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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

Israel strikes outskirts of Gaza City during second ground raid in as many days

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli forces backed by fighter jets and drones carried out a second ground raid into Gaza in as many days and struck targets on the outskirts of Gaza City, the milit...

Oct 27, 2023

US strikes Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on US troops

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone...

Oct 26, 2023

Radio host Larry Elder ends Republican presidential campaign and endorses Donald Trump

Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder announced Thursday that he was ending his 2024 Republican campaign for president and endorsing former President Donald Trump. Elder, who sought to replace Cali...

Oct 26, 2023

Wife of ex-Alaska Airlines pilot says she's in shock after averted Horizon Air disaster

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The wife of a former Alaska Airlines pilot who prosecutors say tried to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight while riding in the cockpit jump seat said Thursday she knew her h...

Oct 26, 2023

Suspect in killing of judge who presided over divorce case found dead in rural Maryland

WILLIAMSPORT, Md. (AP) - A man suspected of killing a Maryland judge last week was found dead Thursday, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Authorities believe Pedro Argote, 49, was a...

Oct 26, 2023

Judge says Georgia's congressional and legislative districts are discriminatory and must be redrawn

ATLANTA (AP) - A federal judge ruled Thursday that some of Georgia's congressional, state Senate and state House districts were drawn in a racially discriminatory manner, ordering the state to draw an...

Oct 26, 2023

María Corina Machado is winner of Venezuela opposition primary that government has denounced

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan government critic Mara Corina Machado was declared the winner Thursday of an opposition-organized primary to choose a presidential candidate, in polling last weeke...

Oct 26, 2023

Rep. Jamaal Bowman pleads guilty to a misdemeanor for pulling a fire alarm in House office building

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor count for triggering a fire alarm as lawmakers scrambled to pass a funding bill before a government shutdown de...

Oct 26, 2023

Mexican authorities report 27 people killed by Hurricane Otis

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) - Mexico's security secretary says Hurricane Otis was responsible for at least 27 deaths and four people remained missing. Rosa Icela Rodrguez Rodrguez comments Thursday at Presi...

Oct 26, 2023