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Southeast Asian defense chiefs discuss regional security with US, China and other partner nations
November 20, 2024 - 9:29 PM

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian defense chiefs met Thursday with China, the United States and other partner nations in Laos for security talks, which come as Beijing’s increasingly assertive stance in its claim to most of the South China Sea is leading to more confrontations.
Rain and snow pummel Northern California in latest wave of damaging weather to strike West Coast
November 20, 2024 - 10:13 PM

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A major storm pummeled Northern California with rain and snow on Wednesday night and threatened to cause flash flooding and rockslides in the latest wave of damaging weather to wash over the West Coast.
The FBI arrested a man who's been charged with planning an attack on the New York Stock Exchange
November 20, 2024 - 9:54 PM

A Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged with a plot to “reboot” the U.S. government by planting a bomb at the New York Stock Exchange this week and detonating it with a remote-controlled device, according to the FBI.
Lawsuit against troopers who investigated 11-year-old in murder case nears trial
November 20, 2024 - 9:22 PM

More than six years after he was exonerated based on insufficient evidence, a man who was charged as an 11-year-old with shooting his father's pregnant fiancee to death wants a federal jury to make the Pennsylvania State Police pay for the years he spent in juvenile detention.
Volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year
November 20, 2024 - 9:21 PM

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano erupted with lava spewing from a fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland late Wednesday evening. It was its seventh eruption since December.
Fans can step up to the plate for Red Sox CEO's memorabilia at auction
November 20, 2024 - 9:18 PM

BOSTON (AP) — A Boston auction house is going to take bidders out to the ballpark with an online auction of a team executive's Red Sox memorabilia — including four World Series trophies.
Alabama to use nitrogen gas to execute man for 1994 slaying of hitchhiker
November 20, 2024 - 9:12 PM

An Alabama prisoner convicted of the 1994 murder of a female hitchhiker is slated Thursday to become the third person executed by nitrogen gas.
AP News in Brief at 12:09 a.m. EST
November 20, 2024 - 9:10 PM

US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment
At UN climate talks, "sewage" beer from Singapore highlights water scarcity and innovations
November 20, 2024 - 9:10 PM

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — In the sprawling pavilion section of the United Nations climate talks, where countries, nonprofits and tech companies use big, flashy signs to get the attention of the thousands of people walking through, small aqua and purple beverage cans sit conspicuously on a counter at the Singapore display.
Papuan women's mangrove forest in Indonesia is increasingly threatened by development and pollution
November 20, 2024 - 9:07 PM

JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her the next morning in the surrounding mangrove forests.
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West Kelowna farm selling thousands of apples after fruit packers closure
Paynter’s farm is staying open later into the season to help move thousands of pounds of apples from local farmers after the BC Tree Fruits Cooperative shut down earlier this year. Jennay Oliver, Paynter’s farm owner and operato

Penticton 'potio' smoking lounge blazing a trail for cannabis tourism
A dispensary in Penticton made its patio into a pot smoking lounge, and its success could turn a new leaf for the cannabis industry in the Okanagan. Back in February the BC government permitted smoking pot anywhere you’re allowed to s

Survey finds huge majority of British Columbians say homeownership now a luxury
A survey from Habitat for Humanity Canada shows 87 per cent of British Columbians view homeownership as a luxury. The online survey conducted by Leger for the non-profit asked 1,500 Canadians a range of questions about the housing cri

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Southeast Asian defense chiefs discuss regional security with US, China and other partner nations

Rain and snow pummel Northern California in latest wave of damaging weather to strike West Coast

The FBI arrested a man who's been charged with planning an attack on the New York Stock Exchange

Lawsuit against troopers who investigated 11-year-old in murder case nears trial

Volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year

Fans can step up to the plate for Red Sox CEO's memorabilia at auction

Alabama to use nitrogen gas to execute man for 1994 slaying of hitchhiker

AP News in Brief at 12:09 a.m. EST

At UN climate talks, "sewage" beer from Singapore highlights water scarcity and innovations

Papuan women's mangrove forest in Indonesia is increasingly threatened by development and pollution

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