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Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Relations between India and Canada are at a low point as the countries expelled each other’s top diplomats over an ongoing dispute about the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada. Canada said it had identified India’s top diplomat in the country as a person of interest in an

Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has made great strides in exploring space in recent years, rocketing astronauts to its own space station and bringing back rocks from the moon. Now it wants to turn those feats into scientific advancements. The nation’s leading scientific institute laid out an ambitious plan Tuesday to become a global

AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street pulled back from its records on Tuesday after the price of crude oil tumbled and technology stocks faltered. The S&P 500 fell 0.8%, a day after setting an all-time high for the 46th time this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 324 points, or 0.8%,

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Two men who were shot during the first assassination attempt on Donald Trump this summer say the U.S. Secret Service failed in protecting the former president and other bystanders at the campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Fifty-seven-year-old David Dutch, an ex-Marine, and 74-year-old James Copenhaver told NBC News in an interview Monday

Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s oldest zoo is seeking answers in a monkey medical mystery after nine animals died in two days, including three members of a critically endangered species. Part of the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens has been sealed off and disinfected, and experts have been called in to

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III will travel halfway around the world to Samoa this month to take his seat as the head of the Commonwealth and highlight the existential threat climate change poses for Pacific island nations. Charles who is 75 years old and battling cancer will also return to Australia. The

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — At a sparsely attended meeting last year, the Saugus Public School Committee approved a new admissions policy, it said, to streamline the process of enrolling students. But critics say the policy — including stringent requests for proof of “legal” residency and “criminal and civil penalties” for violators — has another

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. court has given two top associates of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman until early November to start turning over any evidence in a lawsuit from a former senior Saudi intelligence official who says he survived a plot by the kingdom to silence him. The order is among

Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Colin Allred have squared off for the only debate in the Texas Senate race this year. In their debate Tuesday night, Cruz sought to link Allred to Vice President Kamala Harris and criticized Allred for votes supporting transgender rights. Allred hammered Cruz for his opposition

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania voters will soon decide whether to keep Democrats in the majority in the state House and Republicans in control of the Senate. The House is currently at 102 Democrats and 101 Republicans. In state House elections, it’s typical that only a couple dozen races are close enough to

Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — New England leaf-watching season is in full swing, as people from as far as Florida and Berlin flock to the region for scenic drives, train rides and bus tours to soak in the splendid hues of red, orange and bronze. With quaint towns and covered bridges scattered through swaths

Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Ten times as many migrants died in New Mexico near the U.S.-Mexico border in each of the last two years compared with just five years ago as smuggling gangs steer them — exhausted, dehydrated and malnourished — mostly into the hot desert, canyons or mountains west of El Paso,

AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has vowed that if voters return him to the White House, “inflation will vanish completely.” Yet most mainstream economists say Trump’s policy proposals wouldn’t vanquish inflation. They’d make it worse. They warn that his plans to impose huge tariffs on imports, deport millions of migrant workers and