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Vance calls Israel's parliament vote on West Bank annexation an 'insult' 10/23/2025 04:07pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday criticized a symbolic vote in Israel's parliament the previous day about annexing the occupied West Bank, saying that it amounted to an ���insult��� and went against the Trump administration policies. Hard-liners in the Israeli parliament h A Florida teenager is in an Israeli prison. Why his family and advocates say he should be released 10/23/2025 03:42pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) ��� A Florida family already grieving the beating death of a 20-year-old relative is now pleading with U.S. leaders to help free the dead man���s cousin, a 16-year-old Palestinian-American from Florida who has been held in an Israeli prison for eight months. Relatives, advo South Korean delegation of lawmakers visits Cambodian site of alleged online scam ring 10/23/2025 03:16pm • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) ��� Cambodia and South Korea said Thursday that a delegation of lawmakers from South Korea���s National Assembly visited a building in Cambodia allegedly used by an online scam operation involving dozens of South Koreans. The South Koreans were detained by Cambodian police With Supreme Court decision still pending, judge extends block on Guard in Chicago indefinitely 10/23/2025 03:00pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� National Guard troops won't be deploying in the Chicago area anytime soon unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes because a judge on Wednesday extended her temporary restraining order indefinitely. Elsewhere around the country, it will be at least days before the Guard could be de Maine Senate candidate Platner says tattoo recognized as Nazi symbol has been covered 10/23/2025 02:35pm • OGUNQUIT, Maine (AP) ��� His U.S. Senate campaign under fire, Maine Democrat Graham Platner said a tattoo on his chest has been covered to no longer reflect an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol. The first-time political candidate said he got the skull and crossbones tattoo in 2007, when he wa What to know about the tumultuous Maine Senate primary 10/23/2025 02:04pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ��� After days of posting multiple apology videos, showing off his chest to reveal a covered-up tattoo that had been connected with a Nazi symbol and distancing himself from old online comments, Maine Democrat Graham Platner says he's only further committed to his U.S. Senate ca Howard homecoming brings (a lot of) DC road closures 10/23/2025 01:52pm • Howard University's homecoming means happiness, friendliness and ��� D.C. road closures. Howard University's Friday homecoming is set to shut down numerous streets across the District on Friday and Saturday. The closures and parking restrictions are expected to last from Friday at 6 a.m. to Satur STORY REMOVED: AS--Cambodia-South Korea 10/23/2025 01:24pm • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) ��� The Associated Press has withdrawn its story about the arrest of South Korean nationals at a scam center in Cambodia. The Cambodian government released a statement on Oct. 23 saying that a South Korean delegation had visited the site of an online scam center in Cambodia Former world chess champion may face discipline for allegations against Daniel Naroditsky 10/23/2025 01:14pm • Chess's international governing body said Wednesday it's considering disciplinary action against a Russian former world champion who persistently leveled unproven cheating allegations at Daniel Naroditsky in the year leading up to the American grandmaster���s death. The Charlotte Chess Center in Nor Pakistan bans hard-line Islamist party after recent deadly clashes with police 10/23/2025 12:45pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Pakistan on Thursday banned a radical Islamist party behind recent violent protests that left at least one police officer and four civilians dead, the government said. The decision, approved by the federal Cabinet on the recommendation of the Punjab provincial government, came mor Ghana police rescue 57 Nigerians in crackdown on human trafficking and cybercrime 10/23/2025 11:18am • ACCRA, Ghana (AP) ��� Police in Ghana rescued 57 Nigerians trafficked to the West African country and arrested five people suspected of operating a cybercrime and human trafficking ring, authorities said Thursday. Police raided a building in the suburb of the capital Accra on Wednesday, where the vi Md. approves early buyouts for 332 employees, part of the elimination of 502 state jobs 10/23/2025 10:51am • More than 500 state jobs were abolished Wednesday by the Board of Public Works through a combination of elimination of vacant positions and the departure of hundreds of workers who took an early buyout. All told, the elimination of 502 positions is expected to save $27.4 million in fiscal 2026, s UK police arrest 3 men in London on suspicion of spying for Russia 10/23/2025 08:03am • LONDON (AP) ��� British counterterrorism police arrested three men in London on Thursday on suspicion of spying for Russia. The Metropolitan Police force said that the men, ages 44, 45 and 48, were detained at addresses in the city under the National Security Act ���on suspicion of assisting a forei Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa clash bitterly during final NYC mayoral debate 10/23/2025 04:27am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Zohran Mamdani was attacked over his thin resume, Republican Curtis Sliwa strove to prove his seriousness as a candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was pressed on the sexual harassment allegations that drove him from office in a contentious final debate in New York City���s mayor Fairfax County���s 'Road Shark' campaign bites down on over 50,000 unsafe drivers 10/23/2025 04:18am • Over the past seven months, nearly 50,000 drivers in Fairfax County got a written reminder from police to drive more carefully. Fairfax County and Virginia State Police held five weeklong crackdowns on speeders and distracted drivers as part of their Road Shark campaign. The program intends to