Indigenous people march in Brazil’s capital against bill limiting land rights
Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Hundreds of Indigenous people were marching Wednesday in Brazil’s capital, urging Congress to drop a…
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Minnesota GOP scores a win challenging who will review absentee ballots in Hennepin County
Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court says election officials in Hennepin County have to pick new board members to…
Continue ReadingYankees fans who interfered with Betts’ catch are banned from Game 5 of the World Series
NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York Yankees fans who were ejected from Game 4 of the World Series for interfering with Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder…
Continue ReadingOhio Supreme Court finds attorney general erred in rejecting voting amendment based on title
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has found that Republican Attorney General Dave Yost lacked the authority to reject a…
Continue ReadingNorth Korean troops in Russian uniforms are heading toward Ukraine, US says
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that North Korean troops wearing Russian uniforms and carrying…
Continue ReadingTaylor Jenkins Reid’s next novel, ‘Atmosphere,’ is a starry romance
NEW YORK (AP) — The author of “Daisy Jones & The Six” is aiming high with her next book. Taylor Jenkins Reid’s “Atmosphere: A Love…
Continue ReadingNews organizations ask Texas court to order release of Texas state police records of Uvalde shooting
Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group of news organizations are asking a Texas appeals court to order the release of state Department of…
Continue ReadingPolice say the man behind ballot box fires has metalworking experience and might plan more attacks
Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The man suspected of setting fires in ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington state is an experienced…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts ratepayers to pay extra $512M for transmission line for Canadian hydropower
Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Three Massachusetts utilities and a transmission line developer have agreed to pass along $512 million in…
Continue ReadingVoters to decide whether to allow noncitizens to vote in California city’s elections
Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Voters will decide whether Santa Ana — a city of about 310,000 in Orange County that’s southeast…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania woman is now believed to be the oldest living person in North America
GREENVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A 114-year-old Pennsylvania woman is now believed to be the oldest living person in North America. Naomi Whitehead attained…
Continue ReadingA man dubbed ‘AK Guru’ has been charged with making and selling hundreds of machine guns
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a North Carolina man nicknamed the “AK Guru” has been charged with making and selling hundreds of machine…
Continue ReadingTeen Trump supporter charged with threatening Harris backers at polling place with machete
Associated Press An 18-year-old Donald Trump supporter is facing a felony charge after police say he threatened two Kamala Harris supporters with a…
Continue ReadingMan accused of voting twice found not guilty of voter fraud
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A man who attempted to vote twice in Virginia’s 2023 election was acquitted of attempted illegal voting on Monday,…
Continue ReadingJudge extends early voting option in a suburban Philadelphia county after Trump’s campaign sued
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge has sided with Donald Trump’s campaign and agreed to extend an in-person voting…
Continue ReadingPoland’s commission looking into Russian influences finds ex-defense minister at fault
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The head of a commission investigating Russian and Belarusian influences in Poland says it will refer to prosecutors a former…
Continue ReadingUnited Way and Paramount to air benefit for hurricane relief
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — United Way Worldwide and Paramount Global have announced they will host a benefit to raise funds for those impacted by…
Continue ReadingUN calls for thorough investigation into all killings during Bangladesh unrest
Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A top United Nations human rights official has called for a thorough investigation of all killings and…
Continue ReadingThis ancient tadpole fossil is the oldest ever discovered
AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a giant tadpole that wriggled around over 160 million years…
Continue ReadingIndians celebrate Diwali by lighting a record number of clay lamps
Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians began celebrating the annual Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting…
Continue ReadingMen charged in fatal shooting of sheriff’s deputy in Detroit
Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Three 18-year-old men believed to be involved in an auto theft ring have been charged four months after the fatal…
Continue ReadingHaiti sees a rise in killings and police executions with children targeted, UN says
Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — U.N. officials say more than 1,740 people were killed or injured in Haiti from July to September, a…
Continue ReadingProsecutors seek a 17-year prison term for Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors plan to argue that a Massachusetts Air National Guard member who pleaded guilty to leaking highly…
Continue ReadingDesperation over gang violence fuels a surge of migration from Ecuador to the US
Associated Press SAN MATEO, Ecuador (AP) — Across Ecuador, gangs have unleashed a wave of violence and extortion, upending lives and spurring an…
Continue ReadingDesperation over gang violence fuels a surge of migration from Ecuador to the US
Associated Press SAN MATEO, Ecuador (AP) — Across Ecuador, gangs have unleashed a wave of violence and extortion, upending lives and spurring an…
Continue ReadingNative voters could swing US elections, but they’re asking politicians: What have you done for us?
Associated Press DILKON, Ariz. (AP) — Felix Ashley’s red Toyota sends a plume of dust billowing along the sloping hills and boulders he traverses…
Continue ReadingNative voters could swing US elections, but they’re asking politicians: What have you done for us?
Associated Press DILKON, Ariz. (AP) — Felix Ashley’s red Toyota sends a plume of dust billowing along the sloping hills and boulders he traverses…
Continue ReadingDominant Kurdish parties maintain their sway in the election for the parliament in the Iraqi region
Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Election results from the vote for the regional parliament in Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region…
Continue ReadingGunmen working for a cartel shoot and kill a US man in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in northern Mexico say gunmen apparently working for a drug cartel killed a U.S. man and that one of the killers was…
Continue ReadingSaudi startup Riyadh Air orders 60 Airbus A321neo planes
PARIS (AP) — Saudi startup airline Riyadh Air has ordered 60 Airbus aircraft. The European manufacturer said Wednesday the order is for A321neo…
Continue ReadingDutch asylum agency is fined 50,000 euros daily for an overcrowded center
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has ordered the agency responsible for housing asylum seekers to pay a 50,000-euro…
Continue ReadingUS airstrikes target multiple sites in Syria, killing up to 35 Islamic State militants
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Central Command says the U.S. military has struck a number of Islamic State group camps in central Syria, killing as many as…
Continue ReadingHezbollah chief says group will hold out in its war with Israel for ‘suitable’ cease-fire terms
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah’s newly named leader Naim Kassem has said in his first public comments that the militant group will keep…
Continue ReadingIt’s spooky season. Here are some scary stories from around the world you probably haven’t heard
Associated Press Some are well-worn warnings as familiar as the changing of seasons. Others are slow burns that end with a bang. Still others are…
Continue ReadingFor ‘A Real Pain,’ Jesse Eisenberg learned to embrace the chaos of Kieran Culkin. Magic ensued
AP Film Writer Jesse Eisenberg co-stars with Kieran Culkin in the new film “A Real Pain,” which opens in theaters Friday. The story is a personal…
Continue ReadingUS sanctions 398 firms in more than a dozen countries, accusing them of helping Russia’s war effort
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 398 firms across Russia, India, China, and more than a dozen other…
Continue ReadingHarris promises to ‘represent all Americans’ after Biden’s remark on Trump supporters and ‘garbage’
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kamala Harris called Wednesday for Americans to “stop pointing fingers at each other” as she tried to…
Continue ReadingWinter depression is real and there are many ways to fight back
AP Medical Writer As winter approaches and daylight hours grow shorter, people prone to seasonal depression can feel it in their bodies and brains.…
Continue ReadingPolice believe University of Bridgeport shooting stemmed from fight
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A gunman opened fire in the dining hall of the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, injuring a person and prompting a…
Continue ReadingReddit’s explosive user growth and AI tools help it soar to its first profit as a public company
NEW YORK (AP) — Reddit has turned a profit for the first time as a public company. The social platform claimed a profit of $29.9 million, or 16…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court’s conservative justices allow Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday allowed Virginia to resume its purge of voter…
Continue ReadingA new push to wind down the Middle East wars faces familiar challenges
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States and other mediators are ramping up efforts to halt the wars in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip,…
Continue ReadingMayor from Turkey’s main opposition party is detained over alleged ties to Kurdish militants
ISTANBUL (AP) — State media say a mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party has been detained on suspicion of being a member of a banned Kurdish…
Continue ReadingHundreds of Jews murdered at a little known Nazi labor camp are remembered
Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The son of a Holocaust survivor has fulfilled a yearslong personal mission with the unveiling of memorials…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina’s historically Black colleges are mobilizing for Nov. 5, tapping an activist history
Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s 10 historically Black colleges are going all out to get their nearly 40,000…
Continue ReadingAbortion-rights groups outspend opponents by more than 6 to 1 in ballot measure campaigns
Associated Press The groups promoting abortion-rights amendments on the ballots in nine states have outraised their opponents by more than 6 to 1 and…
Continue ReadingReynolds and McElhenney buy Wrexham Lager brewery after rejuvenating the city’s soccer team
AP Sports Writer Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have bought another piece of Wrexham — its brewery. Four years after their out-of-the-blue…
Continue ReadingBanning UNRWA will lead to a vacuum and more suffering for Palestinians, the agency’s chief says
Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency caring for Palestinian refugees says that newly passed Israeli laws…
Continue ReadingGeorgia begins investigating its disputed election but the opposition calls the probe into question
Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia says it has launched an investigation into alleged vote-rigging in…
Continue ReadingLiberty University sued by former IT staffer fired after disclosing she’s a transgender woman
AP National Writer The bitter nationwide debate over transgender rights is playing out on a very personal level in a federal court lawsuit filed in…
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