14+ hour, 54+ min ago   (223+ words) Several families have long alleged that a group of extremist religious leaders in Saudi Arabia gained influence in the Saudi government and aided the hijackers. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudis, but the Saudi government has long denied any involvement…...

11+ hour, 20+ min ago   (362+ words) A Pennsylvania woman has died from complications associated with measles, the third death in the state this year involving the virus. The 40-year-old woman died Saturday, Jefferson County Coroner Greg Furlong said in a Facebook post in which he called…...

16+ hour, 46+ min ago   (865+ words) Oregon, meanwhile, plummeted 15 spots to No. 21, its lowest ranking in four years, after its 39-31 road loss to an Oklahoma State team that had lost 21 straight against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents. Michigan, which fell out of the Top 25 after needing an…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1738+ words) Musicians and their supporters march outside the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco in support of better wages for the San Francisco Opera Orchestra Saturday night. The musicians announced a strike shortly before their planned performance at 8 p.m. Saturday. Striking…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (543+ words) The Justice Department sent letters to 29 states and the District of Columbia instructing election officials not to destroy the records. Those are places the Trump administration has sued in a bid to gain access to voter registration information that contains…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (418+ words) Cilia Flores, the wife of ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, “deserves the opportunity to await her trial while on home confinement” while dealing with a heart condition that has only gotten worse since she’s been in jail, her lawyers wrote in…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (576+ words) Daniel Owen Conahan Jr., 72, was sentenced to die for the 1996 kidnapping and strangling of Richard Allen Montgomery, whose mutilated body was found in a wooded southwest Florida area, where authorities found the remains of at least six people over a…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (254+ words) The rapper and entrepreneur will MC the telecast live from Los Angeles on Sept. 27, marking the first time since 2017 that the VMAs have picked a location that's not in New York or New Jersey. The VMAs are scheduled to air…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (383+ words) Eleven of 12 jurors were ready to clear Clancy of criminal responsibility last Friday, but their deadlock forced the judge to declare a mistrial, leaving the case unresolved. Attorney Kevin Reddington's motion asked the same judge to acquit Clancy, which would…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (321+ words) The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is honoring the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks this week with displays of dozens of rarely seen objects that tell the story of that day in often searingly personal terms. The exhibit, which…...