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Lutherans in Walz's Minnesota put potlucks before politics during divisive election season 09/16/2024 09:44am • KENYON, Minnesota (AP) ��� Serving coffee after Sunday worship outside Holden Lutheran Church, Jeff Davidson said he remains anchored in the congregation his Norwegian ancestors helped found in 1857 among cornfields because it���s ���very full of very supportive people.��� An hour���s drive north in Congo court sentences 3 Americans and 34 others to death on coup charges 09/14/2024 03:31pm • KINSHASA, Congo (AP) ��� A military court in Congo handed down death sentences Friday to 37 people, including three Americans, after convicting them on charges of participating in a coup attempt. The defendants, most of them Congolese but also including a Briton, Belgian and Canadian, have five day Oregon DMV mistakenly registered more than 300 non-citizens to vote since 2021 09/14/2024 12:37am • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� Oregon officials acknowledged Friday that the state mistakenly registered more than 300 non-citizens as voters since 2021 in what they described as a ���data entry issue��� that happened when people applied for driver's licenses. An initial analysis by the Oregon Department o All welcome: Advocates fight to ensure citizens not fluent in English have equal access to elections 09/13/2024 02:32pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� In the heart of Las Vegas��� Chinatown, on the second floor of a sprawling shopping plaza that serves as a hub for the city���s Asian community, residents gather for a celebration of the annual Dragon Boat Festival. Some stop in to grab shiny, red packages of premade zongzi, a ric Lawsuit alleges plot to run sham candidate so DeSantis appointee can win election 09/13/2024 01:49pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other GOP officials were behind a plot to eliminate competition for his appointee and keep a former Democratic state attorney who the Republican governor had removed from office last year from winning back her job as the top prosecutor in central The candidates to be Japan's next leader include a former premier's son and a defense expert 09/12/2024 11:34pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan will have a new leader after outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida���s governing Liberal Democratic Party holds a vote on Sept. 27 to choose his replacement. They hope to shake off scandals that have dogged his government and regain public support. A record nine candidates, incl Lawyer says Chinese doping case handled 'reasonably' but calls WADA's lack of action "curious" 09/12/2024 08:18pm • An investigator gave the World Anti-Doping Agency a pass on its handling of the inflammatory case involving Chinese swimmers, but not without hammering away at the ���curious��� nature of WADA's ���silence��� after examining Chinese actions that did not follow rules designed to safeguard global spor Protect Your Money From Zelle Scams 09/12/2024 08:00pm • Zelle is an electronic person-to-person payment service offered by many U.S. banks as an alternative to nonbank P2P services, like PayPal or Venmo. Zelle is convenient, safe, secure and usually free if you have a bank checking or savings account. Those benefits, combined with Zelle's near-instant an Utility ordered to pay $100 million for its role in Ohio bribery scheme 09/12/2024 06:48pm • An energy company at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio has been ordered by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to pay a $100 million civil penalty for misleading investors about its role in the scandal. Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. violated antifraud provisions by misrepre Tennessee judge rules gun control questions can go on Memphis ballot 09/12/2024 04:55pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� A Tennessee judge ruled Wednesday that three gun control questions can go on the November ballot in Memphis, even as top Republican state leaders have threatened to withhold tens of millions of dollars in state funding should city leaders put the initiative before voters. Th 'Stop that urgently.' Possible path to innocence for Russian skater was held back at WADA's urging 09/12/2024 12:15am • When details from a scientific experiment that could have helped clear embattled Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva landed at the World Anti-Doping Agency, the leader of that organization's reaction was unequivocal: ���We have to stop that urgently," he wrote. No mention of the test ever became pu Nursing Home Red Flags You Should Watch Out For 09/11/2024 08:00pm • The importance of visiting nursing homesScenario: John, a retired teacher, moves into a nursing home with a high staff turnover rate and a poor reputation, but his family brushes off these red flags. In just a few weeks, John develops bedsores because he isn't regularly repositioned. The staff ignor North Carolina lawmakers approve more voucher funds and order sheriffs to aid immigration agents 09/11/2024 05:57pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� The Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature passed a supplemental spending bill Wednesday that eliminates a large waitlist for private school vouchers and also directs sheriffs to assist federal immigration agents seeking jail inmates. While Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper Declassified memo from US codebreaker sheds light on Ethel Rosenberg's Cold War spy case 09/10/2024 08:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A top U.S. government codebreaker who decrypted secret Soviet communications during the Cold War concluded that Ethel Rosenberg knew about her husband's activities but ���did not engage in the work herself,��� according to a recently declassified memo that her sons say proves the Israel says it likely killed an American activist by mistake. The US condemns its ally 09/10/2024 05:49pm • RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) ��� The Israeli military said Tuesday an American activist killed in the West Bank last week was likely shot ���indirectly and unintentionally��� by its soldiers, drawing a strong rebuke from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the activist's family. Israel said a cri