By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s government on Friday criticized the U.S. refugee policy shift that gives priority to Afrikaners, the country’s white minority group of Dutch descent. The Trump administration on Thursday announced a ceiling of 7,500 refugees to be admitted to the United States, a sharp decrease from the
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By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–NORTHERN ARIZONA-DRAKE DESCRIPTION: Northern Arizona plays Drake at Sanford Pentagon. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–NORTHERN ARIZONA-DRAKE DESCRIPTION: Northern Arizona plays Drake at Sanford Pentagon. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–NORTHERN ARIZONA-DRAKE DESCRIPTION: Northern Arizona plays Drake at Sanford Pentagon. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–NORTHERN ARIZONA-DRAKE DESCRIPTION: Northern Arizona plays Drake at Sanford Pentagon. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By
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By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan does not seek further escalation of hostilities with Afghanistan but expects the South Asian country’s Taliban rulers to address its security concerns by taking action against militants operating from Afghan soil, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said Friday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi’s remarks signaled an easing of
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BY SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats’ unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate eliminate the legislative filibuster. The filibuster is a longstanding parliamentary tool that halts action on most bills unless 60 senators in
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By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — He has lost his title as prince, lost his rent-free mansion on the sprawling grounds next to Windsor Castle and lost whatever remained of his reputation in the public eye. What is next for the commoner once known as Prince Andrew probably involves a fleet of moving
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By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The longtime director of the New Hampshire Division of Ports and Harbors pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor Friday in a case that also led to criminal charges against his wife, a state Supreme Court justice. Under a plea deal, Geno Marconi was fined $2,000 for sharing
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has deployed around 170,000 troops in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region where they are trying to capture the stronghold of Pokrovsk in a major push for a battlefield victory, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday. “The situation in Pokrovsk is difficult,” Zelenskyy said, while also rejecting
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By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Louvre will install streetside anti-ramming and anti-intrusion devices in the next two months, France’s culture minister said Friday, after facing pressure following the Oct. 19 heist of crown jewels at the museum. The announcement follows a provisional investigation that found a “chronic, structural underestimation” of the
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By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Louvre will install streetside anti-ramming and anti-intrusion devices in the next two months, France’s culture minister said Friday, after facing pressure following the Oct. 19 heist of crown jewels at the museum. The announcement follows a provisional investigation that found a “chronic, structural underestimation” of the
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Nov. 1 AUTO RACING 5 p.m. TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Ari. 7:30 p.m. CW — NASCAR Xfinity Series: The NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship, Playoffs- Championship 4, Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Ari. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Noon ABC — Vanderbilt
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The Associated Press YouTube TV viewers can no longer see Disney channels including ABC and ESPN after the two sides failed to agree on a new content distribution deal. Other channels that vanished from Google’s pay TV platform include the Disney Channel, FX and Nat Geo. Google’s pay TV platform said in a blog post
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Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div New England 6 2 0 .750 213 146 2-2-0 4-0-0 4-2-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 Buffalo 5 2 0 .714 207 146 3-1-0 2-1-0 3-1-0 2-1-0 2-1-0 Miami 2 7 0 .222 180 243 1-3-0 1-4-0 1-6-0 1-1-0 1-2-0 N.Y.
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By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Back from a week abroad, President Donald Trump threw himself into the shutdown debate, calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government, an idea swiftly rejected Friday by Republican leaders who have long opposed such a move. Trump pushed
Continue Reading By AMANDA SWINHART and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press EAST CORINTH, Vt. (AP) — For nearly 40 years, a tiny town in Vermont has attracted hordes of “Beetlejuice” fans eager to visit where the whimsical horror movie’s most famous scenes were filmed. With a population hovering just around 1,500, “Beetlejuice” mania has helped put East Corinth
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown. The rulings came a day before the U.S. Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
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By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A new inquest into the 1967 death of South African Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-apartheid leader Albert Luthuli has found that he was beaten to death, and it rejected a previous finding that he died as a result of being hit by a
Continue Reading NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — Heartland Express Inc. (HTLD) on Friday reported a loss of $8.3 million in its third quarter. The North Liberty, Iowa-based company said it had a loss of 11 cents per share. The trucking and logistics company posted revenue of $196.5 million in the period. _____
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By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court on Friday sentenced the owner of a ski resort hotel and 10 others to life in prison after convicting them of severe negligence in connection with a deadly fire that swept through the property, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. The blaze hit the
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By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An appeals court ruled in favor of the Trump administration Friday and stopped a judge from trying to get daily updates from a Border Patrol official about the government’s immigration crackdown in the Chicago area. The court said the order from U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis put
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — For sale: The world’s most valuable toilet, a lavatory literally worth its weight in gold. Sotheby’s announced Friday that it will auction off the solid gold cistern, a sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan entitled “America.” The auction house calls it an “incisive commentary on the collision
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By OLIVIA DIAZ and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — If there’s agreement on anything in the two states with governor’s races this year, it’s that utility bills are a growing concern among voters. One Virginia voter, Kim Wilson, lamented at a town hall recently that her electricity bill seems to go up
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