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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2nd national security case

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Jaylen Brown scores season-high 30 points and makes key block in 76ers' 112-106 win over Pistons

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Asian shares mostly advance following US midterms, though Kospi falls on selling of chipmakers

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Iranians celebrate setback for Trump in US election, and other Mideast news

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Israel's president takes first steps on building new government after accepting election results

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1 deputy dies and another not expected to survive after firefight with suspect at Washington home

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Australia approves seabed site where a Japanese company will store carbon pollution

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Turkey’s solar boom shines ahead of a UN climate summit but coal and other fossil fuels loom large

Turkey is spotlighting its renewable energy efforts as it hosts the upcoming U.N. climate summit.

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Midterms launch wave of historic firsts for some states — and for the nation

This midterm election will be remembered not just for the stunning number of losses Democrats handed to President Donald Trump and Republicans but for a wave of historic first

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Authorities are trying to piece together how an escaped Tennessee inmate evaded capture for 10 days

Authorities are still trying to piece together how a convicted murderer in Tennessee evaded capture for more than a week.

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Kenya’s mining ambitions raise fears for farms and ancestral graves

Farmers and community elders in coastal Kenya fear a proposed mining project could threaten their livelihoods and a sacred forest where their ancestors are buried.

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South Africa's local elections could continue the decline of the once-mighty ANC

South Africans have voted in local elections that test the African National Congress party, or ANC, which has seen declining support over the last decade.

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The Latest: Trump defends Iran war after voters give Democrats control of Congress

The midterm election blowout has set up a new era in Washington.

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Miami star WR Malachi Toney has a high ankle sprain and needs surgery, AP source says

Malachi Toney, the star receiver for top-ranked Miami and a Heisman Trophy candidate, has been scheduled for surgery to address a high ankle sprain and will be sidelined for m

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An acclaimed biography of Alexander the Great wins the Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize

Edmund Richardson's biography of Alexander the Great "Alexander: God, King, Man" was won the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction.

The 2028 election season begins as both parties navigate midterm fallout

The final midterm votes are still being counted, but make no mistake: The next election season has already begun.

JetBlue raises baggage fees for a second time as jet fuel prices stay elevated

JetBlue has raised its checked baggage fees for the second time this year.

Billionaire Leon Black sues U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia for defamation over Epstein comments

Billionaire Leon Black has filed a federal defamation lawsuit against California Rep.

Herbert Blomstedt, who headed San Francisco Symphony from 1985-95, dies at age 99

Herbert Blomstedt, a renowned conductor who led the San Francisco Symphony from 1985 to 1995, has died at the age of 99.

Florida authorities say 2 dead at Tampa office complex, including gunman shot by security guard

Florida authorities say a gunman opened fire at Citibank's business complex in suburban Tampa and killed a woman before a security guard fatally shot him.