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Climate, development, India top of mind as Trudeau arrives at UN General Assembly
NEW YORK – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived Tuesday at the UN General Assembly with…
Israeli military raid kills 3 in West Bank. Officials say 4th man killed by Israeli fire in Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops raided the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank…
Sacramento prosecutor sues California’s capital city over failure to clean up homeless encampments
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento’s top prosecutor is suing the city’s leaders over failure to…
Fighting flares again in a breakaway region in the Caucasus Mountains
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Azerbaijan’s forces rained artillery fire on Armenian positions in Nagorno-Karabakh on…
Lawyer raises Jordan concerns in ‘Freedom Convoy’ case as delays drag on
Ottawa’s manager of emergency services made repeated long walks away from the witness stand, past…
Acting Temple University president JoAnne A. Epps dies after falling ill on stage
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Temple University acting president JoAnne A. Epps died Tuesday shortly after becoming…
Census Bureau wants to test asking about sexual orientation and gender identity on biggest survey
The U.S. Census Bureau asked the Biden administration Tuesday for permission to test questions about…
Russia has turned food, energy and even children into weapons against Ukraine, Zelenskyy says at UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russia is “weaponizing” everything…
Ray Epps, ex-Marine targeted by a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory, is charged with a misdemeanor in riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ray Epps, a former Marine who became the target of a Jan.…
Quebec coroner says father deliberately killed himself and two kids in car crash
MONTREAL – A coroner has concluded that a Quebec father intentionally crashed head-on into a…
Almost 50 children from occupied Ukrainian regions arrive in Belarus, sparking outrage
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian state media reported that 48 children from Ukraine arrived in…
More than 1,200 children have died in the past 5 months in conflict-wrecked Sudan, the UN says
CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,200 children under age 5 have died in nine camps…
Wisconsin Republican leader blocks pay raises in continuation of DEI fight
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly is blocking pay raises…
One Palestinian dies and Israel shuts down main crossing with Gaza after outbreak of border violence
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military killed a 25-year-old Palestinian along the…
Mental health among Afghan women deteriorating across the country, UN report finds
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The mental health of Afghan women, who have suffered under harsh measures…
Unlicensed New York City acupuncturist charged after patient’s lungs collapsed, prosecutors say
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man has been charged with performing acupuncture…
Liberal foreign aid looks to bolster feminism, cut red tape for charities: Hussen
OTTAWA – International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says he’s focused on speeding up aid funding…
UN warns disease outbreak in Libya’s flooded east could spark ‘a second devastating crisis’
DERNA, Libya (AP) — Officials warned Monday that a disease outbreak in Libya’s northeast, where…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Five Americans detained in Iran walk free, released in deal for frozen Iranian assets DOHA,…
Rapper Travis Scott is questioned over deadly crowd surge at Texas festival in wave of lawsuits
HOUSTON (AP) — Rap superstar Travis Scott was questioned for several hours on Monday in…
Kilogram of fentanyl found in NYC day care center where 1-year-old boy died of apparent overdose
NEW YORK (AP) — A package containing several thousand dollars worth of fentanyl was discovered…
Man charged with hate crime after Seattle museum windows smashed in Chinatown-International District
SEATTLE (AP) — A man has been charged with a hate crime after the windows…
Unversed in UNGA? Stumped by SDGs? A glossary of UN General Assembly meeting lingo
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly’s yearly meeting of world leaders is here…
Former Kentucky Gov. Brereton Jones dies, fought to bolster health care and ethics laws in office
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Former Kentucky Gov. Brereton C. Jones, a Republican turned Democrat who…