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By MARY CONLON and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press HIGHLAND FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — New York could soon require people selling their homes to disclose whether their properties have been flooded or are at risk for future flooding. The move comes as more counties in New York experience flooding and inland areas that have been considered

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Four F-35 fighter jets have landed at an airbase in Denmark in the first installment of the U.S.-made planes ordered by the NATO member to replace its aging fleet of F-16s, some of which have been promised to Ukraine. Dignitaries and officers clapped as the planes did several flyovers before landing

By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer Scotland forward Dave Cherry is out of the Rugby World Cup in France after slipping on the stairs at the team hotel, banging his head and sustaining a concussion. He isn’t the first rugby player to get hurt in a strange way on his time off. Some of rugby’s

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A group of survivors of a deadly migrant shipwreck in southern Greece three months ago is suing authorities for failing to intervene to rescue passengers before their vessel capsized in international waters. That’s according to a group of lawyers who are representing them. Hundreds of migrants are believed to have been

CHEBOYGAN, Mich. (AP) — Residents near a northern Michigan paper mill that caught fire Wednesday, prompting the closure of several roads and a lock and dam on a nearby river, have been told to shelter in place until Thursday afternoon as environmental officials continue monitoring local air quality. Plumes of thick and heavy black and

By ALEX TURNBULL Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Regional health officials in France say a 32-year-old woman is dead and a dozen people have been hospitalized after an apparent botulism outbreak. Health authorities have linked it to homemade sardine preserves served by a Bordeaux wine bar between Sept. 4 and Sept. 10. Local authorities were

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer A project using choirs containing French schoolkids from diverse backgrounds to sign each country’s national anthem before games at the Rugby World Cup is being revised. There has been a backlash by fans and commentators because players have been completely out of sync with the choirs. Organizers have bowed

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The BBC is reporting that a Russian pilot deliberately fired missiles at a Royal Air Force surveillance plane in international airspace over the Black Sea last year. Russia previously attributed the incident to a “technical malfunction.” The broadcaster said intercepted communications suggested the pilot of a Russian

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices increases accelerated in August, a sign that inflation remains stubbornly persistent despite a series of sharp interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. The Labor Department said Thursday that its producer price index — which measures inflation before it hits consumers — increased

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pope Francis will discuss how to address the world’s pressing issues with former President Bill Clinton to open this year’s Clinton Global Initiative, organizers announced Thursday. The pontiff will discuss broad issues — including climate change, the refugee crisis, the welfare of children — during

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week ticked up modestly after falling to the lowest level in seven months the week before. U.S. applications for jobless claims rose by 3,000 to 220,000 for the week ending Sept. 9, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Jobless claim applications

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans stepped up retail spending modestly from July to August as the price of gasoline jumped, cutting into budgets as many families send their kids off to school. Retail sales rose 0.6% in August, compared with a revised 0.5% increase in July, according to a

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A lawyer for former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says a court has rejected the politician’s plea for bail on charges of leaking state secrets. It’s the latest legal setback for the embattled opposition figure, who has more than 150 legal cases against him and is in prison serving a three-year sentence

By DAMIAN TROISE and YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of U.K. chip designer Arm Holdings are up 10% in their stock market debut, in what is the largest initial public offering of shares in nearly two years. The shares opened at $56.10 on the Nasdaq Thursday after having been priced

By TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG AP Auto Writers DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says it will go on strike at three vehicle assembly plants as it presses Detroit companies to come up with better wage and benefit offers. The factories include a General Motors assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri; a Ford

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Deesha Philyaw struggled to find a publisher for what became her acclaimed debut “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.” Now the Prize-winning fiction writer has a 7-figure deal for her next two books. Mariner Books announced Thursday that it had signed up Philyaw and will

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Police in Dubai have seized 86 million tablets of the amphetamine known as Captagon hidden in a shipment of doors and decorative building panels. Authorities on Thursday estimated its street value at just over $1 billion. The bust comes as sales of the amphetamine have become a Mideast-wide problem

By VALERIA FERRARO Associated Press LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, Italy (AP) — A migrant reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa is overwhelmed as authorities work to transfer to transfer thousands of newly arrived migrants to the mainland. The Red Cross says there are still 4,200 migrants at the center, out of the 6,800 who reached

By SIMINA MISTREANU and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is promoting new economic opportunities for Taiwanese people while at the same time ramping up military activity around the island it claims as its own. Experts say the “carrots and sticks” approach, which Beijing has employed for years, signals a choice between

PARIS (AP) — France is sending military forces to distribute water on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte. The cluster of islands is facing an unprecedented water crisis prompted by its most severe drought in decades. The defense ministry said Thursday that troops with the French Foreign Legion and French navy based in the