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Associated Press HELEN ISLAND, Palau (AP) — Helen Reef, a 40-square-mile atoll at the southern edge of Palau, is one of Earth’s most remote and biologically diverse reefs. It’s home to more than 500 fish species, hundreds of hard and soft corals, sea turtles and much more. But that rich aquatic life also makes it

NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel who is facing drug trafficking charges in a U.S. court appeared for the first time before the judge presiding over the case. Seventy-six-year-old Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada appeared at a status conference in Brooklyn federal court Friday before District Court Judge Brian Cogan, who

WOODLAND, Maine (AP) — Law enforcement officials say a Maine man dropped homemade explosives from drones near homes in a dispute rooted in local politics. Joshua Brydon, of Woodland, appeared in court this week on charges including arson, attempted arson, stalking and criminal use of explosives. No one was hurt. Court records indicate Brydon targeted

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix wrapped up its annual six-month warm season this week after the Southwest broiled through an unprecedented autumn heat wave. The daily highs in the United States’ hottest city topped 110 degrees Fahrenheit in October for the first time on record — four times during the month so far. The

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has appointed to his Cabinet a close ally who was pardoned by U.S. President Joe Biden last year as part of a prisoner swap and assurances from the South American country to hold a free and fair presidential election in 2024. Maduro on Friday named Alex Saab

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan, a Democrat who represented two different Minnesota districts during two separate stints in office three decades apart, has died. He was 80. His wife, Mary, said he died early Friday at their home in Nisswa. She said husband had heart issues, but that he had

Associated Press Oregon election officials are screening phone and email messages after receiving a barrage of out-of-town calls from people responding to a false claim that the state’s voter pamphlet doesn’t include Republican nominee Donald Trump. The pamphlet does list Trump as a candidate, and he will be on the ballot. The pamphlet doesn’t have

DONALDSONVILLE, La. (AP) — Seventeen cars of a train have derailed in south Louisiana. Officials say several cars have leaked a chemical used to sanitize swimming pools. Authorities say the leak is not a threat to the public. Union Pacific Railroad said the accident happened Friday around 7:30 a.m. about 60 miles southwest of New

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Four Kentucky men are accused of plotting to smuggle dozens of handguns to Iraq inside the door panels of two cars after a multiagency investigation. The Louisville men were arrested this month, federal agencies announced. They said Haider Lazem, 41, Hasan Wasak, 27, and Abdullah Alsajee, 30, purchased the weapons at

Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A California man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for abusing foster children he was assigned to care for in his home, including some who had been previously tortured by their parents. Sixty-five-year-old Marcelino Olguin was led away by sheriff’s deputies in a courtroom in Riverside after

Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The father of former One Direction star Liam Payne has arrived in Buenos Aires to arrange for the return of his son’s body to England days after the famous boy band singer fell to his death from a hotel balcony. After landing at the Buenos Aires International Airport

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida college student is facing several charges in the death of her newborn infant, whose body was found wrapped in a towel in a trash can. Investigators said Friday that Brianna Moore, 19, is charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, child neglect with great bodily harm and two