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Human connections bring hope in North Carolina after devastation of Helene

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) - Sarah Vekasi is a potter who runs a store in Black Mountain, North Carolina, called Sarah Sunshine Pottery, named after her normally bubbly personality. But these days she'...

Oct 03, 2024

Jury mulling fate of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' fatal beating

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The future of three former Memphis officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols' civil rights in a beating that proved fatal is in the hands of a jury after a nearly monthlong fe...

Oct 03, 2024

Boat capsizes in eastern Congo lake, killing at least 50 people, witnesses say

GOMA, Congo (AP) - A boat carrying scores of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, witnesses told The Associated Press. It was not immediately clea...

Oct 03, 2024

UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal to secure US base

LONDON (AP) - The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal that ...

Oct 03, 2024

New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte visits Ukraine in his first trip since taking office

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte visited Ukraine on Thursday in his first official trip since taking office and pledging continued support for Kyiv. Rutte met with Ukrainian ...

Oct 03, 2024

Israeli military says it killed a senior Hamas leader in a Gaza strike earlier this year

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military said Thursday that it killed a senior Hamas leader in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip around three months ago. It said that a strike on an underground compound in ...

Oct 03, 2024

Israeli military says it killed a senior Hamas leader in a Gaza strike earlier this year

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military said Thursday that it killed a senior Hamas leader in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip around three months ago. It said that a strike on an underground compound in ...

Oct 03, 2024

Taiwan hospital fire leaves at least 9 dead as typhoon batters island's south

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A fire at a hospital in southern Taiwan killed at least nine people Thursday as the island was being battered by a typhoon. The fire occurred in Pingtung county, which has been h...

Oct 03, 2024

Typhoon Krathon makes landfall on Taiwan, packing fierce winds and torrential rain

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) - Typhoon Krathon made landfall on Siaogang District in the major port city of Kaohsiung, according to Taiwan's weather authorities. Kaohsiung earlier urged its residents to tak...

Oct 02, 2024

Hurricane Kirk strengthens into a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic

MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Kirk strengthened Wednesday into a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and was expected to grow rapidly into a major hurricane, forecasters said. There were no coastal watche...

Oct 02, 2024