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US storm survivors: We need money faster, less red tape

US storm survivors: We need money faster, less red tape

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. (AP) — Survivors of storms that pounded several U.S. states say the nation's disaster aid system is broken and that they want reforms to get money into victims' hands faster, with less red tape.
Inspector cites regulatory gaps in fatal New York limo crash

Inspector cites regulatory gaps in fatal New York limo crash

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York regulators failed to do all they could to sideline a poorly maintained stretch limousine that careened down a hill and crashed in 2018, killing 20 people, according to a state watchdog.
NY fitfully counts absentee ballots amid legal challenge

NY fitfully counts absentee ballots amid legal challenge

ALBANY, N.Y.
Witnesses allege Eritrean abuses during Ethiopia peace talks

Witnesses allege Eritrean abuses during Ethiopia peace talks

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Even as Ethiopia’s warring sides attend their first formal peace talks in a devastating two-year conflict, witnesses in the country’s embattled Tigray region tell The Associated Press that forces from neighboring Eritrea are kil

North Macedonia starts construction of rail link to Bulgaria

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia has begun building a railway linking it to Bulgaria, a project decades in the making.
Oz-Mastriano: An awkward pair atop Pennsylvania's GOP ticket

Oz-Mastriano: An awkward pair atop Pennsylvania's GOP ticket

MALVERN, Pa.
Halloween-themed March of the Mummies seeks childcare reform

Halloween-themed March of the Mummies seeks childcare reform

LONDON (AP) — Protesters in Halloween costumes marched in cities around Britain on Saturday to demand more affordable child care. The March of the Mummies was called to demand reforms to U.K.
Suspect in assault at Pelosi home had posted about QAnon

Suspect in assault at Pelosi home had posted about QAnon

The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's California home and severely beating her husband with a hammer appears to have made racist and often rambling posts online, including some that questioned the results of the 2020 election,
Pakistani minister hints at action against Imran Khan convoy

Pakistani minister hints at action against Imran Khan convoy

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s interior minister alleged on Saturday that the country’s former premier, Imran Khan, who is leading an opposition convoy of thousands of supporters toward Islamabad, plans to use his march to spread “violence and chaos.
Pelosi attack shocks country on edge about democracy threats

Pelosi attack shocks country on edge about democracy threats

WASHINGTON (AP) — An America that can already feel like it’s hurtling toward political disintegration has been jolted yet again, this time by the violent attack on the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi less than two weeks before Election Day .