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FILE - The phrase "Count Every Vote" is displayed on a large screen, organized by an advocacy group in front of the State Capitol on Nov. 6, 2020, in Lansing, Mich. As local election offices across the U.S. count millions of votes on election night, Nov. 8, 2022, they share the results with polling firms, which transmit them to viewers watching live on their devices. Along the way, humans reporting these results occasionally make errors, causing false vote counts to temporarily appear in TV news graphics. However, these small mistakes are not a sign of anything nefarious — and fortunately, quality control measures in election offices and polling firms ensure they happen rarely and get fixed quickly. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

EXPLAINER: Why might live election results fluctuate?

Live vote counts sometimes go up or down on election night. That's due to human error somewhere between the local election offices and people’s TV and phone screens. Elections workers occasionally … more

By ALI SWENSON | 10/26/22

People receive bread at humanitarian aid center in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)

Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine-War

The Kremlin has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin monitored drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces involving multiple practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles. Russian … more

By The Associated Press | 10/26/22

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with a soldier as he visits a military training centre of the Western Military District for mobilised reservists as Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, center, smiles in Ryazan Region, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. The mobilized reservists that Russian President Vladimir Putin visited last week at a firing range southeast of Moscow looked picture-perfect. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russia's chaotic draft leaves some out in cold, without gear

Since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his army mobilization for the war in Ukraine, independent media outlets, human rights activists and draftees themselves have painted a bleak picture. … more

By The Associated Press | 10/26/22

FILE - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, center, checks her phone before taking off on July 26, 2021, in Pierre, S.D. A South Dakota prosecutor who was overseeing an investigation into Noem's use of state government aircraft announced Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, that the investigation found nothing to support a criminal prosecution. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves, File)

South Dakota prosecutor: No charges for Noem's airplane use

A South Dakota prosecutor who was overseeing an investigation into Gov. Kristi Noem’s use of state government aircraft says that the investigation found nothing to support a criminal prosecution. … more

By STEPHEN GROVES | 10/25/22

FILE - The sun sets behind a coal-fired power plant in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Oct. 22, 2022. A new report from doctors and other health experts says the world's fossil fuel addiction is making the world sicker and is killing people. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Doctors say 'fossil fuel addiction' kills, starves millions

A new report from doctors and other health experts says the world's fossil fuel addiction is making the world sicker and is killing people. Tuesday's report in the prestigious medical journal Lancet … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN | 10/25/22

Writer-director James Gunn, appears at the premiere of "The Suicide Squad," in Los Angeles on Aug. 2, 2021, left, and producer Peter Safran appears at the premiere of "The Conjuring" in Los Angeles on July 15, 2013. Gunn and Safran were named co-chairmen and CEOs of DC Studios. (AP Photo)

Director James Gunn, Peter Safran to co-lead DC Studios

James Gunn, the writer-director who revived “The Suicide Squad” and made the “Guardians of the Galaxy” household names for Marvel, will soon be responsible for the future of Batman, Superman … more

By LINDSEY BAHR | 10/25/22

Darrell Brooks appears via video from an adjacent courtroom due to his continuous interruptions during his trial in Waukesha County Circuit Court on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, in Waukesha, Wis. Brooks, who is representing himself during the trial, is charged with driving into a Waukesha Christmas Parade last year, killing six people and injuring dozens more. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Prosecutors: Wisconsin parade suspect meant to hurt people

Prosecutors have told jurors that a Wisconsin man intended to hurt people when he drove his SUV into a Christmas parade last year. Darrell Brooks faces six counts of homicide and 70 other counts. He … more

By TODD RICHMOND | 10/25/22

This image released by Utopia shows Zar Amir Ebrahimi in a scene from "Holy Spider." Ebrahimi stars as a journalist investigating a serial killer in the eastern Iranian city of Mashhad who is murdering women and sex workers. (Utopia via AP)

An exiled actress stars in a piercing portrait of Iran

Ninety-nine lashes and a prison sentence awaited Zar Amir Ebrahimi in 2008 when she decided to flee Iran. Ebrahimi’s only crime was sex. A videotape made privately with her then-partner had two … more

By JAKE COYLE | 10/25/22

A priest looks through a welding filter during a partial solar eclipse in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. People around the world gathered Tuesday to witness the last solar eclipse of the year, a phenomenon where the moon briefly casts a black shadow that blocks the sun. It was visible today across Europe, western Asia, northeastern Africa and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Partial solar eclipse takes a bite out of the sun

Much of Europe and parts of Africa and Asia saw the moon take a bite out of the sun during a partial solar eclipse. A partial eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, but … more

By MADDIE BURAKOFF | 10/25/22

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Hennepin County, Minn., Sheriff's Office shows Nicholas Kraus. Kraus, the man who drove his SUV into a crowd of protesters in Minneapolis last year while intoxicated, killing one and injuring several others, pleaded guilty on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, to murder and assault just as his trial was set to begin. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Man pleads guilty to killing Minneapolis protester last year

A man who was intoxicated when he drove his SUV into a crowd of protesters in Minneapolis last year, killing one and injuring several others, has pleaded guilty to murder and assault. This happened … more

10/25/22

This undated photo provided by Carli Rene Inkedfinger shows families and staff at Mi Casa Es Tu Casa in Austin, Texas. The group received a small grant and business coaching from PowerUp in 2020 to helped broaden its offerings of Spanish music for children. (Carli Rene Inkedfingers via AP)

Philanthropy pours more money into advancing Latino wealth

Juan Hernandez III leads Creser Capital Fund, which lends to people traditional banks often are reluctant to help. The growth his organization has experienced is the result of a growing effort by … more

By KAY DERVISHI of The Chronicle of Philanthropy | 10/25/22

Marie Crane, center, holds a candle during a vigil in Tower Grove Park for the victims of a school shooting at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School in St. Louis on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Girl killed at St. Louis high school was 'wonderful, joyful'

The father of a teenager killed in a school shooting in St. Louis says she was a “joyful, wonderful” girl who loved to dance. Sixteen-year-old Alexandria Bell died Monday morning when Orlando … more

By MICHAEL PHILLIS and JIM SALTER | 10/25/22

Catherine, 75, pushes her walker loaded with plastic bottles after refilling them in a tank, in the center of Mykolaiv, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Since mid-April, citizens of Mykolaiv, with a pre-war population of half a million people, have lived without a centralized drinking water supply. Russian Forces cut off the pipeline through which the city received drinking water for the last 40 years. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine-War

Ukraine’s presidential office says at least seven civilians have been killed and three others wounded in the latest Russian shelling of the eastern Donetsk region. The attacks came as the Russians … more

By The Associated Press | 10/25/22

This June 18, 2022, photo provided by the Dallas County jail shows Nestor Hernandez, who was arrested on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, in the fatal shooting of two employees of Methodist Dallas Medical Center, in Dallas. Authorities have said Hernandez opened fire at the hospital around 11 a.m. before being shot and injured by a hospital police officer. Hernandez was taken to another hospital for treatment and has been charged with capital murder. (Dallas County jail via AP)

Police: Boyfriend at Texas hospital for baby's birth kills 2

Authorities say two Dallas hospital employees were fatally shot over the weekend by a 30-year-old man who opened fire after accusing his girlfriend who had just given birth of infidelity. Police say … more

By JAKE BLEIBERG and JAMIE STENGLE | 10/24/22

Protesters and supporters of a drag queen story time event square off in front of Old Nick's pub in Eugene, Ore., Sunday Oct. 23, 2022. A drag queen story time that was to have featured an 11-year-old performer attracted protesters outside the venue, but the weekend event went on as planned inside. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP)

Drag story time at Oregon pub draws gun-carrying protesters

Protesters, some of them armed, threw rocks and smoke bombs outside a drag queen story time event at an Oregon pub over the weekend. But the event went on despite the demonstration. An 11-year-old … more

10/24/22

FILE - These undated file images released by the Ohio Attorney General's office, show, top row from left, George "Billy" Wagner III and Angela Wagner, and bottom row from left, George Wagner IV and Edward "Jake" Wagner. Jake Wagner pleaded guilty in 2021 to shooting five of eight family members killed in a 2016 massacre, and as part of his plea deal had been expected to testify against his older brother, George Wagner IV. Jake Wagner's testimony was part of an arrangement with prosecutors that spared him from being sentenced to death. George Wagner IV, whose trial has entered its eighth week in Pike County court, faces the death penalty if he's convicted in the slayings of the Rhoden family near Piketon, Ohio. Jake and George's mother, Angela Wagner, also pleaded guilty to helping plan the slayings, and is also expected to testify. Jake and George's father, George "Billy" Wagner III, has pleaded not guilty. He likely won't go on trial until 2023. (Ohio Attorney General's office via AP, File)

Ohio shooter of 5 family members claims he 'had no choice'

An Ohio man convicted of shooting five of eight family members killed in a 2016 massacre has testified he had no choice but to kill the mother of his child. Jake Wagner pleaded guilty last year to … more

10/24/22

Brandon Calloway, second from left, speaks with a reporter alongside his family about his violent arrest in July for alleged traffic violations on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in Somerville, Tenn. Also pictured are Calloway's father, Ed Calloway, left, sister Raven Calloway, second from right, and mother, Dinishia Calloway, right. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Tennessee man violently arrested claims racial profiling

A Tennessee man whose violent arrest for alleged traffic violations is under investigation by state police says he was stopped because he was a young Black man driving a nice car. Brandon Calloway … more

By ADRIAN SAINZ | 10/24/22

FILE - Kanye West watches the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Washington Wizards and the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles, on March 11, 2022 A completed documentary about the rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been shelved amid his recent slew of antisemitic remarks.. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Ye dropped by talent agency, documentary on him scrapped

A completed documentary about the rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been shelved amid his recent slew of antisemitic remarks. MRC studio executives Modi Wiczyk, Asif Satchu and Scott Tenley … more

By LEANNE ITALIE | 10/24/22

FILE - Secretary General of the Organization of American States, OAS, Luis Almagro addresses the OAS during the opening of the 52nd General Assembly of the OAS in Lima, Peru, Oct. 5, 2022. According to an administrative ruling on Oct. 24, 2022 by the OAS' top review panel, Almagro unfairly maligned the reputation of Brazilian lawyer Paulo Abrao who he abruptly fired as the region’s top human rights watchdog. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo, File)

Org. of American States boss slammed over watchdog's removal

The head of the Organization of American States unfairly maligned the reputation of a Brazilian lawyer who he abruptly fired as the region’s top human rights watchdog. That's according to a new … more

By JOSHUA GOODMAN | 10/24/22

FILE - This undated booking photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office shows Henry "Michael" Dwight Williams. Williams, who sold a pistol to a man who used it to hold four hostages inside a Texas synagogue before being fatally shot by the FBI earlier this year, was sentenced Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, to nearly eight years in prison for a federal gun crime, the U.S. Department of Justice said. (Dallas County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Texas man who sold gun to hostage-taker gets nearly 8 years

The Department of Justice says a man who sold a pistol to a man who used it to hold four hostages inside a Texas synagogue before being fatally shot by the FBI has been sentenced to nearly eight … more

10/24/22