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By ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BUCARAMANGA, Colombia (AP) — The number of minors who risked their lives to cross the inhospitable stretch of land that separates Colombia and Panama has reached a record high. UNICEF rsaid Monday that 19,000 minors crossed the Darien Gap between January and September. The figure is almost triple the total

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press An appellate court is set to debate a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s abortion law about a week after the U.S. Supreme Court considers a similar measure in Mississippi. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has tentatively calendared the South Carolina case for oral arguments the week of Dec. 6.

KINGSLEY, Mich. (AP) — A soccer player has broken the Michigan high school and national records for most goals in one game, but not everyone is cheering. Kevin Hubbell of Benzie Central is one of the best high school players in the state. He recently scored 16 goals against Kingsley in a 17-0 blowout. Kingsley

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister says that the idea of “Polexit” is harmful “fake news.” Mateusz Morawiecki was reacting Monday to massive nationwide protests against government policy that critics say could cost Poland its European Union membership. Authorities estimated participation at up to 100,000 in Warsaw alone. The protests were sparked by a

WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of philanthropic donors said Monday they will spend more than $220 million to reduce global methane emissions, the largest private commitment ever toward this effort. Methane, the main component of natural gas, is one of the most potent agents of climate damage. Among the 20 philanthropies providing the funding is

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Four Maryland police officers will not be charged for fatally shooting a Black man they say fired first during a late-night foot chase in January. A Maryland grand jury declined to charge the officers from the Gaithersburg Police Department due to lack of evidence in a decision announced last week. The

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Chancellor Rebecca Blank is leaving the University of Wisconsin-Madison to become the first female president of Northwestern University in suburban Chicago. Northwestern announced on Monday that Blank will succeed Morton Schapiro as its 17th president beginning next summer. Blank has served as chancellor at Wisconsin since 2013. She is an internationally

PLANO, Texas (AP) — In a story published Oct. 10, 2021, about Allen West being hospitalized with COVID-19, The Associated Press misspelled Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s last name in two references in the story.

BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) — Police say an argument over the University of Alabama football team’s loss to Texas A&M led to a deadly shooting at an Alabama home. Lt. Christian Clemons says two men started fighting over which team was better at a gathering in Bessemer when the game was in its final minutes Saturday

Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tigray forces say Ethiopia’s government has launched its threatened major military offensive against them in an attempt to end a nearly year-old war. A statement from the Tigray external affairs office alleged that hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian “regular and irregular fighters” launched a coordinated assault on several fronts.