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Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian-American journalist who once worked for a U.S. government-funded broadcaster is believed to have been detained by Iran for months now, authorities said Sunday, further raising the stakes as Tehran threatens to retaliate over an Israeli attack on the country. The imprisonment of Reza Valizadeh was

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In 1989, Americans were riveted by the shotgun murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills mansion by their own children. Lyle and Erik Menendez were sentenced to life in prison and lost all subsequent appeals. But today, more than three decades later, they unexpectedly have a

Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s pro-Western President Maia Sandu has won a second term in a pivotal presidential runoff against a Russia-friendly opponent, in a race that was overshadowed by claims of Russian interference, voter fraud, and intimidation in the European Union candidate country. With nearly 99% of votes counted in the second

Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists and an advocacy group for Native Americans are suing the U.S. to try to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered desert wildflower to extinction, disrupt groundwater flows and threaten cultural resources. The Center for Biological Diversity promised the court battle a week ago

Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The winner of Arkansas’ race for state Supreme Court chief justice won’t change the conservative majority of a court that has been targeted by Republican groups in recent elections. But whoever wins the race will become the first woman elected to chief justice in Arkansas. Justices Karen Baker

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says the U.S. has flown a long-range bomber in a trilateral drill with South Korea and Japan in response to North Korea’s recent test-firing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike the U.S. mainland. South Korea’s military said Sunday’s aerial drill demonstrated the three

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — They were built to be places of healing. But once again, three hospitals in northern Gaza are encircled by Israeli troops and under fire. Bombardment is pounding around them as Israel wages a new offensive against Hamas fighters that it says have regrouped nearby. As staff scramble to treat waves

Associated Press Orlando Harris’ family pleaded with Missouri police to confiscate the 19-year-old’s bullet-proof vest, ammunition and AR-15-style rifle. They knew his mental health was fragile after more than one suicide attempt. But the best officers could do in a state with some of the most expansive gun rights is suggest Harris keep the weapon

Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The two parties that have dominated Puerto Rican politics for decades are losing their grip as they face the stiffest competition yet from a younger generation fed up with the island’s corruption, chronic power outages and mismanagement of public funds. For the first time in the U.S.

Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia this year became the first country in the world to ban the importation of non-electric private vehicles. It’s trying to stop spending scarce foreign currency on fuel subsidies. But drivers say the transition is challenging. Spare parts, mechanics and even charging stations can be hard to find.

Associated Press DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — The trial of a man accused of killing two teenage girls in a small Indiana community has passed its midway point following more than two weeks of testimony about the 2017 killings. Prosecutors rested their case against Richard Allen on Thursday after jurors heard recorded telephone calls in which

Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Some health officials say mpox cases in Congo appear to be “stabilizing” — a possible sign that the main epidemic for which the World Health Organization made a global emergency declaration in August might be on the decline. In recent weeks, Congo has reported about 200 to 300 lab-confirmed

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Japan has grounded its fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft again after an incident last Sunday where one of the hybrid helicopter-aircraft tilted unexpectedly while trying to take off. In a statement, Japan said the V-22 “became unstable as it swayed from side to side, and the left wing, the lower

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says Donald Trump would push to remove fluoride from drinking water on his first day in office, if elected president. Kennedy is a prominent proponent of debunked public health claims. Kennedy may be in line to lead health initiatives if Trump wins the White House. Kennedy

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” in the final days before the presidential election, playing herself as the mirror-image double of Maya Rudolph’s version of her in the show’s cold open. The first lines the candidate spoke as she sat across from Rudolph, their outfits

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Nearly 200 families gathered Saturday along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border for heartfelt but brief reunions with loved ones they had not seen for years because they live in opposite countries. Tears flowed and people embraced as Mexican families were allowed to reunite for a few minutes at the

Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden has returned to his birthplace in Scranton, Pennsylvania, making a final campaign stop for Vice President Kamala Harris. There, he offered the kind of unfiltered political sentiments that have become fairly common for him in recent weeks. Biden slammed Harris’ rival, former Republican President Donald Trump,

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of women have rallied in the U.S. capital and elsewhere with abortion rights at the forefront of their demonstrations. Saturday’s Women’s March events came ahead of the hotly contested election for president and other top offices. Abortion-rights and reproductive health care measures will be on the ballot in 10 states. Such

Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese women marched in Dakar for climate justice Saturday, calling for what they call “polluting countries” to curb greenhouse gas emissions ahead of the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) on November 11. Senegal has suffered devastating floods in recent months, part of a wider pattern of record breaking

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has approved a revised plan for a massive proposed wind farm after he rejected a slimmed-down version earlier this year. The Seattle Times reports Inslee is urging permitting officials to work quickly to allow the construction of as many Horse Heaven Wind Farm turbines as possible. He

AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Ante Budimir has showed fans a jersey with the words “Be strong Valencia” after scoring Osasuna’s winning goal. He and his teammates dedicated Osasuna’s 1-0 win over Valladolid in the Spanish league on Saturday to the victims of the deadly floods that hit the Valencia region this week, and

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s government says supporters of former President Evo Morales have taken more than 200 soldiers hostage as unrest prompted by an abuse investigation of the ex-leader continued for a third week. Bolivia’s Foreign Ministry in a statement Saturday identified those involved in the hostage taking as members of “irregular groups”

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge has rejected a Republican lawsuit trying to block county election offices from opening on Saturday and Sunday to let voters return their mail ballots in person. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin Farmer said in a Saturday hearing that state law specifically allows the hand-return of mail

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster area in southeast New Mexico where historic flooding killed two people and forced the rescue of more than 300 people last month. The declaration announced Friday makes federal funding available to residents in Chaves County. A record 5.78 inches of rain fell there

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Prosecutors in Ohio have announced reckless homicide charges against two police officers in the death of a man who was handcuffed and left face down on the floor of a social club in Canton while telling officers he couldn’t breathe. Stark County prosecutor Kyle Stone told reporters Saturday that the charges

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities say a local leader of the Mexican folk saint cult “La Santa Muerte” has been gunned down at an altar to the skeletal figure. The saint — whose name means roughly “Holy Death” — is often worshipped by convicts, drug addicts and criminals, along with other people with serious difficulties

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s mayor is urging residents to take shorter showers, fix leaky faucets and otherwise conserve water. Eric Adams issued a drought watch Saturday after a parched October in much of the United States. A drought watch is the first of three potential levels of water-saving directives. Adams is

SEATTLE (AP) — The remains of two aviators who died when their jet crashed during a training flight in Washington state last month will return home from Dover Air Force base in the coming days. Whidbey Island Naval Air Station says Lt. Serena Wileman’s remains will return on Monday. Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay Evans’ remains will

Associated Press Human rights activists say a 22-year-old political prisoner has died behind bars in Belarus. Viasna, the country’s oldest human rights group said Saturday that Russian-born Dmitry Schletgauer is the seventh dissenter to die in jail since Minsk launched a harsh and extensive crackdown on the opposition in 2020. Tens of thousands were arrested

Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A woman who pleaded guilty to dressing as a clown and in 1990 murdering the wife of a man she later married has been released from a Florida prison. Sheila Keen-Warren was released Saturday from a prison near Tallahassee. She pleaded guilty last year to second-degree murder for

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto making their first appearance, the World Series averaged 12.9 million viewers in Japan, making it the most-watched Fall Classic in the nation’s history. Along with the United States ratings, the five-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees had a combined 28.7

NEW DELHI (AP) — Rohit Bal, one of India’s best-known fashion designers, died late Friday after a prolonged illness, the fashion designers association in the country announced. He was 63. The Fashion Design Council of India, or FDCI, said in a post on Instagram, that they mourned “the passing of (a) legendary designer” who was

VIENNA (AP) — The man who allegedly fatally shot two people in a rural area of northern Austria earlier this week was found dead. Police say the body of Roland Drexler was discovered in Upper Austria province near the Czech border on Saturday following an intense search for the suspect. Police spokesman David Furtner told

Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump zeroed in on the Sun Belt on Saturday as they embarked on one last weekend quest to sway every undecided voter in the battleground states. They pitched rival agendas on the economy — and more — that each insisted is what Americans

NEW YORK (AP) — Nvidia is replacing Intel on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, ending a 25-year-run for a pioneering semiconductor company that has fallen behind as Nvidia cornered the market for chips that run artificial intelligence systems. Paint-maker Sherwin-Williams will also replace chemical company Dow Inc. among the companies that make up the 30-stock

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The first Black woman to lead a major U.K. political party, Kemi Badenoch is an upbeat and outspoken libertarian who thinks the British state is broken and she is the one to fix it. The new leader of Britain’s right-of-center Conservative Party was born Olukemi Adegoke in London in 1980

Associated Press GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump will rally supporters in North Carolina every day until Tuesday’s election, a flurry of late activity in the only swing state that he won in both his 2016 and 2020 campaigns. Even as Trump looks to expand the electoral map and project strength with trips to New

Associated Press BATROUN, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli naval forces captured a senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon, an Israeli military official said Saturday, as the conflict between the Iran-backed group and Israel showed few signs of easing. Earlier on Saturday, Lebanese authorities said it was investigating whether Israel was behind the capture of a Lebanese

AP Sports Writer Irv Rubenstein holds a doctorate in exercise science and has run a personal fitness training studio for 35 years in Nashville, Tennessee. Obviously, he speaks positively about the benefits of using a personal trainer, and this goes for grizzled-gym goers as well as beginners. “Most anybody can teach you how to do

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 meltdown. The mission is not over until it’s certain that the sample’s radioactivity

AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The final doors are being knocked, ads are blaring and candidates are making a last pitch to voters. Even with the high-energy final push, the races for control of Congress are at a stalemate, essentially a toss-up for the House and fight to the finish for the Senate. The

AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett is now sitting on more than $325 billion cash after continuing to unload billions of dollars worth of Apple and Bank of America shares this year and continuing to collect a steady stream of profits from all of Berkshire Hathaway’s assorted businesses without finding any major

NEW DELHI (AP) — India has officially protested the Canadian government’s allegation that the country’s powerful home minister Amit Shah had ordered the targeting of Sikh activists inside Canada, calling it “absurd and baseless.” Relations between the two countries soured after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last year there were credible allegations the Indian government had links

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Three suspected militants have been killed in gunfights with government forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir. India’s military in a statement on Saturday said soldiers intercepted a group of militants in a forest, leading to a gunbattle that killed two rebels. Another militant was killed he was trapped in a house by security

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has paid his respects on Saturday to the “Garden of Angels,” an area in Rome’s third largest cemetery which houses the graves of stillborn and miscarried children. Francis celebrated All Souls’ Day Mass at the Laurentino cemetery, on Rome’s southern outskirts. Ahead of the Mass, he stopped for a silent

MIAMI (AP) — A storm system is expected to bring heavy rain to parts of the Azores islands over the weekend. That is according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The center says Subtropical Storm Patty is clocking maximum sustained winds of nearly 50 mph with higher gusts. The islands are located about 800

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged its allies to stop “watching” and take steps before North Korean troops deployed in Russia reach the battlefield, and the country’s army chief warned that his troops are facing “one of the most powerful offensives” by Moscow since the all-out war started more than two years

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative Party has elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended its 14 years in power. Badenoch defeated rival lawmaker Robert Jenrick in a vote of almost 100,000 members of the right-of-center party. She is the first Black woman to

Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An attack on a central Israeli town early Saturday injured 11 people as Iran’s supreme leader vowed a punishing response to Israel’s attack last week and Israeli airstrikes continued in Gaza and Lebanon. The predawn strike on Tira was one of several barrages fired from Lebanon. Many of the projectiles

Associated Press PAIPORTA, Spain (AP) — The pictures of the smiling toddlers on the wall somehow survived. Most everything else in the daycare — the cradles, the highchairs, the toys — was ruined when a crushing wall of water swept through Paiporta, turning the Valencia municipality of 30,000 into the likely epicenter of Spain’s deadliest

Associated Press NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of people lit candles and left flowers on Saturday to commemorate 14 people who were killed when a concrete canopy crashed at the entrance of a railway station in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad. Holding white papers with the names of the victims — the

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday threatened Israel and the U.S. with “a crushing response” over attacks on Iran and its allies. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke as Iranian officials are increasingly threatening to launch yet another strike against Israel after its Oct. 26 attack on the Islamic Republic

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Perched on a hilltop a short walk from the Israeli border, the tiny southern Lebanese village of Ramyah has almost been wiped off the map. In a neighboring village, satellite photos show a similar scene: a hill once covered with houses, now reduced to a gray smear of rubble. Israeli

Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Irish novelist John Banville has enjoyed unlimited access to Spain’s Prado Museum for the past month as its latest writer-in-residence. But he prefers to visit during opening hours, along with thousands of other museumgoers. He says that coming after hours is just “too eerie” because he feels observed by the

Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldovans vote this weekend in a presidential runoff race between a pro-Western incumbent and a Russia-friendly challenger. The outcome will likely shape the country’s path for years to come. In a national referendum on Oct. 20, Moldovans voted by a razor-thin majority of 50.35% in favor of securing a

AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan is planning an automated cargo transport corridor between Tokyo and Osaka to make up for a shortage of truck drivers. The system, billed by the government as “a conveyor belt road,” is seen as one way to help the country cope with soaring deliveries as the number of

Associated Press CALI, Colombia (AP) — After two weeks of negotiations, delegates on Saturday agreed at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body that will include Indigenous peoples in future decisions on nature conservation, a development that builds on a growing movement to recognize the role of the descendants of some

Associated Press WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree comes with a strong New England accent, and locals could not be more excited. The Norway spruce that will travel to New York City hails from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It was scheduled to be cut down Thursday and make the roughly 140-mile

Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ four Republican U.S. House members are trying to fend off challenges from Democrats hoping to break the GOP’s hold on the state’s federal delegation. U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford faces Democrat Rodney Govens in the 1st District in east Arkansas. U.S. Rep. French Hill is running against Democrat

Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola is in a tough reelection fight against Republican Nick Begich in a high-stakes race that follows a year of intense personal tragedy for the lawmaker. Peltola lost her mother and her husband within a four-month span in 2023. Peltola called the period around her

Associated Press/Report for America MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The FBI is investigating the death of a Black man in Alabama, who was found hanging in an abandoned house, following a request from a local sheriff amid fears among community members who accuse local law enforcement of longstanding, unchecked misconduct. Sheriff’s deputies found Dennoriss Richardson, 39,

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has spent months laying the groundwork to challenge the results of the 2024 election if he loses — just as he did four years ago. At rally after rally, he urges his supporters to deliver a victory “too big to rig,” telling them the only way he

AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 presidential contest speeds into its final weekend with Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a razor-thin contest. In a race this close, every day matters. And while few voters might change their minds this late in a typical election, there is a

Associated Press During her nearly three decades roaming the snowy wilderness of the Teton Range, Grizzly No. 399 became a beloved mama bear with millions of parkgoers following her yearly adventures and her ever-growing family tree. Nature lovers are mourning the matriarch of the world-famous bear family after she was fatally struck by a vehicle

AP Business Writer ABBOTS LANGLEY, England (AP) — The English village of Abbots Langley has become a flashpoint in a British battle over data centers. A developer’s plan to build a data center on a field across the road was rejected by local authorities amid fierce opposition from villagers. But it’s getting a second chance

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Votes for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein in Ohio will not be counted despite her name appearing on the ballot in Tuesday’s election. That’s because of an appeals court decision Friday in a lawsuit by Stein seeking an injunction against Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose. At issue is the

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to clarify remarks he made at a New York campaign rally where he suggested that Republicans may try to repeal legislation that has spurred U.S. production of semiconductor chips. He later said he wants to “further streamline” the program that has poured $54 billion

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A shark bit a Maui surfer and severed his leg. Authorities say the 61-year-old man was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park Friday morning when a shark bit him. Maui officials say the man’s right leg was completely severed below the knee. The man was alert while being treated on shore and

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A suspect was charged with murder in the brutal slaying of a Montana man that was initially reported as a possible bear mauling. The suspect allegedly told authorities that he arrived at a campsite northeast of Big Sky, Montana, intending to stay the night but found it occupied by the victim.

Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The two candidates for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional district made their final campaign pushes this week. Democrat Shomari Figures and Republican Caroleene Dobson are running for the reshaped district. Both candidates emphasized a push for voter turnout. Former President Barack Obama recorded a message encouraging voters to support Figures. Federal

Associated Press CALI, Colombia (AP) — At the United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia, negotiators struggle to find common ground on key issues, such as how to finance protections for 30% of the Earth’s wild species by 2023 and how to make payments for nature’s genetic data. Observers say pledges have not met expectations and

Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police have indicted 20 people for rock salt mining in the northeastern coastal city of Maceio that destroyed five urban neighborhoods and forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes. The charges Friday include damage to public property and environmental crimes. A police source, who

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An airline passenger is sitting in jail in Virginia after being accused of an unprovoked attack on a fellow passenger who was sleeping. An FBI agent said Everett Chad Nelson punched the other man repeatedly in the face and head, leaving the man bleeding. The agent says another passenger pulled Nelson

Associated Press AGUA CLARA, Brazil (AP) — In 2006, environmental nonprofits and some of the world’s largest soybean traders came together in a landmark “soy moratorium” to stop the sale of soy grown on illegally deforested land in Brazil’s Amazon. Participants included Greenpeace, WWF, Cargill and Bunge. Now, Mato Grosso state, Brazil’s largest soybean producer,

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Early in-person voting in North Carolina ends Saturday, but the number of people who have cast ballots by this method already has exceeded the total from four years ago. State Board of Elections Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell says that nearly 3.8 million people had cast early in-person ballots