Flashy Dubai will cash in on a World Cup a short flight away
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The FIFA World Cup may be bringing as many as 1.2 million fans to Qatar, but…
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Philippine storm victims feared tsunami, ran toward mudslide
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Victims of a huge mudslide set off by a storm in a coastal Philippine village that had…
Continue ReadingSomalia car bombings kill at least 100, president says
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s president says at least 100 people were killed in two car bombings at a busy…
Continue ReadingS. Korea in shock, grief as 153 die in Halloween crowd surge
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans mourned and searched for relatives lost in the…
Continue ReadingLula defeats Bolsonaro to again become Brazil’s president
By MAURICIO SAVERESE and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has done it again: Twenty years after first…
Continue ReadingPowerball grand prize climbs to $1B without a jackpot winner
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot keeps getting larger because players keep losing. It happened again Saturday night as no one matched…
Continue ReadingCongo expels Rwandan ambassador after new rebel advance
By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s government has ordered the Rwandan ambassador to leave the country within 48 hours…
Continue ReadingArizona AG gives county OK for full ballot hand counts
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s Republican attorney general has issued an opinion saying county officials can…
Continue ReadingGovernments: French conservationist abducted in eastern Chad
N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Authorities say a French national working in wildlife conservation has been abducted in northeastern Chad by unknown…
Continue ReadingBiden votes early in Delaware for November midterms
By SEUNG MIN KIM The Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden — accompanied by one of his granddaughters, a first-time voter…
Continue ReadingCuba says at least 5 dead after boat heading to US crashes
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuban state media say at least five people died when a boat off northern Cuba traveling north…
Continue ReadingGerald Stern, prize-winning and lyrical poet, dies at 97
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Gerald Stern, one of the country’s most loved and respected poets who wrote with spirited…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How and why do crowd surges turn deadly?
By The Associated Press It happened at a music festival in Houston, a soccer stadium in England, during a hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, in a…
Continue ReadingAt least 9 killed in Baghdad gas tanker explosion
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A gas tanker has exploded near a soccer field in northeastern Baghdad. Security officials…
Continue ReadingPalestinian gunman, Israeli man, dead in West Bank attack
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says a Palestinian militant fired at the entrance to an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, killing…
Continue ReadingWhat is known about the attack on Speaker Pelosi’s husband
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man broke into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home in San Francisco and severely beat her 82-year-old husband, Paul Pelosi,…
Continue ReadingInspector cites regulatory gaps in fatal New York limo crash
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A state watchdog says New York regulators failed to do all they could to sideline a poorly maintained stretch limousine that…
Continue ReadingJudge dismisses part of assault suit against U of Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit filed by eight women alleging sexual harassment and assault by a former University of…
Continue ReadingNY fitfully counts absentee ballots amid legal challenge
By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Republican election officials around New York refused to process absentee ballots amid a…
Continue ReadingDeath sentence sought for man accused of killing officer
RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — A prosecutor wants the death penalty for a man charged with killing an Indiana police officer. Wayne County Prosecutor Mike…
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