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Storms bring flooding to Four Corners region

A rain-soaked swath of the Southwest U.S. endured additional flooding as crews in New Mexico scoured evacuated neighborhoods Sunday for dead animals, downed power lines and other hazards left behind by receding floodwaters and at least one tornado. With more showers and thunderstorms ...

Israel presses ahead with West Bank operation

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military pressed ahead Sunday with a massive military operation in the occupied West Bank that has displaced hundreds of Palestinians and placed major restrictions on movement in response to a gun attack last week that killed two Israeli soldiers and ...

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Brazil resumes vote counting RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Vote-counting has resumed in Brazil's polarizing presidential runoff between incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro after voting hours were extended following requests by both candidates for an extension based on issues with voting in their respective stronghold. The extension had caused confusion at many polling stations. Some had already shut down when the decision — made by a Supreme Court justice three minutes before poll close time — was relayed to them several minutes after they'd ...

Obama assails indecency from Trump and his allies

DETROIT (AP) — Former President Barack Obama on Saturday seized on what he described as cruelty and indecency coming from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies, stepping into one of the nation's ugliest midterm fights as he worked to rally Democratic voters in two Midwestern ...

Two killed when car is struck during Marinette County pursuit

MARINETTE, Wis. — Two people were killed Thursday evening after being hit by a vehicle fleeing law enforcement in the Town of Peshtigo. A Marinette County Sheriff’s deputy at 6:38 p.m. Thursday attempted to initiate a traffic stop of a vehicle with two individuals near the intersection of Pine and Maple streets, according to a Marinette County Sheriff’s Office news release. According to the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, the vehicle failed to stop. The deputy’s pursuit ended three minutes later when the pursued vehicle crashed into another ...

Chronic wasting disease creeps farther north in Wisconsin

IRON MOUNTAIN — A report this week that a wild deer in Marinette County has tested positive for chronic wasting disease comes after several thousand deer harvested in the county since 1999 have tested negative. The 3-year-old adult buck near Peshtigo that was found to have CWD was humanely ...