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Businessman sentenced in $180 million bank fraud that paid for lavish lifestyle, classic cars 11/03/2023 02:39pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — A businessman who orchestrated a $180 million check-kiting scheme and used the proceeds to live a lavish lifestyle and amass one of the world’s most revered classic car collections has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison. Najeeb Khan, 70, of Edwardsburg, Michigan, 2 killed as flooding hits Kenya, sweeping away homes and destroying roads, officials say 11/03/2023 02:20pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Heavy rains and flooding ravaged parts of Kenya on Friday, sweeping away homes and livestock and destroying roads and electric transmission lines, authorities said. At least two people were killed and at least one was missing. One of the victims died after a house collapsed u Review: Sylvester Stallone breaks down career from 'Rocky' to 'Rambo' in new Netflix documentary 'Sly' 11/03/2023 02:07pm • He joins Harrison Ford as the only two actors to star in No. 1 box-office smashes in six different decades, but unlike Han Solo and Indiana Jones, the man behind Rocky Balboa also wrote an iconic Best Picture winner. This Friday, Sylvester Stallone reflects on his career hits and misses in the ne Storm Ciarán brings record rainfall to Italy with at least 6 killed. European death toll rises to 14 11/03/2023 01:54pm • MILAN (AP) — Record-breaking rain produced floods in a vast swath of Italy's Tuscany region as Storm Ciarán pushed into the country overnight, trapping residents in their homes, inundating hospitals and overturning cars. At least six people in Italy and one person in Albania were killed on Friday Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 11/03/2023 01:37pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Prince George's Co. man charged with attempted murder in stabbing, carjacking of elderly woman 11/03/2023 01:14pm • The man who police say followed an elderly woman into a Prince George's County, Maryland, business earlier this week, stabbed her multiple times and then stole her car has been charged with attempted murder. In addition to first- and second-degree attempted murder charges, 30-year-old James Minor 2 killed in shooting at graveyard during Mexico's Day of the Dead holiday 11/03/2023 11:58am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two men were shot to death while visiting a graveyard during Mexico’s Day of the Dead holiday, prosecutors said Friday. The two men were killed, and a third person wounded, in a shooting Thursday at a cemetery in the Mexico City suburb of Naucalpan. Mexicans traditionally vis Meet the Gaza doctor traveling on a bicycle to deliver medical care 11/03/2023 11:14am • ▶ Watch Video: War took a Gaza doctor's car. Now he uses a bike to reach patients, carrying it over rubble. Running out of gas in your car is often a sign to stop, but not for one doctor in Gaza. Hassan Zain al-Din has been tending to those who have been i Fall back: How daylight saving time can seriously affect your health 11/03/2023 10:52am • CHICAGO (AP) — Brunch dates and flag football games might be a little easier to get to this Sunday, when phones grace early-risers with an extra hour of rest before alarm clocks go off. The downside: Next week across most of the U.S., the sun will set well before many folks step foot out of the of Trapped in hell: Palestinian civilians try to survive in northern Gaza, focus of Israel's offensive 11/03/2023 10:48am • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — When Israeli warplanes bombed the crowded Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza this week, neonatal nurse Hudaa Ali Eldaor felt the vibration in her ward at the nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital. She heard the thunder and saw the smoke. Then the wounded flooded in. Pat Iran puts the death toll from a fire at a drug rehabilitation center at 32 11/03/2023 06:45am • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A fire at a private drug rehabilitation center in northern Iran killed 32 people on Friday, according to Iranian state media, five more than reported earlier. State TV said 16 other people were injured and taken to hospitals in Langroud, a city about 200 kilometers (125 miles) As billions roll in to fight the US opioid epidemic, one county shows how recovery can work 11/03/2023 05:57am • FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — Communities ravaged by America's opioid epidemic are starting to get their share of a $50 billion pie from legal settlements. Most of that money comes with a requirement that it be used to address the overdose crisis and prevent more deaths. But how? It could mean tha New Delhi shuts schools and limits construction work to reduce severe air pollution 11/03/2023 04:51am • NEW DELHI (AP) — New Delhi's government shut primary schools and banned polluting vehicles and construction work in an attempt to reduce the worst haze and smog of the season, which has posed respiratory problems for people and enveloped monuments and high-rise buildings in and around India's capi Prince George's Co. police arrest man in stabbing, carjacking of elderly woman 11/03/2023 04:48am • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, have arrested a man in connection with the stabbing and carjacking of a woman in her 70s Wednesday night in the Camp Springs area. It happened around 8 p.m. on Temple Hill Road, near Allentown Road, as the woman was entering a business, according to inv Today in History: November 3, Bill Clinton becomes 42nd president with defeat of George H.W. Bush 11/03/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2023. There are 58 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 3, 1992, Democrat Bill Clinton was elected the 42nd president of the United States, defeating President George H.W. Bush. On this date: In 1839, the first