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Jamaica rushes to prepare for peak tourism season as it digs out from Hurricane MelissaVideo
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — Jamaica’s peak tourism season is one month away, and officials in the hurricane-ravaged nation are rushing to rebuild from the catastrophic Category 5 storm that shredded the island’s western region. Before Hurricane Melissa hit on Oct. 28, the government expected Jamaica’s tourism industry to grow by...
Trump official says he would shutter airspace if he thought it was unsafe
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday the Trump administration would shutter the U.S. aviation system if he thought an ongoing government shutdown was making it too risky to travel. “If we thought that it was unsafe … we’ll shut the whole airspace down. We won’t let people travel....
FBI director Kash Patel fires back at critics of flight to State College on government jet
FBI director Kash Patel is firing back at “internet anarchists and the fake news” for questioning his use of a government jet to see his singer girlfriend perform at a wrestling event at Penn State. “Let me be clear: we will not be distracted by baseless rumors or the noise...
Worker trapped under collapsed medieval tower in Rome dies, media says
ROME — A Romanian worker trapped for hours under rubble in Rome on Monday following the partial collapse of a medieval tower near the Colosseum has died, local media said. The man was rescued by emergency services late on Monday and taken to hospital in a serious condition, Rome police...
Trump administration to use emergency funds to pay partial food aid benefits
The Trump administration said it plans to partially fund food aid for millions of Americans on Monday after two judges ruled it must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits in November during the government shutdown. The administration laid out the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan in a filing...
OpenAI turns to Amazon in $38 billion cloud services deal after restructuring
OpenAI has signed a seven-year, $38 billion deal to buy cloud services from Amazon.com, in its first big push to power its AI ambitions after a restructuring last week that gave the ChatGPT maker greater operational and financial freedom. The agreement, announced on Monday, will give OpenAI access to hundreds...
Names of 5 million of 6 million Jews killed in Holocaust now identified
JERUSALEM — Five million of the more than 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust have now been identified, and with the further help of artificial intelligence, even more names could be recovered, Israeli researchers said Monday. Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, said the milestone marks...
Powerful 6.3 quake kills at least 20 in Afghanistan, hundreds injured
KABUL — A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least 20 people, injuring hundreds and damaging the city’s historic Blue Mosque, authorities said, with the death toll likely to rise. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit...
Russia says its forces advance in embattled Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk
MOSCOW/KYIV — Russia said on Monday that its troops had advanced in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a transport and logistics hub that Moscow’s forces have been seeking to capture for well over a year. The Russian Defence Ministry said its soldiers were destroying what it described as surrounded Ukrainian...
Trump says he will not attend Supreme Court’s oral arguments on tariffs
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Sunday he will not attend the Supreme Court’s upcoming oral arguments concerning the legality of his global tariffs. Justices have a Wednesday hearing scheduled for arguments on the tariffs case. Trump told reporters on Air Force One that despite his desire to be there,...
Trump held ‘Great Gatsby’-themed Halloween party as SNAP benefits were due to be cut off
President Donald Trump hosted a Great Gatsy-themed party at Mar-A-Lago on Oct. 31, as multiple federal judges ruled the administration could not stop funding food aid amid the ongoing government shutdown. The party was labeled “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody” according to multiple media attendees. The title was drawn...
9 injured in gunfire at teen party in Ohio rental home
BATH TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Gunfire erupted early Sunday at a large rental home where teenagers had gathered for a birthday party that was promoted on social media, injuring nine people. The scene in northeastern Ohio was chaotic as some people fled and first responders performed life-saving measures, police said. The...
Mississippi woman kills escaped monkey fearing for her children’s safety
One of the monkeys that escaped last week after a truck overturned on a Mississippi roadway was shot and killed early Sunday by a woman who says she feared for the safety of her children. Jessica Bond Ferguson said she was alerted early Sunday by her 16-year-old son who said...
U.S. not planning nuclear explosions at this time, energy secretary says
WASHINGTON — The nuclear weapons testing ordered by President Donald Trump will not involve nuclear explosions at this time, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday. “I think the tests we’re talking about right now are system tests,” Wright said in an interview with Fox News. “These are not nuclear...
November’s closest Supermoon to appear even grander. Here’s what to know
A super close Supermoon will occur this week. The moon will be as close to Earth as it can get this month, fully illuminated for skywatchers, according to the Earth Sky, a science website that provides daily news and information on astronomy and space. The supermoon is set to rise...
Nigeria says U.S. help against Islamist insurgents must respect its sovereignty
ABUJA — Nigeria said on Sunday it would welcome U.S. help in fighting Islamist insurgents as long as its territorial integrity is respected, responding to threats of military action by President Donald Trump over what he said was the ill-treatment of Christians in the West African country. Trump said on...
Trump administration must pay food aid benefits within days, judge says
NEW YORK — A federal court in Rhode Island on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to make full food aid benefit payments by Monday, or partial payments by Wednesday, while acknowledging the “irreparable harm” that exists without their timely payment. The Rhode Island case is one of two lawsuits filed...
10 people hospitalized in train stabbing attack, U.K. police say
LONDON — British police said 10 people have been hospitalized, nine with life-threatening injuries, following a mass stabbing attack on a London-bound train Saturday evening, and that counterterrorism police are supporting the investigation. In a statement early Sunday, British Transport Police, which took the lead in the response given that...
Trump threatens U.S. military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government “continues to allow the killing of Christians.” The U.S. government will also immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, Trump said in a post...
South Korean president Lee asks China’s Xi for help engaging North Korea
GYEONGJU, South Korea — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung sought Chinese President Xi Jinping’s help in efforts to resume talks with nuclear-armed neighbor North Korea on Saturday, while Xi told Lee he was willing to widen cooperation and jointly tackle the challenges they face. Lee hosted Xi at a...
Egypt opens colossal new antiquities museum after 2-decade wait
CAIRO — Prime ministers, presidents and royalty descended on Cairo on Saturday to attend the spectacle-laden inauguration of a sprawling new museum built near the Pyramids to house one of the world’s richest collections of antiquities. The inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum, or GEM, marks the end of a...
Russia denounces ‘excessive’ U.S. military force in Caribbean, backs Venezuela
Russia’s foreign ministry denounced on Saturday “excessive military force” by the United States in the Caribbean Sea deployed as part of a drive against drug trafficking and reaffirmed its support for Venezuela’s leaders. “We firmly denounce the use of excessive military force in carrying out actions in anti-drugs operations,” foreign...
2 more charged in connection with Louvre jewel heist
PARIS — A woman and a man were placed under formal investigation over the $102 million Louvre Museum jewel heist, the Paris prosecutor said on Saturday, bringing the total number charged in the case to four. The man, 37, known to police for previous thefts, was charged with organised theft...
A toy maker takes his case against Trump’s tariffs to the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Within days of Donald Trump announcing his sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs in April, Rick Woldenberg was looking for a law firm to help him sue the U.S. president. “I’m not willing to allow politicians to destroy what we have built up over generations,” said Woldenberg, CEO of educational...
In U.S. first, New Mexico launches free child care for all
TAOS, New Mexico — On Saturday, New Mexico became the first U.S. state to offer free child care to all residents in a bid to boost its economy and lift education and child welfare levels ranked the worst in the country. Under the program, families, regardless of income, can receive...
