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An explosion following a lightning strike in the Uzbek capital kills 1 person and injures 162 09/28/2023 05:24am • A powerful explosion in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, killed a teenage boy Thursday and injured at least 162 people following a fire caused by a lightning strike, Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health said. The Ministry of Emergency Situations said the explosion happened early in the morning at a warehou Hollywood actors to resume negotiations with studios next week, as protracted writers strike ends 09/27/2023 11:54pm • NEW YORK (AP) — With the Hollywood writers strike over, actors will now get a shot at cutting their own deal with studios and streaming services. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Radio and Television Artists announced Wednesday night that strike negotiations with studios would resume House Speaker McCarthy is back to square one as the Senate pushes ahead to avert a federal shutdown 09/27/2023 11:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Senate marches ahead with a bipartisan approach to prevent a government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is back to square one — asking his hard-right Republicans to do what they have said they would never do: approve their own temporary House measure to keep the g Gang violence in Haiti is escalating and spreading with a significant increase in killings, UN says 09/27/2023 10:29pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Gang violence in Haiti is escalating and spreading from the capital Port-au-Prince through the center of the country to its two other major cities, Gonaives and Cap-Hatien, with a significant increase in killings, kidnappings and rapes in the past few months, the U.N. chief s New Mexico trial begins over allegations that Democrats tried to dilute votes with redistricting map 09/27/2023 10:22pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Accusations that New Mexico's Democratic-led Legislature unfairly diluted the vote of a politically conservative oil-producing region with its redistricting map went to trial on Wednesday. The trial’s outcome is likely to have a big influence on which party represents a con Francona's beloved scooter stolen, stripped as Cleveland's manager gets ready to say goodbye to game 09/27/2023 10:19pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Terry Francona made it to the home finale, his last managing the Guardians before retirement. His beloved scooter didn't get there. Just hours before Cleveland sent off the popular manager, who is leaving baseball after 11 seasons with the club, with a 4-3 win over Cincinnati, Fra 9 Best-Blue Chip Dividend Stocks 09/27/2023 08:00pm • One of the big challenges dividend stock investors face is balancing the need for big-time dividends with the desire for consistent results. After all, a lot of seemingly generous companies that have some of the biggest yields in today's market may not be so generous in the future. Worse, they could New storms batter central Greece as government prioritizes adapting to effects of climate change 09/27/2023 05:22pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — New floods following torrential rain swept Wednesday across swathes of central Greece already battered by deadly storms weeks earlier, once again damaging roads, flooding homes and causing power outages in the city of Volos and the island of Evia. At least eight villages were Lions seek to take early control of NFC North by beating Packers for 4th straight time 09/27/2023 04:49pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — When the Detroit Lions previously visited Lambeau Field, they knocked Green Bay out of playoff contention in what turned out to be Aaron Rodgers’ final game in a Packers uniform. Nearly nine months later, the Lions return with a chance to solidify themselves as NFC North f Police charge man in deadly Georgia wreck, saying drivers were racing at more than 100 mph 09/27/2023 04:10pm • DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man has been charged with vehicular homicide after police say he was one of two drivers racing at speeds above 100 mph (160 kph) in a Sept. 4 crash that killed five teens on a suburban Atlanta highway. Gwinnett County police said Emanuel Rene Esfahani, a 20-year-old La Family of West Virginia 13-year-old who was struck, killed by off-duty deputy demands jury trial 09/27/2023 04:06pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The family of a West Virginia 13-year-old who was struck and killed by an off-duty sheriff's deputy with his marked cruiser last year has filed a civil suit in federal court against the former officer and other county officials. Opal Slone, the mother of Jacqueline “Lane US Sen. Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to pocketing bribes in a wide-ranging corruption case 09/27/2023 03:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of pocketing bribes of cash and gold bars in exchange for wielding his political influence to secretly advance Egyptian interests and do favors for local businessmen. Menendez led 'Every parent's nightmare': 15-year-old girl stabbed to death near London; teenage male arrested 09/27/2023 03:52pm • LONDON (AP) — A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death while on her way to school just south of London on Wednesday morning, and a 17-year-old male suspect was arrested in connection with her death, police said. The Metropolitan Police said that officers were at the scene at around 8:30 a.m., aroun Massachusetts man indicted on charges of trying to open jet's door, attacking crew on United flight 09/27/2023 03:08pm • BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man was indicted Wednesday for allegedly attacking a flight attendant earlier this year with a broken metal spoon and attempting to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight, federal prosecutors said. Francisco Severo Torres, of Leominster, was ind Sleeping, eating, film work and a little 'panic.' How the Steelers dealt with emergency landing 09/27/2023 02:47pm • Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett was trying to get some sleep as the team was flying back from a win in Las Vegas early Monday morning when a flight attendant nudged him awake with some unwelcome news. “(She) was like ‘We have a Code Yellow alert’ and I was just kind of out of it,