• Iran says improved ballistic missile shows it will take preemptive action against threats
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran state media on Monday said a ballistic missile with improved capabilities was demonstrating a new doctrine: Tehran “will take action against any threat, even before it is carried out.” The report by Iran’s state news agency repeatedly cited comments aired on state TV the day before by the head of Iran’s […]
  • Florida death row inmate seeks stay of execution seeking DNA evidence in 1996 crime
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorneys asked the Supreme Court Monday to stay the execution of a Florida death row inmate scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday for the 1996 kidnapping and strangulation of a man who was found nude and emasculated. Daniel Conahan Jr., 72, was sentenced to death for the April 1996 killing of […]
  • Midterm elections head into the home stretch as candidates hit Labor Day events
    PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Troy Jackson was a longtime labor activist and logger before he unexpectedly became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. On Monday, he returned to a union hall to tell workers they need to go to the polls this fall — to raise the minimum wage, expand family medical leave […]
  • Investigators recover black boxes from cargo plane crash in Miami
    By Daniel Trotta Sept 7 – Investigators with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday they had recovered the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that overran the runway and crashed while landing in Miami on Sunday, killing five people on the ground. NTSB Chairwoman […]
  • ICE crackdown laid bare at Venice festival documentary
    By Crispian Balmer VENICE, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras said on Monday she hopes a new documentary about U.S. immigration raids will help “denormalise” violence under President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. Premiering at the Venice Film Festival, the 25-minute documentary “They’re Here”, co-directed by Poitras and Rachel Lauren Mueller, follows volunteers […]