Railyard explosion, inspections raise safety questions about Union Pacific's hazmat shipping (apnews.com)
El Niño-worsened flooding has Somalia in a state of emergency. Residents of one town are desperate (apnews.com)
Myanmar military says drone attack by ethnic armed groups in northeast destroyed about 120 trucks (apnews.com)
EU sends border police reinforcements to Finland over fears that Russia is behind a migrant influx (apnews.com)
The European Union’s border agency said Thursday that it will send dozens of officers and equipment as reinforcements to Finland to help police its borders amid suspicion that Russia is behind an influx of migrants arriving to the country....
Ohio voters just passed abortion protections. Whether they take effect is now up to the courts (apnews.com)
Ohio’s new constitutional projections for abortion access and other reproductive rights are supposed to take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly passed them. That prospect seems increasingly uncertain....
Small Kentucky town urged to evacuate after train derails, spilling chemical (apnews.com)
Chinese refugee challenges Australian law that imposes a curfew and tracking bracelet (apnews.com)
New York City Mayor Eric Adams accused of 1993 sexual assault in legal filing (apnews.com)
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 1993, according to a legal summons filed Wednesday....
A 'black day' for the EU Green Deal: lawmakers reject proposal to cut use of chemical pesticides (apnews.com)
US electric vehicle sales to hit record this year, but still lag behind China and Germany (apnews.com)
Electric vehicle sales are expected to hit a record 9% of all passenger vehicles in the U.S. this year, according to Atlas Public Policy. That will be up from 7.3% of new car sales in 2022....
Longer droughts in Zimbabwe take a toll on wildlife and cause more frequent clashes with people (apnews.com)
Dozens evacuate and 10 homes are destroyed by a wildfire burning out of control on the edge of Perth (apnews.com)
Several more children sickened by fruit pouches tainted with lead, FDA says (apnews.com)
More children were apparently sickened by apple puree pouches recently recalled due to dangerous lead contamination, the Food and Drug Administration said....
Walmart shooter who injured 4 in Ohio may have been motivated by racial extremism, FBI says (apnews.com)
A white gunman who opened fire inside a Walmart in Ohio and wounded four people before killing himself may have been motivated by racist extremism, the FBI said Wednesday....
More Americans are expected to 'buy now, pay later' for the holidays. Analysts see a growing risk (apnews.com)
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....
Haitian police say member of a gang accused of kidnapping Americans has been extradited to the US (apnews.com)
Israeli official says talks continuing, hostage release won't take place before Friday (apnews.com)
Israel unveils what it claims is a major Hamas militant hideout beneath Gaza City's Shifa Hospital (apnews.com)
Dozens of soldiers escorted journalists through a narrow stone tunnel — which the military said stretched 150 meters (164 yards) — to a series of underground bunkers beneath Shifa Hospital in a shattered Gaza City....
Broadcom planning to complete deal for $69 billion acquisition of VMWare after regulators give OK (apnews.com)
A Las Vegas high school grapples with how a feud over stolen items escalated into a fatal beating (apnews.com)
EU will continue to fund the Palestinians as probe shows no money is reaching Hamas (apnews.com)
German police raid homes of 17 people accused of posting antisemitic hate speech on social media (apnews.com)
U.S. egg producers conspired to fix prices from 2004 to 2008, a federal jury ruled (apnews.com)
New Jersey banning sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 (apnews.com)
New Jersey will prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 as part of an effort to improve air quality and reduce planet-warming pollutants, officials announced Tuesday....
NY governor says no sign of terrorism in car crash, explosion at Rainbow Bridge border crossing (apnews.com)
A vehicle speeding toward a U.S.-Canada bridge from the American side crashed and exploded at a checkpoint in Niagara Falls on Wednesday, killing two people and prompting the closing of border crossings in the area, authorities said. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said there was “no indication of a terrorist attack.”...
