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By MARC LEVY and STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz will meet Tuesday for one of the most highly anticipated debates of the midterm elections as they wage a fierce contest for a U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania that could decide control of the chamber and

By MATTHEW DALY and NUHA DOLBY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the federal government is not doing enough to fight climate change, according to a new poll that shows limited public awareness about a sweeping new law that commits the U.S. to its largest ever investment to combat global warming.

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy minister submitted his resignation Monday over ties to the Unification Church after facing mounting criticism in a widening controversy involving dozens of governing party lawmakers. Daishiro Yamagiwa’s resignation is a further blow to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government, which has been rocked by his party’s

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The next prime minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, has embraced his Indian and Hindu heritage. On Monday, people across the former British colony proudly celebrated his victory. Social media and TV channels in India were awash with congratulations for the 42-year-old Sunak, who is

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The two Republicans on the three-member Cochise County Board of Supervisors in southeastern rural Arizona dropped their earlier insistence Monday for a full hand-count of all ballots in the Nov. 8 election involving a group of volunteers already vetted and trained for the task after the county

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has stepped up its push to catch up on digitization by telling a reluctant public they have to sign up for digital IDs or possibly lose access to their public health insurance. As the naming implies, the initiative is about assigning numbers to people, similar

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is seeking to again question an associate of Donald Trump who was seen on security camera footage moving boxes of classified records at the former president’s Florida estate. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A passenger boat carrying 240 people has caught fire off southern Indonesia, killing 14. Rescue officials say the KM Express Cantika 77 was headed to Kalabahi from Kupang in East Nusa Tenggara province when it caught fire. They say it was carrying 230 passengers and 10 crew members. The cause of

By STEVE PEOPLES and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A defiant Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis refused to commit to serving a full four-year term if reelected when pressed by his Democratic rival, Charlie Crist, at their only gubernatorial debate on Monday. Crist, a former congressman and one-term governor, accused DeSantis, a rising

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Two gunmen with the Barrio Azteca gang have been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a U.S. consulate worker, her husband and the husband of another consulate worker in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. In a statement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in El Paso, Texas, said the three were all found guilty

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The sheriff in metropolitan Phoenix said Monday he’s stepped up security around ballot drop boxes after a series of incidents involving people keeping watch on the boxes and taking video of voters after they were apparently inspired by lies about the 2020 election. On Friday, deputies

PHOENIX (AP) — The state of Arizona has begun installing shipping containers along another section of the U.S.-Mexico border to fill gaps that aren’t covered by a border wall. The move announced by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday to install stacks of containers in Cochise County in south-eastern Arizona came two weeks after federal

By ASHRAF KHALIL and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The trial of a far-right extremist group leader and four associates charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was delayed on Monday after the Oath Keepers leader tested positive for the coronavirus. Jurors were supposed to begin hearing the

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Delaware man who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with his Confederate flag-toting father has been sentenced to two years behind bars. Hunter Seefried, 24, was convicted alongside his father of felony and misdemeanor charges by U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden in June. Hunter and Kevin Seefried opted for

By STEVE PEOPLES and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Defiant as ever, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fiercely defended his response to the COVID-19 pandemic and his focus on divisive cultural issues in his first and only reelection debate Monday, as Democrat Charlie Crist accused his Republican rival of being distracted by his

SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. investigators say a mechanical issue may have caused the seaplane crash that killed 10 people off an island in Washington state last month. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the Sept. 4 crash off Whidbey Island. Officials said Monday that it appeared a critical part that moved the plane’s horizontal

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government will propose an economic plan to steer the nation through rising inflation and interest rates while reigning in debt. Treasurer Jim Chalmers will deliver his center-left Labor Party’s first annual budget Tuesday for the fiscal year that began in July. It will be

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Protesters briefly traded rocks and smoke bombs outside a drag queen story time event at an Oregon pub over the weekend, but the event went on as planned. An 11-year-old girl did not take part as scheduled Sunday. But she was in the audience of about 50 people at the pub