Year: 2024

Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — As India gears up for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, people are divided over whether they should celebrate by setting off firecrackers, which worsen the country’s chronic air pollution. Diwali, which will be celebrated Thursday, is marked by socializing and exchanging gifts with family and friends. But every

Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — America’s presidential election next week comes just after Iran marks the 45th anniversary of the 1979 U.S. Embassy hostage crisis — and for many, tensions between Tehran and Washington feel just as high as they did then. Iran remains locked in the Mideast wars roiling the region, with its

AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — You gotta hand it to Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers. And not just because the Yankees certainly did. When New York let LA back into World Series Game 5, the Dodgers did what they’ve done all year — kept on going. After taking advantage

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The family WhatsApp group chat buzzed with constant messages. Israel was escalating its airstrikes on villages and towns in southern Lebanon. Everyone was glued to the news. Reda Gharib woke up uncharacteristically early that day, Sept. 23. Living a continent away in Senegal, he scrolled through videos and pictures shared

AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Just when it appeared Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees were right back in this World Series, they all but gave away the trophy. An epic meltdown of defensive miscues, beginning with Judge’s embarrassing error in center field, helped the Los Angeles Dodgers rally in a five-run

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A powerful typhoon made landfall in Taiwan, killing one person and bringing high winds and floods to much of the island’s east coast and northern areas. Typhoon Kong-rey plowed into Taitung county on Thursday at 114 mph with gusts of up to 141 mph. Parts of the eastern counties of Yilan

Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The United States’ European allies are bracing for an America that’s less interested in them no matter who wins the presidential election — and for old traumas and new problems if Donald Trump returns to the White House. The election comes more than 2 1/2 years into Russia’s full-scale invasion

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There will be 77 days between Election Day and inauguration, a period in which the president-elect may ready his or her administration to take over power from President Joe Biden. Long built on tradition and bipartisanship, the presidential transition exploded into a point of political contention four years ago, after