Louisiana governor calls a special session to address taxes and the courts
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana legislators will meet for a special session beginning Nov. 6 to consider Republican Gov. Jeff Landry’s…
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Biden casts 2024 election ballot near his Delaware home, waiting in line with other voters
Associated Press NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday cast an early ballot in the 2024 general election. It’s a bittersweet…
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels target ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off Red Sea
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a ship traveling through the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait off…
Continue Reading Slight progress in global biodiversity protection efforts but some species decline, new reports find
Associated Press CALI, Colombia (AP) — Two reports on protecting biodiversity were released at a major UN summit on global biodiversity underway in…
Continue Reading France’s Prime Minister Michel Barnier returns to work after surgery for a cervical lesion
PARIS (AP) — France’s Prime Minister Michel Barnier has resumed work following surgery this weekend for a cervical lesion, according to a rare…
Continue Reading Jon Stewart will remain ‘Daily Show’ host on Mondays through 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Stewart isn’t done skewering the news — he’s signed on to continue hosting “The Daily Show” on Mondays…
Continue Reading Harris brings in Maggie Rogers as she tries to fire up college-age voters in battleground Michigan
Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris worked to fire up college-age supporters at a rally and concert in…
Continue Reading Apple AirPods Pro’s new hearing aid feature could help people face a problem they’d rather ignore
AP Health Writer Millions who could benefit from hearing aids have never tried them. Cost, access to health care and stigma create major barriers,…
Continue Reading Italian politicians express alarm at latest data breach allegedly affecting 800,000 citizens
MILAN (AP) — Politicians in Italy have called for better protection of citizens’ online data following a probe into a hacking scheme that…
Continue Reading Albania stops a ship suspected of harboring massive amounts of toxic waste from docking
Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian officials say they prevented a ship suspected of transferring a huge amount of hazardous waste…
Continue Reading Who is comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who insulted Puerto Rico at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally?
AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Of the nearly 30 speakers who recently warmed up the crowd for Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden, one…
Continue Reading Brian Williams and Amazon are asking election night news-seekers to take a leap of faith with them
AP Media Writer Former NBC News anchor Brian Williams is asking people interested in election night news to take a leap of faith with him. He’s…
Continue Reading British man sentenced to 18 years for using AI to make child sexual abuse imagery
AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A British man who used artificial intelligence to create images of child abuse was sent to prison for 18 years.…
Continue Reading Keir Starmer warns the UK budget this week will reflect ‘harsh’ economic reality
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says fixing Britain’s troubled economy will be a long haul in a “harsh”…
Continue Reading Apple launches the iPhone into the AI era with free software update
AP Technology Writer Apple has released a free software update that will inject its first dose of artificial intelligence into its iPhone 16 line-up…
Continue Reading After 127 years, Smucker’s has moved beyond jam. But its CEO still finds time to jam on weekends
AP Business Writer Smucker’s Uncrustables could soon hit $1 billion in annual sales. To keep up with demand for the frozen peanut butter and jelly…
Continue Reading 2 are killed when powered parachute aircraft flips while landing
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say two people died when a powered parachute aircraft flipped while landing in Kentucky. The Jessamine County…
Continue Reading Supreme Court allows national horse racing safety rules to stay in effect, for now
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing national medication and anti-doping rules for horse racing to remain in effect while a court fight…
Continue Reading Man charged in hit-and-run that killed New Hampshire Air National Guard commander
DOVER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man has been indicted in a hit-and-run crash that killed the commander of the New Hampshire Air National Guard.…
Continue Reading Hungary’s Orban highlights EU dysfunction with a surprise trip to Georgia
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is again highlighting what a dysfunctional family the 27 nations of the…
Continue Reading Authorities launch ‘interagency operation’ at federal jail in New York housing Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators from multiple federal agencies launched an “interagency operation” on Monday at the troubled…
Continue Reading Virginia asks US Supreme Court to reinstate removals of 1,600 voter registrations
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene to allow the state to remove roughly 1,600 voters from…
Continue Reading A knife attack near a school in Beijing injures 5 people, including 3 children
BEIJING (AP) — A knife attack near a school in China’s capital has injured five people, including three children. Police say the attack occurred…
Continue Reading What does a shocking parliamentary loss for Japan’s long-ruling party mean?
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese’s long-reigning coalition lost a majority in the parliamentary election, underscoring voters’ outrage…
Continue Reading Parties loyal to Uzbekistan’s president win parliament seats in election devoid of real opposition
Parties loyal to Uzbekistan’s president have swept parliament seats in an election devoid of any real opposition in the tightly-controlled Central…
Continue Reading Autonomous tech is coming to farming. What will it mean for crops and workers who harvest them?
Associated Press HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Jeremy Ford hates wasting water. As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, Florida,…
Continue Reading Israel passes laws to restrict the work of a UN agency that is a lifeline for Gaza
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament has passed two laws that severely restrict the U.N. agency responsible for distributing aid…
Continue Reading Republicans seek votes among the Amish, who rarely cast them, in swing-state Pennsylvania
Associated Press LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — On a recent weekday afternoon, an Amish man in a horse-drawn buggy navigated through a busy intersection of…
Continue Reading A decade of racial justice activism transformed politics, but landmark reforms remain elusive
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Cori Bush went from helping to lead an informal movement for racial justice to winning two terms as a…
Continue Reading Building collapse in Nigeria’s capital leaves at least 7 dead
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least seven people have died when a building collapsed in Nigeria’s capital Abuja over the weekend.…
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