By ABDEL KAREEM HANA, SAM METZ, SARAH EL DEEB and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Gaza ceasefire held in its second day as tens of thousands of Palestinians returned to their neighborhoods Saturday and Israelis cheered Monday’s expected release of remaining hostages. “Gaza is completely destroyed. I have no
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction. Conservative leaders feel they now have the political will to remove key pieces of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, enacted in 1972 to
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — At a massive military parade attended by foreign leaders, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rolled out his nuclear-armed military’s most powerful weapons, including a new intercontinental ballistic missile he may be preparing to test in coming weeks. The parade, which began
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — At a five-star resort tucked in the mountains of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the cryptocurrency industry was celebrating a historic start to the year on Capitol Hill. Its priorities were sailing through Congress with unusual speed and one senator did not hesitate to say why. Sen. Tim
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L’HAY-LES-ROSES, France (AP) — France’s newly re-appointed prime minister acknowledged Saturday that there weren’t ″a lot of candidates″ for his job — and that he might not last long in the post given the country’s deep political divides. Sebastien Lecornu, renamed by President Emmanuel Macron late Friday after a week of political chaos, called for
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Walking along the broad pedestrian street that runs along the base of Athens’ famed Acropolis Hill, visitors can now enjoy something not seen in decades: an unobstructed, scaffolding-free view of the Parthenon temple. The scaffolding set up along the 5th century B.C. temple’s western façade for conservation work about 20 years
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By The Associated Press Power was restored to over 800,000 residents in Kyiv on Saturday, a day after Russia launched major attacks on the Ukrainian power grid that caused blackouts across much of the country, and European leaders agreed to proceed toward using hundreds of billions of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine’s war effort.
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Final Milwaukee 3 Chicago Cubs 1 ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON Final Indiana 116 Oklahoma City 101 Final Atlanta 122 Memphis 116 Final Charlotte 120 Dallas 116 ___ NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Final Winnipeg 3 Los Angeles 2 Final St. Louis 4 Calgary 2 Final N-Y Rangers 6 Pittsburgh
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Kansas Daybook for Saturday, Oct. 11. 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
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Saturday, Oct. 11. 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
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Missouri Daybook for Saturday, Oct. 11. 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
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Iowa Daybook for Saturday, Oct. 11. 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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By LEE KEATH, JULIA FRANKEL and JALAL BWAITAL Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The most popular and potentially unifying Palestinian leader — Marwan Barghouti — is not among the prisoners Israel intends to free in exchange for hostages held by Hamas under the new Gaza ceasefire deal. Israel has also rejected freeing other
Continue Reading By The Associated Press All Times EDT x-if necessary WILD CARD SERIES (Best-of-3) American League Detroit 2, Cleveland 1 Tuesday, Sept. 30: Detroit 2, Cleveland 1 Wednesday, Oct. 1: Cleveland 6, Detroit 1 Thursday, Oct. 2: Detroit 6, Cleveland 3 New York 2, Boston 1 Tuesday, Sept. 30: Boston 3, New York 1 Wednesday, Oct.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NFL Sunday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Denver 6½ 7 (43½) at NY JETS New England 3½ 3½ (45½) at NEW ORLEANS LA Chargers 5½ 3½ (43½) at MIAMI Seattle 1½ 1½ (47½) at JACKSONVILLE Dallas 4½ 3 (48½) at CAROLINA at PITTSBURGH 6½ 5½ (38½) Cleveland at INDIANAPOLIS 3 9½
Continue Reading EAST Brown 29, Bryant 19 Harvard 34, Cornell 10 Kings (Pa.) 35, Stevenson 28 Penn 28, Marist 9 SOUTHWEST South Florida 63, North Texas 36 FAR WEST Colorado St. 49, Fresno St. 21 Washington 38, Rutgers 19
Continue Reading No. 1 Ohio St. (5-0) did not play. Next: at No. 17 Illinois, Saturday. No. 2 Miami (5-0) did not play. Next: vs. Louisville, Friday. No. 3 Oregon (5-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 7 Indiana, Saturday. No. 4 Mississippi (5-0) did not play. Next: vs. Washington St., Saturday. No. 5 Texas A&M (5-0)
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Evening” game were: 9, 9, 9 (nine, nine, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Venezuelans in “Little Venezuela” — the largest home for the country’s natives in the United States — are welcoming the news that opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize with bittersweetness as deportation threats loom. The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Judges have stalled President Donald Trump’s plans to deploy the National Guard in Chicago and in Portland, Oregon, but troops are now patrolling in Memphis, Tennessee, with the blessing of the state’s governor. The troops, dressed in Guard fatigues and protective vests, with guns in their holsters, patrolled at a Bass
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By JACK BROOK Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans city councilmember Helena Moreno was elected mayor Saturday in the race to succeed LaToya Cantrell, who is ending a turbulent second term shadowed by federal corruption charges. Moreno, 48, secured an outright victory with 55% of the vote with all precincts reporting,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Friday’s drawing of the “Missouri Show Me Ca$h” game were: 2, 6, 10, 22, 33 (two, six, ten, twenty-two, thirty-three) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Friday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 3” game were: 0, 3, 9 (zero, three, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Friday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 5” game were: 4, 5, 15, 18, 32 (four, five, fifteen, eightteen, thirty-two) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 3 Evening” game were: 4, 6, 9 (four, six, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Friday At Texas Motorplex Ennis, Texas Qualifying after two rounds Top Fuel 1. Shawn Langdon, 3.684 seconds, 338.88 mph; 2. Shawn Reed, 3.685, 333.56; 3. Justin Ashley, 3.688, 338.02; 4. Antron Brown, 3.695, 336.70; 5. Doug Kalitta, 3.701, 338.37; 6. Brittany Force, 3.703, 340.57; 7. Steve Torrence, 3.709, 332.59; 8. Tony
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