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Sepp Straka to miss final stretch of European tour to be with newborn son 10/31/2025 01:16pm • VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Sepp Straka has withdrawn from the two playoff events for the Race to Dubai so he can be home when his 2-month-old son leaves the hospital for the first time since birth. Straka, who was born and raised in Austria until moving to Georgia as a teenager, was exempt fo The long and unexpected afterlife of the Timothée 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 South African government criticizes Trump's refugee policy prioritizing white Afrikaner minority 10/31/2025 01:01pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's government on Friday criticized the U.S. refugee policy shift that gives priority to Afrikaners, the country's white minority group of Dutch descent. The Trump administration on Thursday announced a ceiling of 7,500 refugees to be admitted to the United States, a Billie Eilish to billionaires: 'No hate, but give your money away, shorties' 10/31/2025 12:53pm • Billie Eilish wants billionaires to donate more. As the Grammy and Oscar winner accepted the music award at this year’s WSJ. Magazine Innovator Awards on Wednesday night, she urged the ultra-wealthy to address more of the world’s issues. “We’re in a time right now where the world is really, 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 Royal prerogative: King Charles III banishes Andrew to buttress the House of Windsor's foundations 10/31/2025 12:36pm • No one is bigger than the monarchy. Not even the king’s brother. In the end, that reality spelled the end of Andrew’s life as a prince of the realm. As details of Andrew’s links to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continued to dribble out and Parliament raised questions about his rent-free res Xi and Carney, meeting in South Korea, try to rebuild China-Canada relations 10/31/2025 12:22pm • GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of China and Canada took a step toward mending the long-fractured ties between their countries on Friday. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, meeting in South Korea during an Asia-Pacific summit, called for improving ties i Last-minute scramble over pay takes a toll on military families during the shutdown 10/31/2025 12:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown is exacting a heavy mental toll on the nation's military families, leaving them not knowing from week to week whether their paychecks will arrive. Alicia Blevins, whose husband is a Marine, said she's going to see a therapist in large part because of the g Debate over energy costs fuels clear divide in New Jersey and Virginia governor's races 10/31/2025 11:23am • FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — If there's agreement on anything in the two states with governor's races this year, it's that utility bills are a growing concern among voters. One Virginia voter, Kim Wilson, lamented at a town hall recently that her electricity bill seems to go up every month, no matte 'It's home': Caribbean diaspora from Miami to New York fuels Hurricane Melissa relief efforts 10/31/2025 11:00am • COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (AP) — South Florida was spared a direct blow from Hurricane Melissa, but the massive storm still hit home for the millions of residents there who have deep roots in the Caribbean. Now, the Caribbean diaspora from Miami to New York City is turning its heartbreak into action: fi Today in Sports - Texas Rangers win first World Series in franchise history. Corey Seager wins MVP 10/31/2025 10:10am • Nov. 1 1913 — Notre Dame meets Army for the first time and comes away with a 35-13 win behind Gus Dorias’ 14-of-17 passing for 243 yards. 1938 — George Woolf, riding for regular jockey Red Pollard, leads Seabiscuit to a four-length victory over the heavily favored U.S. Triple Crown champion, W Black vultures attack and kill cattle. Climate change is one reason they're spreading north 10/31/2025 09:29am • EMINENCE, Ky. (AP) — Allan Bryant scans the sky as he watches over a minutes-old calf huddled under a tree line with its mother. After a few failed tries, the calf stands on wobbly legs for the first time, looking to nurse. Above, a pair of birds circle in the distance. Bryant, hoping they're not New inquest rules South African Nobel laureate Albert Luthuli was beaten to death in 1967 10/31/2025 09:24am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A new inquest into the 1967 death of South African Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-apartheid leader Albert Luthuli has found that he was beaten to death, and it rejected a previous finding that he died as a result of being hit by a train. Thursday's judgment by a c Quakers at a glance: A look at the faith's beliefs and the tradition of activism and silent worship 10/31/2025 09:13am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Do Quakers quake? Do Quakers eat Quaker Oats? Are Quakers still around today? These are some of the questions that visitors often ask at the Arch Street Meeting House in Old City Philadelphia. Many visitors don't know about the Quakers' faith. But in recent years, attendance h Orbán to press Trump for Hungary's exemption from new US sanctions on Russian oil 10/31/2025 09:08am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Friday that he would try to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to grant Hungary exemptions from Washington’s newly announced sanctions targeting Russian oil when he meets with the president next week. The Trump administratio