Month: November 2023

By AMY TEIBEL The Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli officials say Lebanese Hezbollah militants have fired antitank missiles at an Israeli community just over the border, badly wounding a crew of utility workers. The Israeli military says it’s striking the launch site with artillery fire. The Israel Electric Corporation said workers in the rural

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Amsterdam on Sunday calling for more action to tackle climate change, in a mass protest just 10 days before a national election. Organizers claimed that 70,000 people took part in the march and called it the biggest

PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia State University says a police officer has been critically wounded in a shooting near the VSU campus. The university said the officer was taken to VCU Medical Center early Sunday with life-threatening injuries. The shooting happened at about 1:34 a.m. when an on-duty VSU police officer responded to a disturbance

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali authorities say floods caused by torrential rainfall have killed at least 31 people in various parts of the country. Since October, floods have displaced nearly half a million people and disrupted the lives of over 1.2 million people, and have caused extensive damage to civilian

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press Marianne Williamson has kept barnstorming for months across America — to audiences large and small, from churches and colleges to spiritual centers and soup kitchens — in a demanding schedule of appearances in her second tenacious, against-the-odds run for the presidency. The bestselling spiritual author and one-time advisor to

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia had made clear his Election Day expectations. He was pushing for a Republican majority in the Virginia House and Senate to come out of last week’s closely watched legislative elections. Instead, Democrats ended up taking both chambers. That means Youngkin

By AAMER MADHANI and DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping’s have no shortage of difficult issues to discuss when they meet Wednesday in the San Francisco area. It will be the first conversation in a year between the leaders of the world’s biggest economies. Expectations are low

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a lot of unfinished business from his first term that he intends to continue if he’s reelected next year. It’s a far different vision for the country from what Republican front-runner Donald Trump has outlined during his own campaign. Biden wants to expand

By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says Russian forces have ramped up attacks in eastern Ukraine in an attempt to gain ground near two key front line cities. The head of Ukraine’s ground forces said Russian troops have begun a push to regain territory near Bakhmut, the eastern mining city that

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is already laying a sweeping set of policy goals should he win a second term as president. Priorities on the Republican’s agenda include a mass deportation operation, a new Muslim ban and tariffs on all imported goods. If his plans were to make it

PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron is calling on French people to rise up against anti-Jewish acts ahead of a march in Paris to protest against rising antisemitism. French authorities have registered over 1,000 anti-Jewish acts in a month since Hamas’ attack on Israel. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and numerous other politicians are to attend

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As Israel unleashes one of the most-intense aerial bombing campaigns the Middle East has ever seen, leaders from the world’s top air forces are meeting in the United Arab Emirates to talk about almost anything that isn’t an airstrike. The discussions at the Dubai

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Karel Schwarzenberg, a former Czech foreign minister and a member of a European noble family has died. His long-term political ally and the Foreign Ministry confirmed his death on Sunday. He was 85. Schwarzenberg had been hospitalized in Prague since August with heart and kidney problems and

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new batch of Rhodes scholars from the United States has been selected to study at the University of Oxford in a screening process that was conducted in person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe in 2020. The Office of the American Secretary of the Rhodes

By GREGOIRE MEROT Associated Press MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (AP) — Drop by disappearing drop, water is an ever more precious resource on Mayotte, the poorest place in the European Union. Taps flow just one day out of three in this French territory off Africa’s eastern coast, because of a drawn-out drought compounded by years of underinvestment

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes pounded Gaza City overnight as ground forces battled Hamas militants near the territory’s largest hospital. The heavy fighting into Sunday came as health officials said thousands of medics, patients and displaced people are trapped in Shifa Hospital with no

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians are celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, with a new Guinness World Record number of bright earthen oil lamps as concerns about air pollution soared in the South Asian country. Devotees lit over 2.22 million lamps and kept them burning for 45

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press TER APEL, Netherlands (AP) — Candidates in a Nov. 22 general election in the Netherlands are making migration a major issue in the campaign. Parties across the political spectrum are proposing ways of tackling migration and the problem of accommodating people who seek asylum. The debate in the Netherlands echoes

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press DUNDEE, South Africa (AP) — Thousands of children in South Africa’s poorest and most remote rural communities still face a miles-long walk to school, nearly 30 years after the country ushered in democratic change. The hardships reflect huge rifts in society and lack of equal access to education. In some

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and China are the two global economic heavyweights. Combined, they produce more than 40% of the world’s goods and services. So when Washington and Beijing do economic battle, as they have for five years running, the rest of the world suffers, too. And

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Activists protesting environmental abuses, poor working conditions and the Israel-Hamas war are among those planning to march in downtown San Francisco Sunday to protest a global trade summit. Thousands of protesters are expected throughout his week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ conference. The No to APEC coalition

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A wildfire burning in a remote Hawaii rainforest is underscoring a new reality for the normally lush island state just a few months after a devastating blaze on a neighboring island leveled an entire town and killed at least 99 people. No one was injured and no

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Megan Rapinoe of the OL Reign suffered a non-contact injury to her right leg early in the NWSL championship match and needed assistance as she hobbled off the field in the last match of her storied career. Rapinoe went down several feet away from midfielder Maitane Lopez of Gotham FC, who

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Latvia’s president says Russia is planning for a long war in Ukraine and he warns that countries need to keep supplying weapons to Kyiv to discourage Moscow from threatening other nations in the future. President Edgars Rinkēvičs said in an interview with The Associated Press

By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Israel coach Alon Hazan wants his team to beat Kosovo in their delayed European Championship qualifying game on Sunday to bring “some happiness to our people.” It is the first soccer match for Israel since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas and the

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have arrested a Los Angeles man in connection with the discovery of the torso of a dismembered female body and the disappearance of his wife and her live-in parents. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed Saturday the arrest of 35-year-old Samuel Haskell on suspicion of murder while officials attempt to

By KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson has unveiled his proposal to avoid a partial government shutdown next weekend by extending government funding for some agencies and programs until Jan. 19 and continuing funding for others until Feb. 2. The approach is unusual for a stopgap spending

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. European Command says a U.S. military aircraft has gone down over the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The command says that the aircraft crashed while conducting training operations. It says the cause is under investigation, but there are no indications of any hostile activity involved. The command

HOUSTON (AP) — Police say six people including former NFL player D.J. Hayden have died in a two-vehicle crash in downtown Houston. A Chrysler 300 sped through a red light early Saturday and collided with an SUV. Four people died at the scene, and two more died after being taken to the hospital. The driver

NICHOLS, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the deaths of more than two dozen racehorses in a barn fire at an upstate New York track that they believe was deliberately set. The state police say the horses were killed early Thursday after the barn where they were housed at the Tioga Downs Casino Resort complex

AUBURN, Maine (AP) — Funerals for the 18 victims of the mass shooting in Maine last month are nearing a conclusion with a service for a husband and father of two sons who was slain at a bowling alley. Jason Walker of Sabattus was remembered as an ambitious man with many self-taught skills, from gardening

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer With Jim Harbaugh banned by the Big Ten Conference, J.J. McCarthy, Blake Corum and No. 2 Michigan played unfazed by a scandal that has hounded the program for weeks and beat No. 9 Penn State 24-15. Corum ran for 145 yards and two touchdowns, McCarthy made few

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hospitals have been caught in the crossfire during the Israel-Hamas war — both literally and in the clashing narratives of the conflict. Israel says Hamas militants are using hospitals as shields for fighters, while the Palestinians and rights groups accuse Israel of recklessly harming civilians there. On

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency and Sudanese doctors say fighters from a paramilitary force and their allied Arab militias rampaged through a town in the war-ravaged region of Darfur, reportedly killing more than 800 people. The dayslong attack in Ardamata in West Darfur province came after the paramilitary

BY LEAH WILLINGHAM and JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Joe Manchin’s impending departure from the Senate marks the end of an era for powerful West Virginia Democrats who wielded considerable power as advocates for the state’s coal interests.  His decision not to seek reelection in 2024 is the  latest sign of the

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say firefighters have mostly extinguished a large blaze that burned trailers, cars and other things in storage lots beneath a major highway near downtown Los Angeles, forcing the temporary closure of the roadway. The fire sent towering flames into the night sky early Saturday morning, and daybreak revealed twisted guardrails

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Former Ghana striker Raphael Dwamena has died after collapsing Saturday during an Albanian Super League soccer match. The Albanian Football Federation confirmed the death of the 28-year-old Dwamena. Footage on social media appeared to show the player by himself and falling over on the field in

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s state House will soon have its first Black speaker in its more than 400-year history after the chamber’s incoming Democratic majority on Saturday chose Del. Don Scott to serve in the post. Scott was unanimously elected speaker-designee by the House Democratic Caucus on Saturday. The

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said America’s veterans are “the steel spine of this nation” as he marked Veterans Day during a visit to Arlington National Cemetery. In remarks at the Memorial Amphitheater, the commander in chief recounted famous battles fought by U.S. troops and said those deployments of soldiers are “linked in a

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer KENNER, La. (AP) — Police say New Orleans Saints receiver Michael Thomas is facing simple battery and criminal mischief charges following a confrontation with a construction worker. Kenner police Capt. Mark McCormick says Thomas was arrested without incident Friday night and was released. A person familiar with the situation