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NEW YORK (AP) — About 3,000 asylum-seekers have been told their time was up in New York City shelters, but about half have reapplied to stay. That’s according to a Daily News report Friday. New York Mayor Eric Adams announced in July that the city would start giving adult migrants 60 days’ notice to move

LONDON (AP) — The sports world reacts to the announcement that Bobby Charlton, the World Cup-winning soccer great for Manchester United and England, has died at the age of 86.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Police in Somalia say a suicide car bomb exploded at a military facility on the outskirts of the capital and killed at least six people. A police spokesperson said the victims included four soldiers and that nine other people were wounded at the facility in the Elasha Biyaha area of the

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United and England soccer great Bobby Charlton has died at the age of 86. He was an English soccer icon who survived a plane crash that decimated a United team destined for greatness to become the heartbeat of his country’s 1966 World Cup triumph. A statement from Charlton’s family released

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former Philadelphia police officer has been sentenced to 15 to 40 years in state prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting women and girls. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that 54-year-old Patrick Heron entered the pleas Friday after reaching an agreement with prosecutors in advance of a trial on more than 200

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — In blue ink on a scrap of white paper that sits on his desk, Jehad Adwan scribbles the names and ages of his wife’s relatives. Next to five names, he writes “killed” or simply, “K.” Beside another five, he marks “injured” or “I.” With

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The LA Bowl has announced that four-time Super Bowl champion Rob Gronkowski has signed a multiyear agreement to partner with the college football postseason game. LA Bowl Hosted By Gronk will take place at SoFi Stadium on Dec. 16 and match teams from the Mountain

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through a rainy London on Saturday to demand Israel stop its bombardment of Gaza, and similar calls were heard in cities around the world as the Israel-Hamas war entered its third week. On the day a trickle of aid entered

By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The envoys of the European Union and the United States are urging Kosovo and Serbia to resume their dialogue on normalizing relations before the bitter tensions between the two sides trigger more violence. EU envoy Miroslav Lajcak and U.S. Special Representative to the

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Night after night for six weeks, Erika Hernández knelt outside her home in central Mexico and prayed: “Please, God, don’t let my son turn into a criminal.” “I prayed a lot. I fasted. My faith was huge,” said the 46-year-old woman, fearing her son would

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is trying to sweeten his pitch for more money for Ukraine by mixing in billions of dollars for securing the U.S.-Mexico border. The idea came up last month, after Ukraine assistance was stripped out of a measure to keep the government running due to

By GARY FIELDS and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For many Americans, the Republican dysfunction that has ground business in the U.S. House to a halt as two wars rage abroad and a budget crisis looms at home is feeding into a longer-term pessimism about the country’s core institutions. The lack of faith

By ALEXANDRA OLSON, ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks accused a union representing thousands of its baristas of damaging the brand and endangering co-workers with a pro-Palestinian tweet. The CEO of a prominent tech conference resigned amid backlash for his public statements suggesting that Israel was committing war

By NEBI QENA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least three civilians were killed and others wounded in Ukraine on Friday and Saturday, as Russian forces continued to shell areas across the country and pushed forward near an embattled eastern city, local Ukrainian officials reported Saturday. A man died as Russian forces shelled the

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A storm battered Britain, northern Germany and southern Scandinavia for a third day with powerful winds, heavy rain and storm surges that caused floods, power outages, evacuations, and traffic disruptions. Since Thursday, at least four people have died in the storm, named Babet by the UK Meteorological Office. The latest victim

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Police in Cyprus have arrested four Syrians on suspicion of setting off a small explosive device that caused no damage not far from Israeli Embassy in the capital Nicosia. Police say the four, ranging in ages between 17 and 21, face charges of attempted destruction of property using explosives, possession and

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has returned home on a chartered plane from Dubai, ending four years of self-imposed exile in London as he seeks to win the support of voters in parliamentary elections due in January. Sharif, who was elected prime minister three times, is

By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off and began pounding it with airstrikes following Hamas’ bloody

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. (AP) — Visitors lined up Saturday to tour the southern New Mexico site where the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated in what officials believe could be a record turnout amid ongoing fanfare surrounding Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film, “ Oppenheimer.” Thousands of visitors are expected at the Trinity Site, a