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By NICK PERRY Associated Press CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — An inquiry into New Zealand’s worst mass shooting will examine — among other issues — the response times of police and medics and whether any of the 51 people who were killed could have been saved. The coroner-led inquiry opened Tuesday, more than four years

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Police in Cyprus say they have arrested 10 Syrian men in an operation that has dismantled the third people smuggling ring bringing migrants to the east Mediterranean island nation in as many months. A police spokesman said Tuesday the operation was centered in the southwestern district of Paphos. A combined force

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say two cargo ships have collided in the North Sea off the German coast and one vessel sank. At least one sailor died and rescuers were trying to find another four. Germany’s Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said the Polesie and Verity ships collided early

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Washington state senator Jeff Wilson has been arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun that was not registered in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. His website and local media reported that he was released on bail after appearing in court on Monday. Local media reports said

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and RAVI NESSMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel escalated airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, crushing families in the rubble of residential buildings, as health officials said hundreds of Palestinians were killed in the past day and medical facilities were shut down because of bomb damage

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares skidded Thursday in Asia after Wall Street tumbled as bond yields tightened their chokehold. U.S. futures slipped and oil prices also fell after some of the most influential U.S. companies turned in mixed profit reports. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 sank 2.1% to 30,628.04 and the Kospi

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors are seeking justice for 34 people killed in a fire aboard a scuba dive boat called the Conception in 2019. The trial against Captain Jerry Boylan was underway Tuesday with jury selection. Boylan has pleaded not guilty to one count of misconduct or neglect

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It’s long after midnight when the bustling operating room suddenly falls quiet — a moment of silence to honor the man lying on the table. This is no ordinary surgery. Detrick Witherspoon died before ever being wheeled in, and now two wide-eyed medical students are

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Officials say the bodies of at least 17 people were recovered from a train crash outside the Bangladesh capital that may have occurred after one of the trains disregarded a red signal. A fire official said the rescue operation was halted early Tuesday after rescuers and residents together extracted passengers from

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a courtroom showdown five years in the making, Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen testified Tuesday that he worked to boost the supposed value of the former president’s assets to “whatever number Trump told us to.” Trump’s lawyers — and outside court, Trump

By ERIC TUCKER and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Sidney Powell was present for a now-infamous December 2020 meeting at the White House where participants hatched far-fetched schemes to keep Donald Trump in power and was so tied to the then-president that he once considered naming her a special counsel to probe claims

By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans chose Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for House speaker late Tuesday, hours after an earlier pick, Rep. Tom Emmer, abruptly withdrew in the face of opposition from Donald Trump and hardline GOP lawmakers. Johnson of Louisiana, a

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican leaders are escalating their calls to reject millions of federal dollars rather than comply with requirements over LGBTQ+ rights, abortion access and other hot-button issues. Already this year, the Volunteer State has rebuffed federal dollars designed to prevent and treat HIV and money that

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Tensions from the war in Gaza could help accelerate the move away from planet-warming fossil fuels like oil and gas and toward renewable energy, electric cars and heat pumps — similar to how sharp increases in the price of oil during the 1970s unleashed efforts

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Since Israel activated the Iron Dome in 2011, the cutting-edge rocket-defense system has intercepted thousands of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. The system has given residents a sense of security, and Israelis can often be seen watching the projectiles flying through the skies and destroying their

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — All of West Maui except for burned-out sections of historic Lahaina will reopen to tourism on Nov. 1 following the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than century, the mayor of Maui County said Monday. Mayor Richard Bissen said he made the move after talking about it with

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Adolis García and these road-happy Rangers are not only tops in Texas, they’re best in the American League. García homered twice and drove in five runs as the Texas Rangers reached their first World Series in 12 years with an 11-4 blowout of the Houston Astros

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Protesters marched across Panama against a contract extension for copper mining in a biodiverse region. Teachers, construction workers and environmentalists led the demonstrations Monday. In areas outside Panama City police met protesters with tear gas. The protests were set off by the president last week signing a contract for a huge

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear defended his sweeping COVID-19 pandemic restrictions as he faced an onslaught of criticism from Republican challenger Daniel Cameron in a high-stakes debate Monday night, coming about two weeks before Kentucky’s closely watched gubernatorial election. Cameron acknowledged, meanwhile, that if elected he would sign