Listeria outbreak: What to do with deli meats and what to know (apnews.com)
Vatican's Pius XII archives shed light on the Legion of Christ scandal (apnews.com)
Georgia presses on with 'Russia-style' laws (apnews.com)
Heat-related Texas deaths climb after Beryl left millions without power for days or longer (apnews.com)
Almost two weeks after Beryl hit, heat-related deaths during the prolonged power outages have pushed the number of storm-related fatalities to at least 23 in Texas....
A 12-year-old girl is accused of smothering her 8-year-old cousin over an iPhone (apnews.com)
A 12-year-old girl in Tennessee has been charged with murder, accused of smothering her 8-year-old cousin as the younger girl slept. A relative said they had been arguing over an iPhone....
As Georgia presses on with 'Russia-style' laws, its citizens describe a country on the brink (apnews.com)
Eka Gigauri is used to harsh words from officials about the anti-corruption work she does in Georgia. But seeing her face on posters, accusing her of being an agent of foreign influence, a traitor and a spy, rattled her....
Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws like Florida's are a national security risk (apnews.com)
The Treasury Department is warning that state laws that restrict banks from considering environmental, social and governance factors could harm efforts to address money laundering and terrorism financing....
European Union court says TikTok owner can’t avoid bloc’s law cracking down on digital giants (apnews.com)
Missouri woman who served 43 years in prison is free after her murder conviction was overturned (apnews.com)
A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years of a life sentence was released Friday, despite attempts in the last month by Missouri’s attorney general to keep her behind bars....
Member of eBay security team sentenced in harassment scheme involving bloody Halloween pig mask (apnews.com)
The former senior manager of special operations for eBay Inc.’s. global security team was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Boston for his role in a cyberstalking campaign that included sending a preserved fetal pig, a bloody pig Halloween mask and a book on surviving the loss of a spouse to a Massachusetts couple’s...
Three courts agree that a woman deemed wrongfully convicted should be freed. She still isn't (apnews.com)
A circuit judge, an appellate court and the Missouri Supreme Court agree that a woman whose murder conviction was overturned should be free after 43 years in prison....
Global IT outage: Airlines, businesses affected by CrowdStrike, Microsoft issues (apnews.com)
Russia convicts US reporter of espionage after a trial widely seen as politically motivated (apnews.com)
Largest housing provider for migrant children engaged in pervasive sexual abuse, US says (apnews.com)
Employees of the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S. repeatedly sexually abused and harassed children in their care for at least eight years, the Justice Department said Thursday, alleging a shocking litany of offenses that took place as the company amassed billions of dollars in government...
Mounting home demolitions and settler attacks plunge a Palestinian village into crisis (apnews.com)
First came the Israeli military bulldozers, which tore down a quarter of the homes in the West Bank Bedouin village of Umm al-Khair. Then came the settler attacks....
Air attack leaves 1 dead, at least 10 injured in Tel Aviv (apnews.com)
injuring at least 10 people and leaving one dead...
Uncertainty is the winner and incumbents the losers so far in a year of high-stakes global elections (apnews.com)
Swimsuit wars heat up in an Olympic year (apnews.com)
Lou Dobbs, Fox Business host, dies at 78 (apnews.com)
Hunter Biden seeks dismissal of tax and gun cases (apnews.com)
Who is Itamar Ben-Gvir, the far-right minister who visited a contested Jerusalem holy site? (apnews.com)
Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Thursday, a move that could threaten the delicate Gaza cease-fire talks....
Illinois sheriff's deputy charged with murder in fatal shooting of woman who called 911 (apnews.com)
An Illinois sheriff’s deputy has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a woman inside her home, a death that led to protests about justice for the Black victim....
More Americans apply for jobless benefits as layoffs settle at higher levels in recent weeks (apnews.com)
U.S. filings for unemployment benefits rose again last week and appear to be settling consistently at a slightly higher though still healthy level that the Federal Reserve has been aiming for....
The Ukrainian army pulls out from another eastern village as Russia smashes defensive positions (apnews.com)
Ukraine’s army has pulled out from the village of Urozhaine in the eastern Donetsk region, an official said Thursday, surrendering another front-line position as Russian forces blast Ukrainian defenses in a relentless onslaught....