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AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox tied the post-1900 MLB record of 120 losses by the 1962 expansion New York Mets on Sunday when the San Diego Padres won 4-2 by rallying for three runs in the eighth inning, capped by Fernando Tatis Jr.’s towering home run. The White Sox

Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Under tight security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday visited a Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank the workers who are producing one of the most critically needed munitions for his country’s fight to fend off Russian ground forces. Rep. Matt Cartwright, a Democrat who was among those who met

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — “Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags. California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at supermarkets and other stores, but shoppers could purchase bags made

Comedian John Mulaney and actor Olivia Munn now have a second child, a daughter named Méi June Mulaney. Munn said in an Instagram post Sunday that the girl was born via a surrogate on Thursday. “I had so many profound emotions about not being able to carry my daughter,” Munn said in the post that

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States has brought him to New York. On Sunday, Modi addressed an estimated 13,000 people at a cultural celebration at Long Island’s Nassau Coliseum. Speaking for more than an hour, Modi praised the United States’ return this week of nearly 300 antiquities

RAVENNA, Ohio (AP) — A local Ohio elections board says the county sheriff’s department will not be used for election security following a social media post by the sheriff saying people with Kamala Harris yard signs should have their addresses recorded so that immigrants can be sent to live with them if the Democratic vice

AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s a three-peat for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” The Tim Burton legacy sequel to his 1988 horror comedy topped the North American box office charts for the third straight weekend with $26 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It edged out the animated new release “Transformers: One,”

AP College Football Writer Tennessee moved up to No. 5 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday as the Volunteers continued to surge up the rankings, and No. 25 Boise State returned to the AP Top 25 for the first time in four years. Texas was No. 1 for the second straight week, receiving

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will be able to order up to four COVID-19 nasal swab tests delivered to their home free of charge starting later this month. The U.S. Health and Human Services agency that oversees the program has not yet announced an exact date for ordering to begin. The tests can be ordered at

AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan designers have wrapped up six days of runway womenswear previews with a gala award ceremony at Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala to honor innovations in sustainability. The first iteration of the awards was launched in 2017 in a bid to recognize green innovation in an industry long associated

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says a roadside blast caused by an improvised explosive device, targeting foreign diplomats’ convoy in the country’s restive northwest, has killed a policeman. All the diplomats are safe and a heavy security contingent is at the scene after Sunday’s blast. The diplomats were traveling to a tourist area

AP Basketball Writer A’ja Wilson and Caitlin Clark had record-breaking seasons, putting up stats the WNBA had never seen before. Wilson became the first player in league history to score more than 1,000 points in a season, and she averaged a record 26.9 points. Clark broke the league’s single-season assist mark and scored the most

Associated Press ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN, Netherlands (AP) — At first, working in the oil and gas industry was great, Jordi Zonneveld recalls. Near his home in the Netherlands, there was an oil and gas company that, back in 2005, was growing and hiring. Zonneveld knew nothing about its business, which was designing and building

Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Donald Trump has long pledged to deport millions of people, but he’s bringing more specifics to his current bid for the White House: invoking wartime powers, relying on like-minded governors and using the military. Trump’s record as president shows a vast gulf between his ambitions and the legal, fiscal

LONDON (AP) — Kate, the Princess of Wales, made her first public appearance Sunday since she announced she had completed chemotherapy and would return to some public duties. Kate and her husband, Prince William, were seen Sunday attending church with King Charles III and Queen Camilla near their royal Balmoral estate in Scotland. Kate, 42,

AP Business Writers The Federal Reserve gave home shoppers what they hoped for this week: a big rate cut and a signal of more cuts to come. Even so, aspiring homebuyers and homeowners eager to refinance should temper their expectations of a big drop in mortgage rates from here. While the Fed doesn’t set mortgage

Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris is a Baptist who was influenced by religious traditions in her mother’s home country of India. Former President Donald Trump grew up a mainline Presbyterian but began identifying as a nondenominational Christian near the end of his presidency. Despite that, few Americans see the presidential candidates as particularly Christian,

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — This should be a time of celebration for Britain’s Labour Party. It’s opening its annual conference Sunday less than three months after winning power in a landslide after 14 years in opposition. But it’s no victory lap for Prime Minister Keir Starmer. His government is facing a reckoning with a

ROME (AP) — Officials in Italy say a two-story building has collapsed in the southern province of Naples, killing two young siblings and their mother, while burying the children’s grandmother under the rubble. Firefighters said on their official Telegram channel that a gas explosion likely caused the collapse on Sunday. Rescuers in the town of

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — New Russian strikes in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv have hit high-rise apartment buildings. Officials say the second consecutive night of attacks left at least 21 wounded. Kharkiv’s city council said 18 buildings were damaged. Ukraine’s second-largest city has been a frequent target of Russian attacks. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Associated Press POTSDAM, Germany (AP) — The Social Democrats of Chancellor Olaf Scholz have won an election in the eastern German state of Brandenburg. They gained a narrow edge over a growing far-right party. The vote on Sunday took place three weeks after the far right made gains in two other states in eastern Germany.

Associated Press NAHARIYA, Israel (AP) — Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets early Sunday across northern Israel, with some landing near the city of Haifa, as Israel launched hundreds of strikes on Lebanon. A Hezbollah leader declared an “open-ended battle” was underway as both sides appeared to be spiraling closer toward all-out war. The overnight rocket

Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran has killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others. The disaster that began Saturday night is one of the worst mining disasters in the country’s history. Others still remained missing hours after the blast on Sunday. The blast struck

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities searched the homes of New York City’s newly named interim police commissioner and seized materials unrelated to his police work, he said. The unexplained and unexpected search comes as the administration of Mayor Eric Adams reels from other federal law enforcement investigations. Thomas Donlon, who became the

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South Africa, as poaching fed by huge demand for rhino horns remains a top threat, conservationists said in a new report. The number of white rhinos increased from 15,942 in 2022 to 17,464

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s not a great moment in world affairs right now. The world is fragmented. Conflicts and crises are raging. It’s against this backdrop that world leaders are attending this week’s annual U.N. gathering. Antonio Guterres, the head of the United Nations, is challenging them to work together not just

Associated Press MAYOS, Cameroon (AP) — Indigenous people have lived in harmony with the forests of central Africa for hundreds of years. But the government of Cameroon is trying to integrate them into mainstream society as mining and logging activities rapidly encroach. That’s complicated because many Indigenous people don’t have birth certificates, meaning they remain

Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the nation into economic ruin. Dissanayake is popular with youth because of his pro-working class politics and criticism of political elite. He secured

Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — On an island of windswept tundra in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from mainland Alaska, a resident sitting outside their home saw — well, did they see it? They were pretty sure they saw it. A rat. The purported sighting would not have gotten attention in many places

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli troops have raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The troops ordered the bureau to shut down early Sunday amid a widening campaign by Israel targeting the Qatar-funded broadcaster as it covers the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza

AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Breanna Stewart lost her father-in-law, Josep Xargay, to cancer nearly a year ago. Stewart is now helping raise awareness for the disease, joining NMDP, formerly known as the National Marrow Donor Program. “It was pretty deep,” Stewart said in an interview with the AP, pausing for a moment

Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Former Washington state Gov. and U.S. Sen. Dan Evans has died. The popular Republican was 98. He served as governor from 1965 to 1977, and he was the keynote speaker at the 1968 National Republican Convention. In 1983, Evans was appointed to served out the term of Democratic Sen. Henry

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will skip this year’s Al Smith charity dinner in New York. Harris is breaking with tradition so she can campaign instead in a battleground state less than three weeks before Election Day. The dinner benefitting Catholic Charities traditionally has been used to promote collegiality and good

The maker of the popular party game Cards Against Humanity is accusing Elon Musk’s SpaceX of trespassing on and damaging a plot of vacant land the company owns in Texas. Cards Against Humanity alleged in a lawsuit filed this week that SpaceX has placed construction materials, such as gravel, and other debris on land the

Associated Press The more Chelsea Walsh talked to the eccentric fellow American who seemed to pop up in every square and cobblestone street of Ukraine’s capital, the more she got creeped out. Walsh was in Kyiv as a nurse and aid worker in the early days of the war in Ukraine. Ryan Routh says he

Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Kenya’s President William Ruto has arrived in Haiti. He claimed that Kenyan forces had significantly improved the country’s security. However, a United Nations security expert contradicted this claim. The expert warned that violence was worsening as gangs expanded their control. Ruto met with Kenyan police and high-ranking Haitian and

Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo say 600 prisoners in the country’s main prison have been freed as part of a process aimed at decongesting overcrowded prisons. Congo’s justice minister announced the move at a ceremony at the prison. Makala Central Prison has a capacity for 1,500 people. But the prison holds

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kathryn Crosby, who appeared in such movies as “The 7th Voyage of Sinbad”, “Anatomy of a Murder,” and “Operation Mad Ball” before marrying famed singer and Oscar-winning actor Bing Crosby, has died. She was 90. She died of natural causes Friday night at her home in the Northern California

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A bus carrying a Brazilian football team flipped on a road south of Rio de Janeiro. The accident happened on Saturday, killing three people and injuring at least six. Local media reported that the three dead were players from the Curitiba Crocodiles, who play American football. The players were headed to

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Next week’s high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly is bringing more than 140 world leaders to New York City, including the leaders of Israel, the Palestinians and Ukraine. Keeping them safe is the U.S. Secret Service’s next big challenge. The agency, under a cloud after a July assassination

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to protect dolphins along Mississippi’s coast from harm by a spillway used for flood control. The lawsuit was filed in January by several local governments and business groups who said opening a spillway for 120 days in 2019 sent polluted fresh water

AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Madonna has attempted a semi-stealth entrance to the Dolce & Gabbana runway show draped in a black veil for a runway show referencing her 1990s heyday and celebrating the cone bra. Models in bleach-blonde wigs strutted in the Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana’s signature corsets and fitted jackets on

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Four Greenpeace activists who were arrested for scaling the country estate of former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last year to protest his oil and gas drilling expansion plans have been cleared of criminal charges. A York Magistrates’ Court judge dismissed the charges Friday after finding the evidence was too

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two people have died and two teenage girls are among three others injured following a shooting in downtown Minneapolis. Police received a call about shots being fired just before 2 a.m. Saturday. Arriving officers found five people injured, including two men ages 20 and 21, two girls ages 16 and 17 and

AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs created a hit-making empire with big name performers, earning his place as a savvy music mogul and becoming a three-time Grammy winner while securing high-profile deals across other industries. But now, Combs’ kingdom is collapsing under charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. He was arrested

ROME (AP) — Italian news agency ANSA reports that a man suspected of the brutal killing of two women in Australia almost a half-century ago has been arrested in Rome on an international arrest warrant. The 65-year-old suspect has dual Greek and Australian citizenship. ANSA reported on Saturday that the man was detained at a

The budget motel chain Motel 6 is being acquired by the parent company of Oyo, a hotel operator based in India. The New York-based investment firm Blackstone, which owns Motel 6’s parent company G6 Hospitality, announced Friday that the deal would be an all-cash transaction worth $525 million. The transaction will also include the sale

CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio student-athlete was injured in a shooting outside a stadium where a high school football game was being played. North College Hill police say the gunfire occurred at about 8:15 p.m. Friday in the parking lot of the elementary school during the game between the North College Hill and

Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal agents on Saturday boarded a vessel managed by the same company as a cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse, the FBI confirmed. In statements, spokespeople for the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland confirmed that authorities boarded the Maersk Saltoro. The ship is managed

FITZGERALD, Ga. (AP) — The mother of a Georgia teenager charged with fatally shooting four people at his high school has been indicted in connection with an alleged domestic incident last year. The indictment handed down Monday charges Marcee Gray, 43, with exploiting an elderly person and other crimes in Ben Hill County, The Atlanta

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to visit the Pennsylvania ammunition factory that’s producing one of the most critically needed munitions of the war, 155 millimeter artillery shells. That word comes from two U.S. officials and a third familiar with Zelenskyy’s schedule. He’s expected to visit the Scranton Army Ammunition

Associated Press Stuart and Tonya Junker loved their quiet neighborhood near South Dakota’s Black Hills — until the earth began collapsing around them, leaving them wondering if their home could tumble into a gaping hole. They blame the state for selling land that became the Hideaway Hills subdivision despite knowing it was perched above an

AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — If you’re trying to lose weight and want a new way to do it, stair-climbing as a regular exercise — or just adding a few flights a day — might be for you. It’s accessible, and research shows it’s more effective than walking on level ground. “Overall, it is

AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The effort to save the pale blue dot called Earth is all about the green — that is, the money to finance a transition to renewable energy sources like wind and solar. The annual Climate Week NYC and United Nations General Assembly combination is putting special emphasis on

Associated Press GINKEL HEATH, Netherlands (AP) — Hundreds of paratroopers have dropped out of near-cloudless skies over a heath in the central Netherlands to commemorate the 80th anniversary Operation Market Garden. It was of one of World War II’s most daring but ultimately unsuccessful missions. Parachutists from the Dutch Air Mobile Brigade and 12 other

Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza on Saturday killed at least 22 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, while the Israeli army said it targeted a Hamas command center in what used to be a school. Another 30 were wounded in the strike

AP National Writer Just two years ago, leading anti-abortion activists were euphoric as the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, thus ending the nationwide right to abortion. Now, with a presidential election fast approaching, their movement is disunited and worried. Within their own ranks, there is second-guessing and finger-pointing, plus trepidation

LONDON (AP) — A rare tornado touched down in England, toppling trees, tearing off roof shingles and terrifying residents. Nobody was injured by the twister that struck Aldershot, a town about 30 miles southwest of London, at midday Friday. The Tornado and Storm Research Organization, a private research group, says the tornado traveled just over

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet says he’s pulling his country out of a development agreement with neighboring Vietnam and Laos following protests that it was benefiting foreign interests. Critics on social media have focused on land concessions in border areas particularly with Vietnam, a highly sensitive issue because of Cambodia’s

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones have struck multiple Russian arms depots, destroying what Ukraine’s General Staff claimed were thousands of tons of weaponry, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy travels to the White House next week. Ukraine launched over 100 drones at Russia and occupied Crimea overnight. A “victory plan” that Zelenskyy will

Associated Press CLAYMONT, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden told Indo-Pacific allies on Saturday that he believes China’s increasing military assertiveness is an effort to test the region at a turbulent moment for Beijing. Biden’s comments were caught by a hot mic after he and fellow leaders of the so-called Quad delivered opening remarks before

Associated Press BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah announced that it fired a barrage of missiles at a military base deep inside Israel early Sunday following an Israeli airstrike more than a day earlier that killed at least 37 people, including one of the militant group’s senior leaders as well as women

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — As gray seals go, Sheba is grayer than most. The grand dame of the Cornish Seal Sanctuary in England was celebrated Saturday for her 50th birthday, far surpassing the lifespan of a seal in the wild and possibly being the oldest in captivity. Things weren’t looking bright for the young

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Rescue workers are searching for at least six people missing after heavy rain pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto, triggering landslides and floods and leaving one person dead in a region still recovering from a deadly Jan. 1 earthquake. The Japan Meteorological Agency on Saturday issued the highest alert level

Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Oktoberfest is open. Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started Oktoberfest at noon Saturday when he inserted the tap into the first beer keg, signaling the 189th start of the festival. Thousands of beer lovers celebrated in the Munich fairground as the first to clink their mugs during the world’s largest folk

Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Women make up more than half of the voters in Sri Lanka, but in Saturday’s presidential election, not even one will be on the ballot. Sri Lanka is voting for a president to take its economy forward after it went through an unprecedented financial crisis in 2022 that

Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A New Zealand pilot held hostage for more than a year in the restive Papua region of Indonesia has been freed by separatist rebels. Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air when he was abducted by rebels from a remote

Associated Press AVIGNON, France (AP) — The trial of dozens of men accused of raping an unconscious woman whose husband repeatedly drugged her has highlighted the difficulties that sexual violence victims can face in France. Seventy-one-year-old Dominique Pelicot and his 50 co-defendants each face up to 20 years in prison if they’re convicted at a

Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fall is back, and bringing with it jack-o’-lanterns, football, pumpkin spice everything and — in some parts of the country — especially vibrant foliage. Leaves around the northern U.S. are starting to turn orange, yellow and red, inspiring legions of leaf lovers to hop in their cars and travel

Associated Press WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump returned to North Carolina on Saturday, stumping in the southern battleground state with direct appeals to women, claiming he would be a better champion for them than Vice President Kamala Harris, who is vying to become the first female president. Trump campaigned in Wilmington, along the state’s