No ‘calamari comeback’? The squid chef from Democrats’ 2020 convention says he’s a Trump backer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The “calamari comeback” chef who delighted viewers of the last Democratic National Convention might not be coming back. John Bordieri was dubbed by some as the “calamari ninja” for standing wordlessly, clad head-to-toe in
Voting in Harmony: A Wisconsin township sets itself apart and has a knack for picking winners
HARMONY, Wis. (AP) — It’s hard living in harmony during these politically divisive times. But residents of a tiny Wisconsin town say they have the simple answer: actually live in Harmony. Residents of Harmony Township — spread
Demand for food delivery has skyrocketed. So have complaints about some drivers
BOSTON (AP) — A soaring demand for food delivered fast has spawned small armies of couriers — and increasing alarm — in big cities where scooters, motorcycles and mopeds zip in and out of traffic and hop
Florida Sen. Rick Scott says he’ll vote against recreational pot after brother’s death
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida says he’ll be voting in November against a ballot amendment to legalize recreational marijuana in his state, a deeply personal decision based on his brother’s
Appointed by Trump, Hunter Biden trial judge spent most of her career in civil law
The judge presiding over Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial in Delaware is a former corporate civil lawyer with a background in biology who was nominated to the bench by the Biden family’s chief political antagonist: former President
New York governor defends blocking plan that would toll Manhattan drivers to pay for subway repairs
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday defended her decision to block a plan to reduce New York City traffic and raise billions for its ailing subway system through a new toll on
The US is making its biggest push yet to get Israel and Hamas to halt fighting. Is it succeeding?
WASHINGTON (AP) — In Middle East capitals, at the United Nations, from the White House and beyond, the Biden administration is making its most concentrated diplomatic push of the eight-month-old war in Gaza to persuade Israeli and
New charges for alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer cast scrutiny on another man’s murder conviction
NEW YORK (AP) — For years prosecutors saw a connection in the killings of three young women who disappeared in the winter of 1993 and 1994, their nude bodies found strangled, beaten and left in similar poses
Judge orders temporary halt to UC academic workers’ strike over war in Gaza
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of academic workers on strike at the University of California were ordered by a state judge Friday to temporarily cease their weekslong strike over the war in Gaza. Orange County Superior
Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, has died in Washington plane crash
SEATTLE (AP) — Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane
