MBARARA, Uganda (AP) In the red light district in Mbarara, a city in western Uganda known in part for sex tourism, a sex worker named Lisa Mutoni insists on using condoms when men enter her room, to protect her against HIV and other infections. The problem: Some try to remove or tear the condom...

GANGNAM-GU SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of (AP) GANGNAM-GU SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of (AP) POSCO Holdings Inc. (PKX) on Monday reported profit of $170.9 million in its third quarter. The Gangnam-Gu seoul, Korea, Republic Of-based company said it had profit of 56 cents per share. The steelmaker posted revenue of $13.51 billion in the period....

Powerful storms flooded parts of the U.S. Southwest, forcing hundreds to evacuate. Flood risks remained after the skies cleared, and officials said cleanup and repairs could take weeks. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Australias highest court on Tuesday began hearing constitutional challenges to the nations world-first legislation banning children younger than 16 from popular social media platforms. The seven High Court judges began hearing two challenges to the ban that took effect last year on young children holding accounts on Facebook, ...

AMSTERDAM (AP) AMSTERDAM (AP) Koninklijke Philips NV (PHG) on Tuesday reported net income of $31.1 million in its third quarter. On a per-share basis, the Amsterdam-based company said it had net income of 3 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 46 cents per share. The medical imaging equipment maker...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Suspected militants riding a motorcycle shot and killed two police officers assigned to protect polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said. The drive-by shooting in Mohmand, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan, also left a third officer ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) A battle over abortion rights is playing out in several states Tuesday as voters decide 145 proposed laws and constitutional amendments, including some that could affect voting for future elections. The ballot measures provide a political undercard for a high-profile midterm election that will determine which party controls Congress, state ...

WASHINGTON (AP) The stakes in Tuesday’s election which party will control Congress are crystal clear. But when that will be known is impossible to say. The Associated Press will be calling races in all 435 House districts and the 35 Senate contests that are up for election this year. Control of the...

KAMIANSKE, Ukraine (AP) The furnaces are cold, the factory floor deserted, and twisted metal litters the grounds of Kamet Steel, a vast industrial complex that once helped power Ukraines economy but closed after a Russian attack. Across the country, grain a key export piles up in fields and silos as farmers struggle...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) A showdown in Texas between Ken Paxton and James Talarico, one of the marquee U.S. Senate races of the midterms, had Democrats pushing to break a 30-year losing streak in the state on Tuesday and Republicans scrambling to defend both a pivotal stronghold and an increasingly fragile Senate majority. The campaign...

As a child, Rebeca Quionez-Pin wondered where monarch butterflies stop for a meal and a night’s rest on their long migrations across North America. Now she and other scientists are attaching tiny tracking devices to hundreds of butterflies to find those critical stopover locations before they disappear. Swarms of dazzling orange-and-black monarchs use ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Los Angeles voters are weighing Tuesday whether to stick with Mayor Karen Bass or turn to a city council member who is backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, Nithya Raman. The outcome will determine if the nations second most populous city will follow New Yorks lead, where democratic socialist Zohran...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California could become the first state in the nation to tax the net worth of billionaires Tuesday under a ballot measure that has divided liberal leaders nationally and triggered one of the most expensive ballot fights in state history as the ultra-rich scramble to figure out whether they would pay the...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Iowa voters will choose their next governor in Tuesday’s midterm elections, deciding between Democrat Rob Sand and Republican Zach Lahn in a race that could end conservative dominance across state government. Sand and Lahn both campaigned on criticisms of the states status quo, including a deepening budget deficit, an increasing...

WASHINGTON (AP) Six months ago, the South Carolina U.S. Senate race was expected to be another straightforward campaign for incumbent Lindsey Graham and his dominant Republican Party. But Graham’s sudden death in July and the elevation of his political neophyte sister Darline from a placeholder role to seeking her own six-year term have roiled...

Florida voters will choose Tuesday between Republican Byron Donalds and Democrat David Jolly in a governor’s race that is testing the endurance of the states conservative shift in recent years. A Democrat hasn’t won the Florida governor’s race since Lawton Chiles in 1994. But Jolly, a former Republican congressman from Tampa, switched parties and ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins, a moderate who is no stranger to difficult reelection campaigns, is seeking a sixth term Tuesday as Democrat Troy Jackson tries to help his party take control of the Senate for the rest of Donald Trumps presidency. Jackson is a former Maine Senate president who took...

Roy Coopers winning streak in North Carolina elections will be tested on Tuesday as the former Democratic governor faces off with President Donald Trumps handpicked candidate Michael Whatley in a state that often sends Republicans to the U.S. Senate. The race is one of Democrats best chances to flip a Republican-held seat as they try...

ATLANTA (AP) Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson are running to be Georgia’s next governor in a race that could reshape control of a crucial battleground state and even make some history along the way. Bottoms, 56, could become the first Black woman elected governor in the country. Shes also a former...

WASHINGTON (AP) Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers are testing two sharply different theories for winning one of the nations premier swing states Tuesday in a white-knuckle contest that may determine control of the Senate. El-Sayed is aiming to prove that an unapologetically progressive agenda centered on universal healthcare can win a ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) A rare open U.S. Senate seat in Iowa will help determine control of the chamber in Tuesday’s midterm elections as Democrats try to harness frustration with rising prices, the Iran war and tariffs that have caused turmoil in the state’s dominant agricultural industry. Democrat Josh Turek and Republican Ashley Hinson...

WASHINGTON (AP) Voters in the nation’s capital are electing their first new mayor in 12 years, and a self-described democratic socialist is heavily favored to win. Janeese Lewis George, a D.C. council member who easily won the Democratic primary in June, is facing DC Statehood Green Party candidate Robert Gross, independent Rhonda Hamilton, and...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar faces Republican state House speaker Lisa Demuth in Tuesday’s election for Minnesota governor, a race shaped by a widespread fraud scandal. The winner will replace outgoing Gov. Tim Walz, Democrats’ most recent nominee for vice president, who ended his bid for a third term after the fraud investigation into stealing...