We are what we celebrate: America’s holiday calendar is increasingly diverse
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — John Albert’s daughter isn’t going to school on Friday. And he couldn’t be happier about it. For…
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Stock market today: Amazon leads Wall Street higher
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon led U.S. stock indexes higher on Friday, while a surprisingly weak jobs report marred by some unusual…
Continue Reading South Carolina executes Richard Moore despite broadly supported plea to cut sentence to life
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a…
Continue Reading Israel fights a seemingly endless war in Gaza’s most devastated region
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — More than a year into a war that has ricocheted across the Middle East, Israeli troops are still battling Hamas…
Continue Reading Taiwanese driver recounts his narrow escape during Typhoon Kong-rey
Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A ride-hailing driver recounted Friday how he had narrow escape when a huge tree smashed onto his vehicle as…
Continue Reading Pets join Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations, as Fido and Tiger get their own altars
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Pets are not forgotten during Mexico’s famed Day of the Dead celebrations, when even Fido and Tiger get a…
Continue Reading Will people leave Florida after devastating hurricanes? History suggests not
Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Up and down Florida’s Gulf Coast, residents are deciding whether to stay or go following two recent…
Continue Reading Embattled Republican candidate fights on in North Carolina governor’s race
Associated Press ELLERBE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina had been projected as the state with the most closely watched race for governor this fall. But…
Continue Reading Hakeem Jeffries chooses calm over chaos as Democrats work to win the House majority
AP Congressional Correspondent PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — This election, he has warned, is about the economy. Freedom. Stopping Project 2025 and the…
Continue Reading Trump and Vance make anti-transgender attacks central to their campaign’s closing argument
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump has made his opposition to transgender rights central to his closing argument before Election Day,…
Continue Reading Miami native ‘Cuban Cowboy’ Orlando Mendez returns home for Country Bay Musical Festival
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Country Bay Music Festival is returning to Miami for its second year, with organizers hoping the event can earn a…
Continue Reading Peeking behind the curtain: News outlets are conscious of the need to explain election reporting
AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At The Associated Press, election night is a massive undertaking, with thousands of people involved in counting the…
Continue Reading Local school staple ‘Lost on a Mountain in Maine’ from 1939 hits the big screen nationwide
Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine schoolchildren know about the boy lost for more than a week on the state’s tallest mountain. Now…
Continue Reading AP-NORC poll finds skepticism of nationwide election tallies, especially among Republicans
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s deep partisan divisions extend to trust in the vote tallies for this year’s election,…
Continue Reading US employers added just 12,000 jobs last month as hurricanes and strikes sharply reduce payrolls
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added just 12,000 jobs in October, a total that economists say was held down by the…
Continue Reading Takeaways from The Associated Press investigation into sexual abuse of incarcerated women
Associated Press As part of a sweeping two-year investigation into prison labor, The Associated Press found that correctional staff nationwide have…
Continue Reading Prison work assignments used to lure and rape female inmates. Guards sometimes walk free
Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — It was after midnight when she crept down the narrow, dimly lit stairs carrying a bag of dirty laundry.…
Continue Reading Court orders Arizona to release list of voters whose citizenship hasn’t been verified
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s secretary of state office must release a list of tens of thousands of voters who were mistakenly…
Continue Reading Ballot-sorting machine woes slow count in Oregon county with pivotal US House race
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — Election officials in Oregon’s third-largest county say the vote count is being delayed because of problems with a…
Continue Reading AP sources: White House altered record of Biden’s ‘garbage’ remarks despite stenographer concerns
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden appeared to…
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