Month: November 2023

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Unification Church’s Japanese branch plans to set aside up to $67 million to cover possible…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A clerical error in an eastern Pennsylvania county caused votes to appear to be flipped on a ballot question…

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press The Biden administration is urging an appeals court to allow sweeping new restrictions on…

By YOLANDA MAGAÑA Associated Press SAN SALVADOR (AP) — As El Salvador President Nayib Bukele seeks re-election, a growing number of voices have…

By AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping remain on track to meet during next…

Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Thieves entered the home of Brazilian soccer star Neymar’s partner’s home and took her parents…

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers and tribes have unveiled a monument outside of…

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Authorities in Panama say two people have died while participating in a third week of protests against a government mining…

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer A new study finds that endangered cheetahs are more likely to hunt at dawn and dusk on hot days, which…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to uphold health care guidance…

By KEN KUSMER Associated Press A law firm says the Peace Corps has agreed to pay $750,000 to the family of a 24-year-old volunteer from Illinois who…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota district judge said Tuesday he will rule soon on whether to issue a temporary…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican state senators in Oregon who walked out of the Legislature earlier this year have filed a federal lawsuit as part of…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Some polls in Kentucky have closed as voters there decide whether to give Democratic…

MAXTON, N.C. (AP) — The sheriff in a North Carolina county says that two deputies and a suspect have been seriously wounded during an exchange of…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump went off. Again and again. Making the witness stand at his New…

By FU TING, JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former CIA officer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting at…

By LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There are just 10 days before another potential government shutdown. Congress…

GENEVA (AP) — Christie’s says the largest fancy vivid blue diamond to ever come to auction has sold for more than $44 million, far outstripping…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nine-inning World Series games averaged 3 hours, 1 minute, the fastest since 1996, according to…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Diana Taurasi is settling into a new role with USA Basketball. She is trying to earn a…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will meet in Belvidere, Illinois, with the head of the United Auto Workers…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police officers shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at them following a foot pursuit…

By ADAM BEAM and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Paradise is still recovering five years after a wildfire destroyed most…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Tiger Woods couldn’t be more involved with prime-time TGL unless he had built the arena. He helped develop the…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican Supreme Court justice who rose to fame after openly declaring himself a fan of pop star Taylor Swift has resigned.…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police say they are on a manhunt for suspects who robbed a government…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The future of recreational marijuana legalization in Ohio is in the balance. Issue 2 on…

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Russian troops stationed in Georgia’s breakaway province of South Ossetia have shot and killed a Georgian civilian near…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators are holding a meeting to confront Alabama Sen.…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A deep affection for cinema tends to run alongside the moviemaking for Alexander Payne. “The…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Joko Widodo, the president of Indonesia, for a meeting at the White House on Nov. 13. The White…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is headed for a showdown vote Wednesday on whether to punish Democratic Rep. Rashida…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader is downplaying pressure he’s receiving from former…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Eight former residents of a youth treatment center that was run by an Arkansas man who…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey voters are wrapping up casting ballots for a new Legislature, with all 120 seats…

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada judge threw out a proposed ballot referendum backed by a statewide teachers union that would give voters the…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press The mother of a Cornell University student accused of making online threats against Jewish people on campus said he…

By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press Chile’s National Forestry Corporation has permanently closed a popular glacier, sparking outrage from…

PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor says two couples who allegedly stenciled dozens of blue Stars of David on buildings in Paris and two of its…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ energy minister says the political and economic ramifications from the…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans in the Wisconsin state Senate are proposing tweaks to their plan to help fund…

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency Tuesday as firefighters responded to two wildfires that amid dry conditions and high…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government has laid out hurricane reconstruction plans for the resort of Acapulco that seem to give as much…