5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (291+ words) Today is Wednesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2026. There are 113 days left in the year. On Sept. 9, 1985, President Ronald Reagan ordered economic sanctions against South Africa to target apartheid. In 1776, the second Continental Congress formally adopted the name “United States of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (105+ words) A shooting in downtown Minneapolis leaves multiple people wounded, authorities say sentinelandenterprise.com By TIM SULLIVAN, MARK VANCLEAVE, HALLIE GOLDEN and SAFIYAH RIDDLE, Associated Press The five wounded by gunfire included two Minneapolis police officers, while a sixth person, another…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (179+ words) AYER — Like a lot of parents, Rebecca Owens is getting up a lot earlier these days with school back in session. “Back to school means my mornings start a little earlier, but I don’t mind too much because I’ve found…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (358+ words) Today is Monday, Aug. 31, the 243rd day of 2026. There are 122 days left in the year. On Aug. 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed after the car she was riding in crashed in Paris; her partner Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (218+ words) By LINDSEY BAHR, AP Film Writer The Venice Film Festival has added a new documentary about the civilian toll of the Israel-Hamas war to its lineup. “NAZA,” from two of the filmmakers behind the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” will…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (571+ words) By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN The temporary order came hours before lower-court rulings would have forced a halt to aboveground construction of the project because Trump didn’t get congressional approval. It will remain in place until the Supreme Court…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (407+ words) Today is Saturday, Aug. 22, the 234th day of 2026. There are 131 days left in the year. On Aug. 22, 2007, a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing all 14 U.S. soldiers aboard. In 1791, the Haitian Revolution began as enslaved people of Saint-Domingue rose up against…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (450+ words) The daughter of a New York City lawyer, she met Henry Kissinger while working for New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. The couple wed in 1974. She was described by one profiler as a brainy, Blass-bedecked blonde. She was often seen at…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (396+ words) The minutes of the July 28-29 meeting, released Wednesday, don’t provide specifics on how many of the 19 officials supported higher rates. Only 12 of the 19 policymakers vote on the outcome. Officials voted 9-3 at the meeting to keep their key rate unchanged at…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (837+ words) By MEGAN JANETSKY and ISABEL DEBRE President Donald Trump’s defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, announced last week during a visit to Panama that Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras had agreed to allow the U.S. to carry out joint military operations against criminal…...