In a suburban Miami shopping center, Kmart’s last ‘Blue Light Specials’ flicker
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The last Kmart on the U.S. mainland sits at the west end of a busy suburban Miami shopping center, quiet and largely…
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Progressives warn Harris must change her closing message as the election looms
AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Progressive Democrats warn Kamala Harris risks losing the support of a small but significant portion…
Continue Reading To fight misinfo, news outlets are putting plans in place to combat false election night stories
AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As news outlets get ready for election night, they’re not only focusing on what happens. They’re…
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Dana brings heavy rains and strong wind to India’s eastern coast
NEW DELHI (AP) — Tropical Storm Dana is bringing strong winds and heavy rain to India’s eastern coast, uprooting trees and raising the risk of…
Continue Reading A civil rights icon’s childhood home will not be a museum after opposition from her descendants
Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans City Council has rejected plans to turn a historic home connected with the…
Continue Reading Rain, humidity have sealed some mail-in ballot return envelopes shut, elections officials say
Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Some voters living in areas that have seen rainy or humid weather have reported receiving ballot return…
Continue Reading 15-year-old boy charged in shooting deaths of parents, 3 siblings in Washington state
SEATTLE (AP) — A 15-year-old boy is facing murder charges in the shooting deaths of five family members at his home east of Seattle. The King…
Continue Reading King Charles tells summit the past can’t be changed as leaders ask Britain to reckon with slavery
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — King Charles III told a summit of Commonwealth countries in Samoa on Friday that the past could not…
Continue Reading Grammy-winning crooner Jack Jones, known for singing ‘The Love Boat’ theme song, dies at 86
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Jack Jones, a Grammy-winning crooner known for “The Love Boat” television show theme song, has died. He was 86.…
Continue Reading Thousands were adopted to the US but not made citizens. Decades later, they risk being deported
Associated Press The United States has brought hundreds of thousands of children from abroad to be adopted by American families. But along the way it…
Continue Reading Australia’s leader rejects Beijing’s claims that his country is rife with ‘racism and hate crimes’
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected accusations from Beijing that his…
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Thousands of children adopted by Americans are without citizenship. Congress is unwilling to act
Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The 50-year-old newspaper was turning yellow and its edges fraying, so she had it laminated, not as a…
Continue Reading Australia and UK make pact to partner on 2050 net-zero climate goal
APIA, Samoa (AP) — Australia and the United Kingdom have deepened ties by agreeing to collaborate on climate change and energy initiatives, aiming…
Continue Reading Shohei Ohtani won’t pitch in the World Series, but that’s not slowing Ohtanimania
AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani sat behind a small table and waited. Across the center field plaza at Dodger Stadium, a horde of…
Continue Reading Japan’s ruling party may struggle in Sunday’s vote, but its decades of dominance won’t end
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling party, dogged by corruption scandals and plunging support for his…
Continue Reading More than 40 dogs killed in fire at rescue group’s kennels in New York
CANTON, N.Y. (AP) — More than 40 dogs have been killed in a fire that swept through a rescue organization’s kennels in northern New York. Fire…
Continue Reading The Dodgers and Yankees are ready for the starriest World Series in decades
AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees will play Major League Baseball’s starriest World Series…
Continue Reading Arizona governor and water resources agency move to regulate rural groundwater pumping
PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Arizona Department of Water Resources have made the first move toward regulating the use of groundwater in…
Continue Reading Trump says China’s leader will bully Harris ‘like a baby’ as his allies try to infantilize her
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump said Thursday that China’s leader would handle Vice President Kamala Harris “like a baby”…
Continue Reading Browns sue city of Cleveland over ‘Modell Law’ designed to prevent their move to suburbs
AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns’ back-and-forth battle with Cleveland over a planned move into a new suburban stadium has gone…
Continue Reading 12 Colorado mail ballots were stolen and filled out. 3 of them were counted
Associated Press At least 12 mailed ballots were stolen in a rural Colorado county and then sent in with fraudulent votes, three of which slipped…
Continue Reading Judge sentences man who killed Chicago’s ‘Walking Man’ in arson attack to 47 years
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has sentenced an Illinois man who killed a homeless person known as Chicago’s “Walking Man” in an arson attack to…
Continue Reading A cub of famous Wyoming grizzly No. 399 has been unseen since his mom’s death but odds look good
Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The death of a famous grizzly bear on a highway in western Wyoming has made an orphan of its cub, leading…
Continue Reading Major Michigan city decides against verifying mail ballots early, potentially slowing results
Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A decision by the elections clerk in Michigan’s third-largest city is raising concerns of a slowdown in…
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Florida sues Garland for blocking state probe into Trump assassination attempt
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida is suing to force the Justice Department to stop blocking the state’s investigation into the second…
Continue Reading Karen Read’s defense pushes to get charges dropped in her murder case
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Attorneys for Karen Read made another push to the highest court in Massachusetts to dismiss two charges she faces in…
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Vote to continue strike exposes Boeing workers’ anger over lost pensions
Associated Press Since going on strike last month, Boeing factory workers repeated one theme from their picket lines: They want their pensions back.…
Continue Reading Like Biden, Harris puts focus on Trump as Election Day draws near
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Joe Biden was running for reelection, his strategy was to keep the focus squarely on Donald Trump and his…
Continue Reading Trump’s lawyers seek dismissal of federal election case, call special counsel illegally appointed
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have told a federal judge that the election interference case against…
Continue Reading Red-cockaded woodpeckers’ recovery in southeast leads to status change from endangered to threatened
AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to…
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