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UN stops delivery of food and supplies to Gaza as communications blackout hinders aid coordination

UN stops delivery of food and supplies to Gaza as communications blackout hinders aid coordination

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The United Nations was forced Friday to stop deliveries of food and other necessities to Gaza and warned of the growing risk of widespread starvation after internet and telephone services collapsed in the besieged enc
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Shooter kills 1 before being fatally shot by trooper at New Hampshire psychiatric hospital

Shooter kills 1 before being fatally shot by trooper at New Hampshire psychiatric hospital

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A shooter killed one person in the lobby of New Hampshire’s state psychiatric hospital on Friday before being fatally shot by a state trooper, officials said. The shooting happened around 3:30 p.m.
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Colorado judge keeps Trump on ballot, rejecting challenge under Constitution's insurrection clause

Colorado judge keeps Trump on ballot, rejecting challenge under Constitution's insurrection clause

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado judge on Friday found that former President Donald Trump engaged in insurrection during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.
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Liberian President George Weah concedes defeat after provisional results show challenger won runoff

Liberian President George Weah concedes defeat after provisional results show challenger won runoff

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberian President George Weah conceded defeat late Friday after provisional results from this week’s runoff vote showed challenger Joseph Boakai beating him by just over a percentage point.
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A Texas woman convicted of killing pro cyclist 'Mo' Wilson is sentenced to 90 years in prison

A Texas woman convicted of killing pro cyclist 'Mo' Wilson is sentenced to 90 years in prison

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Friday sentenced a woman to 90 years in prison for the May 2022 shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson in a case that sent investigators on a 43-day international search for the kill
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Rosalynn Carter, 96-year-old former first lady, is in hospice care at home, Carter Center says

Rosalynn Carter, 96-year-old former first lady, is in hospice care at home, Carter Center says

PLAINS, Ga. — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is in hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia, the Carter Center announced Friday. The center said the 96-year-old is at home with former President Jimmy Carter, now 99.
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Ruling by Senegal's highest court blocks jailed opposition leader Sonko from running for president

Ruling by Senegal's highest court blocks jailed opposition leader Sonko from running for president

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's highest court on Friday effectively barred detained opposition leader Ousmane Sonko from running for president early next year by overturning a decision that would have reinstated him to the West African country's vote
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Russian authorities ask the Supreme Court to declare the LGBTQ 'movement' extremist

Russian authorities ask the Supreme Court to declare the LGBTQ 'movement' extremist

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The Russian Justice Ministry on Friday said it has filed a lawsuit with the nation's Supreme Court to outlaw the LGBTQ+ “international public movement” as extremist, the latest crippling blow against the already beleaguered LG
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Judge: North Dakota's redistricting violates federal law for Native American voters

Judge: North Dakota's redistricting violates federal law for Native American voters

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that North Dakota's Legislature violated the Voting Rights Act in how lawmakers reapportioned legislative districts comprising two tribal nations. U.S.
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British writer A.S. Byatt, author of the novel 'Possession,' dies at 87

British writer A.S. Byatt, author of the novel 'Possession,' dies at 87

LONDON (AP) — Author A.S. Byatt, whose books include the Booker Prize-winning novel “Possession,” has died at the age of 87. Byatt’s publisher, Chatto & Windus, said Friday that the author died “peacefully at home surrounded by close family.
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