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By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press HUEHUETOCA, Mexico (AP) — Thousands of migrants riding atop railway cars in Mexico this week or waiting in mile-long lines by the tracks to hitch a ride to the U.S. have triggered the closure of one U.S. border crossing and forced Mexico’s largest railroad to suspend dozens of freight trains.

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — More than 15,000 people in Arizona have registered to join a new political party floating a possible bipartisan “unity ticket” against Joe Biden and Donald Trump. While that’s less than the population of each of the state’s 40 largest cities, it’s still a number big enough

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and LORI HINNANT Associated Press ANDRIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian bullet struck the sergeant just above the left ear. The leader of the Ukrainian platoon was down. Headquarters radioed a battlefield promotion to the private who had called him “brother” — a man known as Courier. Courier knew the platoon’s orders

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attacked his Republican rivals and displayed an openness to challenging U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in 2026 while speaking out Wednesday for the first time since his acquittal on corruption charges at his impeachment trial. He did not discuss accusations that

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supplying of bomb-carrying drones to Russia could see Moscow help Tehran’s program become more lethal, raising risks across the wider Middle East. That’s according to the top U.S. Air Force commander in the Middle East Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the head of

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toshiba says a 2 trillion yen ($14 billion) tender offer for the troubled electronics and energy giant by a Japanese consortium has been completed, clearing the way for it to be delisted. private. Toshiba said the tender offer, announced last month, ended Wednesday, with the number

HIRAM, Georgia (AP) — A man and woman have died after a shooting inside a Georgia Walmart that police are calling an apparent murder-suicide. Police say shots rang out at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the store in Hiram, a small town near Atlanta. The two people shot died on the way to the hospital.

BEIRUT (AP) — An unknown gunman opened fire outside the heavily fortified U.S. Embassy in Lebanon, but a spokesperson say no one was hurt. The embassy spokesperson said small-arms fire was reported in the vicinity of the entrance late Wednesday but the facility was safe. Earlier this year marked the 40th anniversary of a bombing

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s Community Police Commission recommends that an officer under investigation for making callous remarks about the death of a woman from India be put on unpaid leave. The Seattle Times reports the commission on Wednesday also asked that Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz “immediately engage in a workgroup” to “address repeated concerns

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A sheriff says nine Memphis jail deputies have been indicted in the death of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode and died in custody last fall after jailers punched, kicked and kneeled on his back during a confrontation. Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner

Associated Press Federal prosecutors have recommended life sentences for the man who opened fire on a crowded Brooklyn subway train last year, injuring 10 people. In a court document, prosecutors said there was overwhelming evidence that shows Frank James intended to kill. They asked for him to be sentenced to 10 concurrent life sentences, as

LONDON (AP) — The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul and prominent pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai says he doesn’t want to see his father die in detention, as his lawyers raised the prospect that his long-delayed trial may be pushed back indefinitely. Sebastien Lai also slammed the U.K. government for its “shameful” lack of

WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to preserve the site of the Wounded Knee massacre has cleared the U.S. House of Representatives. Republican U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota introduced Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act in May. The bill passed the House by voice vote on Wednesday. The Senate is considering companion legislation.

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s pardons board will now consider requests for posthumous pardons in a limited scope. The move comes six years after it voted to freeze such applications amid a backlog of requests for pardons and commutations. The nine-member board voted unanimously Wednesday to begin accepting petitions for

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press An Idaho man has contracted measles, and health officials are working to contact anyone who may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says the man was unvaccinated and was exposed during international travel. He was hospitalized for a time but is

By REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it’s granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans already in the country. The move Wednesday to give Venezuelans who arrived in the country as of July 31 temporary protected status essentially makes it easier and faster for

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A woman walking her dog on a wooded trail in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains spooked a cow moose Wednesday and it charged, headbutting the hiker and stomping on her before she escaped back down the trail, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Authorities said the woman was taken to a hospital but

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press MAQUOKETA, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump began a fall press Wednesday to lock in thousands of Republican caucusgoers in early-voting Iowa, where the former president faces sky-high expectations in his campaign for a White House comeback. Having campaigned far less often in Iowa than many of his 2024 rivals, Trump

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling that found Mississippi relies too much on institutionalizing people with mental health conditions rather than providing care in their communities. The decision came Wednesday from three judges on the conservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of