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The Latest: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa set to make landfall in Jamaica
October 28, 2025 - 5:48 AM

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa is close to making landfall on Jamaica as by far the strongest storm to hit the island since records were first kept 174 years ago.
Pope urges Catholic teachers to focus less on professional outcomes, more on spiritual lives
October 28, 2025 - 5:47 AM

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV urged Catholic teachers on Tuesday to focus less on pre-professional outcomes and more on educating students to have rich spiritual lives and use technology in ways that keep human dignity front and center.
Takeaways from AP's report on a U.S. plot to recruit Maduro's pilot to betray Venezuelan leader
October 28, 2025 - 5:41 AM

MIAMI (AP) — A longtime U.S. law enforcement agent secretly tried to recruit Nicolas Maduro’s pilot to join a plot to capture the Venezuelan leader and deliver him into U.S. custody to face drug trafficking charges. Details of the plot are emerging as the Trump administration exerts increasing pressure on Maduro. Trump has deployed a U.S. naval strike force to the Caribbean and doubled the bounty for Maduro's arrest to $50 million.
Hurricane Melissa is set to hit Jamaica as its strongest storm since records began
October 28, 2025 - 5:30 AM

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago.
GOP voters in Northern California brace for loss of representation in fight for US House
October 28, 2025 - 5:20 AM

REDDING, Calif. (AP) — In a stretch of Northern California known for farming, ranching and a rural way of life, residents worry a ballot measure to redraw U.S. House maps is all but certain to dilute what little political power they possess in the heavily Democratic state.
Netanyahu says remains returned by Hamas are body parts of a hostage previously retrieved in Gaza
October 28, 2025 - 5:15 AM

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the remains of a hostage returned by Hamas overnight are body parts of another hostage who was recovered in Gaza by Israeli troops almost two years ago — an announcement that threatened to rattle the tenuous,

Vietnam's tourist sites submerged as record rainfall causes major flooding
October 28, 2025 - 5:14 AM

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Heavy rains have caused major flooding in central Vietnam, with rivers swelling and submerging homes, farmland and tourist destinations including the historic cities of Hue and Hoi An.
A drone sighting closes a popular Spanish airport for 2 hours
October 28, 2025 - 5:03 AM

MADRID (AP) — The sighting of a drone closed the airspace of a Spanish airport in a major tourist center for two hours Monday night, officials said Tuesday.
11 killed in Kenya plane crash while en route to Maasai Mara National Reserve
October 28, 2025 - 5:03 AM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A plane crash killed 11 people, mostly foreign tourists, in Kenya’s coastal region of Kwale early Tuesday while en route to Maasai Mara National Reserve.
A federal agent's daring plan: Recruit Maduro's pilot to turn on the Venezuelan leader
October 28, 2025 - 5:03 AM

MIAMI (AP) — The federal agent had a daring pitch for Nicolás Maduro’s chief pilot: All he had to do was surreptitiously divert the Venezuelan president’s plane to a place where U.S. authorities could nab the strongman.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
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Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
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The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

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The Latest: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa set to make landfall in Jamaica

Pope urges Catholic teachers to focus less on professional outcomes, more on spiritual lives

Takeaways from AP's report on a U.S. plot to recruit Maduro's pilot to betray Venezuelan leader

Hurricane Melissa is set to hit Jamaica as its strongest storm since records began

GOP voters in Northern California brace for loss of representation in fight for US House

Netanyahu says remains returned by Hamas are body parts of a hostage previously retrieved in Gaza

Vietnam's tourist sites submerged as record rainfall causes major flooding

A drone sighting closes a popular Spanish airport for 2 hours

11 killed in Kenya plane crash while en route to Maasai Mara National Reserve

A federal agent's daring plan: Recruit Maduro's pilot to turn on the Venezuelan leader

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