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Police chief accused of rigging his own hiring resigns
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The police chief of Connecticut's largest city resigned Thursday hours after being arrested on federal charges that he teamed with Bridgeport's personnel director to rig the hiring process to ensure he got the job two years ago.
Sep 10, 2020 5:35 PM
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Virus bill blocked in Senate as prospects dim for new relief
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats scuttled a scaled-back GOP coronavirus rescue package on Thursday as the parties argued to a standstill over the size and scope of the aid, likely ending hopes for coronavirus relief before the November election.
Sep 10, 2020 4:42 PM
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Pentagon rescinding order to shutter Stars and Stripes paper
WASHINGTON — The Defence Department is rescinding its order to shut down the military’s independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, in the wake of a tweet late last week by President Donald Trump vowing to continue funding the paper.
Sep 10, 2020 4:11 PM
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African serval cat, named Spartacus, missing in NH town
MERRIMACK, N.H. — A 40-pound (18-kilogram) serval cat named Spartacus that was adopted from a zoo four years ago is missing after running away from his New Hampshire home.
Sep 10, 2020 3:37 PM
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Taliban say peace talks with Afghan team to start Saturday
ISLAMABAD — The long-awaited peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government's negotiating team are to begin on Saturday in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar, the Taliban and Qatar's foreign ministry said Thursday.
Sep 10, 2020 1:59 PM
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Huge fire at Beirut port sows panic after last month's blast
BEIRUT — A huge fire broke out at Beirut’s port Thursday, raising new panic among residents still struggling with the traumatic effects of the catastrophic explosion at the same site last month.
Sep 10, 2020 1:52 PM
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'Avengers' and 'Game of Thrones' star Diana Rigg dies at 82
LONDON — Diana Rigg, a commanding British actress whose career stretched from iconic 1960s spy series “The Avengers” to fantasy juggernaut “Game of Thrones,” has died. She was 82.
Sep 10, 2020 1:17 PM
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European Central Bank expects to use full extent of stimulus
FRANKFURT — European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde said the bank would “likely” use all of the 1.35 trillion euros ($1.
Sep 10, 2020 12:32 PM
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Blue staters make their case in satirical 'Coastal Elites'
NEW YORK — Playwright Paul Rudnick has never been comfortable with the term “coastal elites,” that sneering nod to educated professionals who live in California cities or along the Eastern seaboard.
Sep 10, 2020 11:57 AM
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Hollywood's inclusion problems still run deep, study finds
NEW YORK — As Hollywood searches for a response to the reckoning brought on by the death of George Floyd and the Academy Awards move to make Oscar nominees more inclusive, a new study captures how the film industry has improved in diversity and how i
Sep 10, 2020 11:57 AM
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