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Interpol announces a new global fight against illegal deforestation 11/05/2025 11:50am • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Interpol and partners launched a global law enforcement effort Wednesday aimed at dismantling criminal networks behind illegal logging, timber trafficking and gold mining, which drive large-scale deforestation and generate billions in illicit profits each year. The effort a Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell faces a hard reelection fight against progressive activist Katie Wilson 11/05/2025 01:10am • SEATTLE (AP) — Democratic Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell faces a tough reelection fight against progressive activist Katie Wilson as voters in the liberal city recoil from President Donald Trump's second term and question whether the incumbent has done enough to address public safety, homelessness an Zohran Mamdani's rise: From Queens lawmaker to New York City mayor 11/05/2025 12:19am • NEW YORK (AP) — When he announced his run for mayor last October, Zohran Mamdani was a state lawmaker unknown to most New York City residents. But that was before the 34-year-old democratic socialist crashed the national political scene with a stunning upset over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo The Latest: Democrats notch wins for governors, mayor over Trump’s picks 11/05/2025 12:15am • Voters in races across the country backed Democrats, including in New York’s mayoral race and contests for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, rejecting President Donald Trump’s late and lightweight push for his preferred candidates. Democrats secured another expected win in California, where v Democrats dominate as economic woes take a toll on Trump's GOP. Takeaways from Election Day 2025 11/04/2025 11:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats dominated the first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. And while a debate about the future of the Democratic Party may have only just begun, there are signs that the economy — specifically, Trump's inability to deliver the eco The man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent says it was a protest. Prosecutors say it's a crime 11/04/2025 06:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurling a sandwich at a federal agent was an act of protest for Washington, D.C., resident Sean Charles Dunn. A jury must decide if it was also a federal crime. “No matter who you are, you can’t just go around throwing stuff at people because you’re mad,” Assistant U.S. A Sheinbaum unveils security plan for Michoacan following protests over mayor's assassination 11/04/2025 05:32pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday announced a new security strategy for the violent state of Michoacan, where people have taken to the streets to protest the most recent mayoral assassination, the seventh of the past three years. The lethal attack Saturday against U The Latest: White House walks back Trump’s threat to SNAP 11/04/2025 02:11pm • President Donald Trump caused some confusion earlier Tuesday when he appeared to threaten SNAP benefits unless Democrats voted to reopen the government — despite court orders mandating that the administration keep the nation’s largest food program running. Press secretary Karoline Levitt said Tu Justice Department defends Trump's post as it urges judge to reject Comey's effort to dismiss case 11/03/2025 10:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department urged a federal judge Monday to reject James Comey’s claim that his prosecution amounts to political retribution, arguing the former FBI director has failed to show that he’s being targeted as punishment for his criticism of the Republican president. Pr Hearings focus on National Guard deployments in the nation's capital and Memphis, Tennessee 11/03/2025 07:03pm • Courts in Tennessee and West Virginia heard arguments Monday challenging the deployment of their states' National Guard troops to patrol the streets of Memphis and Washington, D.C., respectively, as part of President Donald Trump’s push to send the military into Democratic-run cities. Judges in We DC leaders push to keep emergency curfews after Halloween chaos 11/03/2025 05:47pm • Teens gather in a Navy Yard park as D.C. police circle the area on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. After a Halloween night that saw hundreds of teens swarm D.C.’s Navy Yard, some District leaders say emergency curfews do help restore order, and they now want to keep them in place. The push comes aft Jury selection begins for DC man charged with throwing sandwich at federal agent 11/03/2025 08:47am • Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the federal trial of a D.C. man charged with throwing a Subway sandwich at a federal agent in August during the early days of the law enforcement surge in the District. Sean Dunn, a former paralegal for the Department of Justice, was initially charg Mexican mayor killed during Day of the Dead celebrations 11/02/2025 08:30pm • URUAPAN, MEXICO (AP) — A mayor in Mexico ’s western state of Michoacan was shot dead in a plaza in front of dozens of people who had gathered for Day of the Dead festivities, authorities said. Local politicians in Mexico are frequently victims of political and organized crime violence. The mayor Serbia marks anniversary of deadly train station disaster with large rally 11/02/2025 01:25am • NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people from all over Serbia commemorated the victims of a railway station disaster a year ago in the northern city of Novi Sad in a gathering on Saturday seen as a massive display of discontent with the government of autocratic President Aleksandar Vuci Protesters call for governor’s resignation after Rio’s deadliest police raid 10/31/2025 06:27pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Hundreds of protesters on Friday marched through one of the favelas targeted in Rio de Janeiro's most lethal police raid that left more than 100 dead, calling for Rio state Gov. Cláudio Castro to resign amid continued outrage over the deadly operation. Locals, politicians,