Home listings climb in nation’s priciest markets as locked-up inventory starts to shift
AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The recent pullback in mortgage rates and expectations of further easing next year may be motivating more…
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Elon Musk unveils Tesla’s ‘Cybercab,’ plans to bring autonomous driving tech to other models in 2025
AP Business Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tesla unveiled its long-awaited robotaxi at a Hollywood studio Thursday night, though fans of the electric…
Continue Reading 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal will retire from tennis after next month’s Davis Cup finals
Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal is retiring from professional tennis at age 38, he announced Thursday, after winning 22 Grand Slam…
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Hong Kong court rejects activist Jimmy Lai’s bid to have a jury trial for libel case
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…
Continue Reading At least 22 killed in airstrikes in central Beirut, with Israel also firing on UN peacekeepers
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on central Beirut on Thursday left two neighborhoods smoldering, killed 22 people and wounded…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s Zelenskyy city-hops across Europe, promoting ‘victory plan’ to allies
ROME (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been city-hopping across Europe to promote a “victory plan” that he said “aims to…
Continue Reading With roads often blocked by rebels in Congo, boats — the only alternative — have become death traps
Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — The overcrowded boat that capsized in eastern Congo last week killed eight members of Serge Nzonga’s family…
Continue Reading Han Kang wins the Nobel Prize for literature. She’s the first South Korean to do so
Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — South Korean poet and novelist Han Kang was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for a poetic and…
Continue Reading China will lift 4-year ban on Australian lobster imports, Australia’s prime minister says
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says China will resume importing Australian live lobsters…
Continue Reading 2 Pakistani police and 4 insurgents killed in the restive north west ahead of Asian security summit
Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants riding on a motorcycle have opened fire on a vehicle carrying police officers in a former…
Continue Reading Yemen’s Houthi rebels attack a Liberian-flagged ship in the Red Sea
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A series of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have targeted a Liberian-flagged chemical tanker…
Continue Reading Although Milton has moved on, at least 8 are dead and millions remain in the dark
Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Rescue teams are plucking Florida residents from the flotsam of Hurricane Milton after the storm…
Continue Reading Lithuania votes in a weekend general election with many looking for change despite good economy
Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s center-right coalition could be replaced by the opposition Social Democrats and smaller…
Continue Reading China defiant over South China Sea skirmishes in ASEAN talks and blames meddling by foreign forces
Associated Press VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders have stepped up pressure on China to respect international law following clashes in…
Continue Reading Pilot of helicopter that crashed on Australian hotel roof was affected by alcohol, probe finds
Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An investigation has found the pilot of the helicopter that crashed on top of an Australian hotel two…
Continue Reading Cambodian fishermen turn to raising eels as Tonle Sap lake runs out of fish
Associated Press KAMPONG PHLUK, Cambodia (AP) — Em Phat, 53, studies his eel tanks with the intensity of a man gambling with his livelihood. For…
Continue Reading Rays say it may take ‘weeks’ to fully assess damage at Tropicana Field, after Milton struck region
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…
Continue Reading Mali’s traditional theater gives psychiatric patients the stage
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…
Continue Reading Advocates in Georgia face barriers getting people who were formerly incarcerated to vote
Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — A new report from The Sentencing Project estimates that the number of people who cannot vote…
Continue Reading Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial set for May
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A May 5 trial date was set Thursday in Sean “Diddy” Combs’sex trafficking case, and a prosecutor argued…
Continue Reading Takeaways from an AP investigation of Russia recruiting Africans to make drones for use in Ukraine
Associated Press About 200 women ages 18-22 from across Africa have been recruited to work in a factory alongside Russian vocational students…
Continue Reading Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living boost in 2025, smaller than in recent past
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning…
Continue Reading Trump’s small-dollar donor fundraising is beset by confusion and fatigue
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s contributions from small-dollar donors have plummeted since his last bid for the White House,…
Continue Reading A New York village known for its majestic mute swans faces a difficult choice after one is killed
Associated Press MANLIUS, N.Y. (AP) — The upstate New York village of Manlius is known for the majestic white swans that have inhabited a village…
Continue Reading Hurricane Milton spawned high number of destructive, deadly tornadoes
Associated Press FT. PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Milton caught many Floridians by surprise as they prepared for heavy wind,…
Continue Reading Former MLB star Garvey makes play for Latino votes in longshot bid for California US Senate seat
AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey is making a late-hour push for Latino support in his longshot…
Continue Reading Immigrants brought to the US as children ask judges to keep protections against deportation
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Immigrants who built lives in the United States after being brought here illegally as children were among more…
Continue Reading Taiwan celebrates its National Day holiday against a background of Chinese threats
Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan celebrated its National Day holiday against the background of threats from China, which claims the…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street edges back from its records
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…
Continue Reading Whether to publicly say Trump’s name becomes issue in Connecticut congressional debate
Associated Press WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes is criticizing her Republican opponent in Connecticut’s hotly contested 5th…
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