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Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama speaks to the media following meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Allied leaders from the Western Balkan countries, in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Albania's prime minister calls for more NATO troops in neighboring Kosovo following ethnic violence

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has urged NATO to further boost its military forces in Kosovo and secure the country’s borders with Serbia. He has warned that recent ethnic violence in Kosovo … more

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES | 11/22/23

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media before boarding Air Force One in Norfolk, Va., Nov. 19, 2023. Biden declared an emergency over lead contamination in the U.S. Virgin Islands water after tests on St. Croix revealed levels more than 100 times the limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Biden declares emergency over lead in water in US Virgin Islands

President Joe Biden declared an emergency over lead-in-water contamination in the U.S. Virgin Islands earlier this week after tests on St. Croix revealed levels more than 100 times the limits set by … more

By MICHAEL PHILLIS | 11/22/23

FILE - People shop for Nike shoes at a store on Nov. 25, 2022, in New York. A popular form of payment by installment — 'buy now, pay later' — is projected to have its biggest holiday season yet. But analysts caution more transparency is needed in the space to prevent consumers from over-extending themselves if they take on multiple loans. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

More Americans are expected to 'buy now, pay later' for the holidays. Analysts see a growing risk

Consumers are expected to use “buy now, pay later” payment plans heavily this holiday season, a forecast that bodes well for retailers but that has credit experts again sounding alarm bells. The … more

By CORA LEWIS | 11/22/23

FILE - A Louisville Metro Police crime scene technician photographs bullet holes in the glass of the Old National Bank building in Louisville, Ky., Monday, April 10, 2023. The man who shot and killed five coworkers at a Louisville bank in April appears to have done little advanced planning and didn’t have extensive knowledge of how to operate the gun he used in the shooting, according to an investigative file released Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, by police. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Police: Kentucky bank shooter wrote in journal about ease of buying assault weapon before killings

The man who fatally shot five coworkers in April at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, wrote in his journal that he wasn’t sure if his mental health struggles would preclude him from purchasing a gun. … more

By DYLAN LOVAN | 11/21/23

FILE - A Chinese Hui Muslim looks at a scale model of Mecca set up at a mosque in the town of Yichuan during Ramadan in Ningxia province, China, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006. The Chinese government has expanded its campaign of shuttering mosques to provinces other than Xinjiang, where Beijing has for years been blamed of persecuting Muslim minorities, according to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel, File)

China is expanding its crackdown on mosques to regions outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch says

A report by Human Rights Watch says the Chinese government has expanded its campaign of closing mosques to regions other than Xinjiang, where for years it has been blamed for persecuting Muslim … more

By SIMINA MISTREANU | 11/21/23

FILE - Michael Voris, founder of Church Militant, speaks during a rally outside of the Baltimore hotel where the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops are holding its Fall General Assembly meeting, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, in Baltimore. Voris, of a far-right, unofficial Catholic media group, has resigned for an unspecified violation of the organization's morality clause, the group said in a statement Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Founder of far-right Catholic site resigns over breach of its morality clause, group says

The founder of a far-right, unofficial Catholic media group has resigned for an unspecified violation of the organization’s morality clause, the group said in a statement. Michael Voris stepped … more

By PETER SMITH and MATT SEDENSKY | 11/21/23

This image from video provided by Sunrise Aviation shows the landslide that occurred the previous evening near Wrangell, Alaska, on Nov. 21, 2023. Authorities said at least one person died and others were believed missing after the large landslide roared down a mountaintop into the path of three homes. (Sunrise Aviation via AP)

1 dead, others believed missing in Alaska landslide, authorities say

Authorities say one person has died and at least seven others are believed missing after a landslide ripped down a mountainside in southeast Alaska during the night. Alaska State Troopers said … more

By BECKY BOHRER, MARK THIESSEN and JOHN RABY | 11/21/23

A member of the Custer County Sheriff's Office works the scene of a shooting on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023 near Westcliffe, Colo. A man was on the run Tuesday after police say he fatally shot three people and critically wounded a fourth over a years-long property dispute over the use of an easement on the suspect's property in rural Colorado, authorities said. (Parker Seibold/The Gazette via AP)

Authorities capture man accused of killing 3 in simmering Colorado property dispute

Authorities say they have captured the man accused of shooting three people dead over a years-long property dispute in rural Colorado. The Custer County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday afternoon … more

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and AMY BETH HANSON | 11/21/23

FILE - Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Nov. 18, 2023, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Trump has long praised a particular type of foreign leader, men he describes as tough and strong, even if they're accused of chipping away at democracy. He's now celebrating Argentina's newly elected president, Javier Milei. (AP Photo/Bryon Houlgrave, File)

Trump has long praised autocrats and populists. He's now embracing Argentina's new president

Donald Trump has long praised a particular type of foreign leader — men he describes as tough and strong, even if they're accused of chipping away at democracy. He's now celebrating Argentina's … more

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and JILL COLVIN | 11/21/23

FILE President Jimmy Carter, second from right, arrives at Camp David, Md., with first lady Rosalynn Carter and daughter Amy Carter, center, on Friday, Feb. 25, 1977, along with Mary Fitzpatrick, Amy's nursemaid, third from left, and two unidentified military aides as they walk toward the house at the presidential retreat in the Maryland mountains for the first time. Rosalynn Carter used her powerful posts to address injustices as her husband rose in politics, especially those imposed as part of the racist Jim Crow system that prevailed in Georgia. The most personal of those cases involved Mary Prince Fitzpatrick, who went to Washington as White House nanny to Amy Carter with a felony murder conviction still on her record. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File)

Rosalynn Carter made a wrongfully convicted felon a White House nanny and helped win her pardon

Rosalynn Carter used her powerful posts to address injustices as her husband rose in politics, especially those imposed as part of the racist Jim Crow system that prevailed in Georgia. The most … more

By BILL BARROW | 11/21/23

FILE - A student places her handprint along with those of other students at a primary school in Lufkin, Texas on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005. (Joel Andrews/The Daily News via AP, File)

Giving thanks isn't just a holiday tradition. It's part of how humans evolved

Giving thanks isn't just a holiday tradition. It's an important part of being human. Science says the feeling of gratitude probably showed up early in our evolution. Young kids and even some chimps … more

By MADDIE BURAKOFF | 11/21/23

File - Home sale signs are posted along Topanga Canyon road in Los Angeles on Oct. 19, 2023. On Tuesday, the National Association of Realtors on reports on existing home sales for October. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Home sales slumped to slowest pace in more than 13 years in October as prices, borrowing costs, soar

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slumped in October to their slowest pace in more than 13 years, as surging mortgage rates and rising prices kept many prospective homebuyers on the sidelines. … more

By ALEX VEIGA | 11/21/23

Police said a male shooter wounded 4 people in a southwest Ohio Walmart store on Monday night, before killing himself. (Nov. 21)

A shooter wounded 4 in Ohio Walmart store before killing himself, police say

Police in Ohio say a shooter opened fire at a Walmart, wounding four people before apparently killing himself. The attack took place Monday night at a Walmart in Beavercreek, in the Dayton … more

11/21/23

Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in the hospital in Khan Younis, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Live updates | Hamas officials say hostage agreement could be reached soon

Senior Hamas officials say an agreement could be reached soon in which the militant group would release hostages and Israel would free Palestinian prisoners. Israel, the United States and Qatar, … more

By The Associated Press | 11/21/23

Girard school in national spotlight

GIRARD, Kan. — Girard USD 248 is in the national spotlight concerning a recent issue with its dress code. According to a report in the Kansas Reflector, “officials at R.V. Haderlein … more

By Dustin R. Strong / dstrong@morningsun.net | 11/21/23

FILE - Former first lady Rosalynn Carter discusses the Institute of Medicine report, "Crossing the Quality Chasm: Adaptation to Mental Health and Addictive Disorders," during the 21st annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy at the Carter Center, Nov. 3, 2005, in Atlanta. Health care experts say the advocacy of Carter, who died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, at age 96, created a framework for much of the progress on mental illness in America. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)

Rosalynn Carter's advocacy for mental health was rooted in compassion and perseverance

Rosalynn Carter's advocacy for mental health started during her husband's 1966 campaign for governor, when she spoke almost daily with Georgia families struggling to get help for their loved ones. … more

By HOLLY RAMER | 11/21/23

AP PHOTOS: Babies born prematurely in Gaza have been evacuated to Egypt

Twenty-eight babies who were born prematurely in Gaza City's besieged Shifa Hospital have been transported to Egypt, where their parents and healthcare workers hope they can receive the treatment … more

By The Associated Press | 11/20/23

CORRECTS LOCATION TO SAFE CREDIT UNION CONVENTION CENTER INSTEAD OF MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM - Pro-Palestinian demonstrators wrestle with security personnel as they carry a banner during a protest at SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP)

California Democrats cancel some convention events amid large Gaza cease-fire demonstration

California Democratic Party leaders have canceled a portion of their state convention following a large demonstration calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. California Democrats have been … more

By ADAM BEAM | 11/20/23

FILE - A rally of mostly young people protest in Federal Plaza against the decision by federal prosecutors not to bring civil rights charges against New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo for the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, July 17, 2019, in New York. On Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, New York's highest court upheld a New York City law that forbids police from using chokeholds or compressing a person's diaphragm during an arrest, rejecting a challenge from police unions to a law passed after the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

New York City's ban on police chokeholds, diaphragm compression upheld by state's high court

New York’s highest court has upheld a New York City law that forbids police from using chokeholds or compressing a person’s diaphragm during an arrest. The New York Court of Appeals issued the … more

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE | 11/20/23

AES Indiana Petersburg Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, operates in Petersburg, Ind., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge

A new United Nations report calculates that the globe is speeding to 2.5 to 2.9 degrees Celsius (4.5 to 5.2 degrees Fahrenheit) of global warming since pre-industrial times, set to blow well past the … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN | 11/20/23