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Harris can’t point to anything she would have done differently than Biden in ‘The View’ appearance
NEW YORK — Vice President Kamala Harris, in a Tuesday appearance on ABC’s “The View,” was unable to name a decision she would have made differently than President Joe Biden. Her answer encapsulated Harris’ challenge in portraying herself as a candidate who can deliver the change voters want after serving...
Hurricane Milton forces NHL’s Lightning, other sports teams to alter game plans
The NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning have left Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton to practice the rest of the week in the Raleigh area for their season opener at the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night. Milton, currently a Category 4 hurricane, is projected to make landfall in the Tampa Bay area...
Oklahoma amends request for Bibles that initially appeared to match only version backed by Trump
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma has amended its request for 55,000 Bibles to be placed in public schools that initially matched a version of the holy book endorsed by former President Donald Trump. The request was amended Monday and no longer requires the Bibles to include U.S. historical documents such as...
States sue TikTok, claiming its platform is addictive and harms the mental health of children
NEW YORK — More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia have filed lawsuits against TikTok on Tuesday, alleging the popular short-form video app is harming youth mental health by designing its platform to be addictive to kids. The lawsuits stem from a national investigation into TikTok, which...
Former aide to New York Mayor Eric Adams charged with destroying evidence as top deputy quits
NEW YORK — A former New York City official was charged Tuesday with witness tampering and destroying evidence in a federal investigation that led to Mayor Eric Adams’ bribery indictment. The arrest came amid yet more high-profile exits from Adams’ administration. Federal prosecutors allege that Mohamed Bahi, who resigned Monday...
Qantas Airways apologizes after R-rated film reportedly airs on every screen during flight
NEW YORK — Qantas Airways has caused a stir after broadcasting a slightly racy movie across an entire flight. And the Australian carrier now is apologizing to customers. There were technical issues with the in-flight entertainment for a trip from Sydney to Haneda last week, Qantas confirmed to The Associated...
Bill introduced to award 1980 ‘Miracle On Ice’ U.S. hockey team with Congressional Gold Medals
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team that defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union in Lake Placid, New York, at a period of high tension during the Cold...
Biden makes rare dip into battleground state fray with a visit to Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is making a rare jump into the 2024 political battleground fray since taking a step back after ending his reelection bid. He’ll campaign on Tuesday in Pennsylvania for a close ally and visit Wisconsin to spotlight a signature legislative achievement. But as Biden makes a...
Biden postpones trip to Germany and Angola because of Hurricane Milton
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Tuesday he is postponing a planned trip to Germany and Angola to remain at the White House to monitor Hurricane Milton, which is bearing down on Florida’s Gulf Coast. “I just don’t think I can be out of the country at this time,” he...
Jets fire coach Robert Saleh after a 2-3 start to the season, AP source says
The New York Jets have fired coach Robert Saleh after the team’s 2-3 start in his fourth season, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. Saleh was 20-36 as coach of the Jets, who are trying to snap the NFL’s longest active playoff drought at 13 seasons....
Woman accusing Vince McMahon of sexual abuse asks WWE to waive confidentiality agreements
A former WWE employee who filed a lawsuit against the company and ex-leader Vince McMahon, accusing him of sexual battery and trafficking, is asking them to not enforce nondisclosure agreements with other former and current employees and contractors so they can potentially come forward with similar accusations. A lawyer for...
3 killed when a medical helicopter headed to pick up a patient crashes in Kentucky
OWENTON, Ky. — Three crew members were killed when a medical helicopter heading to pick up a patient crashed in Kentucky, authorities said. The crash was reported Monday evening in Owenton near state Highway 22, Kentucky State Police said in a news release. Troopers determined that an Air Evac Lifeteam...
Israel says it killed a senior Hezbollah commander as more rockets are fired
BEIRUT — The Israeli military said Tuesday it killed a senior Hezbollah commander in a strike on Beirut while the militant group’s acting leader promised more fighting against Israeli troops in southern Lebanon and rocket fire into Israel. The military said the strike killed Suhail Husseini, who it said was...
MI5 spy chief says Russia and Iran are behind a ‘staggering’ rise in deadly plots
LONDON — Britain is facing a “staggering rise” in assassination attempts on U.K. soil by Russia and Iran, as the hostile states recruit criminals to “do their dirty work” for them, the head of the U.K.’s domestic intelligence agency said Tuesday. MI5 director Ken McCallum said his agents and police...
Don’t expect human life expectancy to grow much more, researcher says
NEW YORK — Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study. Advances in medical technology and genetic research — not to mention larger numbers of people making it to age 100 — are not translating into marked jumps in lifespan overall, according to researchers...
Supreme Court seems open to upholding regulations on ghost guns, hard to trace weapons used in crimeVideo
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to uphold a Biden administration regulation on ghost guns, the difficult-to-trace weapons found in increasing numbers at crime scenes. In arguments that ranged from classic cars to Western omelets, key conservative justices seemed open to the government’s argument that kits allowing people...
A peek inside human brain shows a way it cleans out waste
WASHINGTON — A unique peek inside the human brain may help explain how it clears away waste like the kind that can build up and lead to Alzheimer’s disease. Brain cells use a lot of nutrients which means they make a lot of waste. Scientists have long thought the brain...
Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 2 scientists for discoveries that enabled artificial intelligence
STOCKHOLM — Two pioneers of artificial intelligence — John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton — won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for helping create the building blocks of machine learning that is revolutionizing the way we work and live but also creates new threats to humanity, one of the winners...
Harris calls Trump ‘incredibly irresponsible’ for spreading misinformation about Helene response
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday called former President Donald Trump “incredibly irresponsible” for spreading falsehoods about the federal response to Hurricane Helene ‘s destruction, offering especially sharp words as a new storm bears down on Florida with just weeks until Election Day. “There’s a lot of mis-...
What polling shows about Black voters’ views of Harris and Trump
WASHINGTON — Black registered voters have an overwhelmingly positive view of Vice President Kamala Harris, but they’re less sure that she would change the country for the better, according to a recent poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll, which was conducted in mid-September, found about 7 in 10 Black...
Fearful residents flee Tampa Bay region as Hurricane Milton takes aim at Florida coastVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — Fearful Florida residents streamed out of the Tampa Bay region Tuesday ahead of what could be a once-in-a-century direct hit from Hurricane Milton, as crews worked furiously to prevent furniture, appliances and other waterlogged wreckage from the last big storm from becoming deadly projectiles in this one....
What to know about Hurricane Milton as it moves toward Florida’s Gulf Coast
Not even two weeks after Hurricane Helene swamped the Florida coastline, Milton has strengthened rapidly into a major hurricane on a path toward the state. The system is threatening the densely populated Tampa metro area — which has a population of more than 3.3 million people — with a potential...
Patrick Mahomes, JuJu Smith-Schuster light up Saints in Chiefs win
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes threw for 331 yards, including 130 to JuJu Smith-Schuster on seven catches, and the Chiefs overcame more red-zone woes Monday to beat the New Orleans Saints, 26-13, on a big night for Kansas City’s professional sports teams. Just as the Chiefs were moving to...
Salvador Perez’s homer sparks Royals in series-tying win over Yankees
NEW YORK — Salvador Perez homered leading off the fourth inning to spark a four-run rally against Carlos Rodón, and the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Yankees, 4-2, on Monday night to even their AL Division Series at one game apiece. Four relievers held New York in check...
Kerry Carpenter belts homer in 9th to help Tigers even series with Guardians
CLEVELAND — Kerry Carpenter hit a three-run homer off Cleveland’s All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase in the ninth inning, and the Detroit Tigers stunned the Guardians, 3-0, in Game 2 on Monday to even their AL Division Series at one game apiece. Carpenter connected for a 423-foot shot with two outs...
