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Saturday is the day to get rid of old drugs cluttering your medicine cabinet 10/28/2023 10:12am • Have some some old or expired prescription drugs that are cluttering your medicine cabinet? Don’t just toss those bottles in the trash or flush the medication down the toilet. Instead, take them to one of dozens of DEA sponsored National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. According to t New Speaker Mike Johnson holds favor with conservatives. Can he unite the GOP where others failed? 10/28/2023 08:21am • WASHINGTON (AP) — New House Speaker Mike Johnson inherits many of the same problems that bedeviled Republican leaders with far more experience. At least for now, however, he holds favor with the ultra-conservative wing of his party that toppled previous House speakers. But can he unite House Repub Kazakhstan confirms nationalization of ArcelorMittal subsidiary after mine fire kills at least 32 10/28/2023 08:13am • LONDON (AP) — Kazakhstan confirmed the nationalization of ArcelorMittal Temirtau which operates the country’s largest steel plants and several coal and ore mines following a coal mine fire that killed on Saturday, according to emergency services, at least 32 workers while another 14 remained una West Virginia forward Akok Akok hospitalized, stable after collapsing on court during exhibition 10/28/2023 07:59am • MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia forward Akok Akok was hospitalized in stable condition after collapsing on the court during an exhibition game on Friday night. Akok suffered a medical emergency early in the second half of the game with George Mason, West Virginia's athletic department said Jewish and Muslim chaplains navigate US campus tensions and help students roiled by Israel-Hamas war 10/28/2023 07:02am • For many of the university chaplains and faith leaders caring for students angered and shaken by the Israel-Hamas war, the needs are acute, the days intense. The bloodshed has roiled campuses in the United States, at times sparking rival rallies and competing demands. Kaiser Aslam, Muslim chaplain a Live updates | Israel knocks out Gaza communications as protesters call for end to the war 10/28/2023 02:41am • Israel knocked out communications and created a near-blackout of information by striking targets in the Gaza Strip with stepped-up bombardment and artillery fire overnight and into Saturday. Explosions from continuous airstrikes lit up the sky over Gaza City for hours after nightfall Friday as the I Israel steps up air and ground attacks in Gaza and cuts off the territory's communications 10/28/2023 12:26am • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel knocked out internet and communications in the Gaza Strip in stepped-up bombardment Friday night, largely cutting off its 2.3 million people from contact with each other and the outside world and creating a near-blackout of information, as the military said White scores 28, Celtics outlast Heat 119-111 in rematch of Eastern Conference finals 10/27/2023 11:36pm • BOSTON (AP) — So much has changed for the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics since their seven-game slugfest in the playoffs last season. It hasn’t taken an ounce out of the rivalry’s intensity. Derrick White had 28 points, including five 3-pointers, and the Celtics rallied to beat the Heat 119-1 Live Updates | Maine mass shooting suspect has been found dead, ending search 10/27/2023 10:56pm • The man wanted in the mass shooting at a bowling alley and bar that killed 18 people and wounded 13 was found dead Friday, authorities said, bringing an end to a search that put the entire state of Maine on edge for the last two days. Follow for live updates. WHAT TO KNOW — Here’s what we know a UN General Assembly calls for 'humanitarian truce' in Gaza leading to halt in Israel-Hamas fighting 10/27/2023 10:49pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly approved a nonbinding resolution Friday calling for a “humanitarian truce” in Gaza leading to a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers, the first United Nations response to the war. The 193-member world body adopted the England finishes third at Rugby World Cup after holding out hard-charging Pumas 10/27/2023 08:04pm • PARIS (AP) — England finished third at the Rugby World Cup for the first time by stopping waves of late Argentina attacks and prevailing 26-23 in their tense playoff on Friday. The Pumas brought the game alive by rallying from 13-0 down to lead by one point straight after halftime. England hit str Desperate Acapulco residents demand government aid days after Hurricane Otis 10/27/2023 06:57pm • ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Groups of angry, desperate residents on Friday began blocking the only two entrances to the hurricane ravaged resort of Acapulco to demand food and water, three days after a Category 5 storm ripped through the city, leaving thousands without access to basic necessities. As Cruise, GM's robotaxi service, suspends all driverless operations nationwide 10/27/2023 04:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Cruise, the autonomous vehicle unit owned by General Motors, is suspending driverless operations nationwide days after regulators in California found that its driverless cars posed a danger to public safety. The California Department of Motor Vehicles this week revoked the license New York City sets up office to give migrants one-way tickets out of town 10/27/2023 03:11pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City is intensifying efforts to transport migrants out of the city as its shelter system reaches capacity, setting up a dedicated office to provide asylum-seekers with free, one-way tickets to anywhere in the world. City Hall confirmed the establishment of a new “re DC mayor pressed to declare public health emergency over opioid overdoses 10/27/2023 02:23pm • Asiyah Timimi, who runs a youth anti-violence program, said she was driving down New York Avenue when she saw a young man overdosing outside of a McDonalds. “I turned him on his side and he was just … the fluid was just pouring out,” Timimi said. “His friend didn't have a clue what to