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By JUAN A. LOZANO and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Mourners began building a memorial to those lost at a Texas concert as authorities said they would watch video, interview witnesses and review concert protocols to determine how eight people died when fans suddenly surged toward the stage to watch rapper Travis Scott.

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Troops and patrols have deployed around Baghdad following the failed assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted Iraq’s prime minister in his residence. The attack significantly raises tensions sparked by the refusal of Iran-backed militias to accept last month’s parliamentary election results. Two Iraqi officials said Mustafa

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Eternals,” one of Marvel’s most ambitious efforts to expand its superhero universe, arrived in theaters over the weekend with an estimated $71 million in ticket sales. By most studios’ box-office standards, the opening was enviable. Only three other films have debuted better during the pandemic.

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia say they have discovered 42 migrants packed in a truck in the southeastern part of the country near the border with Greece.  The driver of the truck and a passenger bolted out of the vehicle while it was moving and escaped,

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Troops and patrols have deployed around Baghdad following the failed assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted Iraq’s prime minister in his residence. The attack significantly raises tensions sparked by the refusal of Iran-backed militias to accept last month’s parliamentary election results. Two Iraqi officials said Al-Kadhimi

KITTANNING, Pa. (AP) — A female high school hockey goalie in Pennsylvania is returning to the ice Monday for her first school game since she was the target of vulgar and abusive chants from spectators. The chants from students at Armstrong High School targeted the female goalie for the Mars Fighting Planets at an Oct.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Officials say a strong storm off the Southeast coast combined with periodic higher tides to cause coastal flooding that approached levels rarely seen outside of hurricanes along the South Carolina and Georgia coasts. Sunday morning’s high tide reached 10.45 feet at Fort Pulaski, just east of Savannah, Georgia. It was the

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped by 5 cents over the past two weeks, to $3.49 per gallon. The price at the pump is $1.30 higher than a year ago. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday the rise comes as the cost of crude oil

By FAY ABUELGASIM and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s activists say security forces have dispersed demonstrators and rounded up more than 100 people in the capital of Khartoum. Sunday’s crackdown is the latest on pro-democracy protesters against last month’s military’s coup. Most of those arrested Sunday are teachers. The Sudanese military