PARIS (AP) France prepared Saturday for a third consecutive weekend of protests over living costs and education, deploying 70,000 police and gendarmes and pushing the Paris march to the capitals edge as youth-led demonstrations spread across Europe. Interior Minister Laurent Nuez warned of a very high risk of disorder, especially after dark on Halloween....

BREMEN, Germany (AP) The humble dachshund is taking center stage in a new exhibition in Germany that explores the history of the sausage dog in art and visitors are welcome to bring their four-legged friends along. The Dachshund: An Icon off the Leash” opens at the Kunsthalle Bremen on Saturday, showcasing artwork by...

ZAMORA, Spain (AP) For decades, Spaniards have been avid users of the countrys touted high-speed trains, choosing the Ave, Spanish for bird, over driving or flying for work trips or holidays each year. But two devastating collisions in nine months that killed more than 100 people have shaken confidence in a rail network long...

PHOENIX (AP) Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks was ejected Friday night in a 127-120 loss to the Denver Nuggets for kicking Jamal Murray in the groin. Brooks attempted a turnaround jumper in the third quarter with Murray guarding, and when Brooks fell backward he kicked his right leg forward, making contact with Murray. Brooks...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) The FBI on Friday began reaching out to donors of Dan J. Sullivan asking about potential deception, as federal authorities ramped up their investigation over the U.S. Senate candidate in Alaska who shares a name with the Republican incumbent. An Anchorage-based FBI agent visited a boat dealership in Petersburg, a small...

LAS VEGAS (AP) Fawn Douglas puts an urban spin on traditional basketmaking. Instead of using desert plants, she tightly weaves heavy conduit wire to form the base of a basket she plans to display at the new Wai Gallery in Las Vegas. There, she and her partner, A.B. Wilkinson, showcase pieces from Indigenous artists...

ATLANTA (AP) Top diplomats from the Group of 20 largest world economies will wrap up two days of talks in Atlanta on Saturday without reaching consensus on several critical global security issues after divisions, notably over Russia’s war with Ukraine, overshadowed the start of the meeting. As a result, the group will not release...

BEIJING (AP) Chinas factory activity contracted in October as new export orders softened, reversing the previous month’s rebound. The worlds second-biggest economy has been facing pressure from trading partners to rebalance trade as its trade surplus with many countries balloons. Data released on Saturday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that ...

WASHINGTON (AP) There’s been a lot of talk this midterm election season about socialism, but only a handful of candidates running for Congress actually align with the far-left wing of the party or consider themselves part of the Democratic Socialists of America. Most of these candidates come from a few Democratic strongholds, and several...

NEW YORK (AP) A century after his death, Harry Houdini remains a man we’re still trying to learn more about. A rare essay by the iconic escape artist about magicians of the past has just been published for the first time, while a recent book revisits longtime questions about the cause and date of...

Seychell Williams is among more than 200,000 Virginians who regained their voting rights after a court ruled earlier this year they never should have lost them based on a Reconstruction-era law.

LOS ANGELES (AP) Roger Howarth and Beth Maitland of The Young and the Restless swept the supporting acting categories at the 53rd annual Daytime Emmys on Friday night, with both winning decades after their first triumphs. Howarth currently plays Matt Clark on the CBS soap. He first won in 1994 in the younger actor...

The Turf Research Center will expose students to jobs and research opportunities they may not have known about previously.

Some of the young filmmakers who are finalists in an upcoming D.C. festival incorporated artificial intelligence into their creative process, according to the festival's founder.

WASHINGTON (AP) The long-running influence campaign known as Spamouflage is active ahead of the midterm elections, with accounts likely linked to China posing as U.S. voters and posting divisive content about U.S. politics, social issues and the elections, analysts say. In a blog posted on Friday, Graphika, a New York-based firm that tracks online...

Looking at our data over the past 10 years, kids are three times more likely to be hit on Halloween than on any other day of the year, Torine Creppy, president of Safe Kids Worldwide, said.

In 2024, during a meeting aimed at addressing an increase in crime along Wadsworth Court in Annandale, Supervisor Andres Jimenez asked police to install more cameras that could be monitored through the departments Real Time Crime Center.

NEW YORK (AP) Actor Margaret Qualley and Grammy winner Jack Antonoff have filed for divorce after three years of marriage, according to court records. The case was filed Friday in Kings County Supreme Court in New York and is listed as an uncontested matrimonial action. Qualley is listed as the plaintiff, and Antonoff as...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) Russia vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution Friday that would have supported Moroccos demand for sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara and ended the U.N.s 35-year peacekeeping mission, which was charged with helping to prepare a referendum on the future of the mineral-rich territory. The U.N. Security Council then defeated a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva s government summoned Argentinas representative in the country after Flvio Bolsonaro fled to the U.S. via Argentina, marking the latest episode in tense relations between South Americas two powerhouses. Brazils foreign ministry asked for explanations on Thursday afternoon after the defeated ...

DALLAS (AP) DALLAS (AP) United States Lime & Minerals Inc. (USLM) on Friday reported net income of $38 million in its third quarter. The Dallas-based company said it had profit of $1.32 per share. The lime and limestone products maker posted revenue of $106.2 million in the period. _____ This story was generated...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Hawthorn Bancshares Inc. (HWBK) on Friday reported net income of $7.1 million in its third quarter. The bank, based in Jefferson City, Missouri, said it had earnings of $1.01 per share. Earnings, adjusted for costs related to mergers and acquisitions, were $1.23 per share. The...

WASHINGTON (AP) West Virginia voters will elect leaders for federal, state and other offices on Tuesday. Here are some of the key facts about the election and data points the AP Decision Team will monitor as the votes are tallied. When do polls close? Polls close at 7:30 p.m. ET. Whats on the ballot?...

Police are investigating how a gun ended up in a box of candy during a D.C. school's fall festival event Thursday.

Multiple generations of Black civil rights activists met at Xavier University on Wednesday to honor a group of Freedom Riders after they finally completed a disrupted bus journey from Washington D.C. to New Orleans 65 years after the original trip was halted. The original ride, the first in a series of trips to protest Jim...