Scholz’s Social Democrats hold back the far right in German state vote
Associated Press POTSDAM, Germany (AP) — The Social Democrats of Chancellor Olaf Scholz have won an election in the eastern German state of…
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Hezbollah hits back with rockets as it declares an ‘open-ended battle’ with Israel
Associated Press NAHARIYA, Israel (AP) — Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets early Sunday across northern Israel, with some landing near the city of…
Continue Reading An explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran kills at least 34 workers
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…
Continue Reading New York City’s interim police commissioner says federal authorities seized materials from his homes
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities searched the homes of New York City’s newly named interim police commissioner and seized…
Continue Reading The number of rhinos is slightly up but poaching has increased too
Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South…
Continue Reading World leaders are gathering for the UN General Assembly. The outlook is gloomy
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s not a great moment in world affairs right now. The world is fragmented. Conflicts and crises are…
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Lack of birth certificates puts Cameroon’s Indigenous people on the brink of statelessness
Associated Press MAYOS, Cameroon (AP) — Indigenous people have lived in harmony with the forests of central Africa for hundreds of years. But the…
Continue Reading Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters reject old guard
Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters rejected…
Continue Reading More shelter beds and a crackdown on tents mean fewer homeless encampments in San Francisco
Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sidewalks once teeming with tents, tarps and people passed out next to heaps of trash have largely…
Continue Reading Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a rat that might not exist
Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — On an island of windswept tundra in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from mainland Alaska, a resident…
Continue Reading Trial in daytime ambush of rapper Young Dolph 3 years ago to begin in Memphis
Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The trial in the slaying of rapper Young Dolph is set to begin in Memphis, Tennessee. Proceedings are…
Continue Reading A historic but dilapidated Illinois prison will close while replacement is built, despite objections
AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Corrections has spent September moving hundreds of inmates from Stateville…
Continue Reading Israel raids and shuts down Al Jazeera’s bureau in Ramallah in the West Bank
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli troops have raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the…
Continue Reading WNBA star Breanna Stewart raises awareness for marrow donor program after death of father-in-law
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…
Continue Reading Dan Evans, former Republican governor of Washington and US senator, dies at 98
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…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris to skip Al Smith dinner, a traditional event for major presidential candidates
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will skip this year’s Al Smith charity dinner in New York. Harris is breaking with…
Continue Reading Police chase in NYC, Long Island ends with driver dead and 7 officers, civilian taken to hospitals
MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a police pursuit that began in New York City ended on Long Island with the shooting death of the driver,…
Continue Reading Cards Against Humanity sues Elon Musk’s SpaceX over alleged trespassing in Texas
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…
Continue Reading Takeaways from AP’s report on warning signs about suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt
Associated Press Chelsea Walsh was in Kyiv as a nurse and aid worker in the early days of the war in Ukraine. Ryan Routh was there to recruit foreign…
Continue Reading ‘Ticking time bomb’: Those who raised suspicions about Trump suspect question if enough was done
Associated Press The more Chelsea Walsh talked to the eccentric fellow American who seemed to pop up in every square and cobblestone street of…
Continue Reading Kenyan president visits Haiti as it grapples with future of international efforts to fight gangs
Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Kenya’s President William Ruto has arrived in Haiti. He claimed that Kenyan forces had…
Continue Reading Congo frees 600 inmates at main prison in a bid to ease overcrowding
Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo say 600 prisoners in the country’s main prison have been freed as part of a…
Continue Reading Kathryn Crosby, actor and widow of famed singer and Oscar-winning actor Bing Crosby, dies at 90
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kathryn Crosby, who appeared in such movies as “The 7th Voyage of Sinbad”, “Anatomy of a Murder,” and…
Continue Reading New center-right government in France announced 2 months after divisive elections
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French presidential palace unveiled a long-awaited new government Saturday dominated by conservatives and…
Continue Reading Deadly bus accident claims lives of 3 Brazilian football players
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…
Continue Reading Secret Service’s next challenge: Keeping scores of world leaders safe at the UN General Assembly
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…
Continue Reading Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to protect dolphins along the Mississippi Gulf Coast
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to protect dolphins along Mississippi’s coast from harm by a…
Continue Reading Madonna makes veiled entrance to Dolce&Gabbana for show celebrating her 1990s heyday
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…
Continue Reading Climate activists cleared in UK of charges in rooftop protest at Sunak’s estate
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Four Greenpeace activists who were arrested for scaling the country estate of former British Prime Minister Rishi…
Continue Reading The Czech opposition wins big in the regional election and leads in the Senate vote
PRAGUE (AP) — The main opposition party has dominated Czech regional elections and is ahead in the first round of voting for Parliament’s upper…
Continue Reading Two dead, three hurt after a shooting in downtown Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two people have died and two teenage girls are among three others injured following a shooting in downtown Minneapolis. Police…
Continue Reading Diddy faces public scrutiny over alleged sex crimes as questions arise about future of his music
AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs created a hit-making empire with big name performers, earning his place as a…
Continue Reading Suspect in 1977 Melbourne cold case arrested in Italy
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…
Continue Reading Motel 6 sold to Indian hotel operator for $525 million
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…
Continue Reading Gunfire outside a high school football game injures one and prompts a stadium evacuation
CINCINNATI (AP) — Authorities say an Ohio student-athlete was injured in a shooting outside a stadium where a high school football game was being…
Continue Reading FBI agents have boarded vessel managed by company whose other cargo ship collapsed Baltimore bridge
Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal agents on Saturday boarded a vessel managed by the same company as a cargo ship that caused the deadly…
Continue Reading Mom of suspect in Georgia school shooting indicted and is accused of taping a parent to a chair
FITZGERALD, Ga. (AP) — The mother of a Georgia teenager charged with fatally shooting four people at his high school has been indicted in…
Continue Reading Ukrainian President Zelenskyy will visit a Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank workers
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to visit the Pennsylvania ammunition factory that’s…
Continue Reading Man accused in shootings near homeless encampments in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man has been charged in shootings near Minneapolis homeless encampments that killed one man and injured another. Hennepin…
Continue Reading Giant sinkholes in a South Dakota neighborhood make families fear for their safety
Associated Press Stuart and Tonya Junker loved their quiet neighborhood near South Dakota’s Black Hills — until the earth began collapsing…
Continue Reading Want to burn calories? Climbing stairs might be the most effective exercise for you
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…
Continue Reading For a week, New York will be center of money-focused fight to slow climate change
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…
Continue Reading Parachutists commemorate 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands
Associated Press GINKEL HEATH, Netherlands (AP) — Hundreds of paratroopers have dropped out of near-cloudless skies over a heath in the central…
Continue Reading An Israeli strike on a school kills at least 22 people, Gaza Health Ministry says
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…
Continue Reading Euphoric two years ago, US anti-abortion movement is now divided and worried as election nears
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…
Continue Reading ‘Terrifying’ twister damages homes and trees in English town but causes no casualties
LONDON (AP) — A rare tornado touched down in England, toppling trees, tearing off roof shingles and terrifying residents. Nobody was injured by the…
Continue Reading Cambodia pulls out of a regional development pact after protests
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet says he’s pulling his country out of a development agreement with neighboring…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy hopes for quick US action as more arms depots are hit in Russia
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones have struck multiple Russian arms depots, destroying what Ukraine’s General Staff…
Continue Reading Biden tells Quad leaders that Beijing is testing region at turbulent moment for Chinese economy
Associated Press CLAYMONT, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden told Indo-Pacific allies on Saturday that he believes China’s increasing military…
Continue Reading Hezbollah targets base near Haifa after Israeli strike in Beirut killed 37, including top commander
Associated Press BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah announced that it fired a barrage of missiles at a military base deep…
Continue Reading Seal pup once rescued on a British beach hits the big 5-0. Sheba may be the oldest seal in captivity
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…
Continue Reading Rescue workers search for at least 6 people missing after heavy rain pounds Japan’s Noto region
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Rescue workers are searching for at least six people missing after heavy rain pounded Japan’s northcentral region…
Continue Reading Oktoberfest is open. The world’s largest folk festival begins after ceremonial keg-tapping
Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Oktoberfest is open. Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started Oktoberfest at noon Saturday when he inserted the tap…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka has more women voters than men but no female presidential candidates
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…
Continue Reading A New Zealand pilot is freed after 19 months in rebel captivity in Indonesia’s Papua region
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…
Continue Reading Shocking rape trial highlights the systematic struggles French sexual abuse victims face
Associated Press AVIGNON, France (AP) — The trial of dozens of men accused of raping an unconscious woman whose husband repeatedly drugged her has…
Continue Reading The Midwest could offer fall’s most electric foliage but leaf peepers elsewhere won’t miss out
Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fall is back, and bringing with it jack-o’-lanterns, football, pumpkin spice everything and — in…
Continue Reading Trump appeals to women in return to North Carolina without Mark Robinson, a top in-state supporter
Associated Press WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump returned to North Carolina on Saturday, stumping in the southern battleground state with…
Continue Reading The US is more hands-off than usual in the Middle East. It fears making things worse
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking a more hands-off approach than usual during a week of dramatic escalation…
Continue Reading AI is helping shape the 2024 presidential race. But not in the way experts feared
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With the 2024 election looming, the first since the mass popularization of generative artificial intelligence,…
Continue Reading With immigration and abortion on Arizona’s ballot, Republicans are betting on momentum
Associated Press/Report for America PHOENIX (AP) — Voters will decide ballot measures on abortion and immigration in Arizona, a key battleground…
Continue Reading Weaponizing ordinary devices violates international law, United Nations rights chief says
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations human rights chief says weaponizing ordinary communication devices represents a new…
Continue Reading California governor signs law to protect children from social media addiction
Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will make it illegal for social media platforms to knowingly provide…
Continue Reading Vote count underway in Sri Lanka’s presidential election after years of turmoil
Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Voting ended in Sri Lanka’s presidential election Saturday as the country seeks to recover from…
Continue Reading What to know after Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The assassination of Hezbollah’s leader by Israel is a monumental and demoralizing blow to the Lebanese…
Continue Reading Court rules nearly 98,000 Arizonans whose citizenship hadn’t been confirmed can vote the full ballot
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday that nearly 98,000 people whose citizenship documents hadn’t…
Continue Reading Jury awards $116M to the family of a passenger killed in a New York no-door helicopter crash
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has awarded $116 million to the family of one of five people killed in a no-door helicopter. The craft…
Continue Reading Alec Baldwin urges judge to stand by dismissal of involuntary manslaughter case in ‘Rust’ shooting
Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin has urged a New Mexico judge to stand by her decision to end his trial and dismiss an…
Continue Reading Federal judge temporarily blocks Tennessee’s ‘abortion trafficking’ law
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked Tennessee from enforcing a law banning adults from helping…
Continue Reading Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli airstrike was top military official on US wanted list
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs was one of the Lebanese…
Continue Reading Wojnarowski one of the first significant sports ‘insiders’ to step away from the spotlight
AP Sports Writer Adrian Wojnarowski’s decision to be one of the first significant insiders to leave on their own and try something new is…
Continue Reading Brett Favre to appear before US House panel looking at welfare misspending
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is scheduled to appear before a congressional committee examining how…
Continue Reading Footage shows NYPD officers firing at man with knife in subway shooting that wounded 4
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Footage of two New York City police officers opening fire at a subway station as they confronted a man holding a…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — National Security Council spokesman John Kirby; Reps. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and Jason Crow, D-Colo. ___…
Continue Reading A lost cat’s mysterious 2-month, 900-mile journey home to California
Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A gray cat living an extraordinary life of visits to the beach and trips to the lake went on his biggest…
Continue Reading The head of Boeing’s defense and space business is out as company tries to fix troubled contracts
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Boeing is replacing the head of its defense and space business. That the unit that has been saddled with money-losing…
Continue Reading Ex-Memphis police supervisor says there was ‘no need’ for officers to beat Tyre Nichols
Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police supervisor says there was “no need” for five officers to punch, kick, and hit…
Continue Reading Human remains in Kentucky positively identified as the Kentucky highway shooter
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Human remains found in Kentucky have been positively identified as the man who shot 12 vehicles and wounded five people on…
Continue Reading ‘The West Wing’ cast visits the White House for a 25th anniversary party
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden invited cast members from “The West Wing” to the White House to mark the 25th…
Continue Reading California fire agency employee arrested on suspicion of starting 5 blazes
Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection employee has been arrested on suspicion he started…
Continue Reading Court takes ‘naked ballots’ case over Pennsylvania mail-in voting
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court will decide if counties have to accept provisional ballots cast on election…
Continue Reading Alleged Hezbollah financier pleads guilty to conspiracy charge
NEW YORK (AP) — A Lebanese and Belgian citizen labeled a “global terrorist” by the United States in 2018 has pleaded guilty to conspiring to…
Continue Reading A dozen Tufts lacrosse players were diagnosed with a rare muscle injury
BOSTON (AP) — A dozen Tufts University men’s lacrosse players have been diagnosed with a rare muscle injury following a…
Continue Reading An appeals court has revived a challenge to President Biden’s Medicare drug price reduction program
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A constitutional challenge to the Biden administration program enabling Medicare to negotiate lower prices for…
Continue Reading Police arrest 15-year old for making social media threats against DC schools
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Police on Friday arrested a 15-year old boy on charges related to threats on social media that prompted an…
Continue Reading Mexican cartel leader’s son convicted of violent role in drug trafficking plot
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The son of a Mexican drug cartel leader has been convicted of charges that he used violence to help his father…
Continue Reading Google begins its defense in antitrust case alleging monopoly over advertising technology
AP Business Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Google has opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising…
Continue Reading Zoo Atlanta’s last 4 pandas are leaving for China
ATLANTA (AP) — Zoo Atlanta’s last four giant pandas will be moved to China next month, as its 25-year agreement with the country comes to an end.…
Continue Reading Delaware governor draws criticism from fellow Democrats for vetoing doctor-assisted suicide bill
Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Democratic Gov. John Carney has vetoed a bill allowing doctor-assisted suicide in Delaware. Carney said in his…
Continue Reading Florida deputy accidentally shoots and kills his girlfriend, officials say
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A former north Florida deputy has been fired after telling investigators he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend.…
Continue Reading High insulin prices spur a federal lawsuit against three pharmacy benefit managers
AP Health Writer The federal government is suing some pharmacy benefit managers over a system of drug rebates that regulators say has made the price…
Continue Reading Federal officials have increased staff in recent months at NY jail where Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is held
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The federal Bureau of Prisons says it has increased staffing in recent months to make up for staggering shortfalls…
Continue Reading Mississippi mayor says a Confederate monument is staying in storage during a lawsuit
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Confederate monument that was removed from a courthouse square in Mississippi will stay in storage while a…
Continue Reading Son arrested in killing of Vermont town official father, stepmother and stepbrother
Associated Press State police say the son of a Vermont town official has been arrested on charges of killing his father, his stepmother and his…
Continue Reading Secret Service report details communication failures preceding July assassination attempt on Trump
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service’s performance during a…
Continue Reading Did Middle East device attack violate international law? Advocates want an investigation
Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Human rights advocates are calling for an independent investigation into the deadly explosions of pagers and…
Continue Reading Facebook loses jurisdiction appeal in Kenyan court paving the way for moderators’ case to proceed
Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has lost an appeal in a Kenyan labor court. On Friday, the court ruled…
Continue Reading Why does ‘The Babadook’ still haunt? Its director, Jennifer Kent, has some answers
AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Not many small-budget, first-feature films can be fairly said to have shifted cinema but Jennifer Kent’s…
Continue Reading Jury deliberations begin in civil trial over ‘Trump Train’ encounter with Biden-Harris bus in Texas
Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Closing arguments have begun in Texas in a civil trial over a so-called “Trump Train”…
Continue Reading What to know about Mark Robinson, the embattled Republican nominee for North Carolina governor
Associated Press North Carolina’s Republican candidate for governor is at the center of a national news story. That’s because of the…
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