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By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — About 200 wild horses roam free in a western North Dakota national park. But that number could shrink as the National Park Service is expected to decide next year whether it will eliminate that population. Advocates fear a predetermined outcome that will remove the beloved animals

By LISET CRUZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Beloved characters like Snoopy and SpongeBob SquarePants soared through the skies above New York City on Thursday and bands marched along the streets below as the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ushered in the holiday season. The parade started on Manhattan’s Upper West Side making its

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Three New Zealand political leaders say they’ve reached an agreement to form the next government, pending a final signoff from their parties which they expected within hours. The party leaders said they expected to hold a formal signing ceremony Friday at Parliament. The announcement brought

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — First, some families fled drought and violence. Now they say they have nowhere to hide from intense flooding as rainfall exacerbated by the weather phenomenon El Niño pummels large parts of Somalia. The federal government declared a state of emergency in October. Among the worst hit towns

UTTARKASHI, India (AP) — Officials say the rescue of 41 construction workers who have been trapped for nearly two weeks in a collapsed tunnel in northern India ran into another delay during what was described as the final phase of digging to reach them. A spokesperson for the Uttarakhand state government said late Thursday that

MOUNT VERNON, Ky. (AP) — A train derailed and spilled a chemical in a remote part of eastern Kentucky on Wednesday, prompting officials to encourage residents of a small town to evacuate amid concerns about air quality. Gov. Andy Beshear said in a statement that local officials in Rockcastle County were encouraging residents of Livingston,

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Incumbent Erin Mendenhall has won her reelection bid for mayor of Utah’s capital in a ranked-choice contest that included a challenge by former Mayor Rocky Anderson. The Salt Lake Tribune reports ballot returns released Wednesday showed Mendenhall with 58% of the vote to Anderson’s 34%. Anderson conceded and wished Mendenhall

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In the northwest corner of Louisiana, a candidate for parish sheriff is demanding a recount after losing by a single vote in an election where more than 43,000 people voted. The tight race shines a spotlight on Louisiana’s recount process and its outdated voting machines,

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — A judge has struck down an effort to enshrine reproductive rights, including abortion, in Nevada’s constitution. Carson City District Court Judge James T. Russell ruled on Tuesday that a proposed ballot initiative offered by abortion rights advocates in the western swing state is too

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fiji’s leader says that after meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping, he hopes to collaborate with China on upgrading his nation’s shipyards and ports. Sitiveni Rabuka made the remarks to lawmakers in Parliament on Wednesday. Rabuka is generally seen as leaning less toward China than

By VICTOR CAIVANO Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military on Wednesday unveiled what it claimed was a Hamas military facility under Gaza’s largest hospital, showing what appeared to be a subterranean dormitory to a group of foreign journalists who were given a rare glimpse inside the besieged enclave. Dozens of

By COLLEEN LONG, SEUNG MIN KIM, SAM MAGDY and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiations to free the hostages held by Hamas hardly ran smoothly. Hamas resisted as Israel laid waste to huge areas of Gaza. But talks proceeded, aided by intermediaries in Qatar, eventually leading to Wednesday’s agreement. A month and a

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Animal welfare advocates are suing to stop Wisconsin’s new wolf management plan. They say the state violated open meeting laws while drafting the proposal and accuse wildlife officials of disregarding pro-wolf comments. The Great Lakes Wildlife Alliance filed the action Wednesday in Dane County. The organization

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian scientists say Peru has lost more than half of its glacier surface in the last six decades due to climate change. According to a new glacier inventory released Wednesday by a government agency, 175 glaciers became extinct between 2016 and 2020. In total, scientists say, the South American country has

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former Penthouse magazine model sued Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose on Wednesday, saying he raped her in a 1989 attack at a New York City hotel that left her with anxiety and depression and harmed her career. Sheila Kennedy, 61, filed the lawsuit in

TEHACHAPI, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a California prison inmate has died after he was stabbed several times by two other prisoners. State prison officials say 38-year-old David Moreno was attacked Wednesday morning at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi. Authorities say he died on the way to a hospital less than an hour later.

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Utah Tech has suspended women’s basketball coach JD Gustin for two games following an investigation into allegations of misconduct by players. The Salt Lake Tribune reported parents of Utah Tech players hired a private investigator who submitted a report to the university in May alleging that Gustin bullied, physically intimidated

By JONATHAN MATTISE and REBECCA REYNOLDS Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An escaped inmate accused of sexually assaulting multiple victims in Tennessee has been captured in Florida after being on the run for over a month, authorities said. Sean Williams, 52, was arrested without incident Tuesday in Florida’s Pinellas County after being spotted and

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s National Guard officers have arrested the alleged security chief for the “Chapitos” wing of the Sinaloa drug cartel. The Public Safety Department’s arrest registry says Nestor Isidro Pérez Salas was detained Wednesday in the Sinaloa state capital of Culiacan. The department listed his alias as “El Nini.” The U.S. Drug

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge in Montana has significantly shortened the state’s wolf trapping season to protect grizzly bears that have not yet begun hibernating from being injured by traps. Montana’s wolf trapping season could have started as early as next Monday and run through March 15.