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Middle East latest: Israel kills 52 in northeast Lebanon after a night of strikes in Beirut 11/01/2024 09:56pm • Rescuers searched for survivors Friday after Israeli airstrikes killed at least 52 people and wounded 72 others across northeastern Lebanon, the country's Health Ministry reported. The wave of bombings pounded villages that had previously been spared the worst of Israel���s air campaign against the Israel fights a seemingly endless war in Gaza's most devastated region 11/01/2024 12:57am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� More than a year into a war that has ricocheted across the Middle East, Israeli troops are still battling Hamas in the most heavily destroyed and isolated part of the Gaza Strip. In northern Gaza, Hamas militants carry out hit-and-run attacks from bombed-out buildings. Residents s The Latest: With just 5 days to go, Harris and Trump continue to battle for votes 10/31/2024 10:28pm • Democrat Kamala Harris says recent comments by her opponent, Republican Donald Trump, are ���offensive��� and that it's clear he doesn't understand women. She was responding to Trump, who said Wednesday that he will protect women, ���whether the women like it or not.��� The subtext of both Trump's a Survivors of deadly collapse at Georgia dock seek state's help for funerals, counseling 10/31/2024 07:53pm • SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) ��� Survivors of a deadly walkway collapse at a state-run ferry dock on a Georgia island said Thursday that the government should help them pay for funerals for the seven people who died as well as medical bills and mental health counseling for those who lived. Lawmakers on the Ge Britain has banned protests outside abortion clinics, but silent prayer is a gray area 10/31/2024 09:46am • LONDON (AP) ��� A British ban on protesting outside abortion clinics went into effect on Thursday, though it left a question mark over whether anti-abortion demonstrators who pray silently will be breaking the law. The law, which applies to England and Wales, bars protests within 150 meters (164 yar Israel's move to ban a UN agency raises alarm about aid to Gaza even as the implications are unclear 10/30/2024 02:15am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israeli legislation cutting ties with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees raised fears that the largest provider of aid to Gaza could be shut out of the war-ravaged territory, even as the implications of the new laws remained unclear Tuesday. The agency known as UNRWA provide Hezbollah cleric Naim Kassem picked to lead the Lebanese militant group 10/29/2024 12:50pm • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Hezbollah announced Tuesday it has chosen cleric Naim Kassem to lead the Lebanese militant group after the killing of its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb in late September. The group said in a statement that Hezbollah���s decision-making Sh GOP works to turn out pro-Trump Jewish voters in swing states to trim Democrats' edge 10/29/2024 11:10am • WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) ��� Rachel Weinberg calls herself a religious Jew first, then a proud American. She said she has only one choice for president: Donald Trump. ���I don't like everything he says,��� the 72-year-old retired preschool teacher from Michigan said after volunteer canvassers fo 'All I can think about is hotter days.' Voter campaigns target Latinas worried about climate change 10/29/2024 09:34am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A few months ago, Mary Wagner woke up to the smell of smoke from wildfires in California and northern Nevada. She readied her sons for school and stepped outside into the smokey Las Vegas air. Her 13-year-old son���s asthmatic cough worsened. ���It���s really, really bad and it How to Retire in Canada 10/28/2024 08:00pm • Canada has all the qualities of a top global retirement haven. It's naturally beautiful, with plenty of rugged nature that offers opportunities for outdoor recreation. It has interesting cities rich in culture. It's home to friendly people, high-quality health care and -- outside of its major cities US voters concerned about post-election violence and efforts to overturn the results: AP-NORC poll 10/28/2024 05:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� American voters are approaching the presidential election with deep unease about what could follow, including the potential for political violence, attempts to overturn the election results and its broader implications for democracy, according to a new poll. The findings of the s Harris and Beyonc�� ignite a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Trump 10/26/2024 12:03am • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Kamala Harris and Beyonc�� ignited a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Donald Trump on Friday, with the superstar telling the Democratic nominee���s biggest crowd ever that it was ���time to sing a new song��� as Harris warned that her GOP opponent was dead set o Middle East latest: Israeli strikes on Lebanon and Gaza leave dozens dead 10/25/2024 11:42pm • Lebanon���s state-run National News Agency said an Israeli airstrike hit guesthouses where journalists were staying in southeast Lebanon, killing three media staffers from two different news agencies Friday. In the southern Gaza Strip, an Israeli attack left 38 people dead. Several journalists have Native Americans laud Biden for historic apology over boarding schools. They want action to follow 10/25/2024 08:58pm • LAVEEN VILLAGE, Ariz. (AP) ��� President Joe Biden did something Friday that no other sitting U.S. president has: He apologized for the systemic abuse of generations of Indigenous children endured in boarding schools at the hands of the federal government. For 150 years the U.S. removed Indigenous c The Latest: Harris and Trump focus on closing messages with rallies in Georgia, Nevada, Arizona 10/24/2024 09:56pm • Former President Donald Trump held a rally in Tempe, Arizona, and later held one in Las Vegas on Thursday. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris Thursday night held a rally in the Atlanta suburbs with former President Barack Obama and musician Bruce Springsteen, among others. Follow the AP���s El