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October 10, 2025
How a family-owned costume shop is keeping tariffs from making Halloween a nightmare
NEW YORK (AP) — With Halloween on the horizon, Chicago Costume is stuffed. Packaged costumes, including superheros and Japanese animation ch...
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October 10, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador uprooting unhoused people in rural areas, workers say
ST. JOHN'S - Front-line housing workers in central Newfoundland say the province is transporting local homeless people out of their communit...
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October 10, 2025
‘A big mess’: Expert, parents criticize Alberta tool kit for students during strike
EDMONTON - An education expert is criticizing online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers...
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October 10, 2025
In Kenya, a search for links between a changing climate and mental health
KILIFI, Kenya (AP) — The daily grind of putting food on the table is stressful for people the world over, especially for women, who still pr...
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October 10, 2025
Chinese navy ships make a friendship visit to Cambodia as concerns over military links linger
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AP) — Two Chinese warships arrived Friday on what China called a friendship and training visit to Cambodia, Beijing...
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October 10, 2025
Man convicted of killing a 15-year-old girl in her home in 2001 is executed by injection in Indiana
CHICAGO (AP) — An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was executed by injection early Friday in the state’s...
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October 10, 2025
Pakistani forces kill 30 militants after deadly ambush that killed soldiers in country’s northwest
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces acting on intelligence killed 30 militants in multiple raids on Pakistani Taliban hideou...
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October 10, 2025
The West Bank’s dwindling Palestinian Christian communities, in photos
TAYBEH, West Bank (AP) — Christians who are proudly Palestinian and live in the occupied West Bank continue to find hope in Sunday worship a...
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October 10, 2025
The West Bank’s dwindling Palestinian Christian communities continue to struggle amid violence
TAYBEH, West Bank (AP) — Early on Sundays, bells call the faithful to worship at the three churches in this hilltop village that the Gospel...
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October 10, 2025
King Mohammed VI set to speak as Gen Z protesters demand reforms in Morocco
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco's elusive King Mohammed VI inaugurates parliament Friday in a speech with far higher stakes than his annual ad...
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October 10, 2025
South Korean investigators indict Unification Church leader over alleged ties to ex-first lady
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean investigators on Friday indicted the 82-year-old leader of the Unification Church, Hak Ja Han, over a...
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October 10, 2025
Tony Blair is revered in Kosovo for helping end its war. Many ask if he can succeed again in Gaza
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A U.S. peace plan has propelled former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to the forefront of efforts to end the Isra...
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October 10, 2025
Russian strikes cause damage across Ukraine’s capital and injure at least 12
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drone and missile strikes injured at least 12 people, damaged residential buildings and caused blackouts across...
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October 10, 2025
Russian airstrikes cause damage across Ukraine’s capital and injure at least 9
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian airstrikes injured at least nine people, damaged residential buildings and caused blackouts across parts of the...
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October 10, 2025
National Guard set to patrol Memphis but blocked in Illinois for 2 weeks
National Guard troops were expected Friday to begin patrolling in Memphis, a day after a federal judge in Illinois blocked the deployment of...
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October 10, 2025
The winner of the coveted Nobel Peace Prize will be announced. Trump is considered a long shot
OSLO, Norway (AP) — The Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce Friday who has won the Nobel Peace Prize, a highly coveted but notoriously u...
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October 10, 2025
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
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October 10, 2025
María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
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October 10, 2025
Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
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October 10, 2025
The winner of the coveted but unpredictable Nobel Peace Prize will be announced Friday
OSLO, Norway (AP) — The Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce Friday who has won the Nobel Peace Prize, a highly coveted but notoriously u...
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October 10, 2025
Brazil blesses its pets, Haitians bury the dead, and more top photos this week from Latin America
Oct. 3-9, 2025
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October 10, 2025
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October 10, 2025
An AP photographer shares the stories behind some of her most poignant Gaza images
CAIRO (AP) — Two years into the war in Gaza, and as Israel and Hamas reached a deal raising hopes for the end of the conflict, Associated Pr...
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October 10, 2025
President Donald Trump is headed to Walter Reed for a ‘semiannual physical’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is undergoing what he has described as a “semiannual physical” at Walter Reed National Military Med...
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October 10, 2025
Federal judges in 2 states are considering challenges to the government’s treatment of Abrego Garcia
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Federal judges in two states on Friday will consider challenges to the government's treatment of Kilmar Abrego Garci...
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October 10, 2025
Taiwan’s president pledges to build air defense system in face of China threat
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan will accelerate the building of a “Taiwan Shield” or “T-Dome” air defense system in the face of the military th...
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October 10, 2025
Taiwan’s president pledges to accelerate the building of air defense system in face of China threat
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te has pledged to accelerate the building of a “T-Dome” air defense system in face of the...
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October 10, 2025
US Senate unanimously endorses repeal of 2002 Iraq war resolution
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two decades later, Congress is on the verge of writing a closing chapter to the war in Iraq.
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October 10, 2025
Concert shooting in Peru could spell the end for Dina Boluarte’s presidency
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A shooting at a concert in Peru’s capital may prove to be the undoing of Dina Boluarte’s presidency as it laid bare the st...
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October 10, 2025
Peru’s Congress votes to initiate impeachment trial of President Boluarte
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's Congress voted to initiate an impeachment trial of President Dina Boluarte late Thursday, hours after a shooting at...
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October 10, 2025
Peru’s Congress removes President Boluarte as a crime wave grips the country
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s Congress voted early Friday to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips th...
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October 10, 2025
Peru’s Congress votes to remove President Boluarte as a crime wave grips the country
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s Congress voted to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South Ameri...
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October 10, 2025
A history of President Trump’s legal battles with New York Attorney General Letitia James
NEW YORK (AP) — The day she was elected New York's attorney general, Letitia James blasted President Donald Trump as a “con man” and “carniv...
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October 10, 2025
Powerful earthquake off southern Philippines kills 2 people, causes damages and tsunami evacuations
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A 7.4-magnitude earthquake Friday morning off the southern Philippines killed at least two people, damaged a hosp...
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October 10, 2025
Powerful earthquake off southern Philippines kills 1 person, causes damage and tsunami evacuations
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A 7.4-magnitude earthquake Friday morning off the southern Philippines damaged buildings, knocked out power, kill...
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October 10, 2025
7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes offshore from southern Philippines and may cause tsunami
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit off a southern Philippine province Friday morning,...
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October 10, 2025
7.6-magnitude earthquake off southern Philippines causes damage and evacuations
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the tsunami threat from an earthquake Friday off the southern Philippines...
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October 10, 2025
7.6-magnitude earthquake off southern Philippines causes damage and tsunami evacuations
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit off a southern Philippine province Friday morning,...
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October 10, 2025
North Korea’s Kim vows to build ‘socialist paradise’ at celebrations attended by foreign dignitaries
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lauded what he called his country's fight against a U.S.-led military threat and v...
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October 10, 2025
North Korea’s Kim vows to build a ‘socialist paradise’ ahead of a likely military parade
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lauded what he called his country's fight against a U.S.-led military threat and v...
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October 10, 2025
Afghanistan’s Taliban foreign minister meeting with Indian counterpart for first time since takeover
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — The foreign minister of Taliban -ruled Afghanistan is set to meet with his Indian counterpart Friday, in a first high...
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October 10, 2025
India to upgrade Kabul mission to full embassy, signaling deeper ties with Taliban
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India is upgrading its technical mission in Kabul to a full embassy, India’s foreign minister announced Friday after...
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October 10, 2025
Rotating strikes to replace nationwide Canada Post walkout, says CUPW
The move “will start mail and parcels moving, while continuing our struggle for good collective agreements,” Jan Simpson, CUPW national pres...
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October 10, 2025
FACT FOCUS: Trump paints a grim portrait of Portland. The story on the ground is much less extreme
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — President Donald Trump, members of his administration and conservative influencers painted a bleak portrait of Portlan...
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October 10, 2025
Olivia Chow wants to stop ‘illegal and reckless’ Jet Ski rentals before next summer
A working group will be assembled to find solutions following a successful motion by Chow on Thursday. It comes in after a man died in Augus...
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October 10, 2025
Former NBA player Paul Pierce found asleep in car, arrested for alleged DUI
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former NBA player Paul Pierce was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of driving under the influence on a Los Angeles hig...
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October 10, 2025
The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo edi...
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October 10, 2025
City to create ‘action plan’ to keep ravers out of the Don Valley. Ravers say that would ‘isolate’ Toronto youth
Council voted Thursday to draft an action plan to keep ravers from returning to the Don Valley after a Star story detailed damage to the loc...
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October 10, 2025
Cindy McCain suffers a mild stroke and will take leave from World Food Program while recovering
NEW YORK (AP) — Cindy McCain, the widow of Sen. John McCain and head of the U.N. World Food Program, suffered a mild stroke this week and is...
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October 10, 2025