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President Joe Biden speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, Del., Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, to return to Washington.

Biden says he’ll speak with Israeli leader, vowing all-out war in the Middle East must be avoided

President Joe Biden speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, Del., Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, to return to Washington.

September 29, 2024, 2:50pm Latest News

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday he would speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and believes that an all-out war in the Middle East must be avoided. Read story

In this image taken from video from WSB-TV, smoke rises from the roof of a BioLab plant, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in Conyers, Ga.

Interstate is closed outside Atlanta as residents evacuate due to a chemical plant fire

In this image taken from video from WSB-TV, smoke rises from the roof of a BioLab plant, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in Conyers, Ga.

September 29, 2024, 2:49pm Latest News

Some residents east of Atlanta were evacuated while others were told to shelter in place Sunday to avoid contaminants from a chemical plant fire that sent dark, billowing gray smoke into the air. Read story

Nicaraguan exile Francisco Alvicio, a deacon of Nicaragua&rsquo;s Moravian Church, reads a Bible in his rented room in San Jose, Costa Rica, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

Their churches no longer feel safe. Now Nicaraguans are taking their worship home

Nicaraguan exile Francisco Alvicio, a deacon of Nicaragua&rsquo;s Moravian Church, reads a Bible in his rented room in San Jose, Costa Rica, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024.

September 29, 2024, 1:48pm Churches & Religion

When their church no longer felt safe, deacon Francisco Alvicio and his congregation made a plan. Cautiously, discreetly, they took their worship to their homes. Read story

SpaceX shuts down launches after problem with Crew-9 mission’s 2nd stage

September 29, 2024, 1:19pm Latest News

SpaceX celebrated the first human spaceflight from its Cape Canaveral launch site on Saturday, and while the two humans aboard the Crew Dragon Freedom are safely on their way to the International Space Station, a problem arose with the rocket’s second stage that prompted the company to shut down future… Read story

FILE - John Ashton arrives at the premiere of &quot;Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F&quot; on June 20, 2024, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

John Ashton, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ actor, dies at 76

FILE - John Ashton arrives at the premiere of &quot;Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F&quot; on June 20, 2024, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

September 29, 2024, 1:19pm Latest News

John Ashton, the veteran character actor who memorably played the gruff but lovable police detective John Taggart in the “Beverly Hills Cop” films, has died. He was 76. Read story

FILE - A container ship makes it way toward the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on June 30, 2021.

U.S. retailers brace for potential pain from a longshoremen’s strike

FILE - A container ship makes it way toward the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on June 30, 2021.

September 29, 2024, 12:08pm Business

With a dockworkers' strike threatening to close ports on the East and Gulf coasts beginning this week, Chris Butler is growing worried. Read story

Pope Francis leaves at the end of the Sunday mass at King Baudouin Stadium, in Brussels Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.

Pope wraps troubled Belgium visit by doubling down on abortion and women, praising abuse victims

Pope Francis leaves at the end of the Sunday mass at King Baudouin Stadium, in Brussels Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.

September 29, 2024, 12:05pm Latest News

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion and demanding that Catholic bishops stop covering up for predator priests — a scandal that has devastated the church’s credibility around the… Read story

Crews from Larch Corrections Center had been a key part of wildfire response in Southwest Washington before it closed.

Can WA hack and burn its way out of a future of megafires?

Crews from Larch Corrections Center had been a key part of wildfire response in Southwest Washington before it closed.

September 29, 2024, 11:46am Latest News

OKANOGAN-WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST — The teeth of the mower chewed through a stand of small trees and shrubs 30 miles from Mount Rainier and belched out a brown cloud of dirt and wood chips. Read story

Aubrey Plaza, from left, Francis Ford Coppola, and Nathalie Emmanuel attend the premiere of &quot;Megalopolis&quot; on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, at AMC Lincoln Square in New York.

‘Megalopolis’ flops, ‘Wild Robot’ soars at box office

Aubrey Plaza, from left, Francis Ford Coppola, and Nathalie Emmanuel attend the premiere of &quot;Megalopolis&quot; on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, at AMC Lincoln Square in New York.

September 29, 2024, 10:27am Business

Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic “Megalopolis” flopped with moviegoers, while the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation family film “Wild Robot” soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office. Read story

Saturday morning shooting in Yakima leaves man dead, woman injured

September 29, 2024, 10:26am Latest News

A man died after a shooting Saturday morning in Yakima, the Yakima Police Department reported. Read story