By OMAR ALBAM Associated Press KAFR MARIS, Syria (AP) — The small Druze minority in Syria’s northern Idlib province was shaken by an apparently targeted shooting that killed three members of their community this week. The attack came in the wake of clashes in another area of Syria months earlier in which Druze communities were
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By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An unidentified gunman fatally shot an opposition Sri Lankan politician at his office on Wednesday, making him the first politician killed in a spate of shootings that have gripped the island nation in recent months. Lasantha Wickramasekara, the head of the council of the coastal
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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer The Agriculture Department will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country Thursday despite the ongoing government shutdown to help farmers and ranchers get access to $3 billion of aid from existing programs. The USDA said each Farm Service Agency office will have two workers who will be
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered a win to a transgender weightlifter, saying she’s protected by the state’s expansive human rights law, while the organization that banned her from competing in its women’s division said it still has a chance. The high
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By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Millions of tons of discarded electronics from the United States are being shipped overseas, much of it to developing countries in Southeast Asia unprepared to safely handle hazardous waste, according to a new report released Wednesday by an environmental watchdog. The Seattle-based Basel Action Network, or
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump’s effort to bring down record-high beef prices by boosting imports from Argentina is facing sharp pushback from U.S. ranchers enjoying some rare profitable years and doubts from analysts who say the move is unlikely to lower grocery store prices. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo
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MADRID (AP) — Madrid’s mayor on Wednesday rebuked Spanish pop star Rosalia for briefly unleashing pandemonium earlier this week by convening a flash mob that prompted riot police to control the rowdy, impromptu gathering. The Barcelona-born singer and songwriter gave about an hour’s notice to her social media followers that she would be downtown Monday
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner tells AP he got a new tattoo to cover one seen as a Nazi symbol.
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is expected to soon announce that it will return a few dozen artifacts to Indigenous communities in Canada as part of its reckoning with the Catholic Church’s troubled role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas, officials said Wednesday. The items, including an
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, Oct. 23 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 4:30 a.m. (Friday) FS2 — AFL: Port Adelaide at Adelaide COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 — South Alabama at Georgia St. COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN’S) 7 p.m. BTN — W. Michigan at Michigan COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
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By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have joined prominent computer scientists, economists, artists, evangelical Christian leaders and American conservative commentators Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck to call for a ban on AI “superintelligence” that threatens humanity. The letter, released Wednesday by a politically and geographically diverse group of public
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press OGUNQUIT, Maine (AP) — His U.S. Senate campaign under fire, Maine Democrat Graham Platner said Wednesday that a tattoo on his chest has been covered to no longer reflect an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol. The first-time political candidate said he got the skull and
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Adv25-26 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Oct. 27 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 6:30 p.m. ESPNU — Exhibition: Vanderbilt at Memphis COLLEGE GOLF 3 p.m. GOLF — The 2025 East Lake Cup: First Round, East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta MLB BASEBALL 8 p.m. FOX — World Series: Toronto
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 — 1-0 W-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 Toronto 1 0 1.000 — 1-0 W-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 New York 1 0 1.000 — 1-0 W-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 Boston 0 1 .000 1 0-1 L-1 0-1
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 — Toronto 1 0 1.000 — New York 1 0 1.000 — Boston 0 1 .000 1 Brooklyn 0 1 .000 1 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 1 0 1.000 — Charlotte 1 0 1.000 — Miami 0
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Chicago 1 0 1.000 — 1-0 W-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 Orlando 1 0 1.000 — 1-0 W-1 1-0 0-0 1-0 Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 — 1-0 W-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 Toronto 1 0 1.000 — 1-0 W-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 Charlotte
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 8 6 2 0 12 27 21 Detroit 7 5 2 0 10 22 18 Florida 8 4 4 0 8 19 23 Toronto 7 3 3 1 7 24 25 Buffalo 7 3 4 0 6 19 20 Boston
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div New Jersey 7 6 1 0 12 28 18 3-0-0 3-1-0 1-1-0 Montreal 8 6 2 0 12 27 21 3-1-0 3-1-0 2-1-0 Carolina 6 5 1 0 10 24 15 2-0-0 3-1-0 2-0-0 Pittsburgh 7 5 2 0 10
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By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland took one last spin on her pointe shoes Wednesday, showered with golden glitter and bouquets as she retired from American Ballet Theatre after a trailblazing career in which she became an ambassador for diversity in an overwhelmingly white art form. Copeland, who a
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By The Associated Press North Carolina lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a revised U.S. House map backed by President Donald Trump that is intended to help Republicans win an additional seat in next year’s elections. The new congressional map reshapes the state’s only current swing district, held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Don Davis, by
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By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Two journalists, one imprisoned in Belarus and the other in Georgia, have won the European Union’s top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced on Wednesday. Andrzej Poczobut is a correspondent for the influential Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. He was convicted of
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By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A major German private art collection accumulated over four generations is going on large-scale show for the first time in Berlin, with a who’s who of French art of the 19th and 20th centuries at its core. The Scharf Collection has its roots in a collection started
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By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A major German private art collection accumulated over four generations is going on large-scale show for the first time in Berlin, with a who’s who of French art of the 19th and 20th centuries at its core. The Scharf Collection has its roots in a collection started
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday directed drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces that featured practice missile launches, an exercise that came as his planned summit on Ukraine with U.S. President Donald Trump was put on hold. The Kremlin said that as part of the maneuvers involving all parts of Moscow’s
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — In Nia DaCosta’s “Hedda,” Tessa Thompson’s titular socialite sows chaos. She manipulates. She cuts people to the bone with a quip. She pours more drinks. Hedda Gabler, the heroine of Henrik Ibsen’s 1890 play, has long been one of theater’s most tragic figures, a woman hemmed
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Sometimes the best films are the ones that are most difficult to describe, the ones that can’t be boiled down to a pithy tagline or plot summary. This is almost certainly the case with “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” one of most audacious films of the year,
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By HOLLY RAMER and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Republican John E. Sununu announced a campaign for U.S. Senate on Wednesday, hoping to reclaim a seat he lost nearly two decades ago and boosting the GOP’s chances of regaining a foothold in a region overwhelmingly represented by Democrats. Sununu, 61,
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By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the first season of Netflix’s “Nobody Wants This” premiered last year, the series exploded in popularity in ways its creator and stars could never have imagined. It spent six weeks on Netflix’s Global English Top 10 TV List and was viewed 57 million times in
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By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Forget colorful leaves. Any caregiver knows that the real signs of fall are kids with coughs, sneezes and sniffles. Autumn marks the start of respiratory virus season, when colds, flu and other bugs start circulating — especially among the very young. A recent study confirmed what many families intuitively
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Stifel Financial Corp. (SF) on Wednesday reported third-quarter profit of $211.4 million. The St. Louis-based company said it had earnings of $1.84 per share. Earnings, adjusted for pretax expenses, came to $1.95 per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed
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