ISTANBUL (AP) — A strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos killed 14 people and injuring over 400 amid collapsed buildings and flooding. Officials said 12 people were killed in Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city, including one person who drowned. Two teenagers were killed on Samos when…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Tens of thousands of Muslims, from Pakistan to Lebanon to the Palestinian territories, are joining anti-France protests, as the French president’s vow to protect the right to caricature the Prophet Muhammad continues to roil the Muslim world. Protesters on Friday, largely organized by Islamists, torched French flags and burned…
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — In the campaign’s final days, President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden are both appealing for voters to turn out in person on Election Day next Tuesday. Both candidates are chasing votes in Florida, a state all but essential to the Republican’s pathway to another term. Trump and Biden are…
Tampa, FL (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden are set to chase votes in Florida, a state all but essential to the Republican’s pathway to another term. Trump and Biden will appear in Tampa hours apart on Thursday, visiting the western end of the state’s Interstate 4 corridor, The area is…
New Orleans, LA (AP) — A fast-moving Hurricane Zeta is barreling northeast after causing havoc along the coast. Officials made a repeated call for residents to stay inside after the storm passed and not go outside in the dark to assess damage. One person died in New Orleans who was electrocuted. In the Mississippi city…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Trump administration official who penned a scathing anti-Trump op-ed and book under the pen name “Anonymous” is making his identify public. Miles Taylor, a former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, says in a tweet: “Donald Trump is a man without character. It’s why I wrote ‘A…
A surge in coronavirus cases is prompting the threat of lockdowns or a return to business restrictions reminiscent of the spring in Europe and some parts of the U.S. French President Emmanuel Macron was set to give a televised address Wednesday as many French doctors urged a new nationwide lockdown, as 58% of the country’s…
Arlington, TX (AP) — Justin Turner was removed from Los Angeles’ 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 6 after registering Major League Baseball’s first positive test in 59 days and wasn’t on the field as the Dodgers enjoyed the spoils of a title earned during a most unusual season. Commissioner Rob Manfred…
New York, NY (AP) Stock indexes closed mostly lower on Wall Street Tuesday as the market’s momentum slows further on worries about rising virus counts and Washington’s inability to deliver more aid to the economy. The S&P 500 lost 0.3% after swinging between small gains and losses earlier. Most stocks in the index were lower,…
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has denied President Donald Trump’s request that the United States replace him as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit alleging he raped a woman in a Manhattan luxury department store in the 1990s. The decision Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan came after the Justice Department argued…