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LONDON (AP) — An Irish businessman who survived a kidnapping by the IRA and triggered a scandal that shook Ireland’s politics has died. Supermarket tycoon Ben Dunne was 74. His son Robert confirmed his death to the news website Extra.ie. Irish media reported the the elder Dunne died Saturday of a heart attack during a

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden visited naval installations in Virginia on Sunday to kick off the Thanksgiving holiday week, introducing an early screening of the upcoming movie “Wonka” and sharing a “friendsgiving” meal with service members and their relatives. Biden also paid tribute Sunday to former first lady

By CHETAN NARULA Associated Press AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Australia has won the Cricket World Cup for a record-extending sixth time. Australia ended India’s dominant run in its home tournament with a six-wicket victory in a low-scoring final on the back of Travis Head’s 137. A heavily partisan crowd inside the 132,000-capacity Narendra Modi Stadium

WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — Police say a mother is facing a child endangerment charge after her toddler found a gun in her purse and accidentally fired it in a southern Ohio Walmart store last week. Waverly police said the woman told officers who responded Thursday morning that the 2-year-old boy took her Taurus 9mm firearm

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An orphaned Ukrainian teenager who was taken to Russia last year during the war in his country returned home on his 18th birthday. The head of the Ukrainian president’s office confirmed that Bohdan Yermokhin arrived back in Ukraine on Sunday and thanked UNICEF and Qatari negotiators for facilitating the young man’s

By ISABEL DEBRE and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have seized an Israeli-linked ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route and taken the 25-member crew hostage. The rebels said they hijacked the ship Sunday over its connection to Israel. The group warned it would continue to target ships

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some K-12 public schools are racing to improve protection against the threat of online attacks. But lax cybersecurity means thousands of others are vulnerable to ransomware gangs that can steal confidential data and disrupt operations. Since a White House conference in August on ransomware threats, dozens

By MELINA WALLING MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Justin Ralph estimates he’s made about 200 trips delivering grain from the fields he farms with his brother and uncle this year. They’re accustomed to using their four semi-trucks to take the harvest from a total of about 800 acres each of corn, soybeans and wheat to market.

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal government workers from the State Department to NASA are circulating open letters demanding that President Joe Biden pursue a cease-fire in Israel’s war against Hamas. Congressional staffers are picking up microphones in front of the Capitol, speaking out to condemn what they say is the

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s highest court has dismissed an appeal by the country’s largest Islamist party seeking to overturn a 2013 ruling that barred it from participating in elections for violating the constitutional provision of secularism Bangladesh is set to hold its next national elections on Jan. 7. The

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Tens of thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s main religious political party have rallied in the eastern city of Lahore against Israel’s bombing of Palestinians in Gaza and what it says is the world’s failure to protect Gazans. Earlier this month Jamaat-e-Islami also held massive rallies in the port city of Karachi

By JILL COLVIN, PAUL J. WEBER and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Donald Trump picked up the Texas governor’s endorsement Sunday during a visit to a U.S.-Mexico border town and promised that his hard-line immigration policies in a second presidential term would make Greg Abbott’s “job much easier.” “You’ll be able

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The statewide battles over abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a constitutional right to abortion have exposed another fault line: the commitment to democracy. As voters in state after state affirm their support for abortion rights, opponents are acting with

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones targeted the Ukrainian capital Sunday as the British Defense Ministry said there were “few immediate prospects” for change along the Ukrainian front line as the war enters its second winter. Russia launched 20 Iranian-made Shahed drones overnight, 15 of which were shot down by Ukrainian forces, according to Kyiv’s

By JOSH BOAK and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ends nearly every speech by saying he’s “never been more optimistic” about the country’s direction. But lately he also has begun painting a vision of a catastrophic future for the United States — that is, if Donald Trump returns to the

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation has reached its lowest point in 2 1/2 years. The unemployment rate has stayed below 4% for the longest stretch since the 1960s. And the U.S. economy has repeatedly defied predictions of a coming recession. Yet according to a raft of polls and surveys, most

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation has reached its lowest point in 2 1/2 years. The unemployment rate has stayed below 4% for the longest stretch since the 1960s. And the U.S. economy has repeatedly defied predictions of a coming recession. Yet according to a raft of polls and surveys, most

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Gale-force winds and heavy rain and snow have hit large parts of Bulgaria, claiming the lives of two people and causing severe damage in towns and villages. Residents in eastern Bulgaria said they never had experienced weather as severe as Sunday’s storm. A state of emergency was declared in the Black

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a roadside bomb has killed three people in the insurgency-hit southwestern Baluchistan province. The bomb was planted Sunday on a dirt road in the Balgatar area of Kech district and was detonated remotely, authorities said. Three men, two of whom were brothers, were killed while on their way