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Palestinian beer defies the odds and goes on sale in Britain with help from Scottish brewer 09/09/2025 04:19am • LONDON (AP) — A Palestinian beer managed to find its way to British store shelves this week from the Israeli-occupied West Bank despite onerous border checks, a distance of some 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) and a raging war in the region. How it got here is a story of an unlikely bond between br New Zealand police investigate how a man hid his 3 children in a forest for years without discovery 09/09/2025 03:56am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Deep in dense New Zealand forest, a makeshift campsite was the final hiding place of a fugitive New Zealand man who vanished with his three children for several years. On Tuesday, a day after Tom Phillips was shot dead by the police and his children — now aged 9, 1 World War II bomb discovery in Slovakia's capital prompts evacuations in downtown Bratislava 09/09/2025 03:55am • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The discovery of a World War II bomb in Slovakia's capital during construction work prompted evacuations on Tuesday, officials said. The emergency measure covered several blocks in downtown Bratislava, including a major bridge across the Danube River. Public transportat Nepal internet crackdown part of global trend toward suppressing online freedom 09/09/2025 12:22am • Nepal's crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek to curtail online speech. The Himalayan country’s government said last week it was blocking severa Pakistan evacuates 25,000 people from eastern city as rivers threaten flooding 09/09/2025 12:03am • JALALPUR PIRWALA, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers backed by troops evacuated more than 25,000 people from a city in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province overnight as rising rivers threatened to flood the region, officials said Monday. The emergency rescue operation in Jalalpur Pirwala began late Sunday and A firefighter dies after a cardiac emergency in the line of duty at the Grand Canyon 09/09/2025 12:00am • GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — A firefighter working at the scene of a wildfire burning since July at the Grand Canyon died Monday after suffering a cardiac emergency, authorities said. The firefighter was actively involved in fire suppression repair near the North Rim Entrance Station a North Korea conducts its final ground test of a solid-fuel engine for long-range missiles 09/08/2025 10:42pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Tuesday it had conducted the final ground test of a solid-fuel rocket engine for a long-range ballistic missile in its latest advancement toward having an arsenal that could viably threaten the continental United States. The test Monday observed by leader Afghanistan quake destroyed 5,230 homes in 49 villages — but the UN hasn't gotten to 362 others 09/08/2025 10:41pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An initial United Nations assessment of the impact of Afghanistan’s recent deadly earthquake found 5,230 homes destroyed and 672 damaged in 49 villages — but the U.N. hasn’t been able to get to the vast majority of the remote villages. Shannon O’Hara, the coordinatio Tropical Storm Tapah makes landfall in southern China, forcing evacuations and school closures 09/08/2025 08:41pm • HONG KONG (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated in southern China as Tropical Storm Tapah made landfall Monday, prompting school closures, flight cancellations and other disruptions. The economic hub of Guangdong province near Hong Kong halted some train and ferry services ahead o Judge skewers $1.5B Anthropic settlement with authors in pirated books case over AI training 09/08/2025 08:28pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday skewered a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half a million books had been illegally pirated to train chatbots, raising the specter that the case could still end up going to trial. The Latest: New Chicago ICE campaign prompts confusion over Trump’s plans for federal intervention 09/08/2025 08:21pm • The Department of Homeland Security announced the start of a new immigration operation Monday in Chicago called “ Operation Midway Blitz,” stirring up fresh confusion and anxiety over a possible federal intervention in the nation’s third-largest city. President Donald Trump said Monday that he Med School Multiple Mini Interview: What to Know 09/08/2025 08:00pm • Among the steps to applying for medical school is an interview known as a multiple mini interview, or MMI. This format is commonly used by med schools and other health-related professional programs. The goal of a MMI is to evaluate applicants for qualities that are essential in health care, such as They dug for decades for Colombia’s disappeared and now they are a national symbol 09/08/2025 07:18pm • MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — Luz Elena Galeano intently watches as the earth is sifted for clothing, documents and bone fragments, hoping for a sign of her husband, who disappeared two decades ago during the urban conflict that tore apart the Colombian city of Medellin. It has been a daily ritual for An ugly win in the season opener is still an important win for the Buccaneers 09/08/2025 05:55pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Buccaneers will take an ugly win over a division rival on the road to start the season. Baker Mayfield and the offense weren’t sharp in their first game under new offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard. The defense gave up big plays, couldn’t create any turnovers and didn� Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens 09/08/2025 05:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for federal agents to conduct sweeping immigration operations for now in Los Angeles, the latest victory for President Donald Trump's administration at the high court. The conservative majority lifted a restraining order from a judge wh