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Many Americans say their household expenses are outpacing earnings this year, AP-NORC poll shows 10/27/2023 02:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) — About 2 in 3 Americans say their household expenses have risen over the last year, but only about 1 in 4 say their income has increased in the same period, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. As household expenses outpace earn A salty problem for people near the mouth of the Mississippi is a wakeup call for New Orleans 10/27/2023 01:17pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The heating element removed from Monique Plaisance's water heater in September was disintegrating, streaked with rust and covered in a dry crust. She blamed the corrosion on the water piped in from the area's longtime drinking water source: the Mississippi River. It was a simil US Virgin Islands warns that tap water in St. Croix is contaminated with lead and copper 10/27/2023 01:00pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday warned that people on the island of St. Croix should not drink their tap water because officials found high levels of lead and copper. Authorities said they are conducting more tests as they investigate the source and No. 5 Utah has risen from underdog to top contender in the Pac-12 heading into new season 10/27/2023 12:30pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has completed a journey from underdog to top contender in the Pac-12 and now finds itself in the rare position of being a hunted team. All five starters and several key reserves are back from a team that won a share of the regular-season conference title last season. Uta Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn 10/27/2023 11:33am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Despite its last-minute scheduling, the meeting at a bookstore in Russia’s westernmost city of Kaliningrad still drew about 60 people, with many outraged by a lawmaker’s efforts to ban abortions in local private clinics. The weeknight turnout surprised and heartened Das Smash-style burgers from a Michelin-starred chef at DC’s new Melange Burger 10/27/2023 11:10am • Michelin-starred chef Elias Taddesse, who opened Doro Soul Food, an Ethiopian-style fried chicken restaurant in D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood last year, will add a "smash burger" pop-up to the same location next week. Melange Burger, open for carry-out and delivery only, is a nod to Taddesse’s for Coast Guard ends search for 3 Georgia fishermen missing at sea for nearly 2 weeks 10/27/2023 10:30am • BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Families of three fishermen still missing at sea since their boat departed the Georgia coast nearly two weeks ago say they are not giving up hope, even as the U.S. Coast Guard ended its search after scouring ocean waters from northern Florida to Virginia. The Coast Guard anno Xavi coy on whether Lewandowski and other Barcelona players are fit enough to face Real Madrid 10/27/2023 09:54am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández is keeping his cards close to his chest before the first “clasico” of the season. The defending champions have been playing without leading scorer Robert Lewandowksi and regular starters Frenkie de Jong, Pedri González and Jules Koundé What we know about the victims of the Maine mass shooting 10/27/2023 09:14am • (CNN) — For the victims of the mass shooting Wednesday night in Lewiston, Maine, it was an ordinary night out.Some were participating in a cornhole tournament while others were enjoying a meal. Then a shooter ended their fun.And now another American community is grieving as the identities of Indiana, Ohio State and Co. are eager to mix it up with Iowa in the Big Ten women's race 10/27/2023 06:10am • Indiana coach Teri Moren started chasing Big Ten championships a decade ago. Back then, conference newcomer Maryland set the standard by winning three straight regular-season titles, three straight Big Ten tourney crowns and stringing together winning streaks of 22, nine, 23 and four against league Palestinians plead 'stop the bombs' at UN meeting but Israel insists Hamas must be 'obliterated' 10/27/2023 05:36am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — “Stop the bombs and save lives!” the Palestinian ambassador pleaded at an emotional U.N. meeting Thursday on the war in Gaza. But Israel’s envoy was adamant, declaring again, “We will not rest until Hamas is obliterated.” The war sparked by Gaza’s Hamas rulers’ Jasmine Suwannapura stays in the lead after two rounds of the LPGA tournament in Malaysia 10/27/2023 04:48am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — First-round leader Jasmine Suwannapura trailed on the leaderboard for most of the day Friday but emerged with a one-stroke lead going into the third round of the Maybank Championship on the LPGA Tour. Suwannapura shot a second-round 3-under 69 for a two-round total of Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, dies at 68 10/27/2023 03:38am • BEIJING (AP) — Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, died Friday of a heart attack. He was 68. Li was China’s No. 2 leader from 2013-23 and an advocate for private business but was left with little authority after President Xi Jinping made himself the most pow Live Updates | Lewiston schools to close as police search for mass shooting suspect 10/27/2023 01:43am • At least 18 people were killed in shootings at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night, sparking a massive search for the suspect. Late Thursday, heavily armed law enforcement backed by a police helicopter had surrounded a home and told anyone who might be inside to s After Biden meeting, new Speaker Johnson says GOP won't abandon Ukraine but will aid Israel first 10/27/2023 12:36am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden met with new House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries at the White House on Thursday to discuss his request for nearly $106 billion for Israel, Ukraine and other national security needs. Johnson, a staunch conservative allied with Do