Knife-Wielding Man Dressed As Joker Injures 17 On Tokyo Train, Starts Fire

TOKYO (AP) — A man dressed in Batman’s Joker costume and brandishing a knife on a Tokyo commuter train on Sunday stabbed several passengers before starting a fire, which sent people scrambling to escape and jumping from windows, police and witnesses said.The Tokyo Fire Department said 17 passengers were injured, including three seriously. Not all…Continue Reading

Stern judge among key players in Kyle Rittenhouse trial

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jury selection starts Monday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, an Illinois man accused of killing two people at a police brutality protest last year.Rittenhouse’s trial is expected to last at least two weeks. Here’s a look at the key players:THE DEFENDANTRittenhouse, of Antioch, Illinois, was 17 at…Continue Reading

‘We will not roll over:’ UK stands firm over French threats

LONDON (AP) — A troubling post-Brexit fishing spat between Britain and France showed few signs of abating Monday, a day before a threatened French blockade of British boats and trucks.British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned France that the U.K. will “not roll over” in the face of what she termed “unreasonable” threats from Paris. French…Continue Reading

South African municipal vote to gauge support for ruling ANC

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans are voting on Monday in local government elections that will offer an indication if support for the ruling African National Congress has rebounded after waning in recent years. The municipal elections, which take place every five years, determine the composition of councils responsible for providing essential services like water, waste…Continue Reading

Pentagon rattled by Beijing military push on multiple fronts…

WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s growing military muscle and its drive to end American predominance in the Asia-Pacific is rattling the U.S. defense establishment. American officials see trouble quickly accumulating on multiple fronts — Beijing’s expanding nuclear arsenal, its advances in space, cyber and missile technologies, and threats to Taiwan.“The pace at which China is moving…Continue Reading

Prisons face staff shortages as officers quit…

At a Georgia state House of Representatives hearing on prison conditions in September, a corrections officer called in to testify, interrupting his shift to tell lawmakers how dire conditions had become.On a “good day,” he told lawmakers, he had maybe six or seven officers to supervise roughly 1,200 people. He said he had recently been…Continue Reading

DEMS HALLOWEEN SPOOKED: FEAR VIRGINIA DISASTER…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin raced to fire up their parties’ base voters in opposite ends of Virginia as they worked to drive up turnout in a deadlocked and bitter contest for governor that will be scrutinized as a bellwether ahead of next year’s midterms elections.McAuliffe, who served as…Continue Reading

Supreme Court embarks on most dramatic reckoning for abortion in decades…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up challenges to a Texas law that has virtually ended abortion in the nation’s second-largest state after six weeks of pregnancy. The justices are hearing arguments Monday in two cases over whether abortion providers or the Justice Department can mount federal court challenges to the law, which…Continue Reading