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Taiwan rejects South African demand to move its representative office from capital 10/22/2024 04:54am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has rejected South Africa’s demand that it move its representative office in the country from the capital, Pretoria, to the commercial center of Johannesburg, in the latest attempt by the self-governing island republic to push back against Chinese moves to diplomatic Tropical Storm Oscar heads toward the Bahamas after dumping rains on eastern Cuba 10/22/2024 03:42am • HAVANA (AP) — Tropical Storm Oscar was heading toward the Bahamas after dumping heavy rain across eastern Cuba on Monday. Its maximum sustained winds were blowing at 40 mph (65 kph) as Oscar moved north-northeast at 9 mph (14 kph). The storm early Tuesday was about 70 miles (115 kilometers) south Murray runs for a TD, leads Cardinals to game-winning FG and 17-15 win over Chargers 10/22/2024 01:17am • GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona's Kyler Murray rolled out to his left before turning on the jets, beating a Chargers defender to the sideline and then coasting for a spectacular 44-yard touchdown, casually holding the ball with one hand like it was a backyard game. Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon a Ravens win their fifth straight game beating Bucs 41-31 10/22/2024 12:09am • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Lamar Jackson threw for 281 yards and five touchdowns, helping the Baltimore Ravens overcome an early double-digit deficit and extend their winning streak to five games with a 41-31 victory Monday night over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who lost their top two receivers to injuries. Mideast conflict looms over US presidential race as Harris and Trump jostle for an edge 10/22/2024 12:06am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks out from Election Day, the crisis in the Middle East is looming over the race for the White House, with one candidate struggling to find just the right words to navigate its difficult cross-currents and the other making bold pronouncements that the age-old conflict can In annual religious pilgrimage, Panamanians crawl to reach the Black Christ of Portobelo 10/22/2024 12:02am • PORTOBELO, Panama (AP) — At dawn, pilgrims like Ernesto Troya undertook the hardest stretch of their journey to reach the statue of the Black Christ of Portobelo in Panama. Moved by faith, they crawled for several hours along the street toward the image of the saint. It is one of the most striking Packers keep winning even as turnovers hamper their offense 10/22/2024 12:00am • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — After taking advantage of turnovers for the first third of the season, the Green Bay Packers are now getting a little too careless with the ball. The Packers (5-2) committed three turnovers and didn’t get a single takeaway Sunday in their 24-22 victory over the Houston Tex The Latest: Trump and Harris make final pushes in key battleground states 10/21/2024 11:41pm • With just over two weeks to go before the 2024 presidential election and the race in a dead heat, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are hitting the campaign trail in strategic battleground states. The Republican nominee made three North Carolina stops Monday, including a visit to see storm damage in As BRELAND went to Selma to find himself. His ‘Project 2024' is music based on what he saw and felt 10/21/2024 11:09pm • For BRELAND, the last few years have been a whirlwind. He released his debut album, 2022's “Cross Country,” a fluid approach to country music that now feels prescient — it's the direction the genre continues to move in. He toured endlessly, won awards and collaborated with the biggest names in Trump makes more debunked claims about FEMA as he surveys storm damage in North Carolina 10/21/2024 10:47pm • SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) — Surveying storm damage in North Carolina, former President Donald Trump on Monday blasted federal emergency responders whose work has been stymied by armed harassment and a deluge of misinformation, but he said he was not concerned that the aftermath of Hurricane Helene woul Arizona official who delayed 2022 election certification pleads guilty 10/21/2024 09:59pm • PHOENIX (AP) — One of two rural Arizona county supervisors who faced criminal charges for refusing to certify the 2022 midterm results by a state deadline pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor of failing to perform her duty as an election officer. Coming two weeks before the Nov. 5 general elect Middle East latest: Israel apologizes for strike that killed 3 Lebanese soldiers 10/21/2024 08:47pm • The Israeli military apologized Monday for a strike that killed three Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon, saying it is not battling the country's military and its troops believed they were targeting a vehicle belonging to the Hezbollah militant group. Israeli strikes, meanwhile, hit nearly a doze DC takes step to end child marriage, aiming to protect minors from trafficking 10/21/2024 08:40pm • In a significant move to protect minors and align with neighboring states, the D.C. Council held a legislative hearing Monday on the Child Marriage Prohibition Amendment Act of 2024. The proposed legislation, introduced by Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto, aims to address the alarming reality t Brazil environmental disaster victims take case against mining giant BHP to UK court 10/21/2024 08:36pm • LONDON (AP) — Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster took their case for compensation to a UK court Monday, almost nine years after tons of toxic mining waste poured into a major waterway, killing 19 people and devastating local communities. The class action lawsuit at the High Court i A's temporary home in Sacramento will have grass instead of artificial turf 10/21/2024 08:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The nomadic Athletics will play home games on grass as they move from Oakland to Sacramento next season rather than the artificial turf initially planned at Sutter Health Park. The team announced in April 2023 it will move from Oakland to a new ballpark to be built in Las Vegas and