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Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — One of Central America’s longest rivers will be the primary beneficiary of El Salvador’s deal to refinance $1 billion of debt with support from the United States government, in the latest example of a resurgence in what are known as debt-for-nature swaps. In the deal announced by

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Both major parties are contesting all 14 of Georgia’s congressional districts, where Republicans currently hold a 9-5 majority. In the 3rd Congressional District, Republican Brian Jack became the nominee by tying himself tightly to Donald Trump. Now he’s pursuing the same strategy in the general election against Democrat Maura Keller.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has ordered Florida’s surgeon general from making further threats against TV stations over an abortion-rights ad they’ve been running. A group campaigning for a ballot measure to add abortion rights to the state constitution sued earlier this week over letters officials in the state’s health department sent to TV

Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump’s energy level emerged as a flashpoint as the Republican nominee and Democrat Kamala Harris scrambled across battleground Michigan on Friday. Harris told reporters that Trump was “unfit,” “unstable” and “a danger to our democracy” ahead of an afternoon rally. But she appeared to touch a nerve

Associated Press HELEN ISLAND, Palau (AP) — Helen Reef, a 40-square-mile atoll at the southern edge of Palau, is one of Earth’s most remote and biologically diverse reefs. It’s home to more than 500 fish species, hundreds of hard and soft corals, sea turtles and much more. But that rich aquatic life also makes it

Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix wrapped up its annual six-month warm season this week after the Southwest broiled through an unprecedented autumn heat wave that saw daily highs in the United States’ hottest city topping 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) in October for the first time on record — four times during the month

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has appointed to his Cabinet a close ally who was pardoned by U.S. President Joe Biden last year as part of a prisoner swap and assurances from the South American country to hold a free and fair presidential election in 2024. Maduro on Friday named Alex Saab

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan, a Democrat who represented two different Minnesota districts during two separate stints in office three decades apart, has died. He was 80. His wife, Mary, said he died early Friday at their home in Nisswa. She said husband had heart issues, but that he had

DONALDSONVILLE, La. (AP) — Seventeen cars of a train have derailed in south Louisiana. Officials say several cars have leaked a chemical used to sanitize swimming pools. Authorities say the leak is not a threat to the public. Union Pacific Railroad said the accident happened Friday around 7:30 a.m. about 60 miles southwest of New

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have accused four Kentucky men of plotting to smuggle dozens of handguns to Iraq inside the panels of two cars. Federal agencies say the Louisville men were arrested earlier this month after a multiagency investigation. The Justice Department says three of them allegedly bought the firearms at gun shops