Newly elected regional lawmaker for a far-right party arrested in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a lawmaker with the far-right Alternative for Germany party who was recently elected to the state legislature in…
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Biden wants to move fast on AI safeguards and signs an executive order to address his concerns
By JOSH BOAK and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed a sweeping executive order to guide the…
Continue Reading At least 3 workers are dead after scaffolding fell down a shaft at a building site in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say at least three construction workers died when scaffolding fell down an elevator shaft inside a building site…
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Abandoned golf courses are being reclaimed by nature
CNN By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Golf courses, despite occupying large green spaces, are not necessarily good for the environment. Land is often…
Continue Reading China holds major financial conference as leaders maneuver to get slowing economy back on track
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China’s leaders are expected to search for ways to mend the country’s fractured…
Continue Reading 4 former Hong Kong student leaders jailed over their praise of a knife attack on a police officer
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Four former student leaders from the University of Hong Kong have been sentenced to two years in…
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Three dead in serious Central El Paso crash
Update (November 2, 2023): Police now say that three people have died as a result of the crash. Update: A spokesperson with the El Paso Fire…
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Israel pushes deeper into Gaza and frees Hamas captive; Netanyahu rejects calls for cease-fire
By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and LEE KEATH Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into Gaza on Monday,…
Continue Reading Suspect detained in an explosion that killed 3 people at a Jehovah’s Witness gathering in India
NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities say a former Jehovah’s Witness has been detained on suspicion of setting off an explosive device that killed three…
Continue Reading Online antisemitic threats unnerve Jewish students and spark condemnation at Cornell University
By DAVID BAUDER and BRIAN P. D. HANNON Associated Press ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Cornell University administrators have dispatched campus police to a…
Continue Reading Coach hired, team still required: Soccer’s status in the Marshall Islands is a work in progress
By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Lloyd Owers recalls with fondness his initial visit from his home in England to the…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mostly fall as investors look ahead to economic data
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mostly lower Tuesday as investors looked ahead to a week that could se e…
Continue Reading Maine mass shooter’s family reached out to sheriff 5 months before rampage, sheriff’s office says
By DAVID SHARP, ROBERT F. BUKATY, JAKE BLEIBERG and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Five months before the deadliest mass…
Continue Reading Russia’s envoy uses the stage at a military forum in China to accuse the US of fueling tensions
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Russia’s defense minister says the United States is fueling geopolitical tensions to…
Continue Reading As economy falters, more Chinese migrants take a perilous journey to the US border to seek asylum
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and DIDI TANG Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The young Chinese man looked lost and exhausted when Border Patrol agents left him…
Continue Reading Takeaways from AP’s reporting on Chinese migrants who traverse the Darién Gap to reach the US
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and DIDI TANG Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. is seeing a big increase in Chinese immigrants arriving using a…
Continue Reading Illinois man pleads not guilty to hate crime and murder charges in attack on Muslim mother and son
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A man accused of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in an attack on a Palestinian…
Continue Reading Idaho left early education up to families. One town set out to get universal preschool anyway
By EMILY TATE SULLIVAN of EdSurge AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — After reading a book about the five senses to a semicircle of rapt 4-year-olds, Abi…
Continue Reading Some striking UAW members carry family legacies, Black middle-class future along with picket signs
By COREY WILLIAMS and AISHA I. JEFFERSON Associated Press WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — As Britney Johnson paced the picket line outside Ford’s Wayne…
Continue Reading Takeaways from the AP’s investigation into aging oil ships
By HELEN WIEFFERING and GRACE EKPU Associated Press OKITIPUPA, NIGERIA (AP) — Until early last year, a rusting oil ship named the Trinity Spirit…
Continue Reading Democrat Brandon Presley seeks big turnout in Nov. 7 bid to unseat Mississippi’s Republican governor
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) — Democrat Brandon Presley is trying to block Republican Gov. Tate Reeves from winning…
Continue Reading Lawyers argue whether the Constitution’s ‘insurrection’ clause blocks Trump from the 2024 ballot
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawyers seeking to disqualify former President Donald Trump from running for the White…
Continue Reading Deadly explosion off Nigeria points to threat posed by aging oil ships around the world
By HELEN WIEFFERING and GRACE EKPU Associated Press OKITIPUPA, Nigeria (AP) — It was the dead of night when the ship caught fire, Patrick Aganyebi…
Continue Reading What’s streaming now: Annette Bening, Jason Aldean, ‘Planet Earth,’ NKOTB and ‘Blue Eye Samurai’
By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a studio album from Jason Aldean and a posthumous release from Jimmy…
Continue Reading Firearms charge against Washington state senator Jeff Wilson dismissed in Hong Kong court
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has dismissed a charge against a Washington state senator arrested after he…
Continue Reading China Evergrande winding-up hearing adjourned to Dec. 4 by Hong Kong court
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has adjourned a winding up hearing for property developer China Evergrande Group’s until Dec. 4. Evergrande…
Continue Reading Agreement reached to end strike that shut down a vital Great Lakes shipping artery for a week
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A deal has been reached to end a week-long strike that had shut down a major shipping artery in the Great Lakes, halting the…
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El Paso woman celebrates 20 years since the opening of her maternity clinic in Cebu, Philippines
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Twenty years ago, Hilary Overton took the leap of faith and opened a maternity care clinic in the Philippines. Overton is an…
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New Mexico High School Football sets their postseason brackets
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The New Mexico Activities Association has announced the full bracket for high school football playoffs across the…
Continue Reading A federal judge reimposes a limited gag order in Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge who reimposed a narrow gag order on Donald Trump in…
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