KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's constitutional court is poised to rule on a challenge to the presidential election, with the government on Friday dismissing an unprecedented request by the African Union continental body to delay releasing the final results because of "serious doubts" about the vote. Upholding the official results could spark new violence in…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wendy Williams' family says she is taking an extended break from her TV talk show to deal with health issues. The family says in a statement released Friday that Williams has suffered complications from the Graves' disease in the past few days. Her family says treatment is necessary and will include…
Glen Wood, the courtly and innovative patriarch of the famed Wood Brothers Racing team who had been the oldest living member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, died Friday. He was 93. Wood Brothers announced the death of its team founder on social media, saying he died in Stuart, Virginia, after a long illness. Wood…
LARGO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff's deputy has been fired after an investigation into allegations that he hit an inmate in a wheelchair. Pinellas County Sheriff's officials said in an email that 46-year-old Deputy Aaron Hull was fired Thursday for using excessive force on an inmate on Sept. 24. An investigation found that Hull…
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 9:55 p.m. The Syrian opposition says the new U.N. special envoy for Syria has met with officials from the High Negotiations Committee. HNC said Geir Pedersen and opposition officials discussed "all points that could lead to a political solution." It released a…
BEIRUT (AP) — An airstrike hit people trying to flee the last area controlled by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria Friday, killing at least 20 including children, opposition activists and the country's state media reported. The airstrike on the IS-held village of Baghouz comes as the offensive against the extremists by U.S.-backed fighters…
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' foreign minister says the U.S. will soon start lifting a decades-old arms embargo on the eastern Mediterranean island because Washington acknowledges its contribution to bolstering stability and security in the region. Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides told the Associated Press on Friday that Washington sees the "added value" of allowing Cyprus…
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a memorial service for a rookie police officer in Northern California (all times local): 11:45 a.m. Musician Billy Ray Cyrus is singing a song he wrote for soldiers of the Vietnam War at a service for a 22-year-old rookie officer killed in the line of duty. He said…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Director Vicky Jewson was looking for women with dangerous jobs to get inspiration for her next project when she came across the name Jacquie Davis. Davis is a bodyguard, a rare profession for a woman, and has in the past 30 years protected everyone from royals to celebrities like Nicole Kidman…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on a man convicted in an Ohio killing who faces execution next month (all times local): 2:30 p.m. Lawyers for a man condemned to death in Ohio are asking the state's high court to delay the inmate's execution next month. The attorneys cite a federal judge's finding that Ohio's…
