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By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Surgeons have performed the world’s first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant — although it’s far too soon to know if the man will ever see through his new left eye. An accident with high-voltage power lines had

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — The nation’s first openly gay governor is looking to re-enter politics nearly 20 years after he left. Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey announced Thursday that he will seek the mayor’s office in Jersey City in 2025. He made the announcement in a short video posted online and planned to

By ED KOMENDA and LINDSEY WASSON Associated Press JEROME, Idaho (AP) — In the vast, high desert of southern Idaho is a place called Minidoka. After Japan’s Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, this is where the U.S. government incarcerated over 13,000 Japanese American men, women and children as security risks because of their

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press In 2015 Heather McDonald launched her podcast “Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald” as a way to promote her stand-up comedy. The former writer and panelist on Chelsea Handler’s E! late night talk show “Chelsea Lately” has since released nearly 800 episodes that have has more than 200 million downloads. “Juicy

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he will sign a bill that would allow elections officials to process absentee ballots the day before an election if the measure passes the Republican-led Legislature in its current form. The Republican-backed bill passed by the state Assembly

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and VICTOR CAIVANO Associated Press FORT MCMURRAY, Canada (AP) — During a May wildfire that scorched a vast swath of spruce and pine forest in northwestern Canada, Julia Cardinal lost a riverside cabin that was many things to her: retirement project, gift from from her husband, and somewhere to live by nature,

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and VICTOR CAIVANO Associated Press FORT MCMURRAY, Canada (AP) — During a May wildfire that scorched a vast swath of spruce and pine forest in northwestern Canada, Julia Cardinal lost a riverside cabin that was many things to her: retirement project, gift from from her husband, and somewhere to live by nature,

By ALICIA LEÓN, JOSEPH WILSON and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A Spanish right-wing politician is recovering in a hospital after being shot in the face on a street in central Madrid. Alejandro Vidal-Quadras told police he suspects his work on behalf of the Iranian opposition was linked to the murder attempt. Police

MOSCOW (AP) — An economic grouping that includes several ex-Soviet nations along with Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey has held a summit in Uzbekistan, and leaders of member countries have vowed to further expand trade and economic ties. Members of the Economic Cooperation Organization, who met on Thursday in Uzbekistan’s capital of Tashkent, discussed plans

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — In Wisconsin, the old fashioned cocktail comes with brandy, not bourbon. Now, state lawmakers have made it somewhat official. A resolution declaring the brandy old fashioned as the official Wisconsin state cocktail cleared the state Assembly on a bipartisan voice vote. It’s a resolution, not a

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Partnerships between two- and four-year colleges and universities could help more community college students go on to earn bachelor’s degrees, according to data released Thursday by U.S. Education Department. Only 13% of federal financial aid recipients who enrolled in community college in 2014 went on to receive a bachelor’s degree

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s outgoing deputy foreign minister has written to newly-elected legislators and senators to urge them to continue to seek some $1.3 trillion in reparations from Germany for the Nazis’ World War II invasion and occupation of the country. Poland’s right-wing government has prepared a report of the losses caused by Nazi

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Analysts say that Pakistan’s crackdown on undocumented migrants risks radicalizing Afghans who have been forced out of the country. More than 250,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in recent weeks as the government rounds up, arrests and kicks out foreigners who it says are in the country illegally.

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Slightly fewer Americans applied for jobless claims last week, further indicating that the labor market remains strong in an era of high interest rates. The Labor Department reported Thursday that applications for unemployment benefits fell by 3,000 to 217,000 for the week ending Nov. 4. Jobless claim applications are

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government has charged that a major offensive in the country’s northeast by an alliance of armed ethnic minority organizations was funded in part by profits earned by one of the groups from the region’s lucrative drug trade. A state-run newspaper reported that

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Davyd Booth believes strongly that people everywhere are the same and that music touches the heart of everyone. The 73-year-old violinist returned to China this week with 13 fellow members from the Philadelphia Orchestra to mark the 50th anniversary of the orchestra’s first visit and carry on

BERLIN (AP) — German police say a student with a handgun is suspected of having killed another student at a high school in the country’s southwest. German news agency dpa said Thursday that the teenage suspect was detained as part of a large-scale police operation in the town of Offenburg. The news agency cited police

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. It is celebrated across faiths by more than a billion people in the world’s most populous nation and the diaspora. Over five days, people take part in festive gatherings, fireworks displays, feasts and

By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The U.S. ambassador has urged Kosovo’s government to proceed with establishing an association of its Serb majority towns in order to unblock European Union-facilitated normalization talks with Serbia. U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey M. Hovenier said “there is no reason for the government of Kosovo

By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president has signed a controversial bill that earmarks $6.1 million for a presidential yacht and millions more for sport utility vehicles for his wife and other top government officials. Bola Tinubu’s signature on Wednesday came despite widespread anger and criticism over the move in a