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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris appears on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," with Maya Rudolph, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Election 2024 Campaign for President, November 2

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11/3/24

President Joe Biden, center, leaves St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., after attending a mass, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden suggests he'd like to smack 'macho guys' during final campaign stop

President Joe Biden has returned to his birthplace in Scranton, Pennsylvania, making a final campaign stop for Vice President Kamala Harris. There, he offered the kind of unfiltered political … more

By MATT BROWN and WILL WEISSERT | 11/2/24

FILE - This booking photo provided by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Fla., shows Sheila Keen Warren, Oct. 3, 2017. (Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Florida's convicted killer clown released from prison for the murder of her husband's then-wife

A woman who pleaded guilty to dressing as a clown and in 1990 murdering the wife of a man she later married has been released from a Florida prison. Sheila Keen-Warren was released Saturday from a … more

By TERRY SPENCER | 11/2/24

This combination of undated photos released by the U.S. Navy shows left to right; Lt. Serena Wileman, a Naval Aviator, and Lt. Commander Lyndsay Evans, a Naval Flight Officer. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Remains of naval aviators killed in Washington state training flight to return home

The remains of two aviators who died when their jet crashed during a training flight in Washington state last month will return home from Dover Air Force base in the coming days. Whidbey Island Naval … more

11/2/24

3Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, Aug. 22, 2024 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Election 2024 Harris Presidential Candidate

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11/2/24

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a town hall at Lancaster County Convention Center, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, in Lancaster, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Election 2024 Trump Presidential Candidate

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11/2/24

FILE - A surfer walks out of the ocean on Oahu's North Shore near Haleiwa, Hawaii, March 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)

Shark bites 61-year-old Maui surfer, completely severing his leg below the knee

A shark bit a Maui surfer and severed his leg. Authorities say the 61-year-old man was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park Friday morning when a shark bit him. Maui officials say the man's right leg was … more

11/2/24

FILE — This undated image provided by Mark Longo shows his pet squirrel Peanut that was seized by officers from the state Department of Environmental Conservation, at Longo's home in rural Pine City, N.Y., Oct. 30, 2024. (Courtesy Mark Longo via AP, File)

Orphaned squirrel who became social media star was euthanized after being seized from home

An orphaned squirrel that became a social media star called Peanut is dead after being seized by New York state from his caretakers' home. Peanut's owners and the Department of Environmental … more

11/1/24

Police launch tear gas to disperse supporters of former President Evo Morales who have been blocking roads for days to prevent him from facing a criminal investigation over allegations of abuse of a minor while he was in office, in Parotani, Bolivia, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Bolivia Roadblocks

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11/1/24

Police investigate the scene of two shootings that took place among crowds during Halloween celebrations early Friday, Nov. 1. 2024 in Orlando, Fla. (WFTV via AP)

Shootings kill 2 and wound 7 during Halloween celebrations in Orlando

Police in Florida say two people were killed and seven others wounded when a gunman opened fire during a Halloween street celebration that drew thousands of costumed revelers to downtown Orlando. … more

11/1/24

John Ginsberg and his granddaughter Isabel Lohan, 3, look at the replacement makeshift goldfish aquarium in a tree bed, adjacent to the one previously filled-in with concrete by the city, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Philip Marcelo)

A makeshift goldfish pond beneath a leaky Brooklyn fire hydrant is reborn in a tree bed

A makeshift aquarium built beneath a leaky New York City fire hydrant has been revived. Industrious Brooklynites have taken waterproof liner, bath tiles and concrete blocks and fashioned a new pond … more

By PHILIP MARCELO | 11/1/24

Two people look out over an area affected by floods in Chiva, Spain, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Spain Floods

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11/1/24

Gulshan Begum grieves holding her sons Rihan Zahhor, right and Arhan Zahoor, during the funeral of her husband Zahoor Ahmad, an army porter who was among those killed in a rebel ambush on an army vehicle previous night, in Boniyar, north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

AP Week in Pictures: Global

Oct. 25-31, 2024 Vehicles got trapped in a street during flooding in Spain’s Valencia region as women placed candles on the half-submerged tombs of family members at flood-prone Pampanga … more

The Associated Press | 11/1/24

We are what we celebrate: America's holiday calendar is increasingly diverse

For the first time, New York City’s public school students have the day off to mark the holiday of Diwali, celebrated in India and among the global Indian diaspora as the victory of light over … more

By DEEPTI HAJELA | 11/1/24

FILE - Defendant Julius Trotter, a previously convicted felon who is charged with breaking into a room at a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino and robbing and killing two Vietnamese tour leaders in June 2018, waits in the courtroom for the verdict in his murder trial, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. Trotter was sentenced Thursday, Oct. 31, to serve life in state prison with no chance of parole. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

Jury chooses life in prison for man who killed 2 from Vietnam in Las Vegas hotel room in 2018

A jury in Nevada decided that a man should serve life in state prison with no chance of parole for breaking into a room at a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino and killing two Vietnamese tour leaders in … more

10/31/24

In this image taken from video provided by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, Gov. Beshear shows off his Halloween spirit, decked out as fictional soccer coach Ted Lasso, during a press conference Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Frankfort, Ky. (Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear via AP)

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear shows off his 'Ted Lasso' look on Halloween

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear showed off his Halloween spirit Thursday. He was decked out as fictional soccer coach Ted Lasso at the start of his news conference. Only the mustache was missing. Beshear … more

10/31/24

FILE - Mifepristone tablets are seen in a Planned Parenthood clinic Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Louisiana’s new law on abortion drugs establishes risky treatment delays, lawsuit claims

Louisiana’s new law categorizing two widely used abortion drugs as controlled dangerous substances is being challenged in a state court lawsuit by a physician, a pharmacist, two women who had … more

By SARA CLINE and KEVIN McGILL | 10/31/24

The CHS oil refinery is silhouetted against the setting sun Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in McPherson, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

World may be merely scratching the surface on the scope of climate-changing methane emissions

The amount of the powerful climate-changing gas methane spilling out of oil and gas equipment, coal mines and landfills globally is nowhere near fully documented and what is known is “only … more

Associated Press | 10/31/24

President Joe Biden meets with President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Biden hosts formal ceremony to celebrate federal support for Hispanic-serving institutions

President Joe Biden hosted a formal ceremony Wednesday to publicly celebrate his executive order establishing an initiative to increase funding for Hispanic-serving institutions. Signed over the … more

By FERNANDA FIGUEROA | 10/31/24

A woman cleans her house affected by floods in Valencia, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Climate change is making extreme downpours in Spain heavier and more likely, scientists say

Human-caused climate change made Spain’s rainfall about 12% heavier and doubled the likelihood of a storm as intense as this week’s deluge of Valencia, according to a rapid but partial analysis … more

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT | 10/31/24