Supporters of former President Evo Morales stormed three Bolivian military bases and took soldiers hostage on Friday as the nation descends further into chaos.

President Luis Arce said in a statement that groups fired weapons and threw dynamite in the Cochabamba region in the nation’s tropical lowlands. Armed Forces chiefs said the attackers...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Richard Moore was executed Friday by lethal injection for the murder of James Mahoney, a Spartanburg County store clerk. Moore, 59, is the second person executed in South Carolina in just more than a month after a 13-year pause.

Moore’s death sentence was carried out at 6:24 p.m. Eastern time Friday over pleas for mercy ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Richard Moore was executed Friday by lethal injection for the murder of James Mahoney, a Spartanburg County store clerk. Moore, 59, is the second person executed in South Carolina in just more than a month after a 13-year pause.

Moore’s death sentence was carried out at 6:24 p.m. EDT Friday over pleas for mercy from three ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two men accused in a mass shooting that occurred at Crown Center were each convicted on four felony charges by a Jackson County judge Friday.

Joel Olivas, 24, and Brian Favela, 23, were both found guilty of two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of armed criminal action and three misdemeanor counts of second-...Read more

A 9-year-old girl who fell in love with the goat she raised for the Shasta District Fair was heartbroken when deputies, wielding a search warrant, confiscated the furry livestock, taking him away to be butchered.

Two years after the scandal erupted, Shasta County has agreed to pay $300,000 to the girl’s family to settle the legal dispute over...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer on Friday declared a weeklong state of emergency in the city — curtailing late alcohol sales and implementing a downtown curfew — in the wake of a deadly mass shooting downtown during a crowded early-morning Halloween celebration.

Dyer made the surprise announcement hours after suspected gunman 17-...Read more

BOSTON — The Bay State is facing an unprecedented spike in outdoor fires, as 100 brush and wildland blazes have been reported in the last week as officials urge residents to use caution.

Massachusetts had a total of about 200 reported wildland fires in October — a 1,200% spike from the average of 15 reported wildland fires each October.

Of...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — With only a few days remaining before Election Day, George Stuart headed out to knock on doors as part of a final push to put Florida’s abortion rights ballot initiative over the top.

Polls show the measure heading for a nail-biting finish. He didn’t want to watch from the sidelines.

“Women deserve to have control over ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate Agriculture Committee will see a new leader in the next Congress regardless of the results of next week’s election as the current chairwoman, Debbie Stabenow, reaches the end of her 24-year Senate career.

Ranking member John Boozman, R-Ark., would likely take the gavel if Republicans secure the majority. Boozman ...Read more

The U.S. Secret Service, in a report released Friday, indicated officials have put into place numerous reforms in the aftermath of the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

The report, a seven-page summary of a larger classified document, lists 11 operational changes and lays out the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge has declined to accept oversight of the lawsuit filed against Elon Musk by Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, the latest chapter in the legal bout unfolding between Krasner and Musk ahead of Election Day.

The decision, issued Friday afternoon by U.S. District Judge Gerald J. Pappert, rejected a ...Read more

A Muslim civil rights organization and other faith groups on Friday called for for Democratic state Sen. Sara Feigenholtz to resign following a social media post that appeared to back a message the group branded as Islamophobic.

Feigenholtz on Friday apologized for her response to a post on X from Mosab Hassan Yousef, a critic of Hamas and ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams’ historic corruption trial will start in late April 2025 — just over two months before he’s set to face off against multiple challengers in next summer’s Democratic mayoral primary.

During a Friday afternoon hearing, Manhattan Federal Court Judge Dale Ho, who oversees Adams’ case, set an April 21 start ...Read more

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reportedly have their eye on returning to Europe — at least for some of the time.

The Sussexes have shelled out millions on a beachfront summer home at Portugal’s Costa Terra Golf & Ocean Club, Us Weekly reports.

The 40-year-old royal and former “Suits” star, 43, would live in one of 300 homes on the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — With one month left in hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center said Friday said there was a high chance a Caribbean system will form into the season’s next tropical depression while tracking two more systems with potential to develop.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, it said a broad area of low...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams suffered a setback in his federal corruption case late Thursday as a judge rejected his request for a formal inquiry into claims that federal authorities have leaked confidential information to the press about his prosecution.

In a 21-page decision, Manhattan Federal Court Judge Dale Ho ruled Adams’ lawyers didn�...Read more