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Federal court says beauty pageant can bar trans contestants

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A federal appellate court says a national beauty pageant has a First Amendment right to exclude a transgender woman from competing, because including her could interfere with the m...

Nov 03, 2022

Paul Pelosi released from hospital a week after assault

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her husband, Paul Pelosi, was released from the hospital Thursday after his treatment for injuries from a violent assault last week. Pelosi said, "Paul remains under do...

Nov 03, 2022

Israeli PM Lapid concedes defeat to Netanyahu in election

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid's office says he has conceded defeat to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in this week's election. A statement said Lapid congratulated...

Nov 03, 2022

Official: Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan wounded in gun attack

ISLAMABAD (AP) - A gunman opened fire at a container truck carrying Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday, wounding him slightly and also some of his supporters, a senior leader from...

Nov 03, 2022

Powerball prize up to $1.5 billion, 3rd-largest ever in US

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The bad news is that no one won Wednesday night's huge $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot. The good news is that means the prize has grown even larger to $1.5 billion ahead of the ...

Nov 02, 2022

North Korea keeps up its missile barrage with launch of ICBM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Residents in northern Japan were rattled Thursday morning by alarms blaring from mobile phones, radios and public loudspeakers after North Korea fired an intercontinental bal...

Nov 02, 2022

Javier, Astros pitch 2nd no-hitter in World Series history

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Cristian Javier and Houston's bullpen combined on just the second no-hitter in World Series history, silencing a booming lineup and boisterous ballpark as the Astros blanked the Ph...

Nov 02, 2022

South Korea says North Korea has test-fired another missile

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern sea, the latest in a series of weapons tests that have raised tensions in ...

Nov 02, 2022

Parkland school killer formally sentenced to life in prison

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally received a sentence of life without parole Wednesday after families of his 17 slain victims spent two days berating him as ev...

Nov 02, 2022

Ethiopian govt, Tigray agree to end fighting after 2 years

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - Ethiopia's warring sides formally agreed during talks in South Africa Wednesday to a permanent cessation of hostilities in a 2-year conflict whose victims could be counte...

Nov 02, 2022