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2:09 PM on Thursday, October 9

Pope Leo XIV has urged labor union leaders from Chicago to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks

2:07 PM on Thursday, October 9

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has proposed that Qatar could mediate to end the U.S. military presence in international waters near Venezuela

1:56 PM on Thursday, October 9

Tropical Storm Raymond, the third system now off the coast of Mexico, forms in the eastern Pacific Ocean

1:46 PM on Thursday, October 9

A New Jersey businessman who testified against former Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife at separate bribery trials won't go to prison, after a judge credited him at his sentencing for his honesty

1:41 PM on Thursday, October 9

New Orleans jail escapee Derrick Groves, who spent nearly five months on the run before being recaptured in Georgia, agreed to be returned to Louisiana during an appearance before a Fulton County magistrate judge

1:39 PM on Thursday, October 9

Vice President JD Vance is expected to visit Indiana on Friday for a second time in recent months as the White House continues to push for redistricting

1:17 PM on Thursday, October 9

Belgian prosecutors say police have arrested 3 men on suspicion of plotting an attack against politicians

1:10 PM on Thursday, October 9

Since his arrest last month by immigration agents, the public has grappled with how Ian Roberts became a public schools leader despite lacking authorization to work in the U.S., a history of criminal charges and falsified credentials

1:04 PM on Thursday, October 9

The Florida city of St. Petersburg, long a bastion of LGBTQ+ rights and mindful of its racially segregated past, is considering approval of two flags recognizing those issues after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered similar street murals erased because of supposedly political messages

1:01 PM on Thursday, October 9

Arturo Gatti Jr. has died at the age of 17

12:55 PM on Thursday, October 9

The subject of an Ohio police pursuit took off down the road, a flash of orange in the darkness, but officers eventually caught up and grabbed the escapee: a runaway inflatable pumpkin as tall as them

12:43 PM on Thursday, October 9

Here’s a question submitted by an Associated Press reader: How might the government shutdown affect the U.S. economy

12:43 PM on Thursday, October 9

12:26 PM on Thursday, October 9

A federal judge has ordered a man charged in California’s deadly Palisades Fire to remain jailed

9:16 AM on Thursday, October 9

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a breakthrough deal to pause the war in Gaza and release the remaining hostages

6:05 AM on Thursday, October 9

Pope Leo XIV has criticized how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer

12:26 AM on Thursday, October 9

All 10 fugitives who made a brazen escape from a New Orleans jail in May are back in custody after the last inmate was captured in Atlanta

10:26 PM on Wednesday, October 8

A Pennsylvania state trooper remains hospitalized in serious condition and another was treated and discharged after they were both shot by a man suspected of stealing clothing from a store and leading police on a high-speed chase

7:13 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Israel and Hamas have agreed to pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners

5:59 PM on Wednesday, October 8

Secretary of State Marco Rubio passed President Donald Trump a note during a White House event, hinting a Mideast peace deal was close