2 dead and thousands evacuated as a typhoon approaches Taiwan
Associated Press KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — An approaching typhoon bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall to Taiwan has killed two people and…
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Mexico’s Sheinbaum keeps doing morning briefings, though her style is unlike her predecessor’s
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum has begun her presidency the same way her predecessor concluded his: with a morning media…
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Swine fever sweeps Italy’s north, threatening production of prized prosciutto and livelihoods
Associated Press CORTELEONA E GENZONE, Italy (AP) — One of Giovanni Airoli’s sows tested positive for African swine fever in late August. Within…
Continue Reading Israel presses forward on two fronts and reports 8 combat deaths as fears of a wider war mount
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel pressed forward on two fronts Wednesday, pursuing a ground incursion into Lebanon against Hezbollah that left…
Continue Reading Online voting in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant
Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Let the chunk-off begin. Voting started Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s…
Continue Reading Helene’s flooding swept away 11 workers at a Tennessee factory. Now the state is investigating
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state authorities are investigating the company that owns a plastics factory where 11 workers…
Continue Reading Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — What lies beneath the Great Lakes’ waves is largely unknown, but there’s a new push to learn more…
Continue Reading Sex workers find themselves at the center of Congo’s mpox outbreak
Associated Press KAMITUGA, Congo (AP) — It’s been four months since Sifa Kunguja recovered from mpox, but as a sex worker, she said,…
Continue Reading Japan’s Kojima, with its proud Jeans Street, draws fans of vintage, deep-blue denim
Associated Press KOJIMA, Japan (AP) — Denim — that All-American fabric — is all about being Japanese in the town of Kojima. The town’s…
Continue Reading Bodies of the children and teachers who died in a Thai school bus fire return home for funeral
Associated Press LAN SAK, Thailand (AP) — The bodies of almost two dozen young students and teachers who died in a bus fire in a suburb of Bangkok…
Continue Reading Fact-check fight: CBS News cuts candidates’ mics after JD Vance objects to a moderator’s correction
AP Media Writer CBS News briefly muted the debate microphones of the two vice presidential candidates after Republican JD Vance objected to a…
Continue Reading Southerners stay in touch the old-fashioned way after Helene cuts roads, power, phones
Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Isolated and without electricity or phone service since Hurricane Helene inflicted devastation across the…
Continue Reading Harris and Trump are tested by the Mideast, Helene and the port strike in the campaign’s final weeks
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurricane Helene, the growing conflict in the Mideast and a dockworkers strike are looming over the final weeks…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street edges higher as financial markets steady themselves
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged higher in a quiet Wednesday, and Treasury yields rose following an encouraging update on the…
Continue Reading Harris hands out meals, consoles families as she surveys Hurricane Helene devastation in Georgia
Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris handed out meals, embraced a shaken family and surveyed Hurricane Helene’s…
Continue Reading After pressing an Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, the Biden administration shifts its message
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says there is a significant difference between Israeli actions that have expanded its…
Continue Reading Doctor who helped supply Matthew Perry ketamine pleads guilty to drug charge
AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A San Diego doctor became the third person to plead guilty in the case of Matthew Perry ’s fatal drug…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania town grapples with Trump assassination attempt ahead of his return
Associated Press BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump is going back to Butler, where the world last saw him pump his fist and beseech followers to…
Continue Reading Republicans are more likely than Democrats to see Israel as a US ally: AP-NORC poll
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After a year of war between Israel and Hamas, U.S. public opinion on the conflict remains polarized, a new…
Continue Reading US ‘Welcome Corps’ helps resettle LGBTQ+ refugees fleeing crackdowns against gay people
Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Cabrel Ngounou’s life in Cameroon quickly unraveled after neighbors caught the teenager with his…
Continue Reading Palestinians in West Bank risk crossing Israel’s separation barrier to flee failing economy
Associated Press YATTA, West Bank (AP) — At dawn in mid-May, Sayyed Ayyed and dozens of other unemployed Palestinian men gathered at the foot of…
Continue Reading Countries, businesses and trade officials urge EU to rethink deforestation regulation
Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A growing number of governments, international trade organizations and businesses are urging the…
Continue Reading Yemen’s Houthi rebels are looking to gain from continuing conflict in the Middle East
Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Since Israel intensified its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been…
Continue Reading Vance and Walz keep it civil in a policy-heavy discussion: VP debate takeaways
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice presidential hopefuls Tim Walz and JD Vance focused their criticism on the top of the ticket on Tuesday as…
Continue Reading North Carolina town that produces quartz needed for tech products is devastated by Helene
SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors, solar panels and…
Continue Reading Man charged in California courthouse explosion also accused of 3 arson fires
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — County prosecutors have charged a California man with additional counts in a courthouse bomb attack that…
Continue Reading Federal prosecutors file new indictment against ex-Louisville police officers
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Federal prosecutors filed a new indictment against two former Louisville officers accused of falsifying a warrant that led…
Continue Reading Atlanta rapper Rich Homie Quan died from an accidental drug overdose, medical examiner says
ATLANTA (AP) — A medical examiner’s office in Georgia has confirmed that 33-year-old rapper Rich Homie Quan died from an accidental drug…
Continue Reading In India, warming climate pressures scientists to keep developing tougher seeds
Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — India is one of the world’s largest producers and consumers of wheat and rice, but extreme weather is…
Continue Reading Japanese sponsors Toyota, Bridgestone and Panasonic end Olympic contracts
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The International Olympic Committee’s three major Japanese sponsors — Toyota, Panasonic and Bridgestone — are…
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