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A slain Maryland judge presided over the divorce case of man identified as a suspect in his killing

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Police are searching for a man suspected of fatally shooting a Maryland judge who had awarded custody of the suspect’s children to his wife on the day of the killing, authorities said Friday.

The father of American teenage hostage freed by Hamas says she is 'doing very good'

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — The father of freed American teen hostage Natalie Raanan said Friday she’s doing well following two weeks in captivity after she and her mother were abducted in Israel by Hamas and held in Gaza.

Hurricane Norma makes landfall near Mexico's Los Cabos as Tammy threatens islands in the Atlantic

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Norma made landfall near the resorts of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon. The U.S.

Former Twitter employee on working for Musk: 'It absolutely was the hardest experience'

"It absolutely was the hardest experience that I’ve gone through in my career," Irwin, 48, said In an interview with NBC News.

These scary movies raise heart rates the most, study finds

Looking for a scary flick that will get your heart racing and haunt your dreams? These movies are scientifically proven to do that – at least the first part.

Violence forced them to flee. Now faith sustains these migrants on their journey to the US

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Night after night for six weeks, Erika Hernández knelt outside her home in central Mexico and prayed: “Please, God, don’t let my son turn into a criminal.” “I prayed a lot. I fasted.

Drake giving free Dave's Hot Chicken for his Oct. 24 birthday

Drake re-shared the company's announcement of the "Drake's Birthday feat. Dave's Hot Chicken" collaboration to his 143 million Instagram followers on Thursday, saying that participants could get a chicken slider or tender at Dave's Hot Chicken on him from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on his 37th birthday.

Around the world

At Cairo summit, even Arab leaders at peace with Israel expressed growing anger over the Gaza war

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt and Jordan harshly criticized Israel over its actions in Gaza at a summit on Saturday, a sign that the two Western allies that made peace with Israel decades ago are losing patience with its two-week-old war against Hamas.

Live updates | Israel OKs limited aid for Gaza as regional tensions rise following hospital blast

President Joe Biden has visited Israel on an urgent mission to keep the Israel-Hamas war from spiraling into a broader regional conflict.

Hurricane Norma makes landfall in Mexico

Hurricane Norma passed over the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico on Saturday, bringing with it dangerous flood risks as it moves towards the Mexican mainland. Norma is a Category 1 storm with wind speeds near 85 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Biden declares support for Israel, Ukraine is 'vital' for US security

President Joe Biden will deliver a rare Oval Office address Thursday night as he prepares to ask for additional billions of dollars in military assistance for Israel and Ukraine, deepening American involvement in two very different, unpredictable and bloody foreign conflicts.

UN chief lauds movement of aid into Gaza, but asks for 'much, much more'

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on the international community to double down on efforts to provide humanitarian aid for Gaza on Saturday, amid Israel’s war with Hamas. The first aid convoys entered Gaza early Saturday after days of negotiations between Egypt, the U.S.

300-year-old painting stolen by an American soldier during World War II returned to German museum

CHICAGO (AP) — After a stopover in the U.S. that lasted the better part of a century, a baroque landscape painting that went missing during World War II was returned to Germany on Thursday.

Little light, no beds, not enough anesthesia: A view from the 'nightmare' of Gaza's hospitals

In the besieged Gaza Strip, hospitals are nearing collapse as doctors work under the most trying conditions.

Technology

Netlify Composable Web Platform aims to modernize web architecture

Netlify, key proponent of the Jamstack web architecture, has unveiled the Netlify Compsable Web Platform, a unified platform for developers, architects, marketers, and content maintainers for building and deploying composable websites.

Australia's Lynas to upgrade Malaysian rare earth refinery amid dispute over operating license

Australian miner Lynas Rare Earths says it will temporarily shut down most of its operations in Malaysia for upgrades while dealing with a legal battle with the Malaysian government over its operating license.

What's streaming now: The Rolling Stones, John le Carré, 'Living for the Dead' and Harry Bosch

A fresh Rolling Stones album, a revealing documentary on spy novelist John le Carré and “Living for the Dead,” a new Hulu series that’s like “Queer Eye” meets “Ghost Hunters” are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you Among the offerings worth your time as se

Does Siri dream of ChatGPT?

The digital transformation of everything is best seen as a Darwinian mind-set in which change becomes certainty, even as the pace of transition accelerates. Think about the explosion of generative AI during the past year.

​​How the new IMAX movie ‘Deep Sky’ launches you through the James Webb Space Telescope

Director Nathaniel Kahn probed the world of art sales in 2018’s The Price of Everything and the search for extraterrestrial life in 2021’s Emmy-winning Hunt for Planet B. His latest film, however, goes where no man has gone before: a million miles from Earth.

Birds nesting in agricultural lands more vulnerable to extreme heat, study finds

Birds nesting in agricultural settings were significantly less likely to successfully raise their young during extreme heat events than birds nesting in forests under the same weather conditions, a new study finds.

Senators pitch bipartisan bill to protect artists from AI

Familiar faces and songs cover the walls of the Washington office of U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) as “thank yous” for her work to secure copyright protections and compensation for artists.

Sports News

Milroe, No. 11 Alabama stage huge second-half rally, top No. 17 Tennessee 34-20

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama players surged back onto the field happily puffing on celebratory cigars. The 11th-ranked Crimson Tide had plenty to celebrate minutes after producing an utterly dominant second half to keep their national championship hopes from going up in smoke.

Nikita Kucherov scores twice, Lightning beat Canucks 4-3 to end 3-game winless streak

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov scored twice and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Thursday night to end a three-game winless streak. Nicholas Paul and Michael Eyssimont also scored, and Jonas Johansson made 26 saves for the Lightning.

No. 2 Michigan suspends staffer after NCAA launches investigation into allegations of sign-stealing

No. 2 Michigan announced Friday it has suspended a low-level football program employee a day after disclosing it is under NCAA investigation for allegedly stealing the play-calling signals used by Wolverines opponents.

Haney-Prograis: Nearly 9K tickets sold for first SF title fight in over a decade

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- It's been over a decade since there was a world title fight in San Francisco.

Utah's Ryan Reisbeck wins long drive championship

ATLANTA (ABC4 Sports) - There's an old adage in golf -- drive for show, putt for dough. But there is also some dough in driving the ball, and Ryan Reisbeck proved that today, winning the long drive senior division championship in Atlanta.

UCB center Ila Lane named preseason watchlist for the 2024 Lisa Leslie Award

(KRON) – University of California at Berkeley’s center Ila Lane was among 20 players named to the preseason watchlist for the 2024 Lisa Leslie Award, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced on Friday.

Mary Lou Retton has 'scary setback' in ICU, daughter says

Olympic gold medalist and West Virginia native Mary Lou Retton is still in the ICU after what her daughter called a setback on Tuesday.

Politics News

Chesebro becomes second Trump lawyer to plead guilty in Georgia

Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who wrote a series of memos devising the Trump campaign’s alternate electors strategy in 2020, pleaded guilty to one felony Friday after reaching a deal with Georgia prosecutors in their election interference case.

House, Senate bills at odds over power to boost future funding for Texas school voucher program

The Senate’s Republican bill would let state leaders grow the program by taking money from other agencies without the Legislature’s approval. The House bill would bar the practice.

GOP lawmaker says she's received death threats over Speaker vote 

She was one of four Republicans to switch their support Wednesday after voting for Jim Jordan on the first ballot.

Biden is dangling border security money to try to get billions more for Israel and Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is trying to sweeten his pitch for more money for Ukraine by mixing in billions of dollars for securing the U.S.-Mexico border in the hope that it will bring more Republicans on board.

House to vote for a 3rd time on Jim Jordan's nomination for speaker

The House is expected to vote Friday on the nomination of Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to be Speaker of the House. Jordan failed two previous votes this week.

Pritzker takes abortion fight national with dark-money group

Despite a long progressive agenda, there are few issues on which Pritzker has been more vocal than abortion access.

Mike Pence faces a cash shortage and questions about how much longer his 2024 campaign can survive

NEW YORK (AP) — With three months to go before the Iowa caucuses that he has staked his campaign on, former Vice President Mike Pence faces mounting debt and lagging poll numbers that are forcing questions about not only whether he will qualify for the next debate, but whether it makes sense for him