Evacuations ordered as remnants of Typhoon Koinu hit southern China
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — People have been moved to shelters and nearly 2,000 boats recalled to port as the remnants of Typhoon Koinu hit southern…
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Afghans reel from the earthquake that killed thousands
By OMID HAQJO Associated Press ZINDA JAN, Afghanistan (AP) — People dug through the rubble of the quake in western Afghanistan for their few…
Continue Reading Leading Polish candidates meet for debate on state TV six days before a national election
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s opposition leader Donald Tusk tells viewers of state TV that he is a regular…
Continue Reading Nobel economics prize goes to Harvard’s Claudia Goldin for research on the workplace gender gap
By PAUL WISEMAN, DAVID KEYTON and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Claudia Goldin, a Harvard University professor, was awarded the…
Continue Reading UK’s Labour Party says it will invest for growth, as violence in Israel hangs over its conference
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Britain’s main opposition Labour Party says it will focus on economic growth rather…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Rate hopes push Asian shares higher while oil prices edge lower
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares have climbed after Wall Street advanced on potentially encouraging news about…
Continue Reading Indian rescuers are flying into the region where a flood washed out bridges and killed at least 74
By WASBIR HUSSAIN and ANUPAM NATH Associated Press GANGTOK, India (AP) — Air force helicopters rescued scores of stranded tourists Monday in…
Continue Reading US Senate Majority Leader Schumer meets Xi and welcomes stronger Chinese statement on Hamas attack
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he is grateful for a stronger statement from China…
Continue Reading Luxembourg’s coalition under Bettel collapses due to Green losses in tight elections
Luxembourg’s three-party coalition led by liberal Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has lost its decade-long hold on power in tight parliamentary…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Markets steady in Asia after Israel declares war following Hamas attack in Gaza
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Share prices were mixed on Monday after the Israeli government declared war following deadly…
Continue Reading IMF and World Bank pledge Africa focus at first meetings on the continent in 50 years
By SAM METZ Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — In the shadow of a deadly earthquake in Morocco that caused nearly $12 billion in damage,…
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ABC-7 StormTrack Weather: Nice Sunday evening, warmup continues Monday
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Your Sunday evening will be dry and calm. A warming trend begins today with temperatures returning back to above normal this…
Continue Reading Israel strikes and seals off Gaza after incursion by Hamas, which vows to execute hostages
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel increased airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and sealed it off from food, fuel…
Continue Reading What went wrong? Questions emerge over Israel’s intelligence prowess after Hamas attack
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — For Palestinians in Gaza, Israel’s eyes are never very far away. Surveillance drones…
Continue Reading How third-party and independent candidates could threaten Democrats and Republicans in 2024
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two political outsiders have taken steps to launch independent or third-party…
Continue Reading How third-party and independent candidates could threaten Democrats and Republicans in 2024
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and scion of the storied…
Continue Reading Some in Congress want to cut Ukraine aid and boost Taiwan’s. But Taiwan sees its fate tied to Kyiv’s
By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To Rep. Mike Collins, China is a bigger threat to the United States than Russia. So the Georgia…
Continue Reading Schools’ pandemic spending boosted tech companies. Did it help US students?
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As soon as the federal pandemic relief started arriving at America’s schools, so did the…
Continue Reading What’s streaming now: Jamie Foxx, Offset, Musk, ‘Frasier’ returns and Nicholas Cage as a vampire
By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include Offset’s sophomore solo album, the return of “Frasier” starring Kelsey…
Continue Reading Opinion polls show Australians likely to reject Indigenous Voice to Parliament at referendum
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians appear likely to reject the creation of an advocate for the Indigenous…
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El Pasoan Kayla Thornton scores three in New York’s Game One WNBA finals loss to Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP, Mark Anderson) — Whether it was Chelsea Gray on her 31st birthday orchestrating the offense, Jackie Young knocking down 3-pointers…
Continue Reading Israeli survivors recount terror at music festival, where Hamas militants killed at least 260
By ISABEL DEBRE and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The open-air Tribe of Nova music festival will go down in Israeli history…
Continue Reading Workers at Mack Trucks reject contract and join the thousands of UAW picketers already on strike
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Union workers at Mack Trucks went on strike Monday after voting down a five-year contract agreement…
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The number of migrant encounters in El Paso has gone down, but does that mean the region is coming off of a surge?
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Migrant releases into El Paso by Customs and Border Protection have gone down over the last week, according to the city’s…
Continue Reading US demands condemnation of Hamas at UN meeting, but Security Council takes no immediate action
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has held an emergency meeting behind closed doors with the…
Continue Reading American Airlines pilot union calls for stopping flights to Israel, citing declaration of war
NEW YORK (AP) — The pilots’ union for American Airlines has directed its members to refuse to fly to Israel, citing the ongoing war between…
Continue Reading California governor vetoes bill to make free condoms available for high school students, citing cost
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected a bill on Sunday that would have made free condoms…
Continue Reading Correction: Israel-Palestinians-5 Things to Know story
JERUSALEM (AP) — In a story published Oct. 8, 2023, about things to know about the Israel-Palestinian war, The Associated Press erroneously…
Continue Reading Chiefs star Travis Kelce shakes off an ankle injury with a key TD catch after his brief absence
By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Travis Kelce was hurting at halftime, having limped off the field with an injury to his…
Continue Reading An autopsy rules that an Atlanta church deacon’s death during his arrest was a homicide
ATLANTA (AP) — An autopsy has found that the death of a 62-year-old church deacon who was electrically shocked by an Atlanta police officer was a…
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