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PARIS (AP) — A faded, cracked felt hat worn by Napoléon Bonaparte fetched $1.6 million at an auction Sunday of the French emperor’s belongings. The signature broad, black hat is one of a handful still in existence that Napoléon wore when he ruled 19th century France and waged war in Europe. It was the centerpiece

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Ohio State passed Michigan and moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, a week before the Big Ten rivals play another top-five matchup, and No. 4 Washington flip-flopped with No. 5 Florida State. Georgia remained No. 1 and received a season-high

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An elevated Los Angeles freeway closed because of an arson fire earlier this month is expected to reopen ahead of Monday morning’s commute, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Sunday. The Nov. 11 blaze, fed by flammable materials stored under the roadway in violation of the company’s

By DANIEL POLITI and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentines cast their votes for a new president Sunday in a fiercely polarizing runoff that will determine whether South America’s second-largest economy takes a rightward shift amid soaring inflation and rising poverty. Populist candidate Javier Milei, who got his start as a

By LUCAS DUMPHREYS and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press POCONE, BRAZIL (AP) — Firefighters in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands earlier this month celebrated the end of the fire season on Facebook, saying in a Nov. 7 post that “it is a relief for everyone who lives in the region.” They spoke too soon. In the first two

By JILL COLVIN, PAUL J. WEBER and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Donald Trump returned to the U.S.-Mexico border for a visit Sunday as he promotes a hard-line immigration agenda that would be far more expansive than the policies he pursued during his first term as president. Before making remarks in

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and a politician hoping to unseat him next month have launched their campaigns as the incumbent leader contends with ongoing violence in eastern Congo. Opposition party representatives who met in South Africa failed to unite behind a single challenger

DECATUR, Ala. An Alabama police chief says he believes department policies were violated when an officer shot and killed a man in his front yard during a dispute with a tow truck driver. Decatur Police Chief Todd did not elaborate on what the policy violations were. An officer fatally shot 39-year-old Steve Perkins on Sept.

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal safety officials investigating a Chicago commuter train crash that injured nearly 40 people when it slammed into snow-removal equipment are focusing on a “design problem” with its braking system. National Transportation Safety Board Chairperson Jennifer Homendy said Saturday initial calculations based on the train’s speed and other factors indicate it was

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A year-long suspension of the legal time limit to sue over sexual assaults against adults in New York has led to a tidal wave of claims on behalf of women who were incarcerated. Headline-grabbing lawsuits filed under the Adult Survivors Act name famous people like former

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A suspect in Tennessee died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound while on the run Sunday after a series of shootings that killed four of his female relatives and seriously injured a fifth person, police said. Officers found the body of Mavis Christian Jr., 52, in his car during a manhunt following

By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities say at least 32 people were killed following heavy fighting in the disputed Abyei region, an claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan. Local media reported that the civilians and a Ghanaian soldier serving with a U.N. peacekeeping force died when unknown gunmen attacked two

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” topped the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters with $44 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It was a busy weekend at the multiplex, leading into the often lucrative Thanksgiving corridor. And while