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Flooding toll in Nepal reaches 193 as recovery work is stepped up

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - The number of people killed by flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall over the weekend in Nepal has reached 193 while recovery and rescue work has been stepped up,...

Sep 29, 2024

Biden said he hopes to visit Helene-impacted areas this week if it doesn't impact emergency response

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden says he will visit Hurricane Helene-impacted areas this week as long as it does not disrupt rescue and recovery operations. Biden was briefed again on Sunday even...

Sep 29, 2024

Biden says he'll speak with Israeli leader, vowing all-out war in the Middle East must be avoided

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) - President Joe Biden said Sunday he would speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and believes that an all-out war in the Middle East must be avoided. "I...

Marty Hastings Sep 29, 2024

Biden says he'll speak with Israeli leader, vowing all-out war in the Middle East must be avoided

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) - President Joe Biden said Sunday he would speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and believes that an all-out war in the Middle East must be avoided. "I...

Sep 29, 2024

Supplies, emergency workers rushed to North Carolina while Florida digs out from Helene's damage

PERRY, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Roy Cooper says death toll of 11 in North Carolina is expected to rise from Hurricane Helene. "This is an unprecedented tragedy that requires an unprecedented response," Cooper...

Sep 29, 2024

Projection shows far-right Freedom Party leading over governing conservatives in Austrian election

VIENNA (AP) - A projection indicated that the far-right Freedom Party had a lead over the governing conservatives in Austria's national election on Sunday and was well-placed for its first win in a pa...

Sep 29, 2024

Israel says it has killed another high-ranking Hezbollah official in an airstrike

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military said Sunday that it has killed another high-ranking Hezbollah official in an airstrike. The military said Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of Hezbollah's Central Coun...

Marty Hastings Sep 29, 2024

Israel says it has killed another high-ranking Hezbollah official in an airstrike

JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military says it has killed another high-ranking Hezbollah official in an airstrike. The military said Sunday that it killed Nabil Kaouk, the deputy head of Hezbollah's Ce...

Sep 29, 2024

Pope wraps troubled visit to Belgium by praising courage of victims, demanding abusers be judged

BRUSSELS (AP) - Pope Francis demanded Sunday that priestly sexual abusers be judged and their bishops stop covering up their crimes as he ended a troubled visit to Belgium by praising the courage of s...

Sep 29, 2024

Death toll in Nepal flooding and landslides reaches at least 100, with dozens still missing

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - The death toll from flooding and landslides in Nepal has reached at least 100, with dozens of people still missing. Police on Sunday morning warned the death toll was expected ...

Sep 28, 2024