QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Authorities say the number of inmates killed in a riot in Ecuador’s largest and most dangerous prison has risen to 17, a day after the goriest prison episode under the watch of President Daniel Noboa broke out. Ecuador’s corrections agency posted on X on Wednesday that the riot at the Litoral
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Robert Larry Hobbs, an Associated Press editor who guided Florida news coverage for more than three decades, has died. He was 83. Hobbs, who went by “Larry,” was known for his unflappable calm and gentle counsel. His nephew, Greg Hobbs, said he died Tuesday night in his sleep of
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer The National Basketball Players Association has connected with former Duke star and NBA player Kyle Singler’s family after he said he fears for his life in a cryptic Instagram video he posted. The NBPA said it offers support to all current and former members. The 36-year-old Singler spoke slowly and was shirtless
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan introduced mobile clinics and added more beds in hospitals to treat the nearly 70,000 patients received daily with respiratory-related diseases as hazardous smog continued to shroud the country’s east. Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, has been hit by a record-high ongoing wave of pollution since October. More than
Continue ReadingCHOWCHILLA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a powerful dust storm known as a haboob caused a vehicle pile-up on a central California highway, sending several people to hospitals with minor injuries. The California Highway Patrol says an enormous rolling cloud of dust reduced visibility Monday afternoon on State Route 152 in Madera County, causing motorists
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will hold talks Saturday with China’s Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an international summit in Peru, a face-to-face meeting that comes as Beijing braces for Donald Trump’s return to the White House. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the meeting will take place while
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MILAN (AP) — In a career spanning more than 50 years, Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano has gained a following as an animator, illustrator, video game creator and fine artist. All those facets are on display in the largest retrospective of his work in the West, which opened Wednesday in Milan. The “Amano Corpus
Continue ReadingAP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republicans and Democrats are clawing for crucial U.S. House victories in California even as the GOP has now clinched control of the chamber. In a rematch from 2022, Rep. Ken Calvert defeated rival Democrat Will Rollins in a district east of Los Angeles. Calvert is the longest-serving Republican
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.S. and Polish officials have opened a new NATO missile defense base in northen Poland. Polish officials welcomed it as a significant boost to the security of the nation and the wider NATO region at a time of war in neighboring Ukraine. The U.S. missile defense base is being
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An arbitrator upheld five-year suspensions of the chief executives of Bad Bunny’s sports representation firm for making improper inducements to players and cut the ban of the company’s only certified baseball agent to three years. Ruth M. Moscovitch issued the ruling Oct. 30 in a case involving Noah
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dogecoin is surging in value since Donald Trump won the presidential election. The cryptocurrency, whose mascot is a super-cute dog that muses things like “much wow,” has more than doubled since Election Day. The latest bump came after Trump named Tesla’s Elon Musk one of the heads of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s ranked choice tabulation is taking place in public, in a process narrated like a play-by-play announcer by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows. She’s been describing what’s happening in painstaking detail on a livestream YouTube channel. Bellows told The Associated Press it’s important for the public to see it
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) — Mike Duggan says the coming year will be his last as Detroit mayor. His public announcement Wednesday came as many speculate he’s among the Democrats likely to launch a gubernatorial campaign to succeed term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Duggan declined to discuss his political future and says he will not seek
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced he will ask for a vote of confidence in December, setting the path for an early election in February. His three-party coalition government collapsed last week when Scholz fired the finance minister following disagreements over how to revive the shrinking economy. Here are five things to
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England this summer is scheduled to go on trial early next year. A judge on Wednesday said Axel Rudakubana will face trial Jan. 20 in Liverpool Crown Court. He
Continue ReadingAssociated Press South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem built a national profile that had fellow Republicans buzzing about her future. Lawmakers describe the man set to replace her as a friendly, plain-spoken rancher and specialty welder whom they expect to focus more on issues within the state. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday picked Noem as the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump chose Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general on Wednesday, bypassing more experienced options in favor of a loyalist who has built a national reputation as a disruptor and whom Trump has tasked with dramatically overhauling the Justice Department. Trump
Continue ReadingAP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The decline in U.S. drug overdose deaths appears to have continued this year, giving experts hope the nation is seeing sustained improvement in the persistent epidemic. There were about 97,000 overdose deaths in the 12-month period that ended June 30, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The process of vetting candidates for some of the European Union’s top jobs has bogged down in acrimony. The biggest political faction in the bloc’s parliament, the European People’s Party, is accused by critics of collaborating with the hard right. Senior lawmakers have been questioning the 26 new members of
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s trade minister says Turkey expects to be offered “partner country” status with the BRICS bloc of developing economies. The state-run Anadolu Agency quoted his remarks during a parliamentary committee meeting. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the bloc’s summit in Russia last month. Turkey requested to join the group as a
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