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Lebanese authorities order the release of Hannibal Gadhafi, son of late Libyan leader, if he pays $11 million bail

6:28 AM on Friday, October 17

Lebanese authorities order the release of Hannibal Gadhafi, son of late Libyan leader, if he pays $11 million bail

FILE - Meta Chief Product Officer Chris Cox speaks at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference, in Menlo Park, Calif., April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Meta adds parental controls for AI-teen interactions

6:11 AM on Friday, October 17

Meta is adding parental controls to kids’ interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots — including the ability to turn off one-on-one chats with AI characters altogether

An army colonel has been sworn in as Madagascar's president after he led a military coup

3:42 AM on Friday, October 17

An army colonel has been sworn in as Madagascar's president after he led a military coup

Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, known for apology to Asian victims of wartime aggression, dies at 101

12:52 AM on Friday, October 17

Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, known for apology to Asian victims of wartime aggression, dies at 101

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters outside the Senate chamber as they charge President Donald Trump and the Republicans with the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats say Trump needs to be involved in shutdown talks. He's shown little interest in doing so

12:05 AM on Friday, October 17

Democrats are calling on President Donald Trump to get more involved with negotiations to end the government shutdown

Northside American Federation of Teachers President Melina Espiritu-Azocar, right, speaks with middle school teacher Celeste Simone during a Microsoft AI skilling event, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)

Big Tech is paying millions to train teachers on AI, in a push to bring chatbots into classrooms

12:04 AM on Friday, October 17

The country’s largest teachers unions are teaming up with tech companies like Microsoft and OpenAI to help educators build literacy in artificial intelligence

FILE - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro points at a map of the Americas during a new conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas), File

A war on drugs or a war on terror? Trump's military pressure on Venezuela blurs the lines

12:02 AM on Friday, October 17

Legal experts say U.S. strikes against alleged members of Latin American drug cartels are pushing the bounds of international law

FILE - This photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, shows death row prisoner Richard Kenneth Djerf. (Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry via AP, File)

Arizona set to execute a man who killed 4 members of a Phoenix family in 1993

12:02 AM on Friday, October 17

An Arizona man is scheduled to be executed for the killings of four members of a Phoenix family over 30 years ago

A man fishes in Cocorite, Trinidad and Tobago, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Anselm Gibbs)

Venezuela at the UN condemns latest US strike in Caribbean as people in Trinidad mourn

6:48 PM on Thursday, October 16

Venezuela’s ambassador to the U_N_ is condemning a recent U_S_ strike on a small boat in Caribbean waters that killed six people, calling it “a new set of extrajudicial executions.”

The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

5:41 PM on Thursday, October 16

FILE - Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart waits for play to resume during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)

Carter Hart agrees to join the Golden Knights after being acquitted of sexual assault

2:04 PM on Thursday, October 16

Goaltender Carter Hart has agreed to sign with the Vegas Golden Knights, becoming the first of the five 2018 Canada world junior hockey players to land an NHL contract since they were acquitted of sexual assault in a high-profile case

FILE - A demonstrator waves a Peruvian flag as a cardboard doll burns in front of Congress during a protest against new President Jose Jeri in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Peru's president refuses to resign after Gen Z protests leave at least 1 dead, 100 injured

1:34 PM on Thursday, October 16

Peru’s president refuses to resign after Gen Z protests turned violent overnight, prompting investigations by authorities into at least one civilian death

In this photo provided by the Alaska National Guard, Alaskans from West Coast communities board buses after arriving at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (Alejandro Pena/Alaska National Guard via AP)

What we know about the devastating Alaska storm and the evacuation effort

1:14 PM on Thursday, October 16

Hundreds of residents from remote Alaska Native villages are being airlifted after a storm battered their communities

In this photo provided by the Alaska National Guard, an Alaska Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 176th Wing, arrives at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, with evacuated residents from western Alaska, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (Alejandro Pena/Alaska National Guard via AP)

Evacuees detail harrowing scenes of flooding in coastal Alaska villages as airlift continues

1:10 PM on Thursday, October 16

More evacuees from coastal Alaska villages inundated by high surf last weekend are arriving in Anchorage

From left, Mayoral candidates, Independent candidate former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, and Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani participate in a debate, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, Pool)

Many swings, few knockout hits as Cuomo and Mamdani trade jabs in heated first NYC mayoral debate

6:01 AM on Thursday, October 16

New York City mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa tried to blunt Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s momentum during a highly contentious first general election debate Thursday evening

Soldiers are greeted by people gathering for a ceremony in tribute to demonstrators killed during recent anti-government protest in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mamyrael)

'Gen Z' protesters lead global wave of generational discontent

11:19 PM on Wednesday, October 15

A new wave of protests is unfolding worldwide, driven by young people expressing discontent with their governments

Today in History: October 17, Loma Prieta earthquake strikes California

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