in the illegal receipt of agricultural subsidies have been dismantled by the Hellenic Police through the ongoing investigation into mismanagement at OPEKEPE, the Greek agency for the payment of EU farm subsidies, with dozens of arrests, asset freezes and new cases being handled by…
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — While outsiders are on the ballot elsewhere Tuesday, candidates for New Hampshire’s open U.S. Senate seat are trying to tap into anti-establishment angst from the inside. Republican John E. Sununu spent a dozen years on Capitol Hill and unsuccessfully tried for six more yet rails against “career…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The final day of voting in this year’s midterm elections arrives Tuesday against a backdrop of uncertainty after a year in which President Donald Trump has tried to interfere in how states run their elections and sown doubts about the outcome should Republicans lose. Millions of Americans already…
ATHENS – Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis underscored the enduring strength of Greek-American relations and said a shift in the balance of power in the U.S. Congress following the midterm elections would not harm Greek interests. In an interview with Alpha 98.9 radio, he also discussed efforts to combat corruption…
LOWVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A child in rural northern New York has died after contracting measles, marking the state’s first death from the disease in 30 years, state officials announced Monday. The child died in Lewis County, about 93 miles (150 kilometers) north of Syracuse, Gov. Kathy Hochul said. The U.S. stopped the…
ATHENS – The three defendants who are facing multiple criminal charges over a natural gas pipe theft resulted in an explosion and the death of six people in the Plaka district of Athens, four of them tourists, were remanded in custody after testifying on Monday. The three men – two Greeks, 37 and 55, and...
LONDON (ANA-MPA / I. Karipidis) – Greece seeks cooperation and dialogue with Turkiye but will not accept any challenge to its sovereign rights. This was among the points stressed by Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou during a discussion at the London School of Economics (LSE). She also referred to…
The United States launched strikes on Iranian targets, a U.S. official said, in what appeared to be a limited operation on the eve of Tuesday’s crucial midterm elections. Iranian state media reported explosions being heard on the islands of Qeshm and Hengam in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, and in the nearby mainland…
WASHINGTON (AP) — As midterm campaigns careened toward their conclusion, Democrats pushed through intraparty divisions Monday to stay focused on voters’ economic frustrations, while Republicans cast their opponents as dangerous radicals. President Donald Trump, the GOP's most powerful voice, seemed more interested in…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Asian Football Confederation has postponed the 2027 Asian Cup by almost a year because of the conflict in the Middle East and recent deadly attacks on Saudi Arabia by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. The AFC issued a statement Tuesday saying after extensive consultations with Saudi…
BOSTON – Metropolitan Methodios of Boston ordained Deacon Christos Kazilas to the priesthood at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Woburn, Massachusetts, and appointed him the parish’s presiding priest. Concelebrating the Divine Liturgy with Metropolitan Methodios were the Rev. Romanos Karanos, professor of Church…
KAMIANSKE, Ukraine (AP) — The furnaces are cold, the factory floor deserted, and twisted metal litters the grounds of Kamet Steel, a vast industrial complex that once helped power Ukraine’s economy but closed after a Russian attack. Across the country, grain — a key export — piles up in fields and silos as farmers…
WASHINGTON (AP) — For Donald Trump, Tuesday’s elections will chart the course for the final two years of his presidency. If his party loses control of Congress in the midterm elections, the rest of his time in office is likely to be consumed by Democratic-led investigations into his administration and his business…
NEW YORK (AP) — A chaotic climate phenomenon is intensifying heavy rains and floods in the Southwest, experts say. A natural warming cycle called El Niño is sizzling Pacific Ocean waters, leaking moisture into the air that can fuel passing storms. Such El Niño events can happen irregularly every couple of years, but…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Although Luka Doncic is in his ninth NBA season as one of the sport's most dynamic scorers, he has rarely been better than this. Two weeks into the Los Angeles Lakers' first season following LeBron James' departure, Doncic is scorching opponents with one brilliant offensive performance after…
When your farmers’ market is brimming with winter squash, don’t neglect some of the funkier-looking varieties, like Hubbard squash. It’s a beautiful blue winter squash that grows to be fairly enormous and unwieldly, so you definitely want a baby one. The sweet, creamy orange flesh in a Hubbard is perfect for roasting…
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy 's lawyer urged a judge Monday to either the dismiss the murder charges against her, or get on with the business of putting her back on trial. This was the second time the Massachusetts mother has been in court since her first trial with ended with a deadlocked jury unable to…
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech public media workers went on a one-day strike on Tuesday to protest a government plan to overhaul how public broadcasters are funded, legislation that many say would threaten their independence. The plan is led by populist billionaire turned Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and has already seen street…
BRUSSELS – PREMIER-ACT brings to Brussels a special screening of ‘The Woman Behind Lord Elgin’, a movie written and narrated by the distinguished actress, writer and director Mimi Denissi on the role of Lord Elgin’s wife in the theft of the Parthenon Sculptures. Drawing on extensive research from the letters of Mary…
In her latest masterpiece, ‘Life of M’, Rachel Cusk attempts, with characteristic understatement and her invariably laconic prose, to penetrate the psyche of an unnamed celebrity— one whom several readers have, not without reason, associated with Natalie Portman. Among her many observations, Cusk suggests that great…
For those who believe that the age of romantic comedy is well and truly behind us— and perhaps they are not entirely wrong— ‘Wicker’ arrives to transport them into a world where satire and fairy tales work their magic. Based on the short story by Ursula Wills-Jones, the film, directed by Alex Huston Fischer and…
NEW YORK – The ensemble Sounds of Cyprus will present a unique concert and lecture introducing selections from the Cypriot-French repertory preserved in the manuscript Torino, Biblioteca Nazionale, J.II.9, on Monday, November 16, 7 PM, at CUNY Queens College Room 230, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard in Flushing, NY. Written…
ALBANY, NY – AHEPA District 6 gathered aboard the USS Slater, known in the Hellenic Republic as the Aetos, to commemorate ‘OXI’ Day and honor our veterans on October 28. Master of Ceremonies, Daughters of Penelope Grand Treasurer Lainie Damaskos-Christou guided the program. Past AHEPA District 6 Governor Lou Katsos…
NEW YORK — Saritha Komatireddy, the Republican nominee for New York Attorney General, says the office she is seeking has lost sight of its core mission. “The overriding responsibility of the Attorney General’s office is to keep New Yorkers safe,” she said in a conversation on Kafé & Kouvénta, The National Herald’s…
NEW YORK – In New York, at a moment when America is turning toward its own history to commemorate 250 years since its founding, Greek director, creator, and artistic director Stefanos Koroneos chooses to do something considerably more substantive than mount a commemorative historical tableau. He returns to history in…
A modern educational center dedicated to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) has been inaugurated at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, bearing the name “Miltiadis Marinakis Hall” in honor of the late Miltiadis Marinakis, father of Evangelos Marinakis. The new center was made possible through a…
The day of the elections has finally arrived. These are the so-called midterm elections, not presidential elections. One might therefore think that they are not particularly important.But one would be mistaken. The reason is that these elections are, unofficially, presidential elections as well. They are a referendum…
Miltiadis Marinakis Hall, the newest state-of-the-art STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) academic building at the world-renowned Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, was recently dedicated by Academy President Rear Admiral Francis X. McDonald, USMS, and Evangelos…
ATHENS – A new version of Kostas Mountakis’ iconic ‘Mesopelaga Armenizo’ (‘I Sail on the Open Sea’) has been released by two outstanding women in music with an international artistic presence: composer and accordion virtuoso Zoe Tiganouria and gifted singer Erini. Just a voice and an accordion Zoe Tiganouria has…
ATHENS – The American Women’s Organization of Greece (AWOG) marked America’s 250th Anniversary with a special celebration at SOS Children’s Villages Greece in Vari, Attiki, bringing together members, friends, and supporters around an American-themed evening centered on community, solidarity and opportunity. What began…
ATHENS – On the evening of Sunday, November 1, the Church of St. Irene in Galatsi, just north of Athens, presented a scene reflecting the deep need of many people for spiritual guidance and meaningful contact with the message of the Church, as Elder Ephraim, Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 32 points — 15 of them from the free-throw line — and Paul George added 17 as the Boston Celtics won their fifth straight, 108-97 over the Orlando Magic Sunday. Anthony Black and Tristan da Silva each scored 23 to lead the Magic (2-4), who dropped to 0-3 at home. Orlando…
PETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) — In the sleepy Alaskan fishing community of Petersburg, nobody has seen Dan J. Sullivan for weeks. His rustic home stood dark a day after FBI agents visited friends who donated to his quixotic campaign to unseat the Republican senator with the same first and last name — Dan S. Sullivan. The…
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz go to trial Monday on charges that they accepted bribes as they colluded with gamblers who made hundreds of thousands of dollars betting correctly on individual pitches. Their careers and possibly their freedom are at stake in the jury…
Heavy rainfall produced flash flooding and mandatory evacuations in a swath of the Southwest on Sunday, including in a Colorado tourist town bracing for its main river to rise to historic levels, as weary residents in the normally arid region deal with another massive drenching. Officials in Pagosa Springs, a town of…
ILULISSAT, Greenland (AP) — Greenland has opened a new international airport, seeking to lure visitors from around the world as the Arctic island looks toward eventual independence from Denmark. Thursday’s inaugural international flight between Copenhagen, Denmark, and Ilulissat, Greenland, was part of the island…
The stakes in Tuesday’s elections are so high that Shane Dunn voted for the first time in his life, at age 65. After a career as a cook up and down the East Coast, Dunn moved to the Philadelphia suburbs and voted last week in Levittown. “I was always a busy man,” he said. But now, “I’m learning what’s going on within…
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Supermarkets in Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg and Estonia were hit Monday by problems with freezers and fridges that apparently were caused by cyberattacks, forcing some to dispose of ruined food. The problems follow a case last month in which attackers remotely took control of refrigeration systems in…
As Italy celebrated its first Formula 1 champion in 73 years, there was a note of snark aimed at the country’s biggest racing brand. Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli was on top of the world “thanks to his talent, his car and not having raced for Ferrari,” a line on the front page of Italy’s biggest sports...
U.S. futures are rebounding from a major market sell-off Friday with a boost from sharply declining oil prices on hopes for progress in diplomatic efforts between the U.S. and Iran. Futures for the S&P 500 advanced 0.5% Monday, while those for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6%. Nasdaq futures rose 0.8%. U.S…
GENEVA (AP) — Unai Emery returns to Barcelona this week for the first time in the Champions League since losing one of the most epic games in the competition’s 72-season history. Emery takes Aston Villa, second in the 36-team standings, to Camp Nou on Tuesday for a standout game in the week that Harry Kane chases a…
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Middle East is bracing for a possible return to all-out war amid concerns that the United States and Israel could strike Iran shortly after Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections. A regional official briefed on the talks said an Iranian delegation left Qatar on Sunday after negotiations aimed at…
KINGSTON, RI – As humans spend longer periods of time in outer space and venture further from Earth, it’s increasingly important for scientists to learn how varied gravity levels affect muscle function and muscle loss, and how those effects can be counteracted or minimized. Theodoros Pavlidis, a second-year doctoral…
ATHENS – Facing an extremely serious indictment accusing them of causing the chain of events that culminated in the tragedy with multiple fatalities at a building in the Plaka district of Athens, the three defendants are giving their statements on November 2. The two Greeks, aged 37 and 55, and the 34-year-old…
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s former opponent in the U.S. Senate primary, Haley Stevens, stunned party officials Sunday by endorsing Republican Mike Rogers as Democratic tensions boiled over days before the election that could determine the balance of power on Capitol Hill. Stevens endorsed Rogers…