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Voters in Oakland oust Mayor Sheng Thao just 2 years into her term

Voters in Oakland, California, have ousted Mayor Sheng Thao just two years after she narrowly won office to lead the liberal San Francisco Bay Area city. The Associated Press called the race Monday. "...

Nov 11, 2024

New Zealand's leaders formally apologize to survivors of abuse in state and church care

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made a "formal and unreserved" apology in Parliament on Tuesday for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds ...

Nov 11, 2024

Rays' Wander Franco, who awaits sex abuse trial, arrested in parking lot altercation involving guns

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was involved in an armed altercation in a parking lot in the Dominican Republic countryside and was arrested, police sai...

Nov 11, 2024

Trump names Stephen Miller to be deputy chief of policy in new administration

NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump is naming longtime adviser Stephen Miller, an immigration hard-liner, to be the deputy chief of policy in his new administration. Confirming the appointmen...

Nov 11, 2024

Trump names Stephen Miller to be deputy chief of policy in new administration

NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump is naming longtime adviser Stephen Miller, an immigration hard-liner, to be the deputy chief of policy in his new administration. Vice President-elect JD Vance posted a me...

Nov 11, 2024

Trump chooses New York Rep. Elise Stefanik as ambassador to United Nations

NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Elise Stefanik to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations. "Elise is an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter," T...

Nov 11, 2024

Trump chooses New York Rep. Elise Stefanik as ambassador to United Nations

NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Elise Stefanik to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations. "Elise is an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter," T...

Nov 11, 2024

17 Chadian soldiers and 96 rebels killed in a Boko Haram attack, army says

N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - Boko Haram insurgents killed 17 Chadian soldiers in a weekend attack on a military post that also left 96 of the assailants dead in the country's west, Chad's army said. The att...

Nov 11, 2024

California voters reject proposed ban on forced prison labor in any form

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California voters have rejected a measure amending the state Constitution to ban forced labor in any form. The constitution currently bans it except as punishment for crime. ...

Nov 10, 2024

A person is dead and 16 are hurt after a shooting at Tuskegee University; 1 arrest made

ATLANTA (AP) - A 25-year-old man who was found with a weapon while leaving the shooting scene at Tuskegee University in Alabama early Sunday has been arrested and charged with a federal offense, autho...

Nov 10, 2024