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Efforts by Russia, Iran and China to sway US voters may escalate, new Microsoft report says

Efforts by Russia, Iran and China to sway US voters may escalate, new Microsoft report says

By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Foreign adversaries have shown continued determination to influence the U.S. election –- and there are signs their activity will intensify as Election Day nears, Microsoft said in a report Wednesday.…

Israel says it killed a Hezbollah official expected to be the group’s next leader

Israel says it killed a Hezbollah official expected to be the group’s next leader

By SARAH EL DEEB, FARNOUSH AMIRI, and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel said Tuesday that one of its airstrikes outside Beirut earlier this month killed a Hezbollah official widely expected to have…

Stock market today: Wall Street barely budges as GM’s best day in years offsets GE Aerospace tumble

Stock market today: Wall Street barely budges as GM’s best day in years offsets GE Aerospace tumble

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes barely budged after a quiet day of mixed trading on Tuesday. The S&P 500 edged down by less than 0.1%. It was…

Eyewitness video captures frantic efforts to save lives after deadly collapse of dock walkway

Eyewitness video captures frantic efforts to save lives after deadly collapse of dock walkway

By RUSS BYNUM and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The metal gangway where dozens of people waited to board a ferry boat made a loud, creaking noise before snapping in the…

‘You are not my king,’ Indigenous Australian senator yells at visiting King Charles

‘You are not my king,’ Indigenous Australian senator yells at visiting King Charles

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Indigenous senator told King Charles III that Australia is not his land as the British royal visited Australia’s parliament on Monday. Sen. Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of a parliamentary reception for the royal…

Trump works the fry station and holds a drive-thru news conference at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s

Trump works the fry station and holds a drive-thru news conference at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MARC LEVY Associated Press FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE, Pa. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump manned the fry station at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania on Sunday before staging an impromptu news conference, answering questions…