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Updated 6 days, 16 hours ago

Newhouse to retire from Congress

WASHINGTON D.C. — Fourth District Representative Dan Newhouse has announced he will not seek reelection to the US …

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Officials: 3 wounded in blast at non-Muslim Saudi cemetery

PARIS (AP) — Three people were wounded Wednesday when an improvised explosive device targeted a ceremony of French, American, British, Italian and Greek officials commemorating the end of World War I at a cemetery …

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Clashes at Poland's Independence Day far-right march

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish police used tear gas and rubber bullets in clashes with far-right supporters Wednesday during an annual Independence Day march attended by thousands in Warsaw that went ahead despite a …

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Typhoon-ravaged northeast Philippines pummeled by new storm

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon swelled rivers and flooded low-lying areas as it passed over the storm-battered northeast Philippines, where rescuers were deployed early Thursday to help people flee the rising…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Palestinians hold funeral for veteran negotiator Erekat

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinians held a funeral Wednesday for Saeb Erekat, a veteran peace negotiator and spokesman for their cause who died after being hospitalized with the coronavirus.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Austrian Cabinet agrees to broad new anti-terror measures

BERLIN (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's Cabinet on Wednesday agreed on a wide range of anti-terrorism measures meant to plug perceived security flaws identified after a deadly attack by an Islamic extrem…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
AP Entertainment Digest for Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020

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Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Saudi officials: 2 wounded in blast at non-Muslim cemetery

PARIS (AP) — Two people were wounded Wednesday when an improvised explosive device targeted a ceremony of French, American, British, Italian and Greek officials commemorating the end of World War I at a cemetery in…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
US Embassy in Pakistan apologizes over political retweet

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Pakistan on Wednesday apologized for retweeting an anti-government statement from an opposition leader who suggested Prime Minister Imran Khan would fall from power in the wake …

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Lagarde: Recovery from pandemic could be bumpy

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde says the current 1.35 trillion-euro ($1.58 trillion) bond purchase program and cheap loans to banks are “likely to remain the main tools” to he…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
AP Lifestyles Digest

Here is the AP Lifestyles digest for the week of Nov. 9.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Military-backed party rejects Myanmar election as unfair

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's military-backed main opposition party said Wednesday that it is rejecting the results of last weekend's general election, citing unfairness.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Lucille Bridges, mother of activist Ruby Bridges, dies at 86

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lucille Bridges, the mother of civil rights activist Ruby Bridges, who walked with her then-6-year-old daughter past crowds screaming racist slurs as she became the first Black student at her all…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Trump to emerge from White House to mark Veterans Day

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will participate in the Veterans Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, emerging in public for the first time since his failed reelection bid to take pa…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Thousands in Armenia protest Nagorno-Karabakh truce terms

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Thousands of people gathered in the capital of Armenia on Wednesday to protest the country's agreement with Azerbaijan to halt weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. The deal calls for the…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Eta regains hurricane strength as Florida prepares for hit

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Eta regained hurricane strength Wednesday morning as Florida braced for a second hit from the storm along the Gulf of Mexico coast near the heavily-populated Tampa Bay region.