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Two ex-fire chiefs in New York City arrested in corruption scandal 09/16/2024 06:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Two former New York City Fire Department chiefs were arrested Monday on charges that they solicited tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to guarantee that the department's fire-safety division gave preferential treatment to some individuals and companies. Anthony Saccavino, 59, o Postal Service insists it's ready for a flood of mail-in ballots 09/16/2024 02:08pm • U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy assured state election officials in a letter released Monday that he'll work with them to handle their warnings of problems with election mail delivery during the primary season, while insisting that the Postal Service will be ready for the flood of mail-in ballot A union leader freed from prison vows to continue a strike against Cambodia's's biggest casino 09/16/2024 10:58am • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A union leader freed from prison Monday after serving time for her part in a strike against Cambodia’s biggest casino has vowed to continue the labor action until justice is done. Chhim Sithar was sentenced in May 2023 to two years' imprisonment for incitement to comm Germany's first hobby horsing championship gallops through Frankfurt 09/14/2024 10:34am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany's first hobby horsing championship got underway in Frankfurt on Saturday, with hundreds of young riders competing in time jumping, style jumping and dressage on their wooden stick horses. Roughly 300 riders — mostly youngsters, but there are about 20 adults enro Clock is ticking for local governments to use billions of dollars of federal pandemic aid 09/14/2024 12:13am • From the looks of it, the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert hasn’t done too much with the $24 million it received in federal pandemic aid. The site where it plans to spend most of the money for a crime victims center remains an empty plot of dirt. And just one-quarter of its funds are obligated for projec Election 2024 Latest: Harris concentrates on Pennsylvania while Trump stumps in the West 09/13/2024 03:57pm • Former President Donald Trump will hit the campaign trail in Western states on Friday as his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris fixes her attention on the battleground state of Pennsylvania in the East. Trump held what was billed as a news conference at his Los Angeles-area golf club in the morn Austrian woman is found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19 09/13/2024 09:24am • VIENNA (AP) — A woman in Austria was found guilty of fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19 in 2021, her second pandemic-related conviction in a year, according to local media. A judge sentenced the 54-year-old on Thursday to four months’ suspended imprisonment and an 800-euro fine ($886.7 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 What Is a Good APR on a Personal Loan? 09/12/2024 08:00pm • Personal loan rates can be drastically different for a borrower with excellent credit versus one with bad credit, so what's considered a "good" APR on a personal loan will depend on your credit score and debt-to-income ratio, among other factors. The lower your personal loan APR, the less money you' Britain's state-funded health system must 'reform or die,' prime minister says 09/12/2024 08:14am • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s much-loved but overstretched health system is in critical condition and must “reform or die,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday, claiming that years of neglect and botched restructuring had made the United Kingdom an increasingly unhealthy nation. Starmer prom FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made during Trump and Harris' debate 09/11/2024 09:02am • In their first and perhaps only debate, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris described the state of the country in distinctly different ways. As the two traded jabs, some old false and misleading claims emerged along with some new ones. Here’s a look. Trump overstates hi Cuomo defends COVID-19 nursing home decisions in combative House committee hearing 09/10/2024 07:58pm • Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced blistering criticism in an often combative congressional subcommittee hearing Tuesday over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic during the time when the virus was spreading through nursing homes. Republicans who questioned the Democrat zeroed in on a controve Vincent Labrune re-elected to another 4-year term as French soccer league president 09/10/2024 12:22pm • PARIS (AP) — French league president Vincent Labrune was re-elected Tuesday to another four-year term with an overwhelming majority. The league (LFP) said Labrune, who was formerly club president of nine-time French champion Marseille, received strong support from the board and was then elected by Israel intensified airstrikes on Iran-linked targets in Syria 09/10/2024 07:28am • GENEVA (AP) — Israel has intensified airstrikes on Iranian-linked targets in Syria, inflicting civilian casualties on at least three occasions, an independent U.N. commission said Tuesday. Since the Israel-Hamas war began nearly a year ago, Israel has conducted dozens of airstrikes in different p As Volkswagen weighs its first closure of a German auto plant, workers aren't the only ones worried 09/08/2024 03:24am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen is considering closing some factories in its home country for the first time in the German automaker's 87-year history, saying it otherwise won't meet the cost-cutting goals it needs to remain competitive. CEO Oliver Blume also told employees Wednesday that th