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Kosovo lifts ban on entry of products from Serbia at the border 10/07/2024 10:19am • PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s government said Monday it would lift a ban on the entry of products from Serbia at one border crossing, 16 months after it halted imports to prevent what it said could be hidden shipments of weapons for Serb separatists. The reopening is in line with efforts by W Tips, overtime, Social Security: A look at Donald Trump's no-tax pledges and what they might cost 10/07/2024 09:58am • Donald Trump has pledged to end taxes on everything from tips to Social Security and overtime pay if he's elected to the White House again. But he hasn't detailed how he would fund those ideas and avoid creating a huge budget shortfall, beyond arguing he will usher in an economic boom. He argues hi 3-time U.S. hockey Olympian Gigi Marvin retires at 37, happy to have closed her career in PWHL 10/07/2024 09:01am • Three-time United States Olympian Gigi Marvin announced her retirement Monday, noting that her career would not have been complete without the chance to play in the Professional Women's Hockey League's inaugural season. For someone who witnessed first-hand the fitful starts and stops women’s hocke Ex-Philippine President Duterte to run as mayor despite his drug killings legacy 10/07/2024 08:13am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines's former President Rodrigo Duterte registered Monday to run for mayor of his southern home city despite his notorious legacy over his brutal anti-drugs crackdown that the International Criminal Court is investigating as a possible crime against humanity. India offers financial support to Maldives after talks to repair ties 10/07/2024 06:40am • NEW DELHI (AP) — India stepped up its development assistance to the Maldives after the two leaders held talks in New Delhi on Monday in a bid to repair strained ties that saw the president of the Indian Ocean archipelago forging closer relations with China. After the talks, Prime Minister Narendr Former Singapore Cabinet minister starts 1-year sentence for receiving illegal gifts 10/07/2024 03:34am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A former Singaporean Cabinet minister began a one-year prison term Monday for receiving illegal gifts after saying he would not appeal his sentence in the rare criminal case involving a government minister in the Asian financial hub. Former Transport Minister S. Iswar Today in History: October 7, surprise attacks spark Israel-Hamas War 10/07/2024 01:39am • Today is Monday, Oct. 7, the 281st day of 2024. There are 85 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led militants launched air and ground attacks on Israel, killing nearly 1,200 and taking more than 250 hostages. The attacks, followed hours later by Israeli counterattacks, How farmers in Burundi banded together to get fair prices for avocados 10/07/2024 12:53am • KAYANZA, Burundi (AP) — Farmers in a remote part of Burundi know to look for a truck parked by a highway when it is time to sell their avocados. They materialize from villages and form a crowd around the vehicle, watching closely as crews weigh and load the crated fruits. Such roadside exchanges, Mideast violence is spiraling a year since the Gaza war began 10/07/2024 12:26am • JERUSALEM (AP) — A year after Hamas’ fateful attack on southern Israel, the Middle East is embroiled in a war that shows no signs of ending and seems to be getting worse. Israel's retaliatory offensive was initially centered on the Gaza Strip. But the focus has shifted in recent weeks to Lebanon A year after the Hamas attack shattered their community, going home still feels impossible 10/07/2024 12:21am • KFAR AZA, Israel (AP) — ​​On a sun-dappled day in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Liora Eilon stood where her son was killed. She picked up a figurine from among the belongings scattered around an abandoned home nearby. “Every time we come here, Tal leaves us a little message,” the 71-year-old said, tur A year after the Hamas attack shattered this Israeli community, going home still feels impossible 10/07/2024 12:18am • KFAR AZA, Israel (AP) — On a sun-dappled day in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Liora Eilon stood at the spot where her son was killed. She stooped to pick a figurine from the pile of belongings scattered around an abandoned home nearby. “Every time we come here, Tal leaves us a little message,” the 71-year As affordable housing disappears, states scramble to shore up the losses 10/07/2024 12:18am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — For more than two decades, the low rent on Marina Maalouf’s apartment in a blocky affordable housing development in Los Angeles’ Chinatown was a saving grace for her family, including a granddaughter who has autism. But that grace had an expiration date. For Maalouf and her Takeaways from AP's report on affordable housing disappearing across the U.S. 10/07/2024 12:16am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — While Americans continue to struggle under unrelentingly high rents, as many as 223,000 affordable housing units across the U.S. could disappear in the next five years alone. It leaves low-income tenants facing protracted eviction battles, scrambling to pay a two-fold rent incr Turning Point wants to revolutionize how Republicans turn out voters. Some are skeptical 10/07/2024 12:11am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Turning Point’s representatives have made two things clear in meetings with state and local Republican leaders — Donald Trump has blessed their conservative organization to help lead his get-out-the-vote effort, and local party officials ought to use the group's new voter mob Today in History: October 7, surprise attacks spark Israel-Hamas War 10/07/2024 12:01am • Today is Monday, Oct. 7, the 281st day of 2024. There are 85 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led militants launched air and ground attacks on Israel, killing nearly 1,200 and taking more than 250 hostages. The attacks, followed hours later by Israeli counteratta