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Wisconsin becomes the 36th state to limit cellphones in schools 10/31/2025 03:39pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin became the 36th state to limit cellphones and other electronic devices in school Friday, when its Democratic governor signed a bill requiring districts to prohibit phone use during class time. The measure passed with bipartisan support, though some Democrats in the L What to know about Rio's deadliest police raid that exposed limits of anti-gang tactics in Brazil 10/31/2025 03:27pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — On Tuesday, police in Rio de Janeiro launched an operation in two of the city’s favelas that left 121 dead, including four police officers, and an unknown number of people wounded. Brazil’s public defender’s reported 132 deaths in the raid, more than the official polic Wisconsin's governor signs Kennedy-inspired bill allowing candidates to withdraw from the ballot 10/31/2025 03:24pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic governor on Friday signed a bipartisan bill that will allow candidates to remove their names from the ballot, addressing an issue that arose last year when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to get himself removed from the presidential ballot. At the time, th Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco's status is up in the air for Sunday's game 10/31/2025 03:12pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears because of a shoulder injury. The 18-year veteran said after Friday's practice that he’s feeling good and that his mindset is that he’s going to be playing. “You try to play With fragile Gaza ceasefire holding, Trump wants to make headway on Indonesia-Israel normalization 10/31/2025 01:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump made sure during his visit to Asia this week to praise regional allies who have backed his push to bring about a permanent end to the Israel-Hamas war. As he handed out plaudits, Trump appeared to go out of his way to name-check one leader in particular — Montgomery Co. food bank prepares to fill void if SNAP benefits end 10/31/2025 01:22pm • Millions of Americans could lose SNAP benefits Saturday because of the government shutdown. A Montgomery County, Maryland, food bank is bracing for the impact. So What Else in North Bethesda provides emergency food support and free out-of-school programming, serving about 40,000 families weekly i Last-minute scramble over pay takes a toll on military families during the shutdown 10/31/2025 12:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown is exacting a heavy mental toll on the nation's military families, leaving them not knowing from week to week whether their paychecks will arrive. Alicia Blevins, whose husband is a Marine, said she's going to see a therapist in large part because of the g Debate over energy costs fuels clear divide in New Jersey and Virginia governor's races 10/31/2025 11:23am • FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — If there's agreement on anything in the two states with governor's races this year, it's that utility bills are a growing concern among voters. One Virginia voter, Kim Wilson, lamented at a town hall recently that her electricity bill seems to go up every month, no matte 'It's home': Caribbean diaspora from Miami to New York fuels Hurricane Melissa relief efforts 10/31/2025 11:00am • COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (AP) — South Florida was spared a direct blow from Hurricane Melissa, but the massive storm still hit home for the millions of residents there who have deep roots in the Caribbean. Now, the Caribbean diaspora from Miami to New York City is turning its heartbreak into action: fi 70 years after the first sabotage of a US airliner, the 44 killed are finally being honored 10/31/2025 10:23am • LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — The windows shook as dynamite aboard an airplane exploded over Conrad Hopp's family farm in northern Colorado 70 years ago. Hopp, then 18 years old, saw a ball of fire streaking across the night sky and rushed with his brother toward where the burning wreckage came down, dod Turkish court sentences hotel owner and 10 others to life for deadly fire that killed 78 10/31/2025 09:07am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court on Friday sentenced the owner of a ski resort hotel and 10 others to life in prison after convicting them of severe negligence in connection with a deadly fire that swept through the property, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. The blaze hit the 12-story G What to know about a disputed election in Tanzania, where single-party rule is being challenged 10/31/2025 08:40am • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Protests are spreading in Tanzania as electoral authorities count the votes in a disputed presidential election that rights groups, opposition figures and others say was clouded by a climate of fear in the months leading to election day. The military has been deployed alongs China's Xi promises to protect free trade at APEC as Trump snubs major summit 10/31/2025 08:11am • GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Asia-Pacific leaders on Friday that his country would help to defend global free trade at an annual economic regional forum snubbed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Xi took center stage at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit that Floods kill 13 in Central Vietnam as rescue operations push forward 10/31/2025 07:56am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Rescue operations intensified Friday across central Vietnam as floodwaters receded after days of record rain and deadly landslides that left at least 13 people dead, 11 missing and tens of thousands displaced. The receding waters allowed rescue teams to reach previously cut- Syrian students return to schools stripped bare by conflict 10/31/2025 02:37am • MAAR SHAMARIN, Syria (AP) — In the southern Idlib countryside, once a frontline in Syrian civil war, residents are trickling back to their villages after years in exile. Repairing and reopening damaged and looted schools is key to the return of the displaced, but nearly a year after former Preside