Florida’s ‘Fantasy Fest’ ends with increased emphasis on costumes and less on decadence
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — The 10-day Fantasy Fest costuming and masking celebration is ending in Key West, after some 100 events with an increased…
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Thousands of Ukrainians run to commemorate those killed in the war
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Around 2,000 Ukrainians have taken part in a one-kilometer race in Kyiv, wearing bibs…
Continue Reading Video game adaptation ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ notches $130 million global debut
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Fans flocked to movie theaters across the country to see the scary video game adaptation “Five Nights at…
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Pence ends White House campaign after struggling to gain traction. ‘This is not my time,’ he says
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday dropped his bid for the Republican presidential…
Continue Reading 12 people die in a plane crash in the Brazilian Amazon
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Twelve people have died in the crash of a small aircraft in Brazil’s Amazon region. The plane went down on Sunday morning…
Continue Reading ‘Friends’ creators, actors, family mourn Matthew Perry: ‘The One Where Our Hearts Are Broken’
Matthew Perry was widely mourned this weekend by friends, co-stars and some very famous fans, including his childhood classmate, Canadian Prime…
Continue Reading Man charged in killing of Nat King Cole’s great-nephew
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia man has been arrested in connection with the death of the great-nephew of world-renowned singer and jazz pianist Nat King…
Continue Reading Thousands rally in Pakistan against Israel’s bombing in Gaza, chanting anti-American slogans
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Thousands of supporters from Pakistan’s main religious political party rallied in the capital, Islamabad, on Sunday against…
Continue Reading Macron vows to enshrine women’s rights to abortion in French Constitution in 2024
PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron has promised to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French Constitution by next year. The…
Continue Reading New Hampshire’s presidential primary ballots will have 24 Republicans and 21 Democrats, but no Biden
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The stage is set for the New Hampshire presidential primary, even though the date hasn’t…
Continue Reading Bangladesh police arrest a key opposition leader as violence leaves 3 dead and many injured
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Bangladesh have arrested a key opposition figure from the Bangladesh…
Continue Reading How extreme weather in the US may have affected the pumpkins you picked this year for Halloween
By MELINA WALLING and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press HUDSON, Colo. (AP) — Alan Mazzotti can see the Rocky Mountains about 30 miles west of his…
Continue Reading More than 1,000 pay tribute to Maine’s mass shooting victims on day of prayer, reflection on tragedy
By DAVID SHARP, JAKE BLEIBERG and ROBERT F. BUKATY Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — More than 1,000 people packed a cavernous church Sunday…
Continue Reading Biden will visit a Minnesota family farm this week as top officials kick off stops in rural America
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit a family farm in Minnesota on Wednesday as part of two weeks of…
Continue Reading GMs Mike Hazen and Chris Young face off in World Series 25 years after meeting at Princeton
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Twenty-five years after they first met at Princeton, Chris Young and Mike Hazen are…
Continue Reading Kazakhstan mine fire death roll rises to 42
LONDON (AP) — Kazakhstan’s emergency ministry says the death toll from a fire at a coal mine has risen to 42. Four miners are still missing.…
Continue Reading Mission impossible? Biden says Mideast leaders must consider a two-state solution after the war ends
By AAMER MADHANI, CHRIS MEGERIAN, WILL WEISSERT and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the 3-week-old Israel-Hamas war enters what…
Continue Reading On the anniversary of a deadly Halloween crush, South Korean families demand a special investigation
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Bereaved relatives of victims of last year’s devastating Halloween crush in Seoul and…
Continue Reading Trump says ‘no way’ Iowa votes against him as he flubs city’s name during state campaign stop
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Asssociated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump is predicting he will win Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses in…
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Gaza receives largest aid shipment so far as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens military offensive
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Nearly three dozen trucks entered Gaza on Sunday…
Continue Reading The Trump era has changed the politics of local elections in Georgia, a pivotal 2024 battleground
By BILL BARROW Associated Press JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) — The political dynamics in some of Atlanta’s suburbs reflect how partisan and cultural…
Continue Reading Arrest made in Halloween weekend’s fatal shooting of 2 in Tampa; 18 more victims injured
By CURT ANDERSON and CHRIS O’MEARA Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A man has been arrested in Tampa, Florida, in a mass shooting that…
Continue Reading Rescuers search for missing migrants off Sicilian beach after a shipwreck kills at least 5
ROME (AP) — Rescuers say sea searches have resumed in the sea and along the coasts of southwestern Sicily, where a fishing boat carrying dozens of…
Continue Reading Russia says it shot down 36 Ukrainian drones as fighting grinds on in Ukraine’s east
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry says its air defense shot down 36 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula…
Continue Reading China believes the path to a Xi-Biden meeting in San Francisco in November won’t be ‘smooth sailing’
BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister says the road to an expected meeting between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden would not…
Continue Reading Israeli settler kills Palestinian man harvesting olives as violence surges in the West Bank
By SAMY MAGDY and AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A Jewish settler shot dead a Palestinian man harvesting olives near the West Bank…
Continue Reading G-7 nations back strong supply chains for energy and food despite global tensions
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Trade and economy officials from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies have strengthened their…
Continue Reading India police detain man as suspect in explosion that killed 3 people at Jehovah’s Witness gathering
NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in southern India have detained a man for his alleged involvement in setting off explosives that killed at least three…
Continue Reading ABC-7 First Alert: Calm weekend, frightfully cold Halloween ahead
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — We remain under an ABC-7 First Alert awaiting the temperature drop come Monday. Weekend weather looks calm for now with…
Continue Reading King Charles III seeks to look ahead in a visit to Kenya. But he’ll have history to contend with
By DANICA KIRKA and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III wants to look to the future when his four-day state visit to…
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