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Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon, Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants have clashed along the border while the Lebanese army has largely stood on the sidelines. It’s not the first time the national army has found itself watching war at home from the discomfiting position of bystander. As

AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers shelled out $1 billion for Japanese talent in the offseason and it’s paying off in the playoffs. Yoshinobu Yamamoto outdueled Yu Darvish in a historic postseason matchup of Japanese-born starters, and the Dodgers got home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández to beat

Associated Press NEWRY, Maine (AP) — An annual event in Maine involving mud, beer and cash has once again drawn dozens of eager competitors. More than 30 couples participated Saturday in the North American Wife Carrying Championship. The raucous, politically incorrect event involves embarking on a 278-yard race during which contestants splash through water, leap

Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Millions of people worldwide tuned in for a remote Alaska national park’s “Fat Bear Week” celebration this month, as captivating livestream camera footage caught the chubby predators chomping on salmon and fattening up for the winter. But in the vast state known for its abundant wildlife, the magical and

Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Dominique Davenport was waiting for a ride home after getting off the MetroLink light rail one night in East St. Louis, Illinois, when he heard an argument followed by gunshots behind him on the station’s platform. A teenager had been killed, the latest act of violence for a St. Louis-area

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected. Trump’s plan is predicated, in part, on the notion that immigrants are stealing what he calls “Black jobs” and “Hispanic jobs.” But government data shows immigrant labor contributes to economic growth

Associated Press WELLINGTON, Fla. (AP) — Tony Brazzale, a diving boat captain who has lived for 10 years in his Wellington home in southeastern Florida, wasn’t worried about Hurricane Milton. The storm’s center was forecast to make landfall on the opposite side of the peninsula and then cross the state well to the north of

Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Attack ads on every TV break. Campaign money pouring in. And on a sunny Saturday, a crowd stretching out the door for a campaign rally at Tulip’s, a popular Fort Worth nightclub — this time for Democratic U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, a former NFL linebacker trying to unseat

Associated Press CORTEZ, Fla. (AP) — Floridians recovering from Hurricane Milton, many of whom were journeying home after fleeing hundreds of miles to escape the storm, spent much of Saturday searching for gas as a fuel shortage gripped the state. In St. Petersburg, scores of people lined up at a station that had no gas,

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer marks 100 days in office Saturday with little cause for celebration. Starmer’s center-left Labour Party was elected by a landslide on July 4, sweeping back to power after 14 years. But after weeks of stories about feuding, freebies and fiscal gloom, polls suggest Starmer’s personal

Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado police officer who fatally shot a Black man holding what turned out to be a cellphone as police tried to arrest him will not be prosecuted. District Attorney John Kellner announced the decision Friday in the May shooting of Kilyn Lewis in the Denver suburb of Aurora. Kellner

Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Schoolteacher Supriya Sarker is glad to celebrate Bangladesh’s largest Hindu festival of Durga Puja but feels the festivities would be more jubilant without the fear and violence that overshadow this year’s event. The weeklong celebration that ends in the Muslim-majority Bangladesh on Sunday with immersions of the Hindu Goddess

Associated Press LAKE KARIBA, Zambia (AP) — Tindor Sikunyongana is trying to run a welding business which these days means buying a diesel generator with costly fuel he can’t always afford. Like everyone in Zambia, Sikunyongana is facing a daily struggle to find and afford electricity during a climate-induced energy crisis that’s robbed the southern

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit filed by one Native American tribe over another’s construction of a casino on what they said is sacred land. The Oklahoma-based Muscogee Nation sued Alabama’s Poarch Band of Creek Indians and others over the casino. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that a portion of a new Alabama law limiting help with absentee ballot applications will remain blocked. The decision on Friday sides with voting rights groups who argued that it discriminated against voters who are blind, disabled or cannot read. A three-judge panel on the

AP Business Writer TikTok has been aware that its design features are detrimental to its young users and that publicly touted tools aimed at limiting kids’ time on the site were largely ineffective. That’s according to internal documents and communications exposed in lawsuit filed by the state of Kentucky. The details are among redacted portions

Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The disputed Western Sahara remains the driving force behind Morocco’s foreign policy, King Mohammed VI said in a rare speech on Friday. The decades-long conflict over the northwest African territory has long been a key priority for Morocco and influenced its relations with its potential and existing allies. In

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — One of three people jailed in Las Vegas following a deadly Nevada and Arizona shooting rampage in Thanksgiving 2020 has pleaded guilty ahead of trial. His lawyer and a prosecutor say Christopher McDonnell could face life in prison following his plea on Thursday. His plea agreement does not require

Associated Press/Report for America RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit alleging that Virginia officials are violating federal election law by striking names from voter rolls within 90 days of the Nov. 5 election. It is the second lawsuit to be filed against Virginia over the state’s systematic program.

The NFL and its players association say the required steps were followed when Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was evaluated for a concussion last week at Houston and cleared to return to the game. The league and the NFL Players Association said Friday they reviewed reports from the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant and booth spotters and

Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An audit of the Arkansas governor’s travel and security records that were shielded from public view has found no violations in how the money was spent. The report by Legislative Audit released Friday was the second part of an audit that initially focused on a $19,000 lectern purchased

Associated Press FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A lawyer for news organizations has urged the U.S. military commission at Guantanamo Bay to unseal the plea deal struck with accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others. Attorney David Schulz told the military commission judge Friday that the public has a constitutional right to follow

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s campaign has requested a slew of stepped-up security measures, including military aircraft to transport the former president in the race’s final stretch, amid growing threats from Iran. The campaign’s highly unusual request includes special armored vehicles for Trump typically reserved for sitting presidents, expanded temporary flight restrictions

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a Minnesota man accused of causing a 2023 car crash that killed five young women of federal firearm and drug offenses. Derrick John Thompson of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, was found guilty on Friday of illegal possession of a firearm and fentanyl following a five-day trial. He still

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee; Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky.; Deanne Criswell, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.; former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Johnson; Homeland Security Secretary

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Witnesses could bear-ly believe the surprise visitor that appeared at the Connecticut governor’s estate. A black bear scaled the fence Saturday as human passers-by did a double-take. Joanna M. Kornafel says she and her family wondered at first whether what they were seeing was real. But it was, and she photographed

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are asking a Manhattan judge to consolidate the two sex crime cases that disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein faces in New York into a single trial. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office argue in new court filings that the cases have significant overlap. Weinstein’s lawyers in their own

AP Airlines Writer Boeing plans to lay off about 10% of its workers in the coming months, about 17,000 people, as it continues to lose money and tries to deal with a strike that is crippling production of the company’s best-selling airline planes. New CEO Kelly Ortberg told staff in a memo Friday that the

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Residents in states hit by Hurricane Helene who had coverage through the federal flood insurance program but let it lapse before the storm hit may be able to renew it and still be covered from the impact. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said late Thursday that certain policyholders in seven

Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, has added the state’s largest natural gas utility to its $51.5 billion climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies. The lawsuit, filed last year, accuses the companies’ carbon emissions of being a cause of the region’s deadly heat-dome event in 2021. It also accuses

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The concern has been there all along, but now it’s being talked about openly: Are some men reluctant to vote for Democrat Kamala Harris because she’s a woman? The vice president rarely references her gender on the campaign trail, but her key supporters are starting to make more direct appeals

AP Basketball Writer Back when the Lakers were putting on shows as good as anything coming out of Hollywood, the coolest guy in the building might’ve been courtside. Even across the country, everyone noticed Jack Nicholson. “Growing up, the guy I looked at was Jack Nicholson,” Spike Lee said. “When I was sitting in the

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Reeve’s children say they made a point to include all the complexities of their father’s life — his strengths and weaknesses — in the new documentary “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” — because that’s what he would have wanted. The film includes family home videos, mixed with interviews

BEIRUT (AP) — The United Nations peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon says Israeli tanks “forcibly entered” one of their positions, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demands that they leave the area. International criticism is growing after Israeli forces have repeatedly fired on U.N. peacekeepers since the start of its ground operation in Lebanon. Five peacekeepers have

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden will get a full Nevada Supreme Court review of a lawsuit he filed against the NFL over emails leaked to the media before he resigned from the team in 2021. The state’s highest court isn’t scheduling oral arguments but said Thursday

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British woman who murdered her parents and then lived for four years alongside their bodies in makeshift tombs at the family home has been sentenced to life imprisonment and told she won’t be eligible for parole for 36 years. Virginia McCullough, who spent her parents’ money and went to

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman accused of stabbing her classmate to please horror character Slender Man more than a decade ago asked a judge again Friday to release her from a psychiatric hospital. Morgan Geyser, who is now 22 years old, filed a petition with Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren seeking her

AP National Writer A common observation about Sebastian Coe’s lifetime of going against the grain is that it makes him more of a thorn in the side of the International Olympic Committee than an ideal candidate to become its next president. The 68-year-old gold-medal runner who went on to lead the 2012 London Olympic Committee

Another in a series of unusually strong solar storms hitting Earth produced stunning skies full of pinks, purples, greens and blues farther south than normal, including into parts of Germany, the United Kingdom, New England and New York City. “It was a pretty extensive display yet again,” said Shawn Dahl, a space weather forecaster at

DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — The director of Mexico’s state-owned oil company Pemex says two employees killed when hydrogen sulfide leaked at a Houston-area oil refinery were employees of a subcontractor performing maintenance work. Victor Rodriguez told reporters in Mexico City on Friday that the two “were in the zone directly affected” by the gas

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — For many Japanese survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their relatives, Friday’s awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a Japanese organization against nuclear weapons gives them hope for a new momentum to push for a nuclear-free world. That starts from getting their own government

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ outlook on the economy soured a bit after two months of small gains, according to the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index, released Friday. The index slipped to 68.9 in October from 70.1 in September, which had been its highest reading since May. “Consumers continue to express frustration

Associated Press Scientists say human-caused climate change intensified deadly Hurricane Milton’s rainfall by 20 to 30% and strengthened its winds by about 10%. World Weather Attribution’s flash study comes just two weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated the southeastern United States, a storm also fueled by climate change. The scientists said without climate change, Milton would

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The sole airport on the French Caribbean island of Martinique has reopened after violent protesters tried to break in and forced authorities to temporarily close it, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. Officials said the airport resumed operations on Friday. Videos posted on social media showed the protesters, some hooded,

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices in the United States were unchanged last month in another sign that inflation is returning to something close to normal after years of pressuring America’s households in the wake of COVID-19. The producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers  — didn’t move from

AP Business Writer Stellantis, which makes Jeep and Chrysler vehicles, announced a number of significant leadership changes, including the timing of CEO Carlos Tavares’ retirement and the departure of its chief financial officer as it struggles to revive sales in North America. Chief Financial Officer Natalie Knight will be replaced by Doug Ostermann, the company’s

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Climbers believe they have found the partial remains of a British mountaineer who might — or might not — have been one of the first two people to climb Mount Everest, a century after their attempt on the world’s highest peak. Ahead of the release of a documentary film, National

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Once again, Austin Stowell is having the best day ever — all thanks to him winning the role of legendary TV character Leroy Jethro Gibbs in “NCIS: Origins.” “Since I got this job, it has just been day after day after day of the greatest day of my life,” says

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has accused rival South Korea of flying drones to its capital to drop anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets and threatened to respond with force if such flights occur again. South Korea issued a vague denial of the allegation. North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday

DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — At least two workers at a Houston-area oil refinery were killed Thursday after hydrogen sulfide leaked at the plant, setting off urgent warnings for nearby residents to stay indoors before authorities later determined that the public was not in danger. Nearly three dozen other people were either transported to hospitals