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Man involved in confrontation with Jewish protester who died called 911, cooperated with police 11/08/2023 06:29am • THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) ��� Southern California authorities investigating the death of a Jewish man following a confrontation with a pro-Palestinian demonstrator over the Israel-Hamas war haven���t determined whether a crime occurred and on Tuesday asked for the public���s help to unravel what ha Cambodia deports 25 Japanese nationals suspected of operating online scams 11/08/2023 05:22am • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) ��� Twenty-five Japanese nationals suspected of involvement in a cyberscam operation based in Cambodia were deported to Japan on Wednesday, said Gen. Khieu Sopheak, a spokesperson for Cambodia's Interior Ministry. The Japanese government arranged a charter flight to transpo Islamic State group claims responsibility for a minibus explosion in Afghan capital that killed 7 11/08/2023 04:04am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a minibus explosion in the Afghan capital late on Tuesday that killed at least seven people. The Sunni militant group said its members detonated an explosive device on the bus carrying Shiite Muslims. Twenty others were wounded in Bridgeport mayor claims win, but do-over looms in election upended by video of ballot box stuffing 11/08/2023 02:01am • The mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, declared himself the winner early Wednesday of a disputed election thrown into uncertainty by allegations of voting irregularities in a now-voided primary. Speaking to supporters shortly after midnight, with the city's vote tally showing him with a 175-vote lead India bars protests that support the Palestinians. Analysts say a pro-Israel shift helps at home 11/08/2023 01:09am • SRINAGAR, India (AP) ��� From Western capitals to Muslim states, protest rallies over the Israel-Hamas war have made headlines. But one place known for its vocal pro-Palestinian stance has been conspicuously quiet: Indian-controlled Kashmir. Indian authorities have barred any solidarity protest in M Voters elect Democrat Cherelle Parker as Philadelphia���s 100th mayor ��� and the 1st woman 11/08/2023 12:51am • Voters elected two women for the first time to lead Philadelphia and Pennsylvania���s second-largest county, installing Democrat Cherelle Parker as the 100th mayor of the state���s largest city and Democrat Sara Innamorato as executive of the county that includes Pittsburgh. Parker, 51, who has held Two governors win reelection, while Ohio passes amendment on abortion rights. Follow live updates 11/08/2023 12:44am • Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves won reelection on Tuesday, while Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to an abortion and other forms of reproductive health care. In Virginia, Democrats swept legislative elections in Protests turn ugly as pressure mounts on Spain's acting government for amnesty talks with Catalans 11/08/2023 12:27am • MADRID (AP) ��� Police clashed for a second night Tuesday with protesters who oppose negotiations between Spain's acting government and Catalan separatist parties over a possible amnesty for thousands involved in Catalonia���s independence movement. Several protestors in Madrid waved Spanish flags The Under-17 World Cup gives Indonesia a second chance at hosting a global soccer event 11/08/2023 12:02am • Indonesia���s unexpected second chance of hosting a global soccer tournament gets underway Friday when the Under-17 World Cup kicks off in Surabaya. The soccer-loving nation of almost 280 million is determined to put on its best show, on and off the field, just months after it was stripped of the Un Exonerated ���Central Park Five��� member Yusef Salaam wins New York City Council seat 11/07/2023 11:24pm • Exonerated ���Central Park Five��� member Yusef Salaam won a seat Tuesday on the New York City Council, completing a stunning reversal of fortune decades after he was wrongly imprisoned in an infamous rape case. Salaam, a Democrat, will represent a central Harlem district on the City Council, having As price of olive oil soars, chainsaw-wielding thieves target Mediterranean's century-old trees 11/07/2023 11:05pm • SPATA, Greece (AP) ��� In an olive grove on the outskirts of Athens, grower Konstantinos Markou pushes aside the shoots of new growth to reveal the stump of a tree ��� a roughly 150-year-old specimen, he said, that was among 15 cut down on his neighbor's land by thieves eager to turn it into money. The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve a gun law that protects domestic violence victims 11/07/2023 10:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to preserve a federal law that prohibits people under domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. In their first guns case since last year���s expansion of gun rights, the justices suggested that they will reverse a ruling from a 1 dead in interstate crashes as super fog shrouds New Orleans area, recalling fatal October pileup 11/07/2023 09:58pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� Dense smoke reminiscent of last month's ���super fog��� that rolled into Louisiana has led to a deadly crash that shut down Interstate 10 in the New Orleans area early Tuesday, police said. The thoroughfare was closed due to smoke, fog and accidents involving multiple vehicles, A man with a rifle is arrested in a park near the US Capitol 11/07/2023 08:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A man with a rifle was arrested in a park near the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, police said. Police confronted 21-year-old Ahmir Lavon Merrell of Atlanta after someone saw him with the gun in a park near Senate office buildings and told an officer, U.S. Capitol Police said in a stat The Biden administration says colleges must fight 'alarming rise' in antisemitism and Islamophobia 11/07/2023 06:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Biden administration is warning U.S. schools and colleges that they must take immediate action to stop antisemitism and Islamophobia on their campuses, citing an ���alarming rise��� in threats and harassment. In a Tuesday letter, the Education Department said there's ���renew