Federal railroad inspectors find alarming number of defects on Union Pacific this summer

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal inspectors said they found an alarming number of defects in the locomotives and railcars Union Pacific was using at...

House committee chairman says Sen. Tuberville is ‘paralyzing’ the Pentagon by blocking promotions

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is slamming a fellow Republican in the Senate for waging an unprecedented attempt...

A boat capsizing in north-central Nigeria killed at least 24 people. Dozens of others...

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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A boat capsized in north-central Nigeria early Sunday, killing at least two dozen people and leaving many others missing amid...

Cord Jefferson’s insightful satire of race and media, ‘American Fiction,’ lights up TIFF

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TORONTO (AP) — Fifty pages into Percival Everett's “Erasure" Cord Jefferson knew he wanted to adapt it into a movie script. Halfway through, he...

End may be in sight for Phoenix’s historic heat wave of 110-degree plus weather

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PHOENIX (AP) — A historic heat wave continues to stifle Phoenix — but the end may finally be in sight for residents of Arizona’s...

Foreign student arrested in Norway on suspicion of espionage including electronic eavesdropping

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HELSINKI (AP) — A 25-year-old foreign student has been arrested in Norway on suspicion of espionage, including illegal eavesdropping through various technical devices.Norway’s domestic...

Let skeeters feed on you for science? Welcome to front lines of mosquito control

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — It's lunchtime at the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District and a colony of sabethes cyaneus — also known...

‘The Nun II’ conjures $32.6 million to top box office

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Like many horrors before it, bad reviews didn’t scare off moviegoers from buying tickets for “ The Nun II.” The sequel to the 2018...

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss has a book coming out next spring

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NEW YORK (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss has a book coming out next spring in which she will reflect on her...

11 people are hurt when a walkway collapses during Maine’s annual lighthouse event

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Eleven lighthouse enthusiasts were hurt when a walkway collapsed, sending people tumbling into mudflats below during an annual event that...