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New Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends the swearing-in ceremony with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinal palace on October 22, 2022 in Rome, Italy.

Right-wing leader Giorgia Meloni sworn in as Italian premier

Associated Press · October 22, 2022 2:14 pm

President Joe Biden told reporters that he supported some restrictions on abortion but did not elaborate while leaving the White House Thursday.

US-bound migration from Venezuela plunges under new policy

Associated Press · October 22, 2022 1:12 pm

This satellite image taken at 10am ET and provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Roslyn approaching the Pacific coast of Mexico, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022.

Hurricane Roslyn heads for weekend hit on Mexico’s coast

Associated Press · October 22, 2022 12:44 pm

Catherine Pervan, with Our House Bakery in Benicia, Calif., talks about creating the life-sized Han Solo on Oct. 13, 2022 The piece is the bakery's entry in the downtown Benicia scarecrow contest.

California baker creates life-sized Han Solo out of bread

Associated Press · October 17, 2022 3:01 am

Water flows in Coldwater Creek on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, behind a row of homes at Belcroft Drive and Old Halls Ferry Road in Missouri's St. Louis County. Environmental investigation consultants have found significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school, which sits in the flood plain of Coldwater Creek which was contaminated by nuclear waste from weapons production during World War II.

Radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school

Associated Press · October 17, 2022 2:33 am

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) scrambles away from Buffalo Bills linebacker Matt Milano (58) during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo.

Bills rally to beat Chiefs 24-20 in playoff rematch

Associated Press · October 17, 2022 2:14 am

This photo released by Mizan News Agency, shows a workshop of Evin prison following a fire in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. A towering blaze at the prison housing political prisoners and anti-government activists killed four inmates, the country's judiciary said.

Iranian officials say Tehran prison blaze killed four inmates

Associated Press · October 16, 2022 9:04 pm

FILE - A person walks by the headquarters of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on April 27, 2018, in Seattle. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, that it will commit $1.2 billion to the effort to end polio worldwide.

Gates Foundation pledges $1.2B to eradicate polio globally

Associated Press · October 16, 2022 8:04 pm

Delegates applaud as Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China's ruling Communist Party held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022.

National Security

China’s Xi calls for military growth as party congress opens

Associated Press · October 16, 2022 3:40 pm

Twitter CEO Elon Musk.

Musk: SpaceX might keep funding satellite service in Ukraine

Associated Press · October 16, 2022 6:09 am

Russia military range shooting near Ukraine leaves 11 dead, 15 wounded

Associated Press · October 15, 2022 9:36 pm

Paul Bellar, middle, appears before Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wilson on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022 for trial in Jackson, Mich.

Accused of flirting, juror dismissed from Whitmer plot trial

Associated Press · October 15, 2022 6:59 pm