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By AMY FORLITI, GENE JOHNSON and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial has played out, moments of apparent deference to the defendant by the judge have struck observers as curiously different from other murder proceedings. At one point, the 18-year-old defendant stood behind the seated judge, Bruce Schroeder, and

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s disaster management agency says a moderately-strong earthquake has shaken the northwestern Turkish province of Duzce. There was no immediate report of any damage or casualties but media reports said Wednesday’s quake sent people rushing out of buildings in panic. The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate said the magnitude 5.0

By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A far-right TV pundit who is expected to run for the French presidency is going on trial for allegedly inciting racial hatred with his comments on unaccompanied migrant children. Eric Zemmour is being tried Wednesday on charges of “public insult” and “incitement to hatred or violence”

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The defense now gets its turn in the murder trial of three white men for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Prosecutors rested Tuesday after eight days of testimony regarding the 25-year-old Black man’s shotgun slaying last year. Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley told jurors they would

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The reigning Miss Universe says the long-running beauty pageant being held in Israel next month shouldn’t be politicized. Contestants have faced pressure to drop out over Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians. Andrea Meza, who holds the crown, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the contest was

By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press With concern about climate change growing, this holiday season is a chance to try celebrating in more planet-friendly ways. Simple changes to the way we gift wrap, send cards, decorate and entertain can cut out a lot of waste. And often save money in the process. For instance, when gift

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of airline passengers traveling for Thanksgiving this year is expected to rebound to pre-coronavirus pandemic levels, but the Transportation Security Administration says it is ready to handle the surge. Administrator David Pekoske said Wednesday he expects agency staffing to be sufficient for what’s traditionally TSA’s busiest travel period. He said

DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is recalling more than 240,000 diesel heavy-duty trucks mainly in North America to fix fuel pumps that can fail and cause engine stalling. The recall covers certain 2019 and 2020 heavy-duty pickups and chassis cab trucks equipped with 6.7-liter Cummins diesel engines. The recall comes about a month after the National

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s central bank governor says he asked an auditing firm to look into transactions and investments and that contrary to media reports, the results showed no public money has been misused. Riad Salameh, once praised as the guardian of Lebanon’s financial stability, is under scrutiny during the small country’s economic meltdown. He

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish government official says migrants camped on the Belarusian side of Poland’s eastern border are being taken away by bus, in a sign a tense standoff could be easing. Poland’s Border Guard posted on Twitter a video showing migrants with bags and backpacks being directed

By FAY ABUELGASIM and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A pro-military minister in Sudan says time is running out for the country’s deposed prime minister to agree to take a post in a military-led government after top generals seized power last month. Gibreil Ibrahim, the finance minister of the deposed government, tells

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Consumer prices in the United Kingdom surged at the fastest rate in nearly a decade in October amid soaring energy costs. The development Wednesday has cemented market expectations that the Bank of England will raise interest rates next month. The Office for National Statistics says inflation accelerated

By MIKE SCHMIDT Edmunds For years the Honda Odyssey sat atop the pile as Edmunds’ top-rated minivan. It defined what a good minivan should be. Then 2021 came and every key minivan brand was updated. One was all new: the Kia Carnival. Carnival used the Odyssey formula and added its own personality. So how does

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says coronavirus deaths in Europe rose 5% in the last week, making it the only region in the world where COVID-19 deaths increased. In its weekly report on the pandemic, WHO said COVID-19 deaths in all regions other than Europe remained stable or declined, and totaled 50,000 worldwide

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — A man who killed his estranged wife and terrorized their family is set to become the first person executed in in Mississippi since 2012. The state is planning a lethal injection Wednesday evening for 50-year-old David Neal Cox at the state penitentiary in Parchman. He

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is acquiring a new drilling ship to search for natural gas in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, expanding its existing fleet of drilling vessels to four. Erdogan on Wednesday described the new ship as a state of the art “seventh-generation” vessel. Last

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — India’s startup Akasa Air has announced it’s choosing CFM International’s LEAP-1B turbofan engines to power its newly bought Boeing 737 Max jets, a deal valued at some $4.5 billion. The companies on Wednesday struck the agreement, which includes spare engines and long-term servicing, at the Dubai Air Show, the

By KIYOKO METZLER Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The United Nations’ atomic watchdog says it believes Iran has further increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium in breach of a 2015 accord with world powers. The International Atomic Energy Agency told member nations in a confidential quarterly report Wednesday that Iran has an estimated stock

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish government official says migrants camped on the Belarusian side of Poland’s eastern border are being taken away by bus. Since Nov. 8 a large group of people from the Middle East has been stuck in Belarus at a border crossing with Poland, hoping to cross. Most are fleeing conflict