Indians celebrate Diwali by lighting a record number of clay lamps
Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians began celebrating the annual Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting…
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With Clark and Reese gone, new crop of talented women’s basketball players ready to take over
AP Basketball Writer Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese helped bring women’s basketball to new heights over the past two years. While there may be a…
Continue ReadingDutch asylum agency is fined 50,000 euros daily for an overcrowded center
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has ordered the agency responsible for housing asylum seekers to pay a 50,000-euro…
Continue ReadingUS airstrikes target multiple sites in Syria, killing up to 35 Islamic State militants
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Central Command says the U.S. military has struck a number of Islamic State group camps in central Syria, killing as many as…
Continue ReadingFor ‘A Real Pain,’ Jesse Eisenberg learned to embrace the chaos of Kieran Culkin. Magic ensued
AP Film Writer Jesse Eisenberg co-stars with Kieran Culkin in the new film “A Real Pain,” which opens in theaters Friday. The story is a personal…
Continue Reading3 Pakistani soldiers and 8 militants killed during a raid on insurgents’ hideout
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities say three soldiers and eight militants were killed after security forces backed by military…
Continue ReadingPoland’s commission looking into Russian influences finds ex-defense minister at fault
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The head of a commission investigating Russian and Belarusian influences in Poland says it will refer to prosecutors a former…
Continue Reading Hezbollah chief says group will hold out in its war with Israel for ‘suitable’ cease-fire terms
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah’s newly named leader Naim Kassem has said in his first public comments that the militant group will keep…
Continue ReadingBronny James feels love from Cleveland while scoring first NBA points in an arena where he grew up
AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The shot was familiar. So was the roar. As LeBron James watched from a few feet away, his son, Bronny, triggered…
Continue ReadingUS sanctions 398 firms in more than a dozen countries, accusing them of helping Russia’s war effort
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 398 firms across Russia, India, China, and more than a dozen other…
Continue Reading Harris promises to ‘represent all Americans’ after Biden’s remark on Trump supporters and ‘garbage’
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kamala Harris called Wednesday for Americans to “stop pointing fingers at each other” as she tried to…
Continue ReadingPolice believe University of Bridgeport shooting stemmed from fight
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A gunman opened fire in the dining hall of the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, injuring a person and prompting a…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court’s conservative justices leave in place Virginia’s purge of voter registrations
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday left in place Virginia’s purge of voter…
Continue Reading Reddit’s explosive user growth and AI tools help it soar to its first profit as a public company
NEW YORK (AP) — Reddit has turned a profit for the first time as a public company. The social platform claimed a profit of $29.9 million, or 16…
Continue ReadingReddit’s explosive user growth and AI tools help it soar to its first profit as a public company
NEW YORK (AP) — Reddit has turned a profit for the first time as a public company. The social platform claimed a profit of $29.9 million, or 16…
Continue ReadingA new push to wind down the Middle East wars faces familiar challenges
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States and other mediators are ramping up efforts to halt the wars in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip,…
Continue ReadingMayor from Turkey’s main opposition party is detained over alleged ties to Kurdish militants
ISTANBUL (AP) — State media say a mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party has been detained on suspicion of being a member of a banned Kurdish…
Continue ReadingHundreds of Jews murdered at a little known Nazi labor camp are remembered
Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The son of a Holocaust survivor has fulfilled a yearslong personal mission with the unveiling of memorials…
Continue Reading North Carolina’s historically Black colleges are mobilizing for Nov. 5, tapping an activist history
Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s 10 historically Black colleges are going all out to get their nearly 40,000…
Continue Reading Abortion-rights groups outspend opponents by more than 6 to 1 in ballot measure campaigns
Associated Press The groups promoting abortion-rights amendments on the ballots in nine states have outraised their opponents by more than 6 to 1 and…
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