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The Latest: Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and punishment

By The Associated Press President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting “irreversible” cuts to programs important to Democrats. Rather than simply furlough employees, as is usually done during any lapse of funds, White House

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Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza as Hamas considers its response to Trump’s peace proposal

By WAFAA SHURAFA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 57 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, health officials said Thursday, as Hamas was still considering its response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for ending the nearly two-year war. The plan requires Hamas to

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Berkshire Hathaway to pay $9.7 billion for OxyChem, potentially Warren Buffett’s last big deal

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway is buying Occidental Petroleum’s chemical division for $9.7 billion in what may be the last big acquisition involving the consummate dealmaker, Warren Buffett. Buffett wasn’t mentioned anywhere in materials released by Berkshire Hathaway discussing the deal Thursday, potentially signaling a passing of the

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Israeli navy intercepts boats attempting to break Gaza blockade and arrests activists

By IBRAHIM HAZBOUN and RENATA BRITO Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Israeli police officers were deployed Thursday to the southern port of Ashdod to process some 450 international activists detained by Israeli naval forces hours earlier in the Mediterranean Sea, Israeli authorities said. The activists, including European lawmakers, were taking part of a

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Earthquake death toll rises to 72 in the Philippines as survivors recall moment when tragedy struck

By AARON FAVILA and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press BOGO, Philippines (AP) — When firefighters brought out the body of his 4-year-old son in a bag from a budget hotel demolished by a 6.9-magnitude earthquake in the central Philippines, Isagani Gelig stooped down and gently stroked the black cadaver bag for several minutes, trying to feel

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AP-Scorecard

TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Final Detroit 6 Cleveland 3 Final N.Y. Yankees 4 Boston 0 ___ NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Final Chicago Cubs 3 San Diego 1 ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON Final New York 99 Philadelphia 84 ___ NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PRESEASON Final New Jersey 3 N-Y Rangers 1 Final N-Y Islanders

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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Thursday, Oct. 02. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To

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Iowa Daybook

Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Thursday, Oct. 02. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Thursday, Oct. 02. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see

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Missouri Daybook

Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Thursday, Oct. 02. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see

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Zelenskyy warns that Russian drones endanger Chernobyl and other nuclear plants in Ukraine

By HANNA ARHIROVA and BARRY HATTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s sustained bombardment of Ukraine’s power grid is deepening concerns about the safety of the country’s nuclear facilities after a drone knocked out power for more than three hours to the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in northern Ukraine, officials said

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Behind bars but not silenced: Veteran Turkish columnist perseveres through ‘prison journalism’

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish journalist Fatih Altayli has been imprisoned, but his reporting remains defiantly alive. From behind bars, the veteran journalist delivers news and sharp political commentary on his YouTube channel through letters relayed by his lawyers. The letters are read aloud by an assistant in an initiative

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South Korea’s president apologizes over poorly managed foreign adoption programs

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president apologized Thursday for poorly managed foreign adoption programs that were rife with abuses and fraud, months after the country’s truth commission admitted state responsibilities for such practices for the first time. President Lee Jae Myung said in a Facebook post that he

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBN–OLDER COACHES DESCRIPTION: The Las Vegas Raiders’ Pete Carroll is the NFL’s oldest coach, but coaches performing

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBN–OLDER COACHES DESCRIPTION: The Las Vegas Raiders’ Pete Carroll is the NFL’s oldest coach, but coaches performing

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBN–OLDER COACHES DESCRIPTION: The Las Vegas Raiders’ Pete Carroll is the NFL’s oldest coach, but coaches performing

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBN–OLDER COACHES DESCRIPTION: The Las Vegas Raiders’ Pete Carroll is the NFL’s oldest coach, but coaches performing

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Sports Betting Line

By The Associated Press NFL Sunday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Minnesota 7 3½ (35½) at CLEVELAND at INDIANAPOLIS 6½ 6½ (47½) Las Vegas Dallas 2½ 2½ (47½) at NY JETS at NEW ORLEANS 1½ 1½ (41½) NY Giants Houston 9½ 1½ (40½) at BALTIMORE Miami 1½ 1½ (44½) at CAROLINA at PHILADELPHIA 4½ 4½

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