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Brazil hails US tariff rollback as ‘significant progress’ and seeks more exemptions

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin on Friday hailed U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to remove the additional import tariffs on some agribusiness products as “significant progress,” but said the country will keep pushing for more exemptions. “We want to exclude more products and move forward in the negotiation,” he told journalists

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France will investigate Musk’s Grok chatbot after Holocaust denial claims

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s government is taking action against billionaire Elon Musk ‘s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after it generated French-language posts that questioned the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz, officials said. Grok, built by Musk’s company xAI and integrated into his social media platform X, wrote in a

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WHO declares end of Indonesia’s poliovirus outbreak following yearslong vaccination campaign

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The World Health Organization has declared Indonesia’s polio outbreak officially over, following nearly three years of intensive response efforts, officials said Friday. Indonesia has remained largely polio-free as the highly contagious disease was declared eliminated in the country in 2014. But eight years later, an outbreak

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At UN climate conference, some activists and scientists want more talk on reforming agriculture

By MELINA WALLING and JOSHUA A. BICKEL Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — With a spotlight on the Brazilian Amazon, where agriculture drives a significant chunk of deforestation and planet-warming emissions, many of the activists, scientists and government leaders at United Nations climate talks have a beef. They want more to be done to transform

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Gunmen abduct more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers in attack on Nigerian Catholic school

By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN and MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a Catholic boarding school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted more than 200 schoolchildren Friday, the Christian Association of Nigeria said, in the latest in a spate of abductions in Africa’s most populous country. The attack and abductions took

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Eurovision plans changes to voting, security after allegations of Israeli government ‘interference’

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest announced plans to change the voting system of the popular musical extravaganza to ensure fairness, a move that follows allegations of “interference” by Israel’s government. The European Broadcasting Union, a Geneva-based union of public broadcasters that runs the event, said Friday

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Buckle: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — Buckle Inc. (BKE) on Friday reported fiscal third-quarter profit of $48.7 million. On a per-share basis, the Kearney, Nebraska-based company said it had profit of 96 cents. The teen clothing retailer posted revenue of $320.8 million in the period. Buckle shares have increased slightly more than 8%

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A Chicago street vendor couple has a defiant response to immigration arrests: Stick to the routine

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The massive Border Patrol presence on a recent Saturday morning in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood didn’t faze Ofelia Herrera even though she and her husband are in the United States illegally. She waited for agents to move a few blocks away, then opened their stand serving Mexican-style

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine faces a stark choice and risks losing American support over US peace plan

By ILLIA NOVIKOV and BARRY HATTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told his country in an address Friday that it could face a pivotal choice between standing up for its sovereign rights and preserving the American support it needs, as leaders discuss a U.S. peace proposal seen as favoring Russia.

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Friday, Nov. 21. 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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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Friday, Nov. 21. 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 Friday, Nov. 21. 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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Missouri Daybook

Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Friday, Nov. 21. 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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AP-Scorecard

TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Cleveland 120 Indiana 109 Final Brooklyn 113 Boston 105 Final Toronto 140 Washington 110 Final Dallas 118 New Orleans 115 Final Phoenix 114 Minnesota 113 Final Denver 112 Houston 109 Final Oklahoma City 144 Utah 112 Final Portland 127 Golden State 123 Final Miami 143 Chicago 107

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Netanyahu convenes cabinet on settler violence in the West Bank that continues unabated

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister met with top security officials to discuss a rising tide of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, an Israeli official said Friday, as fresh allegations surfaced of Israeli settlers hurling rocks at passing Palestinian vehicles in the West Bank village of Huwara. Huwara

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Iran rejects UN atomic agency’s resolution and threatens more reprisal actions

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s foreign ministry called a resolution by the U.N. atomic watchdog’s board of governors “anti-Iranian” and threatened unspecified retaliatory actions, state media reported on Friday. The International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday demanded that Iran fully cooperate with the agency and provide “precise information” about its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium,

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New indictment accuses Yoon of manipulating investigation of South Korean marine’s drowning

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted Friday on allegations he and others tried to manipulate the investigation into a marine’s drowning, in another criminal case against the ex-leader. Yoon earlier this year was removed from office after being indicted on a rebellion

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