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Former Israeli Prime Minister and the head of Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara gesture after first exit poll results for the Israeli Parliamentary election at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

AP Week in Pictures: Global / Oct. 29-Nov. 4, 2022

Oct. 29-Nov. 4, 2022 From Israel's former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's victory during this week’s national election, to the global celebration of All Saints Day and Halloween, including … more

11/5/22

Scenes of devastation are visible in all directions along Lamar County Road 35940, west of State Highway 271, after a massive tornado hit the area, causing extensive damage and destroying an unknown number of homes, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022 in Powderly, Texas. (Jeff Forward/The Paris News via AP)

Tornadoes rip through Texas and Oklahoma, causing injuries

Tornadoes have ripped through parts of Texas and Oklahoma, flattening homes, a church and toppling trees. Local officials in one county reported at least two dozen people were injured in the severe … more

11/5/22

Today in History: November 5, Fort Hood shooting kills 13

Today in History Today is Saturday, Nov. 5, the 309th day of 2022. There are 56 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 5, 2009, a shooting rampage at the Fort … more

By The Associated Press | 11/5/22

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is escorted to a vehicle outside of her home in San Francisco, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Pelosi makes first public remarks since husband's assault

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has rallied grassroots organizers on a video call in her first public appearance since the brutal attack on her husband. Pelosi said Friday the midterm race for control of … more

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and LISA MASCARO | 11/4/22

FILE - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem visited the U.S. border with Mexico on Monday, July 26, 2021, near McAllen, Texas. Noem described the U.S. border with Mexico as a “war zone” last year when she sent dozens of state National Guard troops there. Records show the South Dakota troops didn't seize any drugs. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves, File)

'Slow day:' Guard emails don't match Noem border 'war' talk

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem described the U.S. border with Mexico as a “war zone” last year when she sent dozens of state National Guard troops there. Noem said they’d be on the front lines … more

By STEPHEN GROVES | 11/4/22

This illustration provided by NOIRLab in November 2022 depicts the closest black hole to Earth and its Sun-like companion star. The binary system, about 1,600 light years from Earth, was initially identified using the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft. Astronomers followed up with the International Gemini Observatory in Hawaii to confirm their findings. (International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine/M. Zamani via AP)

Closest known black hole to Earth spotted by astronomers

Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth, just 1,600 light-years away. Scientists reported Friday that this black hole is 10 times more massive than our sun and it's three … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 11/4/22

Hoboken Police officers stand watch outside the United Synagogue of Hoboken, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, in Hoboken, N.J. The FBI says it has received credible information about a threat to synagogues in New Jersey. The FBI's Newark office released a statement Thursday afternoon that characterizes it as a broad threat. The statement urged synagogues to "take all security precautions to protect your community and facility."(AP Photo/Ryan Kryska)

Official: Man who made synagogue threat has been identified

A law enforcement official says that federal agents have identified the man they believe posted a broad online threat against synagogues in New Jersey but that they do not believe he was planning to … more

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MIKE CATALINI | 11/4/22

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it rolls out to Launch Pad 39B, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)

NASA's moon rocket returns to pad for next launch attempt

NASA’s moon rocket is back on the pad for another launch attempt, following more repairs. The 322-foot rocket departed its Florida hangar in the middle of the night and completed the 4-mile trip … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 11/4/22

FILE - A receptionist works in the lobby of the building that houses the Twitter office in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. Employees were bracing for widespread layoffs at Twitter Friday, Nov. 4, as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the social platform. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Employees at Elon Musk's Twitter brace for layoffs

Employees are bracing for widespread layoffs at Twitter as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the social platform. In a letter to employees obtained by multiple media outlets, the company said employees … more

The Associated Press | 11/4/22

Residents flee fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese forces near Kibumba, some 20 kms ( 12 miles) North of Goma, Democratic republic of Congo, Saturday Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

Friday, Oct. 28 - Nov. 4, 2022 This was a week in which families fled the fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese forces near Kibumb in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Beachgoers enjoyed … more

By The Associated Press | 11/4/22

FILE - The Utah State Capitol, rear, is shown behind an oil refinery on May 12, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Once the world had hope that when nations got together they could stop climate change. Thirty years after leaders around the globe first got together to try, that hope has melted. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Climate negotiations: 30 years of melting hope and US power

Once the world had hope that when nations got together they could stop climate change. Thirty years after leaders around the globe first got together to try, that hope has melted. So has 36 trillion … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN | 11/4/22

FILE - Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. A six-person jury reached a verdict Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, saying that Jones should pay $965 million to 15 plaintiffs who suffered from his lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. Jones and his company were found liable for damages last year. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Alex Jones trial moves to punitive damages phase

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is facing the possibility of having billions more dollars added onto the amount he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The punitive … more

By DAVE COLLINS | 11/4/22

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2017 photo, a patron sips his drink while having a meal at a bar in New Jersey. More government data points to alcohol's increasing role in U.S deaths, including a new report that found that the alcohol-induced death rate rose nearly 30% during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Alcohol death toll is growing, US government reports say

The rate of deaths that can be directly attributed to alcohol rose nearly 30% in the U.S. during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. That's according to new government data. The Centers for … more

By MIKE STOBBE | 11/4/22

Julissa Rizo, right, comforts her sister-in-law Gloria Cazares as they sit by the gravesite of Gloria's daughter Jackie Cazares, who was killed in the Robb Elementary massacre, while celebrating Día de los Muertos at Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery in Uvalde, Texas, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. (Sam Owens/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

AP Week in Pictures: North America

OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 3, 2022 This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from North America made or published by The Associated Press in the past week. The selection was … more

11/3/22

FILE - This undated booking photo provided by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, in Colorado, shows Cynthia Abcug. Abug, a Colorado woman convicted of plotting to kidnap her son from foster care after her teen daughter said the mother began associating with supporters of the Qanon conspiracy theory has been sentenced to 60 days in jail on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. The judge said she thought Cynthia Abcug still saw herself as a victim and could pose a danger, but that her sentencing options were limited. (Douglas County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Judge scolds mother convicted in Qanon kidnapping plot

A Colorado woman convicted of plotting to kidnap her son from foster care after associating with supporters of the Qanon conspiracy theory has been sentenced to 60 days in jail and two years … more

By COLLEEN SLEVIN | 11/3/22

This image provided by Indiana State Police shows Richard Matthew Allen. Indiana authorities have arrested the man in the unsolved slayings of two teenage girls who were killed while hiking five years ago near their small community in northern Indiana hometown, police said Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. State Police Superintendent Doug Carter announced that Allen, 50, was arrested Friday on two murder counts in the killings of Liberty German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, in a case that has haunted the Indiana city of about 3,000 people. (Indiana State Police via AP)

Judge recuses himself from case of slain Indiana girls

A northern Indiana judge has recused himself from the case of two slain teenage girls. Indiana Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathryn Dolan said Thursday the Supreme Court is in the process of appointing … more

11/3/22

FILE - New Yorker cartoon editor Robert Mankoff, left, looks over work by George Booth at the magazine's offices in New York on Nov. 27, 2001. Booth, a prize-winning cartoonist for The New Yorker who with manic affection captured the timeless comedy of dogs and cats and the human beings somehow in charge of their well being, has died Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. He was 96. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

George Booth, cartoonist of domestic farce, dies at 96

George Booth, a prize-winning cartoonist for The New Yorker who with manic affection captured the timeless comedy of dogs and cats and the human beings somehow in charge of their well being, has … more

11/3/22

FILE - David DePape, right, records the nude wedding of Gypsy Taub outside City Hall on Dec. 19, 2013, in San Francisco. A federal official says that DePape, a Canadian man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home and attacking her husband with a hammer, should have been flagged by immigration officials and denied re-entry to the U.S. after overstaying his authorized entry more than two decades ago. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg,File)

Official: Man in Pelosi attack shouldn't have reentered US

A federal official says the Canadian man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and attacking her husband with a hammer should have been flagged by immigration … more

By ELLIOT SPAGAT | 11/3/22

FILE - "I Voted" stickers are displayed at a polling place in Cheyenne, Wyo. on Aug. 16, 2022. The instant polls close across the country when Tuesday’s Nov. 8, 2022, midterm election ends the Associated Press could declare winners in some races. On election night, the The Associated Press counts the nation’s votes, tallying millions of ballots and determining which candidates have won. It’s been done like that since 1848, when the AP declared the election of Zachary Taylor as president. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert, File)

EXPLAINER: How can the AP call races right as polls close?

The Associated Press could declare winners in some races in this year’s midterm elections at the moment polls close Tuesday. Some are in races with only one candidate on the ballot. And then there … more

By MIKE CATALINI | 11/3/22

This photo provided by Louisiana State Police shows a railcar leaking hydrochloric acid in St. James Parish, La., on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, according to the police. The derailment of six train cars and a subsequent acid leak prompted road closures and evacuations Wednesday in a Louisiana community, officials said. (Louisiana State Police via AP)

After Louisiana derailment, acid leak evacuation extended

Residents of a Louisiana community face the possibility of a second night away from home as workers clean up an acid spill from a derailed railroad tank car. St. James Parish Sheriff Willy Martin Jr. … more

11/3/22