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Trump's rhetoric on elections turns ominous as voting nears in the presidential race 09/09/2024 10:51pm • With early voting fast approaching, the rhetoric by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has turned more ominous with a pledge to prosecute anyone who “cheats” in the election in the same way he believes they did in 2020, when he falsely claimed he won and attacked those who stood by the How did a popular Philippine televangelist land on the FBI’s most-wanted list? 09/09/2024 09:51pm • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — In his heyday, Apollo Carreon Quiboloy was one of the most influential religious leaders and televangelists in the Philippines. Proclaiming himself as the “appointed son of God,” he also was a political kingmaker who backed former President Rodrigo Duterte. An expan 2 charged with soliciting attacks on minorities, officials and infrastructure on Telegram 09/09/2024 08:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Two people who prosecutors say were motivated by white supremacist ideology have been arrested on charges that they used the social media messaging app Telegram to encourage hate crimes and acts of violence against minorities, government officials and critical infrastructure in t A judge agrees to move the trial of a man charged with killing 4 University of Idaho students 09/09/2024 07:29pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The judge overseeing the trial of the man charged in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students has agreed to move it out of the small city where the shocking crimes occurred, citing concerns about finding impartial jurors and whether the courthouse could accommod Catholic leaders raise concerns over judicial reform pushed by Mexico's president 09/09/2024 04:43pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Catholic leaders said Monday that the judicial reform pushed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador might not necessarily bring justice for victims of the crime wave that is rampant across the country. “The proposal promoted by the Executive does not respond to Did Maryland lawmakers overstep their bounds with a law to protect abused children? 09/09/2024 11:19am • A Maryland state law that removed the limits for sexual abuse victims to accuse their abusers is facing legal challenges. That’s the crux of a case that will be in front of the Maryland Supreme Court this week as the justices hear arguments on whether the Maryland Child Victims Act is constitut Former Lebanon central bank chief to remain in jail while facing corruption charges 09/09/2024 08:15am • BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese judge ruled Monday that the country’s former central bank chief will remain in jail while facing charges of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from state coffers. Lebanon’s Financial Public Prosecution division charged Riad Salameh last week with embezzlement of $4 Trump threatens to jail adversaries in escalating rhetoric ahead of pivotal debate 09/08/2024 08:48am • MOSINEE, Wis. (AP) — With just days to go before his first and likely only debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump posted a warning on his social media site threatening to jail those “involved in unscrupulous behavior” this election, which he said would be un Alabama congressional district redrawn to better represent Black voters sparks competitive race 09/08/2024 12:06am • TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — On opposite sides of the courthouse square in Tuskegee, Alabama — a place steeped in African American history, including the city’s namesake university and World War II airmen — two opposing congressional candidates recently greeted families gathered at a county festiva 'No happy ending': 10 years after Sarah, Jacob Hoggle went missing, father grapples with lack of progress in case 09/07/2024 09:20pm • Sarah Hoggle, age progressed to 13 and Jacob Hoggle, age progressed to 12. (Courtesy National Center for Missing & Exploited Children) Although it’s been 10 years since Troy Turner’s children — 3-year-old Sarah and 2-year-old Jacob Hoggle — went missing, he said it feels like no time Wynn Resorts paying $130M for letting illegal money reach gamblers at its Las Vegas Strip casino 09/07/2024 05:35pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Casino company Wynn Resorts Ltd. has agreed to pay $130 million to federal authorities and admit that it let unlicensed money transfer businesses around the world funnel funds to gamblers at its flagship Las Vegas Strip property. The publicly traded company said a non-prosecution With father of suspect charged in Georgia shooting, will more parents be held responsible? 09/07/2024 09:03am • Murder charges filed against the father of a 14-year-old boy accused of a Georgia school shooting follow the successful prosecution of two parents in Michigan who were held responsible for a similar tragedy at a school north of Detroit. Is it a sign of a crackdown on parents accused of gross neglige Man charged with plotting shooting at a New York Jewish center on anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas attack 09/06/2024 09:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A Pakistani man was arrested in Canada this week and accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Jewish center in Brooklyn on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that sparked the latest conflict in the Middle East, federal authorities announced Friday. U.S. Attorney Brazil's Lula fires human rights minister accused of sexual misconduct 09/06/2024 08:11pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has fired Human Rights Minister Silvio Almeida following reports he engaged in sexual misconduct, the presidential palace said in a statement Friday evening. “The president considers keeping the minister in his position to be un Election 2024 Latest: Judge postpones sentencing in Trump's hush money case until after the election 09/06/2024 04:04pm • A judge has agreed to postpone Donald Trump ’s sentencing in his New York hush money case until after the November election. Judge Juan M. Merchan said in his decision Friday that he wanted to avoid any perception that the sentence was intended to tilt the scales in the presidential campaign. The