How farmers in Burundi banded together to get fair prices for avocados
Associated Press KAYANZA, Burundi (AP) — Farmers in a remote part of Burundi know to look for a truck parked by a highway when they want to sell…
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Stock market today: Wall Street slides after Treasury yields climb back above 4% and oil rises
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slid Monday after Treasury yields hit their highest levels since the summer and oil prices continued…
Continue ReadingThe Israel-Hamas war’s devastating toll, by the numbers
Israel’s yearlong offensive in Gaza, launched in response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and caused…
Continue Reading Supreme Court takes the bench with ghost guns, a capital case and transgender rights on the docket
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court took the bench again on Monday, ready to hear cases on ghost guns, a death sentence and…
Continue ReadingMideast violence is spiraling a year since the Gaza war began
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A year after Hamas’ fateful attack on southern Israel, the Middle East is embroiled in a war that shows no…
Continue ReadingGaza is in ruins after Israel’s yearlong offensive. Rebuilding may take decades
Associated Press The Gaza Strip is in ruins. There are hills of rubble where apartment blocks stood, and pools of sewage-tainted water spreading…
Continue ReadingA year after the Hamas attack shattered their community, going home still feels impossible
Associated Press KFAR AZA, Israel (AP) — A year has passed since Hamas militants tore through the border fence separating Gaza from the small…
Continue ReadingA year after the Hamas attack shattered this Israeli community, going home still feels impossible
Associated Press KFAR AZA, Israel (AP) — On a sun-dappled day in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Liora Eilon stood at the spot where her son was killed. She…
Continue ReadingTips, overtime, Social Security: A look at Donald Trump’s no-tax pledges and what they might cost
Associated Press Donald Trump has pledged to end taxes on everything from tips to Social Security and overtime pay if he’s elected to the White…
Continue Reading Federal court reviews civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism in a Louisiana parish
Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is reviewing a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south…
Continue Reading Hurricane Milton is a Category 5. Florida orders evacuations and scrambles to clear Helene’s debris
Associated Press BELLEAIR BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s storm-battered Gulf Coast raced against a Category 5 hurricane Monday as workers sprinted…
Continue ReadingTurning Point wants to revolutionize how Republicans turn out voters. Some are skeptical
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Turning Point’s representatives have made two things clear in meetings with state and local Republican leaders…
Continue ReadingTurning Point wants to revolutionize how Republicans turn out voters. Some are skeptical
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Turning Point’s representatives have made two things clear in meetings with state and local Republican leaders…
Continue Reading The mayor of a state capital in Mexico is killed less than 1 week after he took office
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Relatives have buried the mayor of a state capital in southern Mexico who was killed less than one week after he took office.…
Continue ReadingUS spends a record $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since last Oct. 7
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since the war in Gaza…
Continue Reading New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under Trump
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — No one is likely to be happy with the projected higher deficits laid out in a new analysis of Kamala Harris’…
Continue ReadingFor US adversaries, Election Day won’t mean the end to efforts to influence Americans
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Soon, the ballots will be cast, the polls will close and a campaign marked by assassination attempts, animosity…
Continue Reading Tilda Swinton explores assisted suicide in Pedro Almodovar’s ‘The Room Next Door’
Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Although “The Room Next Door” is Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature, Tilda Swinton notes that…
Continue Reading War rages on multiple fronts as Israel marks a year since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack
Associated Press RE’IM, Israel (AP) — Israelis held somber ceremonies Monday to mark a year since the deadliest attack in the country’s…
Continue ReadingDodger Stadium fans toss balls and trash on field, interrupt Padres’ 10-2 win that evens NLDS
AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fans threw baseballs in the direction of San Diego left fielder Jurickson Profar and then tossed trash that…
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