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People carry the coffin of late Mayor Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez, who was shot during Day of the Dead celebrations, in Uruapan, Michoacan state, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexican mayor killed during Day of the Dead celebrations

1:54 PM on Sunday, November 2

Authorities have reported that a mayor in Mexico’s Michoacan state was shot and killed during Day of the Dead festivities

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright comments on the National Nuclear Security Administration furloughing 1,400 federal workers as part of the shutdown which began Oct. 1, during a news conference at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) in Las Vegas on Monday Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

Trump's testing plans for US nuclear weapons won't include explosions, energy secretary says

1:22 PM on Sunday, November 2

Energy Secretary Chris Wright says that new tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions

Serbian riot police separate rival crowds of opponents and loyalists of autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic, a day after tens of thousands of people joined a huge rally in the northern city of Novi Sad marking the first anniversary of a train station disaster there that killed 16 people, in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Riot police separate opponents, loyalists of Serbia's president as tensions soar amid protests

12:41 PM on Sunday, November 2

Riot police in Belgrade have separated opponents and supporters of Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic as political tensions rose after a year of anti-government protests

FILE - Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the Senate GOP whip, left, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., arrive for a news conference with top Republicans on the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Shutdown stalemate set to drag into sixth week as Trump pushes Republicans to change Senate rules

12:19 PM on Sunday, November 2

Republicans and Democrats remained at a stalemate on the government shutdown over the weekend as it headed into its sixth week, with millions of Americans starting to lose food aid benefits and President Donald Trump pushing GOP leaders to change Senate rules to end it

President Donald Trump speaks to the media after boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, enroute to Florida. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump says China's Xi has assured him that he won't take action on Taiwan during Republican's term

9:15 AM on Sunday, November 2

President Donald Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing would take no action toward its long-stated goal of unifying Taiwan with mainland China while the Republican leader is in office

Rescue teams carry bodies of victims of a landslide in the hilly area of Chesongoch in Elgeyo Marakwet county, western Kenya, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Kenyan landslide death toll rises to 26 as flash floods hamper search for survivors

8:35 AM on Sunday, November 2

The death toll from a deadly landslide in western Kenya has risen to 26 after four more bodies were retrieved

A vendor sells local newspapers with headlines referring to US President Donald Trump's comments about Nigeria, on the street of Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

What to know as Nigeria rejects US military threat over alleged Christian killings

7:46 AM on Sunday, November 2

A Nigerian government official says the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump cannot unilaterally carry out any military operation in Nigeria over its claims of Christian persecution in the West African country

Syrian inquiry finds most allegations of kidnapped Alawite women are false

6:38 AM on Sunday, November 2

A Syrian government-led committee has concluded that nearly all reported allegations of kidnapping of Alawite women are false

FILE - A banner reads: "EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) Accepted Here," at El Recuerdo Market in Los Angeles, Oct. 31, 2025, after two federal judges ordered President Donald Trump's administration to continue funding SNAP during the government shutdown. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)

The end of federal food aid could hit Black Americans hardest

6:08 AM on Sunday, November 2

One in eight Americans use federal food aid but halting the SNAP program would hurt Black Americans more than anyone else

FILE - A feed from the MSNBC cable news channel is pictured on a monitor as media organizations set up outside the White House, Nov. 6, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

East Wing ballroom donations by corporate owners create awkward moments for news outlets

4:49 AM on Sunday, November 2

President Donald Trump's razing of the White House's East Wing to build a ballroom has meant for some awkward moments for news outlets

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, left, listens to his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein during a news conference after a meeting at the foreign ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq's foreign minister calls for disarmament of 'PKK elements' in the north

4:47 AM on Sunday, November 2

Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has praised a Kurdish separatist group's decision to withdraw fighters from northern Iraq and Turkey

FILE - People walk past a "vote" sign on the first day of early voting in the general election in Miami, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

AP has declared winners in elections for nearly 180 years. This is why and how race calls are made

4:43 AM on Sunday, November 2

The Associated Press will compile votes and declare winners in elections across the U.S. on Tuesday, just as the news organization has done for nearly 180 years

Mark Bain, who is part of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, rubs his hands together as he checks the level on his oil at home in hopes that he will have enough oil to outlast the shutdown, in Bloomfield, Conn., Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families

4:31 AM on Sunday, November 2

Millions of low-income families may face delays in receiving home heating aid due to the ongoing federal government shutdown

A member of the electoral commission prepares a ballot for voting in the runoff local elections, at a polling station in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

North Macedonia holds second round of local election with ruling conservatives leading

4:08 AM on Sunday, November 2

Voters in North Macedonia have gone to the polls in local election runoffs

George Washington hosts Maine for season opener

1:42 AM on Sunday, November 2

The George Washington Revolutionaries host the Maine Black Bears in the season opener

Canadian Defense Minister, David McGuinty and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. sign an agreement in Manila, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jim Gomez)

Canada and Philippines sign a defense pact to boost drills and deter China's aggression

8:48 PM on Saturday, November 1

Canada and the Philippines, both staunch critics of China’s increasingly coercive actions in the disputed South China Sea, have signed a key defense agreement that will allow their forces to hold joint battle-readiness drills

People fill the streets near the train station before observing 16 minutes of silence for the victims on the first anniversary of the disaster that killed 16 people, in Novi Sad, Serbia, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Serbia marks anniversary of deadly train station disaster with large rally

4:52 AM on Saturday, November 1

Tens of thousands of people in Serbia have commemorated the victims of last year's railway station disaster in the northern city of Novi Sad

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