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.”...
Biden declares emergency over lead in water in US Virgin Islands (apnews.com)
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney casts Google as a 'crooked' bully in testimony during Android app trial (apnews.com)
Death toll from floods in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia rises to 130 (apnews.com)
China is expanding its crackdown on mosques to regions outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch says (apnews.com)
Truce deal raises hopes of freeing hostages in Gaza and halting worst Mideast violence in decades (apnews.com)
Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for a four-day halt to the devastating war in Gaza, accompanied by the release of dozens of hostages held by the militant group in return for Palestinian prisoners jailed by Israel, mediators said Wednesday....
