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WorldCopyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.People gather at the edge of the Bagmati River in spate after heavy rains in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gopen Rai)KATHMANDU – The death toll from flooding and landslides in Nepal has reached at least 100, with dozens of people still missing.Police on Sunday morning warned the death toll was expected to rise further as reports come in from villages across the mountainous country.The weather in Nepal was improved on […]

Entertainment2024 NBCUniversal Media, LLC.This image released by NBC shows Jean Smart during promos for "Saturday Night Live" on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, at Studio 8H in New York. (Rosalind O'Connor/NBC via AP)NEW YORK – “Saturday Night Live” began its 50th season with a parade of former co-stars, including Maya Rudolph as Vice President Kamala Harris, Andy Samberg as her husband Doug Emhoff and Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden.“We've got to stay focused,” Rudolph-as-Harris said at a mock rally in […]

Business2024 InvisionA marquee at the Eagle Theatre at Vidiots Foundation advertises screenings of "Jaws" and "Last Dragon," Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)LOS ANGELES – On a hot summer evening, Miles Villalon lined up outside the New Beverly Cinema, hours before showtime.The 36-year-old already had tickets to the Watergate-themed double feature of 1976's “All the President’s Men” and 1999's “Dick.” But Villalon braved Los Angeles' infamous rush-hour traffic to snag front-row seats at Quentin Tarantino's historic […]

PoliticsThis undated photo provided by the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria shows an exterior view of The Graton Resort and Casino in Rohnert Park, Calif. (Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria via AP)SAN FRANCISCO – For decades a small, landless tribe in Northern California has been on a mission to get land, open a casino and tap into the gaming market enjoyed by so many other tribes that earn millions of dollars annually. The Koi Nation's chances of owning a Las […]

HealthCopyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reservedTetiana Nosova, who goes by the clown name of Zhuzha, a volunteer from the "Bureau of Smiles and Support" plays a ukulele as she stands with Michael Bilyk, who is held by his mother Antonina Malyshko, and Kira Vertetska, 8, at Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)KYIV – Their costumes are put on with surgical precision: Floppy hats, foam noses, bright clothes, and a ukulele with […]