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FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2013, file photo, Britain's Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, speaks during the opening session of the Japan-UK security cooperation conference in Tokyo. A 2008 settlement agreement that a lawyer for Prince Andrew says would protect him against claims that he sexually abused an American when she was 17 can remain secret, a New York judge ruled Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Judge in Prince Andrew suit says key document can be secret

The New York judge assigned to a lawsuit alleging Prince Andrew sexually abused an American when she was 17 says a 2008 legal agreement that his lawyer says would protect him against the claims can remain secret
A large tree fell onto a pickup truck in Fairhaven, Mass. on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021 as a nor'easter slams into the region. (Peter Pereira/The Standard-Times via AP)

Nor'easter cuts power to over half-million homes, businesses

A nor'easter that battered the Atlantic coast with hurricane-force wind gusts has left more than a half-million customers without power in New England
A medical worker administers a shot of Russia's Sputnik Lite coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination center in the GUM, State Department store, in Red Square with the St. Basil Cathedral in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. The daily number of COVID-19 deaths in Russia hit another high Tuesday amid a surge in infections that forced the Kremlin to order most Russians to stay off work starting this week. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russia marks another daily coronavirus death high

Russia has hit another record for daily COVID-19 deaths as authorities across the country moved to keep most people off work in line with a Kremlin order aimed at stemming the spread

Chicago's council OKs $16.7B budget with federal infusion

Chicago's City Council has easily approved a $16.7 billion budget that includes a roughly 30% increase in city spending for an array of programs because of a hefty infusion of federal funds
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets with Swedish prime minister Stefan Lofven in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. (Claudio Bresciani/TT via AP)
NATO's Afghan mission hit by 'mission creep,' official says
NATO Assistant Secretary-General for Operations John Manza says the military organization's security operation in Afghanistan became a victim of 'mission creep' that bogged it down in the country
Indiana expects 200,000 COVID vaccines for kids next week
Indiana officials say the state should be able to immediately inoculate a third of children ages 5 to 11 as preparations are made to expand Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for the age group pending approval from the federal government
Warsaw court bans far-right march, nationalists plan appeal
A Polish court has upheld the Warsaw mayor's ban on an annual march organized by nationalists on Poland's Independence Day
Somali artist Sana Ashraf Sharif Muhsin, 21, sits with some of her paintings at her home in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. Among the once-taboo professions emerging from Somalia's decades of conflict and Islamic extremism is the world of arts, and this 21-year-old female painter has faced more opposition than most. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
In Somalia, a rare female artist promotes images of peace
Among the once-taboo professions emerging from Somalia's decades of conflict and Islamic extremism is the world of arts, and a 21-year-old female painter has faced more opposition than most
FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2021, file photo, President Jair Bolsonaro attends the launching ceremony of the National Green Growth Program at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil. A Brazilian Senate committee will vote Tuesday, Oct. 26, on a report recommending Bolsonaro face a series of criminal indictments for actions that allegedly added to the world's second-highest COVID-19 death toll. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
EXPLAINER: Brazil senators urge COVID charges for Bolsonaro
A Brazilian Senate committee has recommended that President Jair Bolsonaro face a series of criminal indictments for actions and omissions related to the world's second highest COVID-19 death toll
(AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)
A monk, a student, an artist: Tortured by Myanmar military
An Associated Press investigation has found that Myanmar's military has tortured detainees held across the country in a methodical and systemic way since it took over the government in February
FILE - In this April 19, 2021, file photo, passengers from New Zealand are welcomed as they arrive at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia. Australia advised international travelers on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, to "exercise a high degree of caution" overseas as it prepares to open its borders for the first time in 19 months. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)
Australia advises caution overseas when border opens Monday
Australia has advised its nationals traveling overseas to exercise a high degree of caution as it prepares to open its borders for the first time in 19 months
Is it safe to go trick-or-treating during the pandemic? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)
Is it OK to go trick-or-treating during the pandemic?
Whether you decide to go trick-or-treating with your family in the pandemic might depend on your situation and comfort level
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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In this Feb. 15, 2001 file photo, Secretary of State Colin Powell looks on as President Bush addresses State Department employees at the State Department in Washington. Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from COVID-19 complications. In an announcement on social media Monday, the family said Powell had been fully vaccinated. He was 84.
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