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By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Already considered a hub for Latin, hip-hop and electronic music, Miami is now going country. Country Bay Music Festival is scheduled for Nov. 11 and Nov. 12 at the historic Miami Marine Stadium, just southeast of downtown on Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay. The headliners scheduled for

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s land board says it will hand over state land on Maui to be used for a wildfire memorial and fire debris disposal. But members of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources urged Maui County to talk further with the community after some raised concerns

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adolis García took a few steps while watching the ball before tossing his bat aside after another big swing this postseason. This one won an extended Game 1 of the World Series for the Texas Rangers. Once his drive cleared the right-field wall in the

By HOLLY RAMER and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — The first loud noise 10-year-old Toni Asselin heard sounded like the thwack of a ball being hit hard across a pool table. She thought the second might have been someone dropping a bowling ball. “The third one, when I walked over to

By MANUEL VALDES Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Peter Bates was dropping his car at the mechanic this month when a notification pinged on his phone: killer whales were approaching his Seattle neighborhood. He hopped on a bus toward the water, then an electric bike. He was pedaling along a shoreline trail when orcas’ black

By CLAUDIA LAUER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A timeline released Friday shows that the suspect in the Maine mass shootings stayed one step ahead of police who rushed to the bowling alley and a bar but were too late to stop him from killing 18 people and slipping away into

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is trying to move past questions over a $19,000 lectern that she doesn’t even want to use right now. An audit is underway over the purchase of the lectern that’s prompted claims her office illegally altered records about it. The

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — There has been a Travis Kelce sighting at the World Series. Two of them, actually. No sign of Taylor Swift, though. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end was shown on the video board twice Friday night during Game 1 of the World Series at the Texas Rangers. Texas is playing the

By JULHAS ALAM and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police in Bangladesh’s capital have fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the main opposition party who threw stones at security forces during a massive rally demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Police say one officer died and dozens have been

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press Hundreds of law enforcement officers descended on southern Maine this week in search of the sole suspect in two separate shootings. Forty-year-old Robert Card of Bowdoin vanished after police say he killed 18 people at a bowling alley and bar. The deceased ranged in age from 14 to 76. The

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s trip to China, with the stated goal of working together to fight climate change, resulted in a surprise meeting with leader Xi Jinping and was filled with warm words and friendliness not seen in years in the China-U.S. relationship. The trip was seen

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Two white boaters charged in an Alabama riverfront brawl that drew nationwide attention have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of harassment and assault. The guilty pleas came Friday. The August riverfront melee in Montgomery drew national attention after white boaters were filmed hitting a Black riverboat co-captain and crew members rushing

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Former President George W. Bush had a little bounce with his ceremonial first pitch to former Texas Rangers catcher Iván “Pudge” Rodriguez before Game 1 of the World Series. Bush is a former Texas governor and spent time as managing partner of the Rangers. Texas is playing the Arizona Diamondbacks. Bush

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A new study shows that most New Mexico families with infants exposed to illicit drugs, marijuana and alcohol in the womb have been forgoing subsidized addiction treatment and other voluntary support services aimed at protecting children. An evaluation Friday by the Legislature’s budget and accountability

By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — In one sense, there was a feeling of closure as survivors of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history joined with hundreds of others for prayers, poetry and music at an outdoor commemoration of the 11 people who were killed in a Pittsburgh synagogue five years ago

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian fishing boat rescued an American man one day after the U.S. Coast Guard ended its search for a missing commercial fishing boat from Washington state with two people board, authorities said. U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Steve Strohmaier said the Canada-based Ocean Sunset spotted a covered life raft

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Groups of angry, desperate residents began blocking the only entrances to the hurricane ravaged resort of Acapulco to demand food and water after three days of going without. As Mexico’s military leaders listed the aid that was beginning to pour into the city – thousands of

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors at the criminal trial of a founder of the classified site Backpage.com heard opposite accounts in closing arguments of whether the founder knew there were prostitution ads on the site. Prosecutor Kevin Rapp says Michael Lacey was aware of the content of ads that had text

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate; Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash. __ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio; Robert Mardini, director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross; retired Army

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Moll, a character actor who found lasting fame as an eccentric but gentle giant bailiff on the original “Night Court” sitcom, has died. He was 80. Moll died Thursday at his home in Big Bear Lake, California, according to Jeff Sanderson, a publicist at