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By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says his powerful militia is engaged in unprecedented cross-border fighting with Israel along the Lebanon-Israel border and is threatening a further escalation as the four-week-long Israel-Hamas war rages on. Nasrallah spoke in televised remarks on Friday, his first since the beginning of the

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Outrage over the price of basic housing is spurring calls for a tax on mansions in a Southwestern city cherished by tourists and second-home owners for its adobe architecture and Rocky Mountain vistas. A Nov. 7 ballot initiative would place a 3% tax on home

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Colorado voters will decide two statewide ballot measures Tuesday that would affect their pocketbooks as well as state coffers. Proposition HH would reduce property tax rates for 10 years in exchange for allowing the state to keep and spend some amount of tax revenue that would otherwise

SENECA, S.C. (AP) — A driver tried to crash through the exit gates of a South Carolina nuclear plant Thursday night about an hour after security asked the same car to leave when it tried to enter, authorities said. A pop-up security barrier stopped the car with an Arkansas license plate at the Oconee Nuclear

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of Virginia’s legislature is up for grabs in Tuesday’s off-year general election. Republicans hold a slim majority in the House of Delegates, while Democrats hold an equally narrow majority in the state Senate. All 40 state Senate seats and 100 state House seats will be on

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — New York voters will decide of a variety of races and ballot questions in Tuesday’s general election. At stake are seats for the New York City Council and state Supreme Court as well as races for county executive posts across the state. Voters will also decide two

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say they’ve  made seven arrests on suspicion of smuggling people into Hungary as part of a days-long crackdown on irregular migration. Last week, a shooting in the border area killed three migrants and wounded one. Reports of violence and gun battles have become common near the border between Serbia

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — Communities ravaged by America’s opioid epidemic are starting to get their share of a $50 billion pie from legal settlements. Most of that money comes with a requirement that it be used to address the overdose crisis and prevent more deaths. But

By The Associated Press The Russian Orthodox Church has called for an apology from Russia’s most renowned pop singer who returned home this week over her criticism of the war in Ukraine. The 74-year-old Alla Pugacheva has been hugely popular in Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union for decades. She left Russia

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press The second of two workers trapped under a coal mine preparation plant that collapsed earlier this week in eastern Kentucky has died, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday. “This is a heartbreaking situation,” the Democratic governor wrote on social media, calling for prayers for the men’s loved ones. The two men

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Gabe Amo and Republican Gerry Leonard face off in a special congressional election in Rhode Island on Tuesday to complete the term of former Democratic congressman David Cicilline. Cicilline resigned in May after seven terms. There is also a special election on the ballot for state

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press SAN AGUSTÍN ETLA, México (AP) — Daniel Dávila knew he would become a devil at age 12. He prepares his costume weeks ahead of Day of the Dead celebrations in San Agustín Etla, in southwest Mexico, where families take to the streets on Nov. 1 to remember how death

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Historical Association is working on a new experience for tourists in Washington starting next fall. The association plans to open The People’s House. It’s an educational center that will use technology to provide tourists with a deeper learning experience than what they get on

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time in three months, the national debate over reproductive rights focuses on Ohio. Voters will decide Tuesday whether to amend the Ohio Constitution to protect access to abortion services. The measure has become one of the nation’s highest-profile elections this year and is the

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — King Charles III has met with religious leaders about promoting peace and security during the last day of his four-day trip to Kenya. It’s his first state visit to a Commonwealth country as monarch. On a rainy Friday morning, the king visited the East Africa region’s oldest mosque

MADRID (AP) — A wildfire abetted by storm winds in eastern Spain has burned some 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) of land and forced the evacuation of 850 people from four towns, officials said Friday. Some 200 firefighters and army emergency unit soldiers were deployed to try to extinguish the day-old blaze near the eastern town

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear seeks a second term in the heavily Republican state on Tuesday in one of the most competitive and closely watched races on the ballot this year. Beshear faces a challenge from GOP nominee Daniel Cameron, a Donald Trump endorsee who succeeded Beshear

LOCKHART, Texas A Texas man has been convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Moroccan immigrant who had pulled into his driveway. A Caldwell County jury on Thursday convicted 67-year-old Terry Duane Turner in the early morning October 2021 shooting death of 31-year-old Adil Dghoughi outside Turner’s home in Martindale. Family members of

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Maine voters will decide the fate of eight statewide ballot measures in a referendum election Tuesday. Question 2 would ban foreign governments and entities they own, control or influence from making campaign contributions in candidate elections or ballot measures. The move is in response to the $22

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday is Election Day in Mississippi, and Republican Gov. Tate Reeves’ bid for a second term tops the list of statewide and local contests that voters will decide. Reeves, who was first elected in 2019 after serving two terms as lieutenant governor, faces a challenge from Democrat