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Appellate judges question moves to keep Alina Habba in place as top New Jersey prosecutor

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal appeals court judges on Monday questioned the Trump administration’s maneuvers to keep the president’s former lawyer, Alina Habba, in place as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor. The three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in Philadelphia didn’t immediately issue a ruling after

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Ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi on track to become Japan’s first female prime minister

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi is on track to become Japan’s first female prime minister, after her governing party secured a crucial coalition partner. Takaichi, 64, is set to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tuesday’s parliamentary vote. If she’s successful, it would end Japan’s three-month political vacuum and wrangling

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Trump calls Colombia’s Petro an ‘illegal drug leader’ and announces tariffs and an end to US aid

By CHRIS MEGERIAN, DÁNICA COTO and ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The United States will slash assistance to Colombia and enact tariffs on its exports because the country’s leader, Gustavo Petro, “does nothing to stop” drug production, President Donald Trump said Sunday, escalating the friction between Washington and one of its

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Turkish Cypriots elect new leader, reigniting hopes for renewed talks to heal Cyprus’ ethnic split

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA (AP) — Hopes for a resumption of long-stalled talks to heal Cyprus’ decades-old ethnic rift were buoyed Sunday when Turkish Cypriots elected a leader who campaigned on getting back to negotiating a two-zone federation with rival Greek Cypriots after an eight-year stalemate. Tufan Erhurman, 55, won by a landslide,

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The AP Top 25

The Associated Press The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Ohio St. (60) 7-0 1643 1 2. Indiana

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MLB Postseason Glance

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.

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