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Bridges in Yellowstone and Denali parks are among dozens getting federally funded upgrades

Oct. 31, 2024 15:17 PM EDT

Federal highway officials on Thursday announced $635 million to repair or replace numerous old and outdated bridges ranging from Alaska to Maine, including a couple located in popular national parks. The grants for more than 70 small- and medium-size bridges in 19 states mark the...

America's European allies face challenging times, whoever wins the presidential election

Oct. 31, 2024 00:56 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — The United States' European allies are bracing for an America that's less interested in them no matter who wins the presidential election — and for old traumas and new problems if Donald Trump returns to the White House. The election comes more than 2 1/2 years into...

Argentina's president fires his foreign minister after vote in favor of ending US embargo on Cuba

Oct. 30, 2024 19:58 PM EDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s President Javier Milei on Wednesday dismissed his foreign affairs minister hours after the country voted in favor of lifting the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba at the U.N. General Assembly. Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino was...

Venezuela's rejection from developing economies alliance heightens tensions with member Brazil

Oct. 30, 2024 15:51 PM EDT

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government on Wednesday doubled down on its attacks against Brazilian foreign relations officials, accusing them of jeopardizing diplomatic relations between the neighboring South American countries by acting on behalf of the interests of the United States....

Georgia begins investigating its disputed election but the opposition calls the probe into question

Oct. 30, 2024 12:25 PM EDT

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia said Wednesday it has launched an investigation into alleged vote rigging in last weekend’s parliamentary election, which officials said was won by the ruling party and the opposition denounced as illegitimate. The...

Jobs report on eve of election will be among the most muddled in years

Oct. 30, 2024 11:47 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four days before Election Day, the government will issue its final snapshot of hiring and unemployment in the United States after a presidential race in which voter perceptions of the economy have played a central role. Yet Friday's report will include some of the...

Colorado accidentally put voting system passwords online, but officials say election is secure

Oct. 29, 2024 21:15 PM EDT

DENVER (AP) — Voting system passwords were mistakenly put on the Colorado Secretary of State's website for several months before being spotted and taken down, but the lapse did not pose an immediate threat to the upcoming election, said state election officials Tuesday. The...

Hungary's Orbán boosts Georgia's ruling party over election despite an outcry the vote was rigged

Oct. 29, 2024 15:47 PM EDT

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán gave a boost Tuesday to Georgia’s ruling party, saying its victory in a parliamentary election in the South Caucasus nation was free and democratic despite a massive opposition protest that denounced the vote as rigged and...

US presses ahead with modest Mideast plans despite election uncertainty

Oct. 28, 2024 14:56 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the U.S. presidential election just a week away, the Biden administration is not giving up hope for short-term deals for cease-fires between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. But U.S. officials are mindful that political...

2 US House members seek to become North Carolina's attorney general

Oct. 27, 2024 09:08 AM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's next attorney general will be one of two outgoing members of Congress who have represented the Charlotte area on Capitol Hill and previously at the state legislature. Both Democratic U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson and Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop...