Israel is reassessing diplomatic relations with Turkey due to leader’s ‘increasingly harsh’ remarks
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Israel says it’s recalling its diplomats from Turkey over “increasingly harsh statements” coming from the…
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UAW and Stellantis reach tentative contract deal as union adds strike at Tennessee GM factory
By TOM KRISHER, HALELUYA HADERO and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Jeep maker Stellantis reached a tentative contract agreement…
Continue Reading GOP presidential candidate Hutchinson must find a new campaign manager but vows to stay in the race
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Asa Hutchinson says the campaign manager for his beleaguered bid for the Republican…
Continue Reading Food delivery business Yelloh to lay off 750 employees nationwide, close 90 delivery centers
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — The food delivery business Yelloh is cutting 750 jobs nationwide and closing 90 delivery centers. The Minneapolis Star…
Continue Reading Police: Live cluster bomblet, ammunition found with donation at southeastern Wisconsin thrift store
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A live cluster bomblet and ammunition have been found in a donation dropped off at a thrift shop in southeastern Wisconsin.…
Continue Reading Talks on Ukraine’s peace plan open in Malta with officials from 65 countries — but not Russia
VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Ukrainian and Maltese officials say two days talks on Ukraine’s plan for peace have started in Malta, with the…
Continue Reading North Dakota police officer fired for injuring suspect gets probation after changing plea
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota police officer fired for badly injuring a 63-year-old man during an arrest has been sentenced to…
Continue Reading 3 Sumatran tiger cubs have been born at a zoo in Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three Sumatran tigers have been born at a zoo in Tennessee. Nashville Zoo officials announced that the two female and one…
Continue Reading Jagger watches Barcelona wear Stones logo in ‘clasico’ but Beatles fan Bellingham gets Madrid winner
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona aligned with the Rolling Stones for Saturday’s “clasico” soccer game against Real Madrid when Mick Jagger…
Continue Reading Indonesian troops recover bodies of 6 workers missing after attack by Papua separatists
JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian security forces say they have recovered the bodies of six traditional gold mining workers who had been…
Continue Reading Norway’s Mowinckel becomes first skier to be disqualified under new rule banning fluorinated wax
By ERIC WILLEMSEN Associated Press SOELDEN, Austria (AP) — Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway has become the first skier to be disqualified for a…
Continue Reading Russia accuses Ukraine of damaging a nuclear waste warehouse as the battle for Avdiivika grinds on
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has accused Ukraine of damaging a nuclear waste storage facility in a drone strike on the Kursk nuclear power plant and…
Continue Reading Two people shot, injured in altercation at Worcester State University
WORCESTER, Massachusetts (AP) — Authorities say a university campus in Massachusetts was locked down for seven hours Saturday after two people were…
Continue Reading Louisiana and Amtrak agree to revive train service between New Orleans, Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is a step closer to connecting its capital city to New Orleans via a revived train line. Gov. John Bel Edwards on…
Continue Reading Maine mass killing suspect had mental health issues, purchased guns legally, authorities say
By JAKE BLEIBERG, PATRICK WHITTLE and DAVID SHARP Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Police missed two clear opportunities to end a dragnet…
Continue Reading Adel Omran, Associated Press video producer in Libya, dies at 46
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Adel Omran, a video producer in chaos-stricken Libya for The Associated Press, has died. He was 46. His…
Continue Reading Mass graves, unclaimed bodies and overcrowded cemeteries. The war robs Gaza of funeral rites
By ISABEL DEBRE and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — It was neither the place nor the time for a proper goodbye,…
Continue Reading North Macedonia police intercept a group of 77 migrants and arrest 7 suspected traffickers
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say they found 77 migrants in the country’s south and arrested seven Pakistanis…
Continue Reading Less boo for your buck: For the second Halloween in a row, US candy inflation hits double digits
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Spooked by the high price of Halloween candy? There’s not much relief in sight. For the second year in a row,…
Continue Reading The campaign spotlight this weekend is on Nevada, where dueling elections could confuse GOP voters
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada is a pivotal early state on the 2024 election calendar, but it’s gotten…
Continue Reading EPA to strengthen lead protections in drinking water after multiple crises, including Flint
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency will soon strengthen lead in drinking water regulations. Lead…
Continue Reading EPA to strengthen lead protections in drinking water after multiple crises, including Flint
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency will soon strengthen lead in drinking water regulations,…
Continue Reading Pope’s meeting on church future says it’s ‘urgent’ to guarantee governance roles for women
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ big gathering of Catholic bishops and laypeople on the church’s…
Continue Reading New Speaker Mike Johnson holds favor with conservatives. Can he unite the GOP where others failed?
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New House Speaker Mike Johnson inherits many of the same problems that bedeviled Republican…
Continue Reading A spiderweb of Hamas tunnels in Gaza Strip raises risks for an Israeli ground offensive
By JON GAMBRELL and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — As an Israeli ground offensive in the Gaza Strip looms in its war with Hamas,…
Continue Reading Sharp increase in Afghans leaving Pakistan due to illegal migrant crackdown, say UN agencies
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.N. agencies say there has been a sharp increase in Afghans returning home since Pakistan launched a crackdown on…
Continue Reading Syphilis and other STDs are on the rise. States lost millions of dollars to fight and treat them
By KENYA HUNTER AP Health Writer State and local health departments across the U.S found out in June they’d be losing the final two years of a $1…
Continue Reading Hundreds of mourners lay flowers at late Premier’s Li Keqiang’s childhood residence in eastern China
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hundreds of mourners have lined the streets and laid flowers near former Chinese Premier Li…
Continue Reading Jewish and Muslim chaplains navigate US campus tensions and help students roiled by Israel-Hamas war
By MARIAM FAM Associated Press For many of the university chaplains and faith leaders caring for students angered and shaken by the Israel-Hamas war,…
Continue Reading South Koreans hold subdued Halloween celebrations a year after party crush killed about 160 people
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Halloween celebrations in South Korea are subdued on the eve of the anniversary of the…
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