Haul out the holly! Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree arrives in New York City
NEW YORK (AP) — The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree arrived in New York City on Saturday, signaling the start of the holiday season in the Big…
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Here are new guidelines for preventing stroke, the nation’s 4th biggest killer
AP Health Writer The majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just that.…
Continue Reading Tens of thousands celebrate fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago with concerts and art installations
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands have celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago in Germany’s capital. There were…
Continue Reading Tourists in Rome now have a walkway to visit the Trevi Fountain but can’t toss coins
ROME (AP) — Tourists in Rome won’t be allowed to toss coins over their shoulders into the Trevi Fountain, following tradition, though an elevated…
Continue Reading Former Greek opposition leader Kasselakis departs left-wing Syriza
Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Stefanos Kasselakis, a businessman who burst into Greek politics over a year ago, says he’s leaving…
Continue Reading Attacks on Israeli soccer fans in the Netherlands prompts prime minister to cancel climate trip
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof has canceled his planned trip to United Nations climate talks in…
Continue Reading Queen Camilla has a chest infection and will miss the UK’s annual Remembrance Sunday events
LONDON (AP) — Queen Camilla will miss Britain’s annual remembrance weekend events to honor fallen service personnel while she recovers from a…
Continue Reading Trump’s gains with Latinos could reshape American politics. Democrats are struggling to respond
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — From Pennsylvania to Florida to Texas, areas with high numbers of Hispanics often had little in common on Election…
Continue Reading Democracy was a motivating factor for both Harris and Trump voters, but for very different reasons
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While inflation and immigration emerged as the dominant themes in this year’s presidential race, another…
Continue Reading One of 8 migrants sent to Albania returned to Italy
Associated Press ROME (AP) — One of the eight migrants brought for processing in an Albanian center after being intercepted in international waters…
Continue Reading Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid for a month by Israeli siege
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — With virtually no food allowed into the northernmost part of Gaza for the past month, tens of thousands of…
Continue Reading Severe droughts threaten the sustainable catch of the Amazon’s giant fish
Associated Press AGUA CLARA, Brazil (AP) — Two years of record-breaking drought have dealt a heavy blow to what is arguably the Amazon’s most…
Continue Reading UK police watchdog reviews handling of Mohamed Al Fayed sex crime allegations
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s police watchdog is assessing complaints from two women over how the Metropolitan Police handled sex…
Continue Reading Frustrated Americans await the economic changes they voted for with Trump
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fed up with high prices and unimpressed with an economy that by just about any measure is a healthy one,…
Continue Reading Russia open to hearing Trump’s proposals for ending the war, an official says
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s deputy foreign minister says Moscow is open to hearing President-elect Donald Trump’s proposals on ending the…
Continue Reading Qatar suspends its mediation efforts on Gaza and the Hamas office there may have to leave
Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Qatar has suspended its key mediation efforts between Hamas and Israel, it said Saturday, after…
Continue Reading Newly inaugurated Indonesian President Subianto visits China in first overseas trip
Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has pledged to maintain close ties with China during a meeting with Chinese…
Continue Reading Azerbaijan is the host of the UN’s climate conference, shining a spotlight on the petrostate
Associated Press The spotlight is on Azerbaijan as the small petrostate in the South Caucasus hosts the U.N.’s biggest climate conference.…
Continue Reading Bribery case adds to problems in Mississippi city with water woes and policing disputes
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Bribery and conspiracy charges against the mayor are the latest shock to Mississippi’s capital, where…
Continue Reading Why AP called the Nevada Senate race for Jacky Rosen
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic incumbent Sen. Jacky Rosen won reelection early Saturday morning after The Associated Press declared…
Continue Reading Why AP called Nevada’s presidential race for Trump
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has won his sixth battleground state of the 2024 election, beating Vice President…
Continue Reading A powerful suicide bombing at a rail station in southwestern Pakistan kills at least 26
Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a train station in restive southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing…
Continue Reading Democratic US Sen. Jacky Rosen is reelected in Nevada, securing battleground seat
Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen has won reelection, beating Republican Sam Brown in a tight but unusually…
Continue Reading Japan’s prime minister vows military buildup and deeper ties with the US as regional tension rises
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has renewed a pledge to build up his country’s military and deepen its…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Democrat Jacky Rosen wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Nevada
Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen won reelection to a U.S. Senate seat in Nevada on Saturday, fending off a fierce challenge from Republican Sam Brown. A…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Nevada
Former President Donald Trump won Nevada on Saturday, returning the state and its six electoral votes to Republicans for the first time since…
Continue Reading 100-year-old Royal Air Force veteran will join UK memorial service for the first time
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Michael Woods has visited his wife, Mary, every day since she moved into a nursing home two years ago. But on…
Continue Reading Louisiana lawmakers advance Gov. Jeff Landry’s tax cut bills
Associated Press/Report for America BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers have advanced bills to flatten the state’s income tax rate…
Continue Reading A push for school choice fell short in Trump’s first term. He may now have a more willing Congress
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The election of Donald Trump returns an ally of school choice to the White House, this time with a…
Continue Reading The Boy Scouts inspired Norman Rockwell. His works will now help pay survivors of abuse
Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — In one Norman Rockwell painting, a family proudly welcomes a beaming Boy Scout home from camp, his duffel bag in…
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