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Agreement reached for Biden-Xi talks, but details still being worked out, official tells AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to meet on the sidelines of next month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco, according to a U.S. official familiar with the planning.

Oct 27, 2023 6:05 PM Read more >

Rep. Dean Phillips announces primary challenge to Biden. He says Democrats need to focus on future

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — For months, Dean Phillips has been calling for a Democratic primary challenge to President Joe Biden . He's drawn no public interest from governors, lawmakers, and other would-be alternatives.

Oct 27, 2023 9:03 AM Read more >

Pope orders Vatican to reopen case of priest accused of adult abuse but allowed to keep ministering

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican to reopen the case of a well-known priest-artist accused of sexually, psychologically and spiritually abusing adult women , and removed the statute of limitations that had previously prevented a church

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China's chief epidemiologist Wu Zunyou who helped drive the anti-COVID fight dies at age 60

BEIJING (AP) — Wu Zunyou, an epidemiologist who helped drive anti-COVID-19 measures in China that suspended access to cities and confined millions to their homes has died on Friday. He was 60.

Oct 27, 2023 4:28 AM Read more >

Fearful Maine residents stay home amid massive search for suspect in killing of 18 people

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Shocked and fearful Maine residents kept to their homes for a second night Thursday as hundreds of heavily armed police and FBI agents searched intensely for Robert Card, an Army reservist authorities say fatally shot 18 people

Oct 26, 2023 8:58 PM Read more >

US fighter jets strike Iran-linked sites in Syria in retaliation for attacks on US troops

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighter jets launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S.

Oct 26, 2023 8:56 PM Read more >

Israeli troops briefly raid northern Gaza to 'prepare' for an expected full-scale incursion

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops and tanks briefly raided northern Gaza overnight, the military said Thursday, engaging with Hamas fighters and targeting anti-tank weapons in order to “prepare the battlefield” before an expected ground invasio

Oct 26, 2023 7:27 PM Read more >

Radio host Larry Elder ends Republican presidential campaign and endorses Donald Trump

Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder announced Thursday that he was ending his 2024 Republican campaign for president and endorsing former President Donald Trump. Elder, who sought to replace California Gov.

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Wife of ex-Alaska Airlines pilot says she's in shock after averted Horizon Air disaster

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María Corina Machado is winner of Venezuela opposition primary that the government has denounced

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan government critic María Corina Machado was declared the winner Thursday of an opposition-organized primary to choose a presidential candidate , in polling last weekend that was denounced by the self-proclaimed soc

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