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Security forces and protesters clash following disputed election in Tanzania; UN says 10 dead 10/31/2025 02:13pm • DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) ��� Hundreds of demonstrators faced off with police in Tanzania's commercial capital Friday to demand the national electoral body stop announcing election results that they say lack credibility, in a tense political climate that has led to the deployment of the military Data Doctors: What's a VPN? 10/31/2025 02:10pm • Q: What exactly is a VPN, and why would the average person want one? A: The term ���VPN��� ��� short for Virtual Private Network ��� gets tossed around a lot, especially by streaming enthusiasts, privacy advocates and remote workers. But despite its "techy" name, a VPN is a simple and powerful to The long and unexpected afterlife of the Timoth��e Chalamet look-alike contest 10/31/2025 01:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Aside from a shared mop of wavy, dark hair, Miles Mitchell and Zander Dueve likely wouldn���t be mistaken for each other. Neither would Christian Conti and Spencer Delorenzo, or David Arkay, Vincent Panetta and Dempsey Bobbitt. Yet they now call themselves brothers. The ���Brother Despair spreads across historic seaport in Jamaica that Hurricane Melissa demolished 10/31/2025 12:43pm • BLACK RIVER, Jamaica (AP) ��� The road from Jamaica���s capital to the seaside town of Black River was known for its lush bamboo forest that formed a natural tunnel and glowed green in the bright sun. But its famed bamboo stalks lay strewn and shredded across the road in Hurricane Melissa���s afterm 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 Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa's destruction 10/30/2025 10:19pm • SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) ��� The rumble of large machinery, whine of chain saws and chopping of machetes echoed through communities across the northern Caribbean on Thursday as they dug out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa and surveyed the damage left behind. In Jamaica, government worke Amazon reports higher sales and earnings for 3Q, helped by its fast-growing web services business 10/30/2025 07:07pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Amazon posted higher fiscal third quarter profit and sales compared with a year ago, fueled by accelerating growth in its cloud computing business and strong spending by its customers looking for low prices at a time when inflation is resurging. The results, announced Thursday, bea Influential Cuban dissident says his fight against government will continue off the island 10/30/2025 05:09pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Influential Cuban dissident leader Jos�� Daniel Ferrer, recently exiled from Cuba, says that the island's fractured and weakened opposition movements need to shift strategies and oppose the government from outside the Caribbean nation. The comments from Ferrer, in an interview with Th OneSpan: Q3 Earnings Snapshot 10/30/2025 04:50pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� BOSTON (AP) ��� OneSpan Inc. (OSPN) on Thursday reported earnings of $6.5 million in its third quarter. The Boston-based company said it had profit of 17 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 33 cents per share. The internet security company posted re Protests in Tanzania spread after a disputed election, with the military on the streets 10/30/2025 02:13pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Hundreds of protesters took to the streets for a second day of demonstrations in Tanzania on Thursday after a disputed election, while Amnesty International reported that two people have died. After the protests broke out on Wednesday, the government shut down the internet, i Phony AI-generated videos of Hurricane Melissa flood social media sites 10/30/2025 01:59pm • One viral video shows what appears to be four sharks swimming in a Jamaican hotel's pool as floodwaters allegedly brought on by Hurricane Melissa swamp the area. Another purportedly depicts Jamaica's Kingston airport completely ravaged by the storm. But neither of these events happened, it's just AI US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds 10/30/2025 01:51pm • U.S. lawmakers have tried four times since September last year to close what they called a glaring loophole: China is getting around export bans on the sale of powerful American AI chips by renting them through U.S. cloud services instead. But the proposals prompted a flurry of activity from more th The International Space Station marks 25 years of nonstop human presence in orbit 10/30/2025 09:13am • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ��� It���s an unprecedented space streak: 25 years of people living off-planet without even a moment���s pause. The International Space Station marks a quarter-century of continuous occupancy this weekend, boasting a guest list of nearly 300 ��� mostly professional astronau 7 Best ETFs to Buy Now 10/29/2025 08:00pm • Predicting the next hot trend on Wall Street is notoriously difficult. Even traditional indicators -- such as economic data and government policy -- seem to carry less weight in 2025, as markets increasingly react to headlines and shifting sentiment before most investors can respond. That said, it's Google's corporate parent posts first-ever quarter with $100B in revenue in latest show of its power 10/29/2025 06:31pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Google���s corporate parent on Wednesday announced its first-ever quarter with more than $100 billion in revenue, a milestone that illustrates the unwavering power of its internet empire amid legal and competitive threats. The news of Alphabet Inc.���s accelerating growth in r