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Brazil will restrict entry of some foreign nationals, aiming to curb migration to US and Canada

SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil will begin imposing restrictions on the entry of some foreign citizens from Asia seeking refuge in the South American nation as a means to migrate to the United States and Cana...

Aug 21, 2024

Missouri death row inmate agrees to new plea, drops innocence bid

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri death row inmate on Wednesday dropped his innocence claim and entered a new no-contest plea in an agreement that calls for a new sentence of life in prison without parol...

Aug 21, 2024

Rescue crews unload body bag in Sicily port as search continues after yacht sinking

PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) - Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily recovered at least one body Wednesday, as the search continued for more missing passengers and questions inten...

Aug 21, 2024

Iran's hard-line parliament approves all members of president's Cabinet, first time since 2001

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's hard-line parliament on Wednesday approved all members of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian's Cabinet, the first time in over two decades a leader has been able to get a...

Aug 21, 2024

Gilma becomes the 2nd hurricane of the eastern Pacific season and is forecast to stay away from land

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Gilma became the second hurricane of this year's eastern Pacific Ocean season early Wednesday and is forecast to remain away from land. The Category 1 storm was located about 935 mi...

Aug 21, 2024

Commercial ship 'not under command' after repeated attacks target it in Red Sea, British say

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A commercial ship traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attack Wednesday, leaving the vessel "not under command" in an assault suspected to have been car...

Aug 21, 2024

Moscow comes under largest Ukrainian drone attack yet but destroys them all, Russian authorities say

MOSCOW (AP) - Russian authorities said Wednesday that Moscow came under the largest attack yet by Ukrainian drones since the start of fighting in 2022, and that it destroyed all of them. Russia destro...

Aug 21, 2024

Peltola, Begich, Dahlstrom advance to ranked choice November election in Alaska US House race

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, has advanced to November's ranked choice general election for the state's lone U.S. House seat, along with Republicans Nick Begich and ...

Aug 20, 2024

Bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashes in Iran, killing at least 28 people

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A bus carrying Shiite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq crashed in central Iran, killing at least 28 people, an official said Wednesday. The crash happened Tuesday night in the centra...

Aug 20, 2024

Vance and Walz are still relatively unknown, but the governor is better liked, an AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tim Walz and JD Vance have vaulted themselves out of national obscurity as they hustle to introduce themselves to the country, but the senator from Ohio has had a rockier start than ...

Aug 20, 2024