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SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The main zoo in North Macedonia’s capital Skopje has been closed after authorities confirmed the presence of a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu. The disease was detected in a goose that died in a pond, authorities said Saturday. Authorities put down dozens of ducks, geese, chickens and one jackdaw,

NEW YORK (AP) — Residents in New York’s Harlem neighborhood are remembering a four-year-old boy who prosecutors say was starved to death by his parents. Community members lit candles and released balloons during a Friday night vigil in front of the apartment building where prosecutors say Jahmeik Modlin was found so severely malnourished that he

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs have attacked in several neighborhoods of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, forcing many people to leave their homes after gunfire raged through the night. Authorities did not immediately release casualty information Saturday. Haiti’s police union said on its social media channels that the ongoing attacks in the neighborhood of Solino

Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli forces have spent much of the past year destroying Hamas’ vast underground network in Gaza. They are now focused on dismantling tunnels and other hideouts belonging to Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon. Scarred by Hamas’ deadly raid into Israel last year that sparked the war in Gaza,

Associated Press MESA, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona economy is flourishing by many measures. It just doesn’t feel that way for many voters in the presidential battleground state as they consider which candidate to vote for in next month’s election. Voters are hearing Democrats and Republicans promise to help the middle class. But they’ve heard

LEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) — Three people were killed and eight others were injured in central Mississippi early Saturday when at least two people opened fire into a group of several hundred people who were celebrating a school’s homecoming football win at an outdoor trail several hours after the game had ended, authorities said. The gunfire

Associated Press Some 200,000 mail carriers have reached a tentative contract deal with the U.S. Postal Service that includes backdated pay raises and a promise to provide workers with air-conditioned trucks. The new agreement, which still needs to be ratified by union members, runs through November 2026. Letter carriers have been working without a new

Associated Press MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Karl Peterson has been living the cruel inverse of the American dream. His rent keeps getting higher, but his apartments keep getting smaller. Peterson left the Midwest nine years ago for the epicenter of an economic boom, only to gradually learn that endless sunshine and desert views are increasingly

Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government says some electricity has been restored on the island after one of the country’s major power plants failed and left millions without electricity for two days. Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said that the country had 500 megawatts of energy in its electrical grid early Saturday.

Religion News Service (RNS) — In mid-September, Val Smith, chief sustainability officer at Citigroup, one of the United States’ Big Four of banking, met with four religious environmental activists to discuss the company’s record on fossil fuel investment. In 2021, Citi had pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, but according to reports by

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The man who gained social media fame for riding out two hurricanes in his boat in Tampa has been arrested. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrest records show 54-year-old Joseph Malinowsky, known as “Lt. Dan” in TikTok posts, was arrested Friday for trespassing and failure to appear in court on previous charges