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Man serving 30 years for attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband gets a life term on state charges

October 29, 2024, 1:28pm Nation & World

The man who was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for attacking the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer in their California home was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole following a separate state trial. Read story

Election workers demonstrates mail-in ballot processing during a media preview at the Philadelphia Election Warehouse, in Philadelphia, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.

Nebraska uses a unique method to find election workers: It drafts them

Election workers demonstrates mail-in ballot processing during a media preview at the Philadelphia Election Warehouse, in Philadelphia, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.

October 29, 2024, 1:24pm Nation & World

Americans are encouraged to do their duty and vote on Election Day. But in Nebraska, some residents must go a step further: They are required to help run the elections. Read story

Israeli strikes in northern Gaza kill at least 88, officials say

October 29, 2024, 1:05pm Nation & World

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on a five-story building where displaced Palestinians were sheltering in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 60 people early Tuesday, more than half of them women and children, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. Read story

FILE - American actress Teri Garr is seen in this April 1987 photo in Los Angeles, California.

Teri Garr, the offbeat comic actor of ‘Young Frankenstein’ and ‘Tootsie,’ has died

FILE - American actress Teri Garr is seen in this April 1987 photo in Los Angeles, California.

October 29, 2024, 11:59am Entertainment

Teri Garr, the quirky comedy actor who rose from background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star of such favorites as "Young Frankenstein" and "Tootsie," has died. She was 79. Read story

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump says his New York rally marked by crude and racist insults ‘was like a lovefest’

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.

October 29, 2024, 11:49am Latest News

Donald Trump on Tuesday called his rally at New York's Madison Square Garden, an event marked by crude and racist insults by several speakers, a “lovefest.” Read story

In this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is test-fired from the Plesetsk launchpad in northwestern Russia.

Putin launches drills of Russia’s nuclear forces simulating retaliatory strikes

In this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is test-fired from the Plesetsk launchpad in northwestern Russia.

October 29, 2024, 8:51am Latest News

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday launched a massive exercise of the country's nuclear forces featuring missile launches in a simulation of a retaliatory strike, as he continued to flex the country's nuclear muscle amid spiraling tensions with the West over Ukraine. Read story

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds up a 15-week abortion ban law after signing it on April 14, 2022, in Kissimmee, Fla.

Judge continues to block Florida officials from threatening TV stations over abortion ads

FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds up a 15-week abortion ban law after signing it on April 14, 2022, in Kissimmee, Fla.

October 29, 2024, 8:51am Nation & World

A federal judge on Tuesday continued to block the head of Florida's health department from taking any more steps to threaten TV stations that air commercials for an abortion rights measure on next week's ballot. Read story

CORRECTS FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL TO NORTHERN - Trucks carrying humanitarian aid cross into the Gaza Strip from Erez crossing in northern Israel, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.

Israel passes laws to restrict the work of a UN agency that is a lifeline for Gaza

CORRECTS FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL TO NORTHERN - Trucks carrying humanitarian aid cross into the Gaza Strip from Erez crossing in northern Israel, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.

October 29, 2024, 8:34am Nation & World

Israeli lawmakers passed two laws on Monday that could threaten the work of the main U.N. agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil, severing ties with it. Read story

From left, Sister Niluka Perera, Teresa Morris Kettelkamp, Monsignior Luis Herrera, Cardinal Sean Patrick O&rsquo; Malley, jurist Maud de Boer-Buquicchio and clergy sex abuse survivor and victim&rsquo;s advocate Juan Carlos Cruz, pose for a photo at the end of a press conference to present the Vatican&rsquo;s first Annual Global Report on Minors Protection at the Vatican press center, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.

Pope’s child protection board urges transparency from Vatican sex abuse office and compensation

From left, Sister Niluka Perera, Teresa Morris Kettelkamp, Monsignior Luis Herrera, Cardinal Sean Patrick O&rsquo; Malley, jurist Maud de Boer-Buquicchio and clergy sex abuse survivor and victim&rsquo;s advocate Juan Carlos Cruz, pose for a photo at the end of a press conference to present the Vatican&rsquo;s first Annual Global Report on Minors Protection at the Vatican press center, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.

October 29, 2024, 8:32am Churches & Religion

Pope Francis’ child protection board called Tuesday for victims of clergy sexual abuse to have greater access to information about their cases and the right to compensation, in the first-ever global assessment of the Catholic Church’s efforts to address the crisis. Read story

FILE - Steve Bannon appears in court in New York, Jan. 12, 2023.

Trump ally Steve Bannon is released after serving 4 months in prison for contempt of Congress

FILE - Steve Bannon appears in court in New York, Jan. 12, 2023.

October 29, 2024, 8:28am Nation & World

Longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon was released from prison early Tuesday, after serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. Read story