As data center industry booms, an English village becomes a battleground
AP Business Writer ABBOTS LANGLEY, England (AP) — The English village of Abbots Langley has become a flashpoint in a British battle over data…
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Court denies request to force count of votes for Green Party’s Jill Stein in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Votes for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein in Ohio will not be counted despite her name appearing on the ballot…
Continue Reading House Speaker Johnson says GOP may try to repeal CHIPS Act, then walks it back
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to clarify remarks he made at a New York campaign rally where he suggested…
Continue Reading Shark bites 61-year-old Maui surfer, completely severing his leg below the knee
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…
Continue Reading Montana man charged with murder in brutal campground killing
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…
Continue Reading Figures, Dobson make closing pitches to voters in Alabama congressional race
Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The two candidates for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional district made their final campaign pushes this week.…
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Top House Republicans seeking documents regarding Biden’s ‘garbage’ comment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top House Republicans called on the White House to produce all documents and internal communications regarding President Joe…
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Associated Press CALI, Colombia (AP) — At the United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia, negotiators struggle to find common ground on key…
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PINE CITY, N.Y. (AP) — An orphaned squirrel that became a social media star called Peanut was euthanized after state authorities seized the beloved…
Continue Reading Jury convicts former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during deadly raid
Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a former Kentucky detective of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor the…
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Too little, too late: How Valencia’s residents were trapped with no warning in Spain’s deadly floods
CNN By Atika Shubert, CNN Valencia, Spain (CNN) — Adan Ortell Mor had a 7:30 p.m. appointment to cut a client’s hair at his salon in La…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Election preview with ABC correspondents and contributors. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” —…
Continue Reading Brazil’s federal police indict 20 in connection with salt mine catastrophe in country’s northeast
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police have indicted 20 people for rock salt mining in the northeastern coastal city of Maceio…
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An airline passenger is sitting in jail in Virginia after being accused of an unprovoked attack on a fellow passenger who…
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Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian President Luis Arce has condemned the seizure of three military units by supporters of former…
Continue Reading Brazilian state law overturns soy moratorium that helped curb Amazon deforestation
Associated Press AGUA CLARA, Brazil (AP) — In 2006, environmental nonprofits and some of the world’s largest soybean traders came together in a…
Continue Reading Early in-person voting in North Carolina exceeds 2020 total
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…
Continue Reading Pentagon bolsters the US presence in the Middle East with bombers, fighter aircraft and warships
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is sending additional bomber aircraft and Navy warships to the…
Continue Reading Georgia officials agree to spend $100 million on Hurricane Helene aid for farms and forestry
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state government is diverting $100 million to spend on loans to farmers and cleanup after Hurricane…
Continue Reading In cartel-plagued Mexican cities authorities warn adults not to wear masks on Halloween
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new Secret Service report into the July assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump says…
Continue Reading Prisoners plead for air conditioning in lawsuit against Florida corrections department
Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A lawsuit filed this week by the prison reform advocacy group Florida Justice…
Continue Reading Armed group kidnaps more than 200 military personnel and seizes base in central Bolivia
By Mitchell McCluskey and Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — An armed group has taken control of a military post in central Bolivia and is holding…
Continue Reading Satellite imagery shows mystery ship built in China amid breakneck naval expansion
By Edward Szekeres and Brad Lendon, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China appears to have built a new and unusual aircraft carrier, intriguing experts…
Continue Reading Brazil criticizes Venezuela for escalating tensions and personal attacks
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s government has broken its silence over growing tensions with neighboring Venezuela, with the Foreign…
Continue Reading 29 Nigerian children may be sentenced to death for protesting against cost-of-living crisis
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Twenty-nine minors in Nigeria could be facing the death penalty. The children were among 76 protesters…
Continue Reading 9 arrested in federal investigation into drug trafficking at New Mexico prison
MILAN, N.M. (AP) — Authorities have arrested eight people in connection with a suspected drug trafficking operation at a federal prison in the…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania challenge of Elon Musk’s $1M-a-day voter sweepstakes moves back to state court
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AP Business Writer Wendy’s plans to close 140 U.S. restaurants before the end of this year on top of the 100 it said it would close in May. But in…
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AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Basel Adra, a Palestinian, and Yuval Abraham, an Israeli, spent five years making a movie that depicts daily life in…
Continue Reading Rescuers find body of worker swept away from Tennessee factory by Hurricane Helene flood
ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) — Rescue workers in Tennessee have recovered the body of the final person still missing after massive flooding from Hurricane…
Continue Reading Slovak populist premier is in a spat with the UK ambassador to Bratislava over the war in Ukraine
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has reacted angrily after the British ambassador to Bratislava…
Continue Reading A makeshift goldfish pond beneath a leaky Brooklyn fire hydrant is reborn in a tree bed
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An urban pond where goldfish used to swim beneath a leaky New York City fire hydrant has been replaced by a new…
Continue Reading Maryland is the first state to sign into new federal health care program
Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland is the first state to sign an agreement with the federal government designed to improve health care…
Continue Reading Meet Decoy Ohtani, perhaps the most valuable pet of the World Series
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As Los Angeles Dodgers fans thronged to the World Series victory parade in Los Angeles on Friday, many had their…
Continue Reading Army looking into shoving allegations involving the general who heads US Central Command
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army’s Criminal Investigation Division is looking into allegations that the four-star general who…
Continue Reading Court confirms federal takeover of a Mississippi jail but limits power over budget
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An appeals court says a federal receiver can proceed with a takeover of a Mississippi jail where a judge…
Continue Reading Drugs, weapons and electronics seized during sweep at Brooklyn federal jail where ‘Diddy’ is held
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators seized drugs, homemade weapons and electronic devices this week during an “interagency…
Continue Reading Early voting reaches such heights that some Georgia polls may be Election Day ‘ghost town’
Associated Pressda STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — Flags telling people to “Vote Here” fluttered in not only English, but Spanish, Korean,…
Continue Reading Man sentenced to life in Young Dolph killing gets 35 more years in prison
Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has given a Tennessee man sentenced to life in prison in the daytime ambush killing of rapper Young…
Continue Reading US is sending $425 million in military assistance to Ukraine
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it is sending an additional $425 million in military assistance to Ukraine as Kyiv prepares to…
Continue Reading Rapper Young Thug is a free man. Here are things to know about his plea.
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Young Thug is a free man after pleading guilty to gang, drug and gun charges. About 2 ½ years after he was…
Continue Reading FBI links video falsely depicting voter fraud in Georgia to ‘Russian influence actors’
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A video purporting to depict voter fraud in Georgia is fake and the work of “Russian influence actors,”…
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Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Worries about this week’s tax-raising U.K. budget within financial markets appear to have eased with the interest…
Continue Reading Shooting leaves 3 dead and 3 wounded at a Colorado house party on Halloween
Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado police said a shooting at a house party on Halloween left three people dead and three…
Continue Reading Judge dismisses Missouri lawsuit that sought watchers at early voting
Associated Press ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge on Friday denied a Republican committeeman’s effort to force the state’s…
Continue Reading Harris team warns CEOs that Trump is a threat to economy, while Trump says tariffs can drive growth
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris ‘ campaign is actively warning business leaders that Donald Trump has a pattern of disregard…
Continue Reading An Idaho health department isn’t allowed to give COVID-19 vaccines anymore. Experts say it’s a first
AP Health Writer A regional public health department in Idaho is no longer providing COVID-19 vaccines to residents in six counties after a narrow…
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Religion News Service (RNS) — When former Christian artist Michael Gungor first hosted a new spiritual community in Los Angeles this year, worship…
Continue Reading Georgia county says more than 3,000 absentee ballots being mailed late just days before election
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Election officials in Georgia’s third-largest county say they’re late in mailing more than 3,000 absentee ballots…
Continue Reading Tourists toss coins over a makeshift pool as Rome’s Trevi Fountain undergoes maintenance
The Associated Press ROME (AP) — Tourists eager to fulfill the fabled promise to return to the Eternal City are being forced to toss coins over a…
Continue Reading Massive fire closes Ohio River bridge near Cincinnati and damages its steel structure
CINCINNATI (AP) — A massive fire underneath a bridge spanning the Ohio River has closed a heavily traveled route between Cincinnati and northern…
Continue Reading IRS announces pension and retirement plan contribution adjustments for 2025
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS has announced an increase to the amount individuals can contribute to their 401(k) plans in 2025, to…
Continue Reading South Carolina executes Richard Moore despite broadly supported plea to cut sentence to life
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a…
Continue Reading Horrific details emerge of how victims died in Spain’s flash floods
By Lauren Kent and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — The full horror of the flash flooding in Spain began to emerge on Friday, just as new rainfall…
Continue Reading Head of UN-backed team of experts cites paramilitary force in Sudan for sexual violence as war rages
Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of a U.N.-backed fact-finding team looking into human rights violations and abuses in Sudan says the team…
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Continue Reading What to stream: ‘Yellowstone’ starts its end, Eddie Redmayne as a sniper and Aubrey Plaza gets high
Eddie Redmayne’s return to TV starring as a sniper for hire in the new limited series “The Day of the Jackal” and “Yellowstone” riding…
Continue Reading Helicopter pilot was talking with air traffic controller at the time of fatal Houston crash
HOUSTON (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says a helicopter pilot was speaking with an air traffic controller when it crashed into a…
Continue Reading Shohei Ohtani brings his dog and addresses crowd in English as Dodgers celebrate World Series title
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have celebrated their eighth World Series championship with a downtown parade and a stadium gathering…
Continue Reading Musk tests the role of money in U.S. politics with multimillion-dollar effort to back Trump
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Next week’s presidential election isn’t just a referendum on Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. It’s also a…
Continue Reading Musk tests the role of money in U.S. politics with multimillion-dollar effort to back Trump
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Next week’s presidential election isn’t just a referendum on Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. It’s also a…
Continue Reading Israel is falling far short of a US ultimatum to surge aid to Gaza
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press review shows that Israel is falling far short of U.S. demands to surge the level of…
Continue Reading Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea
Associated Press DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of…
Continue Reading Mauritius suspends access to social media ahead of parliamentary elections
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The government of Mauritius on Friday banned access to social media websites ahead of parliamentary elections later this month.…
Continue Reading At least 14 killed after railway station roof collapses in Serbia
By Sophie Tanno and Stephanie Halasz, CNN (CNN) — At least 14 people have died after the roof of a railway station collapsed in northern Serbia…
Continue Reading Hindus in Muslim-majority Bangladesh rally to demand protection from attacks
Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Tens of thousands of minority Hindus have rallied to demand that the interim government in…
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Associated Press NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Officials say a roof collapse at a railway station in northern Serbia has killed at least 14 people. The…
Continue Reading Willie Nelson on his new album, cannabis cookbook, Kris Kristofferson and what makes a good song
AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Willie Nelson, who is 91, will release “Last Leaf on the Tree” on Friday, his second studio album this…
Continue Reading The Latest: Trump and Harris bring their campaigns to the battleground state of Wisconsin
In the waning days of the presidential campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are zeroing in on the battleground…
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Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and the European Union have announced a security and defense partnership as they seek to step up military ties,…
Continue Reading A dissident film director from Belarus is released after 1 year of detention in Serbia
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A noted Belarusian film director and dissident who was held in Serbia for a year while Belarus sought his…
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Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The mother thought her baby looked healthy when he was born 1.5 months early, but staff swiftly whisked him…
Continue Reading Too little, too late: How Valencia’s residents were trapped with no warning in Spain’s deadly floods
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Continue Reading Jodi Picoult’s ‘Nineteen Minutes’ tops PEN America of books banned in schools
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jodi Picoult’s “Nineteen Minutes” has topped a list compiled by PEN America of the books most often…
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Halloween shootings in Orlando nightlife district leave 2 dead, 6 wounded
CNN By Paradise Afshar, Andy Rose and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed and six others wounded after a teenage shooter…
Continue Reading ‘Scandal’ cast will reunite for online script reading for hurricane relief in western North Carolina
Associated Press The cast of ABC’s hit show “Scandal” will reunite Nov. 17 for a live, virtual script reading to raise money for the western…
Continue Reading Israel plans to use lasers to shoot down incoming missiles
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israel expects its “Iron Beam” laser defense system to be operational within one year, saying it will bring…
Continue Reading ‘Amateurish’ thieves steal 2 Warhol prints, damage 2 more in botched heist at Dutch gallery
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Thieves blew open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands and stole two works from a…
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AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A eclectic group of stars — including reality TV’s Ariana Madix, Broadway belter Idina Menzel,…
Continue Reading Voters view one another across partisan divide with increasing animosity
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tried to explain this week that he doesn’t really think Donald Trump’s supporters are…
Continue Reading Israel pummels Lebanon and Gaza, killing dozens in fresh waves of airstrikes
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched dozens of intense airstrikes across Lebanon’s northeastern farming villages on Friday, killing…
Continue Reading Trump and Harris host dueling rallies in the Milwaukee area in a final push to win Wisconsin
Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump hosted rallies within 7 miles of each other Friday…
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By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Happy Friday, readers! Whether you consider yourself a political obsessive or you only tune in every four…
Continue Reading Not just for summer: ‘Brat’ is Collins Dictionary’s word of the year
LONDON (AP) — Collins Dictionary has declared “brat” – the album title that became a summer-living ideal – its 2024 word of the year. The…
Continue Reading North Korea’s top diplomat holds talks in Moscow as Pyongyang sent troops to help the war on Ukraine
Russia’s top diplomat on Friday met his North Korean counterpart for talks amid reports that Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to Russia…
Continue Reading Shootings kill 2 and wound 7 during Halloween celebrations in Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A gunman who opened fire during a Halloween street celebration that drew thousands of costumed revelers to downtown Orlando…
Continue Reading Spiritual, not spooky. After Halloween, Christians observe All Saints’ Day
Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Christians in many countries around the world are celebrating All Saints’ Day, a somber and spiritual day…
Continue Reading Halloween shootings in Orlando nightlife district leave 2 dead, 6 wounded
By Paradise Afshar, Andy Rose and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Two people were killed and six others wounded after a teenage shooter opened…
Continue Reading Mud-caked volunteers clean flood debris in a Spanish town as authorities struggle to respond
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Continue Reading Greek police say fatal Athens apartment blast was likely caused by improvised bomb
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police say that an explosion in an Athens apartment that killed a man and severely wounded a woman appears to have been…
Continue Reading US colleges failed to hold students accountable for antisemitic harassment, House committee says
By Karina Tsui and Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — A Republican-led investigation into antisemitism on college campuses found that administrators…
Continue Reading Colm McLoughlin, Irishman who led Dubai Duty Free to become an airport retail giant, dies at age 81
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Colm McLoughlin, an Irishman who landed in the deserts of the United Arab Emirates and helped…
Continue Reading Kenya’s new deputy president sworn in as his predecessor challenges his impeachment in court
Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s new deputy president has been sworn into office, two weeks after his predecessor was…
Continue Reading Algeria pardons and releases journalist Ihsane El Kadi
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria has pardoned a journalist who emerged as a key voice during the country’s 2019 pro-democracy protests and was…
Continue Reading Chicago suspect faces terrorism and hate crime charges after shooting near synagogue. Here’s what we know
By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi faces new felony terrorism and hate crime charges following a shooting near a Chicago…
Continue Reading Russia sentences former US consulate worker to nearly 5 years in prison
MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Russia’s far-eastern city of Vladivostok has convicted a former U.S. consulate worker charged with cooperating with a…
Continue Reading US, Germany and France urge China to free a human rights lawyer and his wife accused of subversion
BEIJING (AP) — The United States, Germany and France have called for the release of a Chinese human rights lawyer and his wife who were sentenced…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Amazon leads Wall Street higher
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon led U.S. stock indexes higher on Friday, while a surprisingly weak jobs report marred by some unusual…
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