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A third school attack in less than a week shakes Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Police say a third attack at a Polish school in less than a week took place on Saturday, when a 21-year-old woman injured three people inside an educational institution in the capital, Warsaw, police said. The attack...
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Isaias weakens but flooding threat persists as hundreds of thousands grapple with power outages
GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) - Isaias weakened overnight and was no longer considered a hurricane but flash flooding threats and the potential for tornadoes persisted Saturday as the storm moved inland across Alabama. The storm, now considered ...
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Simon strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane as it approaches Mexico's coast
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) - Simon has strengthened into a powerful Category 4 hurricane as it barrels toward Mexico's coast. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said early Saturday Simon's maximum sustained winds increased to 150 m...
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Mike Ditka, the quintessential Chicago Bear and a Pro Football Hall of Famer, dies at 86
CHICAGO (AP) - Mike Ditka, who personified the toughness and grit of Chicago in a Hall of Fame career as a player and coach of the Bears and the leader of arguably the most dominant team in NFL history, has died. He was 86. Ditka's family...
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Panama rocked by 2 powerful earthquakes and multiple aftershocks, prompting evacuations
PANAMA CITY (AP) - Two powerful 7.7 and 6.6 magnitude earthquakes and a series of aftershocks roiled southern Panama Friday afternoon, collapsing buildings near the epicenter and prompting evacuations across the country. The earlier quake...
Oct 9, 2026
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Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter's execution
HEBRON, Ky. (AP) - Vice President JD Vance cast doubt on Friday whether the Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan in December but told reporters that if it is livestreamed, "I'm not going to be watching it." ...
Oct 9, 2026
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Hurricane Simon strengthens to a Category 2 storm, the National Hurricane Center says
MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Simon has strengthened to a Category 2 storm and was forecast to approach Mexico's coast as a major hurricane this weekend, the National Hurricane Center said Friday. The center said maximum sustained winds have inc...
Oct 9, 2026
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US hits International Criminal Court with sweeping sanctions as part of drive to dismantle tribunal
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has imposed sweeping new sanctions on the International Criminal Court as part of its campaign to dismantle the tribunal that the U.S. believes has become politicized and attempted to unfairly and illegally pr...
Oct 9, 2026
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ICE officers shot a man in New York because they believed they were in danger, official says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal officers who shot a man driving with his young son in New York believed they were in danger because the Dominican national crashed his car into their vehicles as they tried to arrest him, senior immigration officials said ...
Oct 9, 2026
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Isaias makes landfall as hurricane, hammering US Gulf Coast with powerful winds, dangerous flooding
GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) - Isaias crashed into the U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday as a dangerous Category 2 hurricane, hammering communities in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle with damaging winds, heavy rain, flooding and life-threatening storm surges. ...
Oct 9, 2026
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2 workers seriously injured in an explosion at oil refinery near Athens, officials say
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Two workers were seriously injured in an explosion at a major oil refinery outside Athens Friday, authorities said. The two men were hospitalized after the blast at the Motor Oil refinery in Agioi Theodoroi some 60 k...
Oct 9, 2026
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King Charles III paid $2 million to cover cost of ex-Prince Andrew's departure from Windsor estate
LONDON (AP) - King Charles III paid 1.5 million pounds ($2 million) to cover costs owed by the former Prince Andrew, his younger brother, after he was forced to move out of a crown-owned home near Windsor Castle due to his links to the convicted sex of...
Oct 9, 2026
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South African-born jurist Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for her work in international justice
OSLO, Norway (AP) - Navi Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won...
Oct 9, 2026
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Saudi authorities say 3 killed in attacks on Riyadh airport claimed by Houthi rebels
CAIRO (AP) - Three Saudi citizens were killed, including a captain with the national airline, and several other people "of different nationalities" were wounded Thursday in attacks targeting Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport and a Saudia Airli...
Oct 9, 2026
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Pacific storm strengthens into a hurricane far off the coast of Mexico
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Simon has strengthened into a hurricane in the Pacific, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Thursday. The storm was hundreds of 235 miles (380 kilometers) south of western Mexico's port city of Manzani...
Oct 8, 2026
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ICE officer shoots a man while making an arrest in New York, officials say
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal immigration officer shot a Dominican man in the neck as he drove in a car with a 5-year-old boy Thursday afternoon, officials said. The Department of Homeland Security said it was seeking to arrest the man in a "targeted enfor...
Oct 8, 2026
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Christa Pike is walking with help and eating after failed execution attempt, her attorneys say
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Christa Pike has taken her first steps with assistance, just one week after a failed attempt to execute the Tennessee woman left her in critical condition, her lawyers said Thursday. Pike, 50, survived two doses of...
Oct 8, 2026
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Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed
WASHINGTON (AP) - The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a stunning revelation about plans for the first military execution in more than 65 years after Defense Secretary Pete ...
Oct 8, 2026
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The long-deployed USS Lincoln returns home to San Diego Bay
CORONADO, Calif. (AP) - After more than 10 months at sea, thousands of sailors Thursday poured out of the the USS Lincoln on San Diego Bay to thunderous cheers, streaming tears and emotional hugs, marking a homecoming that included new dads who met bab...
Oct 8, 2026
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MLB proposes shortening regular season to 154 games in 2029, expanding Division Series to best-of-7
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball proposed to shorten the regular season to 154 games from 162 games starting in 2029 and to expand the Division Series to best-of-seven in bargaining with players on Thursday. Owners also proposed to a...
Oct 8, 2026
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Trump says US will not resume military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will not order a resumption of military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections in the United States. Trump, while stumping for Republicans this week, has hinted t...
Oct 8, 2026
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Man with a gun and knife is fatally shot by security at Nashville federal courthouse, police say
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A man armed with a pistol and knife was fatally shot by a security officer Thursday just inside the busy entrance of a federal courthouse in Tennessee's largest city, authorities said. The 42-year-old man tried to ...
Oct 8, 2026
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UK arrest 2 Latvians inside perimeter of RAF base housing U.S., NATO intelligence operations
LONDON (AP) - U.K. authorities arrested two Latvian men after they were discovered early Thursday inside the perimeter of an RAF base that houses U.S. and NATO intelligence operations, counterterrorism police said. The base, RAF Moleswort...
Oct 8, 2026
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New US indictment charges Maduro with overseeing machine of repression, torture of Americans
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. prosecutors unveiled sweeping new criminal charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday, accusing him and his wife of heading a state-sponsored system of repression responsible for the beating, asphyxiatio...
Oct 8, 2026
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