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Canada loses measles elimination status after ongoing outbreaks

By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer Canada is no longer measles-free because of ongoing outbreaks, international health experts said Monday, as childhood vaccination rates fall and the highly contagious virus spreads across North and South America. The loss of the country's measles ...

New Jersey Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman won’t seek reelection in 2026

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Bonnie Watson Coleman, who was the first Black woman elected to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House, said Monday she won't seek reelection next year. Watson Coleman, 80, said in a statement that she decided not to seek another term after "tremendous thought and ...

Veterans Day: What’s open, what’s closed

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Veterans Day holiday began more than a century ago, albeit under a different name, as a celebration of the end of World War I. Over time its name and purpose evolved into a day of recognition for U.S. veterans of all wars as well as those currently ...

19 taken to the hospital after bus overturns on a California highway

RUNNING SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Nineteen people were taken to the hospital on Sunday night after a bus overturned on a California highway, officials said. It happened near Running Springs, which is about 70 miles (113 kilometers) east of Los Angeles. The San Bernardino County Fire Department ...

What’s in the legislation to end the federal government shutdown

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — A legislative package to end the government shutdown appears on track Monday after a handful of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to break the impasse in what has become a deepening disruption of federal programs and ...

The latest US strikes on alleged drug boats kill 6 in the eastern Pacific

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced the latest in a series of strikes on boats accused of ferrying drugs, killing six people in attacks on two vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The dual strikes on Sunday bring the total number of known attacks up to 19 ...

At 101, WWII veteran Irving Locker has become a songwriter

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — In a life filled with milestones, Irving Locker celebrated a new, unexpected one last week: He became a published songwriter. One day before his 101st birthday, "If Freedom Was Free" was released by Big Machine Label Group and ...

US airlines’ daily cancellations exceed 2,700 as shutdown impact extends

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,700 flights on Sunday as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that air traffic across the nation would "slow to a trickle" if the federal government shutdown lingered into the busy Thanksgiving travel holiday season. The slowdown at ...

5 wounded, 1 seriously, in shooting outside San Francisco supermarket

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police were investigating on Sunday after five people were wounded, one seriously, in a weekend shooting outside a supermarket in San Francisco, authorities said. Officers responding to reports of gunfire around 9 p.m. Saturday found multiple victims near a Safeway in ...