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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of flights in and out of the U.S. have been canceled this week as Hurricane Milton barreled into the Gulf of Mexico and plowed across Florida. Many airports were forced to close their doors in the path of destruction. And airlines across the country grounded flights as a

Associated Press A construction crane came crashing down on the building that houses the Tampa Bay Times during the height of Hurricane Milton’s menace across Florida. The crane being used to work on a 46-story condominium and office building toppled over Wednesday night. No injuries were reported. The mayor of St. Petersburg had warned residents

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump is proposing to grant a key tax break to U.S. citizens living overseas. The Republican nominee is pitching the proposal as an effort to court votes from potentially millions of Americans who would benefit. Trump made the pledge in a video released by Republicans Overseas CEO Solomon Yue.

AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The hosts of ABC’s “The View” are responding to Donald Trump a day after he insulted co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Whoopi Goldberg. The co-hosts walked onto the set Thursday to the song “Dirty” by Christina Aguilera. Goldberg noted that was one of the words Trump used to attack

AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After 40 years and three generations of owning the Minnesota Twins, the Pohlad family announced Thursday it’s considering selling the team. The Pohlads said they decided during the summer to explore a sale. The family has hired Allen & Company, a New York-based investment bank, to direct the process.

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, an unexpected moment that stoked national pride about the country’s growing cultural influence. Han, known for her experimental and often disturbing stories that explore human traumas

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince William and the Princess of Wales have carried out their first joint public engagement since the end of Kate’s chemotherapy by meeting the bereaved parents of victims of a stabbing rampage in the seaside town of Southport. The royal couple spent 90 minutes meeting privately with the families of

Associated Press BOSTON, Mass. (AP) — Ethel Kennedy, who lost her husband Robert F. Kennedy to assassination, has died. She was 96. She was by her husband’s side when the senator was killed while running for president in 1968. She endured that tragedy and many others while raising their 11 children. A millionaire’s daughter and

Communities in Florida still reeling from the impact of Hurricane Helene are now also grappling with the still-unfolding damage from Hurricane Milton. The storm crashed into a community south of Tampa, drenching counties with torrents of rain, downing power lines and bridges and kicking up dangerous storm surges. Experts advise people who want to help

Associated Press WINTER PARK, Florida (AP) — Many Jews worldwide will mark Yom Kippur in fasting and prayer at their synagogues this weekend. But for the faithful in Florida, destructive Hurricane Milton has disrupted plans for observing the Day of Atonement — the holiest day of the year in the Jewish faith — that begins

AP Health Writer A Florida factory that makes IV fluids critical to hospitals nationwide will restart Friday morning after shutting down while Hurricane Milton tore through the state. B. Braun Medical’s manufacturing site and distribution center in Daytona Beach were not seriously impacted by the hurricane, said company spokesperson Allison Longenhagen. No injuries to employees

Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a 59-year-old man was killed in a “horrific” attack by a pack of dogs in a back yard in Albany. Officers responding to a call found eight or nine mixed-breed pit bulls attacking James Provost Wednesday evening. One of the officers fired his weapon to stop the

Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister says the European Union nation is tightening its visa regulations as probes into alleged cash-for-visa scandal have confirmed irregularities under the previous governmnet going into millions of dollars. Minister Radek Sikorski said Thursday it will be much tougher now to obtain a visa for Poland, which

AP Business Writer She blames greedy companies for price-gouging. He blames the Biden administration’s economic policies. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump agree on one thing: Tapping into sour consumer sentiment about high grocery prices is one way to court voters. Bacon prices have been a particular focus for Trump. He mentioned them in his Sept.

Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Immigration officers in Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali have arrested a Chinese suspect sought by Beijing for helping run over $14 billion investment scam to clients in China. Officials said on Thursday that the 39-year-old man, identified only by his initial, LQ, was arrested on Oct. 1, when an

MADRID (AP) — The sports world reacts to 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal announcing he will retire from tennis after next month’s Davis Cup finals.

AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week jumped to its highest level in a year, which analysts are saying is more likely a result of Hurricane Helene — and the Boeing strike — than a broader softening in the labor market. The Labor Department reported Thursday that applications for

AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the closing weeks of the presidential race. Consumer prices rose just 2.4% in September from a year earlier,

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new Labour government has unveiled a slew of new rights for workers, including more generous rules for sick pay and parental leave and major restrictions on certain precarious employment practices such as fire and rehire. The Employment Rights Bill, published Thursday about 100 days since Labour took power for

Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the alliance will hold its annual nuclear exercise next week. The Steadfast Noon drill is planned well in advance, but starts just weeks after President Vladimir Putin announced changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine to discourage Ukraine’s allies from supporting attacks on his country. The exercise

AP Airlines Writer Delta Air Lines says third-quarter earnings fell 26% largely because of fallout from a technology outage that caused several thousand canceled flights in July. It’s the second straight quarter that Delta’s profit has dropped from the same period last year. Delta said Thursday that it expects to return to year-over-year earnings growth

Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Landing in the midst of heated arguments in France about immigration comes an award-winning film about the issue with an eye-popping twist: Its lead actor Abou Sangare is himself an immigrant lacking permanent legal status. The movie “Souleymane’s Story” hit French theaters this week. Sangare’s acclaimed portrayal of an asylum

AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The recent pullback in mortgage rates and expectations of further easing next year may be motivating more U.S. homeowners to list their home for sale. The number of newly listed U.S. homes climbed 4.2% in September from the previous month and 11.6% from a year earlier, according to

Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal is retiring from professional tennis at age 38, he announced Thursday, after winning 22 Grand Slam titles — 14 at the French Open — during an unprecedented era he shared with rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Nadal has competed infrequently the past two seasons because of injuries

Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has rejected jailed publisher Jimmy Lai’s request to have a jury trial for his libel case against a pro-Beijing newspaper. The ruling is the latest setback for the activist who suffered multiple blows in other legal battles. Lai, the founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily

Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — The overcrowded boat that capsized in eastern Congo last week killed eight members of Serge Nzonga’s family along with 70 others. One week later, as authorities continued to investigate the accident, families of those killed last week protested at the port of Kituku, accusing officials of negligence in failing

Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for a poetic and unsettling body of work that the Nobel committee said “confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” A slow-burning international literary star who has won multiple awards in South

Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says China will resume importing Australian live lobsters by the end of the year. Albanese made the announcement Thursday after meeting Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of a Southeast Asian summit in Laos. The ban on lobsters is the last of a series

Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants riding on a motorcycle have opened fire on a vehicle carrying police officers in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, killing two of them and wounding two others. The attack came ahead of a summit of Asian security grouping in the capital. A local police official said

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A series of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have targeted a Liberian-flagged chemical tanker in the Red Sea. The ship found itself struck first Thursday by a projectile that damaged the vessel but sparked no fire and caused no injuries. That’s according to the British military’s United

Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An investigation has found the pilot of the helicopter that crashed on top of an Australian hotel two months ago was affected by alcohol and was not qualified to fly at night. The pilot was killed in the unauthorized, nighttime crash in the tropical tourist city of Cairns. Two

AP Sports Writer The Tampa Bay Rays say it may take weeks to fully assess how much damage was done to Tropicana Field, which saw its roof ripped to shreds by the force of Hurricane Milton as the deadly storm barreled across much of Florida. The team said no one was injured when the St.

Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — In the courtyard of a psychiatric ward in Mali’s capital, a small group of patients acts out scenes of a village dispute to the beat of a djembe, a traditional West African drum. One patient, Mamadou Diarra, cries out to another in the Bambara language, mocking: “You don’t know

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s contributions from small-dollar donors have plummeted since his last bid for the White House, presenting the former president with a financial challenge as he attempts to keep pace with Democrats’ fundraising machine. Fewer than a third of the Republican’s campaign contributions have come from donors who gave less

Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan celebrated its National Day holiday against the background of threats from China, which claims the self-governing island republic as its own territory. Thursday’s commemorations included military displays, but no heavy military equipment such as those seen in years past. Addressing the threat from China, President Lai Ching-te took

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged back from their records Thursday after reports showed inflation was a touch warmer last month than expected and more workers filed for unemployment benefits last week. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 57 points, or 0.1%, after it likewise

Associated Press WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes is criticizing her Republican opponent in Connecticut’s hotly contested 5th Congressional District for not saying former President Donald Trump’s name. During Wednesday night’s debate, Republican George Logan would only say he supported the top of the ticket and was more focused on the needs of

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees is warning that if pending Israeli legislation is adopted, all humanitarian operations in Gaza and the West Bank may “disintegrate.” That would leave hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in dire need as war rages. The leader of the agency known

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The first of over 2,000 evacuees in Beirut are boarding a Turkish military ship sent to provide aid to Lebanon and evacuate Turkish citizens and some foreigners from the country being hit by Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah. The ship is part of a convoy that brought in 300 tons of

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Muni Long is out for revenge, but believes it won’t be accomplished through bitterness or malice, but through success. “Revenge,” the follow-up to her 2022 debut, picks up where the Grammy winner left off, fueled by the massive success of “Made for Me,” the viral, tenderhearted ballad which reached

AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Francisco Lindor hit a grand slam in the sixth inning, his latest clutch swing in a storybook season full of them, and the New York Mets reached the National League Championship Series with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday. Edwin Díaz struck out Kyle Schwarber

WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators say that air traffic controllers cleared one plane to take off after telling pilots of another plane to cross the same runway in Nashville last month. Pilots of an Alaska Airlines jet aborted their takeoff, braking so hard that the tires on their plane deflated by design. The National Transportation Safety

AP Business Writer Marriott International has agreed to pay $52 million and make changes to bolster its data security. The payment was made to resolve state and federal claims related to major data breaches that affected more than 300 million of its customers worldwide. The Federal Trade Commission and a group of attorneys general from

AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is facing new urgency to define how her potential presidency would be different from President Joe Biden’s. Her struggle to present herself both as a candidate of change while demonstrating loyalty to the politician she serves under was made clear Tuesday, when she was