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CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland guard Donovan Mitchell grabbed a shovel and was one of the dignitaries who took part in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Cavaliers’ new, state-of-the-art downtown training facility scheduled to open in 2027. Mitchell and several of his teammates joined Mayor Justin Bibb and others in unofficially starting construction of the Cleveland

A town in Massachusetts has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a property owner who projected a Trump sign onto the side of a town water tower. Officials say the town does not endorse candidates, nor does it allow political signs to be displayed on municipal property. Hanson Town Administrator Lisa Green says the town first

Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A statement from St. Louis Public Schools says the district has suspended routes operated by one vendor after determining the buses violated safety standards. The Monday announcement comes as the district grapples with a school bus driver shortage. The statement didn’t name the vendor, but the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

MOUNT OLIVET, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky woman who was arrested after police found her mother’s dismembered body has been indicted on a murder charge. The grand jury in Robertson County returned the indictment Monday. Police were called to a home in northern Kentucky on Wednesday and found a dismembered body. They obtained a warrant

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is embracing perhaps Hollywood’s most memorable drill sergeant to portray his vision of a hardened military and mock the Biden administration’s embrace of the LGBTQ+ community serving openly. Trump’s recent rallies have featured a video with clips of R. Lee Ermey as Marine Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Stanley Kubrick’s 1987

Associated Press CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Human rights activists in the violent Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas, are blaming the army and National Guard troops in the deaths of a nurse and an 8-year-old girl. Relatives said over the weekend the victims were apparently caught in crossfire. The shooting

Associated Press Florida’s government has threatened TV stations over an ad promoting an abortion-rights ballot measure and is now alleging fraud in petitions to get it before voters. The group promoting the ballot measure says the state is attempting to “silence voters.” The state contends that the ad is false and dangerous and that the

CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian health ministry says a bus crashed and overturned on a highway in northeastern Egypt, killing 12 people and injuring 33 others. Students from the Suez-based Galala University were on board. Local media reported they were returning from their classes to their dormitory in Ain Sokhna resort, using the new Galala

ROME (AP) — Italy is transferring the first group of migrants to Albania as part of a contentious plan to process thousands of asylum-seekers outside its borders. A naval ship departed on Monday with 16 men — 10 from Bangladesh and six from Egypt — who were rescued at sea after departing from Libya. Italy’s

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of people protesting Israel’s war in Gaza have been arrested in a sit-in outside the New York Stock Exchange. The protesters chanted “Let Gaza live!” and ”Up up with liberation, down down with occupation!” in front of the stock exchange’s landmark building in lower Manhattan on Monday. None

Associated Press ELLENTON, Fla. (AP) — Florida counties hard hit by Hurricane Milton are returning to a semblance of normalcy with power being restored to most areas, gas stations reopening and students returning to school this week. Still, some neighborhoods remained without power Monday, and neighborhoods with many severely damaged homes and business will take

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal disaster workers paused and then changed some of their hurricane-recovery efforts in North Carolina, including abandoning door-to-door visits, after receiving threats that they could be targeted by a militia, officials said, as the government response to Helene is targeted by runaway disinformation. The threats emerged over the weekend.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s postseason is averaging 3.33 million viewers going into the League Championship Series, an 18% increase over last year’s average of 2.82 million. The Division Series averaged 3.56 million viewers for 18 games, a 14% increase from last year. Friday’s night NLDS Game 5 between the Dodgers and San

AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is expected to play football again in 2024 after being diagnosed with his third concussion in two years earlier this season. Coach Mike McDaniel says Tagovailoa had “positive” meetings with neurologists during the Dolphins bye week, though he remains in concussion protocol and

Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. under a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. Thursday’s scheduled execution of Robert Roberson for the 2002 killing of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, is renewing debate over the diagnosis. On one

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Auto manufacturers competing to persuade drivers to go electric are rolling out cheaper, more tech-rich models at the Paris Motor Show. They are targeting everyone from luxury clients to students yet to receive their driving licenses. Chinese manufacturers are attending in force. That’s despite European Union threats to punitively tax

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has agreed to an interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier. The interview will be taped on Wednesday afternoon in Pennsylvania and air that evening at 6 p.m. ET. It will be Harris’ first sit down with the network and her first interview with a news

CENTERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — Members of the Kennedy family gathered Monday for the funeral of Ethel Kennedy, the wife of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. She died on Thursday at age 96. Monday’s funeral was closed to the public and took place at Our Lady of Victory, in Centerville, Massachusetts, about 70 miles south of Boston.

AP Sports Writer MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis will play the Hoops for St. Jude Tip Off Classic in a unique doubleheader exhibition on Tuesday night to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. No. 9 North Carolina and defending national champion South Carolina are the opponents. The Tigers have a personal tie inspired by the

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The death toll from this month’s devastating floods and landslides in Bosnia has reached 26 people while rescue teams are searching for at least one more person. A powerful rainstorm that hit four municipalities in central and southern Bosnia in early October left entire areas under water and debris. Homes, roads

AP Sports Writer Kansas was picked first in the AP Top 25 preseason men’s basketball poll Monday, getting the No. 1 nod on half of the 60 ballots from a national media panel to start the season ahead of Alabama and two-time defending national champion UConn. Kansas scooped up 30 first-place votes from the AP

Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The government of Congo has canceled an auction for 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration, citing late submissions and a lack of competition. The country’s oil minister says a new auction for the sites, known as oil blocks, will be held but he hasn’t announced a date. The 27

FULTON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a Texas man shot and wounded two deputies during a traffic stop before they returned fire and killed him. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy initiated a traffic stop around 3:35 a.m. Monday on Interstate 70. A second deputy arrived a short time later. Deputies learned that

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A jury has heard that the father of a 10-year-old girl found dead in her home in England fled to Pakistan and called U.K. police from there to say he had killed her. Urfan Sharif is on trial at London’s Central Criminal Court accused of Sara Sharif’s murder, alongside his

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The body of Alex Salmond, Scotland’s former first minister who died during a conference in North Macedonia, will soon be returned by special flight to Scotland. Salmond, who as leader of the Scottish National Party took Scotland to the brink of independence in a 2014 referendum, died suddenly Saturday at

AP Basketball Writer There’s never been an era in NBA history where it’s been harder to win back-to-back titles. Here are the last six NBA champions, in order: Toronto, the Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee, Golden State, Denver and now Boston. That’s six different title-winning franchises in six seasons, a run of parity that the league

AP Health Writer A nonprofit finds in a recent survey that large employers expect the cost to treat patients will jump nearly 8% next year. That’s the highest growth rate in a decade. The nonprofit, Business Group on Health, is trying to help employers navigate it. Its CEO, Ellen Kelsay, expects employers to react by

AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Just how much pain do you have to endure to benefit from weight training? Fitness experts say that depends on what you’re trying to accomplish. For years, some trainers have instructed gym-goers that to get the best results, they need to train “until failure,” meaning until you physically cannot

Associated Press A train operator is dead and nearly two dozen passengers injured after a New Jersey Transit commuter train struck a chunk of a tree on the tracks. New Jersey Transit says the accident occurred shortly after 6 a.m. Monday north of the Roebling Station in Mansfield Township. There were 42 passengers aboard the

Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Human and civil rights groups are expressing concern after Poland’s leader said he would suspend the right to asylum because of its alleged abuse by eastern neighbors Belarus and Russia. Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the plan over the weekend. Poland has accused Belarus and Russia of organizing the

AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Uncle Jim is profoundly red, politically speaking. Cousin Jane is liberal, activist left. The two can’t usually be in a room together without sparks flying, but both are invited to your wedding. As the polarizing November election in the U.S. creeps closer, wedding planners, etiquette experts and conflict-resolution

BERLIN (AP) — An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany’s secret police, the Stasi, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of a Polish man at a border crossing in divided Berlin 50 years ago. The Berlin state court said in its ruling Monday that there was no doubt that

Associated Press AASUM, Denmark (AP) — In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 “exceptionally well-preserved” skeletons. “This is such an exciting find because we found these skeletons that are so very, very well preserved,” said archeologist

Associated Press ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris zeroed in on former President Donald Trump ‘s comments suggesting the U.S. military could be used to deal with “the enemy from within” as the two presidential nominees took the fight for battleground Pennsylvania to opposite ends of the state on Monday. Harris, at her

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has imposed sanctions on Iran’s deputy defense minister, senior Revolutionary Guard members and three airlines. The 27-nation bloc accuses them of supplying drones, missiles and other equipment to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine. Deputy Defense Minister Seyed Hamzeh Ghalandari is one of seven senior officials now

Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The opposition Social Democratic Party has emerged as the leader after the first round of national elections in Lithuania and says it will start negotiations to form a new government with left-leaning parties. Such a coalition would oust conservative Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, whose government took office in 2020.

PARIS (AP) — Police in France say four people have died in a car crash after their Tesla vehicle reportedly hit a road sign and caught fire. A local police spokesman said the exact circumstances of the crash Saturday night near the city of Niort were still to be determined and an investigation was underway.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish democracy champion and former President Lech Walesa says a victory by Republican Donald Trump in this year’s U.S. presidential election would be a “misfortune” for the world. Walesa said in a short entry on Facebook on Sunday that he does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, but

AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China’s exports slowed sharply in September as global demand weakened, adding to worries over how to recharge growth in the world’s second-largest economy. The Chinese customs office reported Monday that exports rose 2.4% in dollar terms last month, down from 8.7% year-on-year growth in August. Imports rose just

Associated Press AITO, Lebanon (AP) — The Lebanese Red Cross says an Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in northern Lebanon, killing at least 21 people. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military and it was not clear what the target was. The strike on Monday hit a small apartment building in the

Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A groundbreaking law that forces companies in Washington state to reduce their carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for climate programs could be repealed by voters this fall, less than two years after it took effect. The Climate Commitment Act, one of the most progressive climate policies ever passed

Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Eight women and six men have been selected to a 16-person jury in the trial of a man charged in the Indiana killings of two teenage girls during a winter hike in 2017. The case against 52-year-old Richard Allen has long haunted the girls’ hometown of Delphi and spurred endless

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A year that began with the prospect of a federal court reckoning for Donald Trump will conclude without any chance at trial, leaving voters without an up-or-down jury verdict in the two most consequential cases against the Republican presidential nominee. Yet both cases — one charging him with illegally hoarding

Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The last time any of Maria Kolesnikova’s family had contact with the imprisoned Belarusian opposition activist was more than 18 months ago. Fellow inmates reported hearing her plead for medical help from her tiny and dingy cell. Kolesnikova is one of several major opponents of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania voters this fall will decide three statewide offices in addition to races for U.S. Senate and the presidency. The attorney general oversees hundreds of prosecutors, the auditor general keeps a watch over government agencies and the treasurer handles the state’s money. The attorney general’s race pits Republican York

Associated Press As Native Americans across the U.S. come together on Monday for Indigenous Peoples Day to celebrate their history and culture and acknowledge the ongoing challenges they face, many will do so with a focus on the election. From a voting rally in Minneapolis featuring food, games and raffles to a public talk about