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The world is heading to add 57 superhot days a year, but study indicates it could have been worse
October 15, 2025 - 9:13 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The world is on track to add nearly two months of dangerous superhot days each year by the end of the century, with poorer small nations hit far more often than the biggest carbon-polluting countries, a study released Thursday found.
Senate Democrats, holding out for health care, ready to reject government funding bill for 10th time
October 15, 2025 - 9:10 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are poised for the 10th time Thursday to reject a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government, insisting they won’t back away from demands that Congress take up health care benefits.
In posthumous memoir, Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre lashes out against those she says abused her
October 15, 2025 - 9:06 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — A posthumous memoir by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre offers an expanded account but few new revelations about her longstanding claims to have been sexually trafficked by the late financier to billionaires, politicians and Britain’s Prince Andrew.
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT
October 15, 2025 - 9:04 PM

Trump confirms the CIA is conducting covert operations inside Venezuela
With fragile Gaza ceasefire taking hold, Trump says he's now looking to 'get Russia done'
October 15, 2025 - 9:04 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — With a fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal holding, President Donald Trump says he's now turning his attention to bringing Russia's war on Ukraine to an end and is

'Law and order' push shows a Trump no longer encumbered by naysaying aides or government guardrails
October 15, 2025 - 9:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was telling a Rose Garden audience about his efforts to quell violence in the nation's capital when, as if on cue, his words were drowned out by the wail of sirens from passing vehicles.
Israel receives remains of 2 more hostages as military says another body was not that of a hostage
October 15, 2025 - 9:00 PM

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel received the remains of two more hostages Wednesday, hours after the Israeli military said that one of the bodies previously turned over was not that of a hostage. The confusion added to tensions over the fragile truce that has paused the two-year war.
Alaska airlifting hundreds from storm-devastated coastal villages
October 15, 2025 - 8:54 PM

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — One of the most significant airlifts in Alaska history was underway Wednesday to move hundreds of people from coastal villages ravaged by high surf and strong winds from the remnants of Typhoon Halong last weekend, officials said.
Relatives of Salvadoran family slain in Georgia crash left reeling from tragedy
October 15, 2025 - 8:51 PM

TEPETITAN, El Salvador (AP) — Parents, siblings, aunts, nephews and other relatives of a Salvadoran family of eight who died in the fiery crash of a semitrailer and a van in Georgia this week struggled to wrap their minds around the tragedy on Wednesday as they hoped that the bodies of their lost loved ones would soon be repatriated to the Central American nation.
In a regional first, Uruguay passes a law allowing euthanasia
October 15, 2025 - 8:09 PM

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay’s senate passed a law decriminalizing euthanasia on Wednesday, putting the South American nation among a handful of other countries where seriously ill patients can legally obtain help to end their lives.
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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
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

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 world is heading to add 57 superhot days a year, but study indicates it could have been worse

Senate Democrats, holding out for health care, ready to reject government funding bill for 10th time

In posthumous memoir, Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre lashes out against those she says abused her

AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

With fragile Gaza ceasefire taking hold, Trump says he's now looking to 'get Russia done'

'Law and order' push shows a Trump no longer encumbered by naysaying aides or government guardrails

Israel receives remains of 2 more hostages as military says another body was not that of a hostage

Alaska airlifting hundreds from storm-devastated coastal villages

Relatives of Salvadoran family slain in Georgia crash left reeling from tragedy

In a regional first, Uruguay passes a law allowing euthanasia

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