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Maine embarks on healing and searches for answers a day after mass killing suspect is found dead

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - A Maine official says police teams had twice cleared a recycling center where the body of the man suspected of killing 18 people was found on Friday night. Department of Public ...

Sheldon Spackman Oct 28, 2023

Israeli says it is expanding its ground operation in Gaza

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military spokesman says Israel is expanding its ground operation in Gaza with infantry and armored vehicles backed by "massive" strikes from the air and sea. Rear Adm. Dan...

Oct 28, 2023

Iranian teen injured on Tehran Metro while not wearing a head scarf has died, state media says

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An Iranian teenage girl injured weeks ago in a mysterious incident on Tehran's Metro while not wearing a head scarf has died, Iranian state media reported Saturday. ...

Oct 28, 2023

García's HR in 11th, Seager's tying shot in 9th rally Rangers past Arizona 6-5 in Series opener

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Adolis Garca hit an opposite-field homer in the 11th inning, after Corey Seager's tying two-run shot in the ninth, and the Texas Rangers opened this surprise World Series of wi...

Oct 27, 2023

Authorities scour woods, water and homes on Day 2 of search for suspect in Maine mass shooting

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - Authorities scoured the woods and hundreds of acres of family-owned property, sent dive teams with sonar to the bottom of a river and scrutinized a possible suicide note Friday ...

Oct 27, 2023

UN General Assembly calls for `humanitarian truce' in Gaza leading to halt in Israel-Hamas fighting

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly approved a nonbinding resolution Friday calling for a "humanitarian truce" in Gaza leading to a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Gaza's Hamas...

Oct 27, 2023

Biden talks with Chinese foreign minister as he prepares for potential meeting with Xi

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden met Friday with China's top diplomat, a conversation that's viewed as the precursor to a potential sit-down with Chinese President Xi Jinping next month. The enco...

Oct 27, 2023

Rep. Dean Phillips announces primary challenge to Biden. He says Democrats need to focus on future

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - For months, Dean Phillips has been calling for a Democratic primary challenge to President Joe Biden. He's drawn no public interest from governors, lawmakers, and other would-be a...

Oct 27, 2023

Pope orders Vatican to reopen case of priest ousted from Jesuits after claims of adult abuse

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican to reopen the case of a well-known priest-artist accused of sexually, psychologically and spiritually abusing adult women, and removed the statute of l...

Oct 27, 2023

China's chief epidemiologist Wu Zunyou who helped drive the anti-COVID fight dies at age 60

BEIJING (AP) - Wu Zunyou, an epidemiologist who helped drive anti-COVID-19 measures in China that suspended access to cities and confined millions to their homes has died on Friday. He was 60. An anno...

Oct 27, 2023