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An apartment fire in northwestern Spain kills 4 people, including 3 children 10/11/2023 08:20am • VIGO, Spain (AP) — Three children and an adult died Wednesday and nine people were injured in a fire in an apartment building believed to be occupied by squatters in Spain’s northwestern city of Vigo, officials said. Spain’s state news agency Efe said the dead included a woman and three of her Editorial Roundup: United States 10/11/2023 07:05am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Oct. 7 The Washington Post on U.S. interest rates Borrowing is expensive again, as anyone who has tried to buy a car or home lately can tell you. The interest rate on 10-year Treasury bonds, the benchmark for home loans, is hovering ar Some Israelis abroad desperately try to head home — to join reserve military units, or just to help 10/11/2023 05:31am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — At the most harrowing of times, some Israeli citizens living overseas aren't running from the war at home, but to it. From Athens to New York, they're rushing to airports and diving into online chat groups for help, desperate to make their way to the country after Hamas militant Fire tears through a parking garage at London's Luton Airport, and 5 people have been hospitalized 10/11/2023 03:06am • LONDON (AP) — A massive fire tore through a newly built parking garage at one of London's international airports early Wednesday, and four firefighters and an airport employee were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. All flights at Luton Airport were suspended until 3 p.m. U.K. time Wednesday, the Golden Knights raise Stanley Cup championship banner before season opener 10/11/2023 02:09am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Golden Knights raised their Stanley Cup championship banner in the most Las Vegas way possible. Captain Mark Stone placed the Stanley Cup next to an oversized slot machine on the ice Tuesday night before the season opener against the Seattle Kraken and pulled the lever. Three Zion Williamson makes first appearance in an NBA game since injuring right hamstring last Jan. 2 10/11/2023 12:58am • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zion Williamson had 12 points, five rebounds and five assists in 16 minutes during the Orlando Magic's 122-105 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans in the preseason opener for both clubs on Tuesday night. It was Williamson’s first appearance in a game since he injured his rig New Mexico governor defends approach to attempted gun restrictions, emergency order on gun violence 10/10/2023 10:05pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday defended her decision to treat gun violence as a public health epidemic, citing statistics on recent firearms seizures, reduced reports of gunfire in the Albuquerque metro area and an uptick in jail bookings, while awaiting a Kevin Phillips, strategist who forecast rising Republican power, dies at 82 10/10/2023 09:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Phillips, the author, commentator and political strategist whose landmark book, “The Emerging Republican Majority,” became a blueprint for Republican thinking in the 1970s and beyond, has died. He was 82. Phillips died Monday in a hospice near his home in Naples, Florida, Guatemalan police begin clearing protesters' roadblocks after president threatens a crackdown 10/10/2023 08:52pm • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Riot police began efforts Tuesday to clear roadblocks by protesters that have paralyzed parts of Guatemala for more than a week, just hours after President Alejandro Giammattei vowed to clear the country’s roadways. More than 120 roadblocks have snarled traffic and disrupte This Is the One Thing Americans Refuse to Stop Spending On 10/10/2023 08:00pm • Americans may be feeling the financial pain at the pump and supermarket as inflation escalates costs, but many are committed to opening their wallets for recreation. A 2023 McKinsey & Company Consumer Pulse Survey revealed a surge in out-of-home entertainment, a 7% year-over-year growth in real Former New York congressman wants to retake seat as Santos' legal woes mount 10/10/2023 06:15pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi on Tuesday launched a campaign to retake the New York congressional seat held by Rep. George Santos as the besieged Republican congressman faces a sprawling list of criminal charges. Suozzi had represented the 3rd Congressional District, which inclu USC's Caleb Williams, Colorado's rise in mix in Associated Press Pac-12 midseason football awards 10/10/2023 04:39pm • The Pac-12 could not have gotten what may be its final football season off to a better start, opening 13-0 for the first time since 1932. The conference hierachy has fallen into place as the season hits the midpoint, with No. 7 Washington, No. 8 Oregon and No. 10 Southern California emerging at the Business Highlights: The long-awaited Amazon antitrust lawsuit, Taylor Swift's blockbuster tour 10/10/2023 04:35pm • ___ The Amazon antitrust lawsuit is likely to be a long and arduous journey for the FTC NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission’s long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon is the most aggressive move it has taken yet to tame the market power of a company that’s become synonymous with Mid Atlantic Daybook 10/10/2023 04:33pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Tuesday, Oct. 10. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 a Barry Manilow prepares upcoming Broadway musical 'Harmony,' at long last 10/10/2023 03:00pm • New York (AP) — More than 30 years after the musical “Harmony” was written, it finally prepares to make its Broadway debut. The show was almost lost to history — like its subject. The historical show written by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman tells the true story of the forgotten German perf