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A mutt known as 'Houdini' for his ability to elude capture is finally off the streets

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Dubbed on social media as the "Houdini" of New Orleans' Mid-City neighborhood, Scrim - a scruffy, mixed-breed dog that was on the lam for more than six months after escaping his yar...

Oct 25, 2024

Biden visits Native Country and apologizes for the 'sin' of a 150-year-old boarding school policy

LAVEEN VILLAGE, Ariz. (AP) - President Joe Biden on Friday formally apologized to Native Americans for the "sin" of a government-run boarding school system that for decades forcibly separated Indian c...

Oct 25, 2024

Putin ends BRICS summit that sought to expand Russia's global clout but was shadowed by Ukraine

KAZAN, Russia (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin closed a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies on Thursday, praising its role as a counterbalance to what he called the West's "pervers...

Oct 25, 2024

Criminals may be leveraging climate change as record acreage burns in Brazil's Amazon

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Wildfires in Brazil have swept through an area the size of Switzerland, a level of destruction that will take decades to recover, if it ever does, according to a new satellite ...

Oct 25, 2024

4 astronauts return to Earth after being delayed by Boeing's capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Four astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing's capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton. A SpaceX capsule carryi...

Oct 25, 2024

Death toll from deadly storm that struck the Philippines rises to 65

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A Philippine provincial police chief said Friday that 33 people were killed mostly in landslides set off by Tropical Storm Trami in a province south of Manila. The deaths ca...

Oct 25, 2024

4 astronauts return to Earth after being delayed by Boeing's capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Four astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing's capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton. A SpaceX capsule carryi...

Oct 25, 2024

An Israeli airstrike on a journalist compound kills 3 TV staffers, state news says

BEIRUT (AP) - An Israeli airstrike on a compound housing journalists in southeast Lebanon has killed three media staffers, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said Friday. The Beirut-based pan-Ar...

Oct 24, 2024

An Israeli airstrike on a journalist compound kills 3 TV staffers, state news says

BEIRUT (AP) - An Israeli airstrike on a compound housing journalists in southeast Lebanon has killed three media staffers, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said Friday. The Beirut-based pan-Ar...

Oct 24, 2024

The Dodgers and Yankees are ready for the starriest World Series in decades

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Even 8-year-old Charlie Freeman is excited about a Dodgers-Yankees World Series. "He's at Universal (Studios) right now with a couple of his buddies, but he goes, `Daddy, I can't wa...

Oct 24, 2024