EPA imposes stricter standards to protect children from exposure to lead paint
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is imposing strict new limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and…
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TA KHMAU, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian investigative reporter who was charged with a criminal offense after exposing online scams and corruption has…
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By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — An Arizona teen has been indicted on terrorism charges after allegedly planning to launch deadly explosives at the…
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CNN By Mick Krever, Jeremy Diamond and Abeer Salman | Video by Mark Baron and Agne Jurkenaite, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The Israeli military has…
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Continue Reading South Korean president raises possibility of supplying Ukraine with arms
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president has raised the possibility of supplying Ukraine with weapons while stressing…
Continue Reading Climate-threatened Pacific Islands criticize Australia at Commonwealth meeting
APIA, Samoa (AP) — Several Pacific island nations singled out Australia to do more to phase out fossil fuel exports during the Commonwealth Heads…
Continue Reading Turkey strikes Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq for a second day
Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has struck suspected Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq for a second day after a deadly…
Continue Reading Indonesia says its coast guard drove away Chinese ship that interrupted survey in disputed sea
Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian patrol ships drove a Chinese coast guard vessel away from a survey vessel in a disputed area…
Continue Reading Samuel L. Jackson lauded at MoMA film benefit by close family and friends
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Museum of Modern Art was filled with expletives and laughter Wednesday evening as Samuel L. Jackson’s family…
Continue Reading Pakistani security forces kill 19 militants in separate shootouts
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities say security forces faced off with insurgents in three separate shootouts, killing 19 militants.…
Continue Reading India evacuates hundreds of thousands of people and shuts schools as a tropical storm nears
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian authorities have shut schools, evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and canceled trains in parts of the country as a…
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Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing factory workers voted against the company’s latest contract offer and remain on the picket lines six weeks…
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Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Five elephants in a Colorado zoo could someday sue for their freedom, if the state’s Supreme Court sides…
Continue Reading North Carolina lawmakers approve $600M more for Helene recovery, order more voting sites
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina state legislators have approved over $600 million more toward Hurricane Helene recovery and…
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AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street drifted to a mixed finish Thursday after Tesla surged to one of the best days in its history, while…
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Continue Reading Colorado funeral home owners accused of stashing dead bodies plead guilty to federal fraud charges
Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of cheating customers and misspending nearly $900,000 in…
Continue Reading Thousands mourn Fethullah Gülen, a Turkish spiritual leader who died in the US
Associated Press AUGUSTA, N.J. (AP) — A crowd surged forward to Fethullah Gülen’s grave on Thursday, straining to get one more chance to pay…
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — If the presidential election hinged on abortion or climate change, Kamala Harris might be feeling pretty…
Continue Reading Massive displacement from Israel-Hezbollah war transforms Beirut’s famed commercial street
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Inside what was once one of Beirut’s oldest and best-known cinemas, dozens of Lebanese, Palestinians and Syrians…
Continue Reading The Paris conference for Lebanon raises $1 billion in pledges for humanitarian and military support
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — An international conference for Lebanon in Paris on Thursday raised $1 billion in pledges for humanitarian aid and…
Continue Reading Georgia men who killed Ahmaud Arbery want a new trial
Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Three white men serving life sentences for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery are asking a Georgia judge for…
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Donald Trump ran for president, the lawyers most directly involved in his efforts to overturn the…
Continue Reading With 2 women running, the New Hampshire governor’s race is both close and personal
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — One of the nation’s most competitive gubernatorial races has also become intensely personal. None of…
Continue Reading A loneliness epidemic is spreading worldwide. Seoul is spending $327 million to stop it
By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Every year, thousands of South Koreans – mostly middle-aged men – die quietly and alone, cut off from their…
Continue Reading How will abortion laws motivate women in North Carolina to vote in this election?
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, tensions over abortion have only intensified,…
Continue Reading By moving to podcasts, Harris and Trump are turning away from legacy media to spread their messages
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Continue Reading Abortion bans are top of mind for young women in North Carolina as they consider Harris or Trump
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Continue Reading Man pleads guilty to displaying a Nazi symbol at pro-Palestinian rally
SYDNEY (AP) — A restaurateur has pleaded guilty to displaying a Nazi symbol during a pro-Palestinian rally in Sydney earlier in October. The…
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris went to a Philadelphia suburb for a CNN town hall to take questions from undecided voters. The…
Continue Reading Tropical storm battering Philippines leaves at least 24 people dead in flooding and landslides
Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Widespread flooding and landslides set off by a tropical storm in the northeastern Philippines on…
Continue Reading Los Angeles Times editorials editor resigns after newspaper withholds presidential endorsement
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A journalism trade publication is reporting that the editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times has resigned. Mariel Garza told…
Continue Reading Trash carried by a North Korean balloon again falls on the presidential compound in Seoul
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says trash carried by a North Korean balloon has fallen on the presidential compound in…
Continue Reading The top election official in a politically crucial Nevada county says she was forced out
Associated Press The top election official in one of the nation’s most politically important counties says she was forced out of her role just…
Continue Reading A Venezuelan media tycoon is charged in a bribery conspiracy in Florida
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A Venezuelan media tycoon has been charged in federal court in Florida for what authorities say was his role in…
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Continue Reading Kentucky mom pleads guilty to fatally shooting her 2 sons
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky woman has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting her two young sons last year. News outlets report that Tiffanie…
Continue Reading Mexican police capture a suspect in a 2016 Illinois murder
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Police in Mexico have captured a man suspected of strangling an Illinois attorney to death in 2016. The U.S. Marshals…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania high court gives voters provisional option if their mail ballots get rejected
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court has ruled people whose mail ballots are rejected for not following technical…
Continue Reading Israel accuses 6 Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza of being Palestinian militants
Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli army on Wednesday accused six Al Jazeera journalists covering the war in Gaza of also being…
Continue Reading California man charged with using ‘weapon of mass destruction’ in courthouse explosion
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man is facing new federal charges after being arrested in a courthouse bomb attack that injured…
Continue Reading Ron Ely, TV’s ‘Tarzan’ in the 1960s, dies at 86
AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series…
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Associated Press Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to turn over his Manhattan apartment, luxury watches and a Mercedes to two Georgia election workers…
Continue Reading Angelenos mourn Mexican-born pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, who starred for the Dodgers in the 1980s
AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julia Mendez carefully positioned three candles in a row under a sign welcoming fans to Dodger Stadium. Then…
Continue Reading Postal Service reassures on mail ballots, says all centers operating in regions hit by hurricanes
Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service has reopened all of its mail processing centers in areas of Florida and North Carolina…
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Continue Reading Suspect in shootings of Democratic office in Arizona had over 120 guns in his home, officials find
Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona prosecutor says the man arrested in the three-time shooting of a Democratic campaign office had…
Continue Reading North Carolina government calculates Hurricane Helene damages, needs at least $53B
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The catastrophic flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina likely caused…
Continue Reading People 50 and older should get pneumococcal vaccine, U.S. health officials recommend
AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are recommending that people 50 and older get a shot against bacteria that can cause…
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Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — More than 1,600 Virginians have had their voter registrations canceled since August under a state program…
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By Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 50 years after the cold case murder of a 19-year-old who went missing from her Illinois village,…
Continue Reading Georgia officer fatally shoots a man police say raised a gun during his arrest
CHAMBLEE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia officer shot and killed a man who authorities say raised a handgun during his arrest near Atlanta. The Lawrenceville…
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Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Walmart has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by California officials that alleged the…
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Suspected drunken driver heading wrong way passes Vice President Kamala Harris’ motorcade on interstate in Milwaukee
WISN, CNN By Dalia Faheid and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — A suspected drunken driver drove toward Vice President Kamala Harris’ motorcade while…
Continue Reading Federal appeals panel says suspended lawyer Michael Avenatti should be resentenced
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals panel has vacated a 14-year sentence for suspended lawyer Michael Avenatti. Avenatti rose to fame…
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AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A federal regulator has ordered Apple and Goldman Sachs to pay a combined $89 million for deceiving consumers…
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Continue Reading Israeli weapon seen in rare AP photos of Beirut airstrike appears to be a powerful smart bomb
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — In all but the blink of an eye, an Associated Press photographer’s camera captured the moments that a…
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Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands will join the next Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland. But it will be without…
Continue Reading Connecticut firefighter died after vehicle rolled over, report finds
BERLIN, Conn. (AP) — A firefighter helping to battle a brush fire in Connecticut was killed after a utility vehicle operating on a steep, rocky…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Personal Birth date: November 12, 1948…
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AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa practiced Wednesday for the first time since suffering a concussion in Week 2, and the…
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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City doesn’t require a license to run a hotel, but that’s likely changing soon. City…
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Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Some lawmakers in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s own Liberal Party have asked the leader not to run for a fourth…
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Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president has fired five ministers and appointed seven new ones in a major cabinet…
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Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — American and South Korean officials say there’s evidence that thousands of North Korean troops are now…
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Associated Press A Missouri reporter was injured slightly by a metal fragment from Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Lucas Kunce as he practiced…
Continue Reading Election officials are fighting a tsunami of voting conspiracy theories
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Voting machines reversing votes. More voters registered than people eligible. Large numbers of noncitizens voting.…
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Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Authorities in southern Brazil say a 45-year-old man barricaded himself in a house and killed his father,…
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Nearly a dozen members of a single North Carolina family were killed by Hurricane Helene
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — As many families begin the emotionally taxing process of rebuilding their lives after Hurricane Helene’s…
Continue Reading Karen Read supporter denies intimidating witnesses with rubber ducks and fake $100 bills
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A polarizing murder case against Karen Read in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend is back in court,…
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AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It is official. Lana Del Rey and alligator swamp tour guide Jeremy Dufrene did marry in Louisiana last month. After…
Continue Reading Iowa finds several dozen instances of noncitizens voting in a past election
Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s top election official says several dozen people who identified themselves as noncitizens…
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AP Business Writer Outbreaks of foodborne illnesses are pretty rare for well known restaurant chains, but they do happen. This week, an outbreak of…
Continue Reading EU stays on the sidelines over migrant deal between Italy and Albania
Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A top European Union official has refused to be drawn on an opinion of an agreement between Italy and…
Continue Reading Pro-Palestinian protester charged with assault after occupying building at University of Minnesota
Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Local prosecutors have charged one pro-Palestinian protester with assault while not filing charges against 10…
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Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A sheriff’s official says a suspected drunken driver heading the wrong way passed within feet of Vice…
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — A nongovernmental group says an explosion in a packed Kabul market has injured 11 people, including some children. The source of…
Continue Reading Kentucky school choice ballot measure pits competing messages from Gov. Andy Beshear, Sen. Rand Paul
Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The debate over Kentucky’s school choice ballot measure has become a test of influence for Democratic Gov.…
Continue Reading Lawsuits claim dozens of children were sexually abused inside Pennsylvania juvenile facilities
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A set of newly filed lawsuits by people who claim they were sexually abused inside Pennsylvania juvenile…
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Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a former police officer for more than a decade in South Carolina has pleaded guilty to…
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Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Authorities say a homemade firebomb has exploded inside a public high school in Chile and ignited a blaze…
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Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s large-scale blackouts that left 10 million people without power this month may not have happened if the…
Continue Reading Tim Walz, wife and son vote early in Minnesota
Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, his wife and their son went to a polling place in St.…
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Associated Press HOT SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — Elections officials, poll workers and voters in western North Carolina have been adapting in the…
Continue Reading Georgia citizenship audit finds few noncitizens on voter rolls
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s top elections official says a check of voter rolls found that 20 of the 8.2 million people registered to vote in the…
Continue Reading Efforts by Russia, Iran and China to sway US voters may escalate, new Microsoft report says
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new threat intelligence report from Microsoft says foreign adversaries have showed continued determination to…
Continue Reading European Commission chief assures Western Balkans of the bloc’s enlargement progress
Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has reassured the Western Balkan countries that the…
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Government officials in Martinique say protesters with automatic weapons targeted police and firefighters during a…
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Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The imagination of Tim Burton has produced ghosts and ghouls, Martians, monsters and misfits. All are on display at…
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