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Correction: Vance-Netanyahu story

Oct 19, 2026, 7:11 PM

In a story published Oct. 19, 2026, about Vice President JD Vance declining to endorse Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection, The Associated Press erroneously reported Netanyahu’s title. Netanyahu is Israel’s prime minister, not its president.

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Celebrity exorcist priest to take one-year ‘media fast’ after meeting with Denver archbishop

At the urging of his archbishop, a prominent Catholic exorcist in the Denver Archdiocese is taking a one-year break from public speaking and interviews which have garnered millions of views on social media. Instead, the Rev. Chad Ripperger will use his “one-year fast” to devote himself to the Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother, the […]

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Beijing blasts US sanctions on 5 Chinese firms tied to ex-Google engineer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Beijing on Tuesday expressed “firm opposition” to the Trump administration’s sanctions on five Chinese companies connected to a former Google engineer accused of intellectual property theft. The move “severely harms the legitimate rights and interests” of Chinese businesses, the country’s commerce ministry said in a statement. “The nature of this act is […]

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Kyle Francis Kennedy, the granddaughter of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, dies at 42

BOSTON (AP) — Kyle Francis Kennedy, the granddaughter of assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy and his wife Ethel Kennedy, has died. She was 42. An advocate for education reform and disability rights, Kennedy lived most of her life in Massachusetts. She died on Sept. 21, according to the town clerk in Westwood, Massachusetts, where […]

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Guatemalan man sentenced to 30 years for smuggling tragedy that killed 53 people in Texas

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Guatemalan man extradited to the U.S. over his role in a 2022 human smuggling attempt that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants who had been transported in a sweltering tractor-trailer in Texas. U.S. and Guatemalan prosecutors called Rigoberto Román Miranda-Orozco’s sentencing another step toward justice in one […]

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SpaceX turns a profit after a string of losses as its satellite and computer leasing businesses soar

NEW YORK (AP) — SpaceX reported a bigger quarterly profit than expected Tuesday as its satellite communications operations and its business of leasing computing power to other companies boomed. The company, run by Elon Musk, posted net income in the three months through September of $4.4 billion, or 35 cents per share. That’s more than […]

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Florida Bar places employee on leave over ‘morally reprehensible’ comments to Miami football player

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Bar said Tuesday it has placed an employee on administrative leave amid an investigation into online comments that were sent to a Miami football player after the Hurricanes beat Florida State last weekend. Kade McLendon, who has worked at the Bar for about two years as a computer […]

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Correction: Vance-Netanyahu story