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New Zealand elects conservative Christopher Luxon as premier after 6 years of liberal rule 10/14/2023 11:43pm • AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Conservative former businessman Christopher Luxon will be New Zealand’s next prime minister after winning a decisive election victory Saturday. People voted for change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda Ardern. The exact make Hunter Biden investigations lead to ethical concerns about President Biden, an AP-NORC poll shows 10/14/2023 08:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Ethical concerns are casting a shadow over President Joe Biden as he seeks reelection amid investigations into his son Hunter and an impeachment inquiry, with a poll showing that 35% of U.S. adults believe the president himself has done something illegal. An additional 33% say Kaiser Permanente reaches a tentative deal with health care worker unions after a recent strike 10/13/2023 11:37pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Unions representing 85,000 health care workers have reached a tentative agreement with industry giant Kaiser Permanente following a strike over wages and staffing levels, the parties announced Friday. The deal includes setting minimum hourly wages at $25 in California, where New Zealanders vote in general election, with polls indicating they favor a conservative change 10/13/2023 04:35pm • AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealanders began voting Saturday in a general election, with opinion polls indicating they favor a conservative change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda Ardern. Ardern unexpectedly stepped down in January, saying she no lo The Supreme Court avoided disaster when a chunk of marble fell in a courtyard used by the justices 10/13/2023 12:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court avoided a catastrophic accident last year when a piece of marble at least 2 feet long crashed to the ground in an interior courtyard used by the justices and their aides, according to several court employees. The incident, which the court still fails to ackno Today in History: October 13, 33 Chilean miners rescued after 69 days underground 10/13/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2023. There are 79 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 13, 2010, rescuers in Chile using a missile-like escape capsule pulled 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom 69 days after they were trapped in a coll At Colorado funeral home where 115 decaying bodies found, troubles went unnoticed by regulators 10/12/2023 06:04pm • DENVER (AP) — As legal and financial troubles piled up at the Colorado funeral home where authorities last week discovered at least 115 decomposing bodies, the troubles went unnoticed by state officials who have long struggled to effectively oversee the industry. Colorado has some of the weakest r 17 Florida sheriff's deputies accused of stealing about $500,000 in pandemic relief funds 10/12/2023 04:45pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Seventeen Florida sheriff's deputies appeared in court Thursday on charges that they stole about half a million dollars in pandemic relief funds. The Broward County deputies, who are charged separately, are accused of a range of crimes, according to court records. Most Algeria's top court rejects journalist's appeal of his seven-year sentence 10/12/2023 12:31pm • ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A journalist in Algeria targeted as part of a broader crackdown against pro-democracy protests will remain imprisoned after the country's Supreme Court rejected his appeals on Thursday. Defense attorneys for Ihsane El Kadi, the owner of a media company that oversaw Algeria' Arkansas purges 427K from Medicaid after post-pandemic roll review; Advocates worry about oversights 10/10/2023 06:00pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — More than 427,000 Arkansas residents were dropped from Medicaid in the past six months, as the state became among the first nationally to complete a post-pandemic eligibility review of the government-funded health care program for lower-income residents. The state ended c How Trump's MAGA movement helped a 29-year-old activist become a millionaire 10/10/2023 10:54am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Charlie Kirk’s $4.75 million Spanish-style estate is tucked away in a gated Arizona country club that charges nearly a half-million dollars for a golf membership. It boasts a guest casita, a “resort-style” pool and striking views of the Sonoran Desert. The Make America Grea How Trump's MAGA movement helped a 29-year-old activist become a millionaire 10/10/2023 10:53am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Charlie Kirk’s $4.75 million Spanish-style estate is tucked away in a gated Arizona country club that boasts a guest casita, “resort-style” pool and striking views of the Sonoran Desert. The Make America Great Again political movement has been lucrative for Kirk, the 29-yea Several more people arrested over a far-right German plot to launch a coup and kidnap a minister 10/10/2023 07:31am • BERLIN (AP) — Several more people suspected of being involved in planning a far-right coup and plotting to kidnap the German health minister were arrested in raids in a number of regions on Tuesday, authorities said. Prosecutors have said the group intended to create “conditions similar to civil Publishing executive found guilty in Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal, but avoids jail time 10/10/2023 03:21am • TOKYO (AP) — An executive at Japanese publishing house Kadokawa was found guilty Tuesday of bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member. Toshiyuki Yoshihara, charged with paying 69 million yen ($463,000) to Haruyuki Takahashi, was given a two-year prison sentence, suspended for fou Bob Odenkirk used to make up zany poems. He and his daughter Erin have turned them into a kids' book 10/09/2023 10:28pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bob Odenkirk has known he wanted to immortalize the playful poems he created with his kids since they were first scribbled down years ago. The Emmy-nominated actor always assumed “Zilot & Other Important Rhymes,” hitting shelves Tuesday, would be a project he completed o