STOCKHOLM (AP) — A landmark report by an international scientific panel says it’s “extremely likely” that human activity is the dominant cause of global warming. That’s the strongest statement to date on the issue by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In its previous assessment, in 2007, the U.N.-sponsored panel said it was “very likely” […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A top-ranking government official tells The Associated Press that Kenya’s military caused the massive collapse of three floors during the terrorist siege on Nairobi’s Westgate Mall. When asked today if military action against the hostage takers caused the collapse, the official answered: “Yes.” The official also confirmed that Kenyan troops fired […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister is calling nuclear talks with world powers “very constructive” and “very substantive” and says he hopes to allay any concern that Tehran’s activities are not peaceful. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made clear Thursday that his country is hoping through negotiations to win a complete lifting of international […]

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A judge says a defendant alleged to be the “right-hand man” of former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez should continue to be jailed on $500,000 bail. A bail hearing for Ernest Wallace was held Thursday in Fall River. His attorney had sought $10,000 bail. Wallace pleaded not guilty last week […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government is starting another phase of selling off its General Motors stock after cutting its stake in the automaker to just over 7 percent. The Treasury Department says it still owns 101.3 million GM shares. It got 912 million shares, a 60.8 percent stake in the company, in exchange […]

BOSTON (AP) — Three people waiting for a subway train in Boston rescued a man who tumbled off a station platform and onto the tracks. A transit agency spokesman says the man fell onto the Orange Line tracks at North Station at about 9 p.m. Wednesday. Video shows the man walking straight onto the tracks, […]

ADDISON, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Police say four people died and four more were injured after a rollover crash in a Chicago suburb. The accident happened on Interstate 290 in Addison around 6 a.m. Thursday after a speeding SUV spun out of control. Addison is about 20 miles west of Chicago. State Police […]

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a second person has died from a singleengine plane crash in suburban Chicago. Bolingbrook Police Lieutenant Michael Rompa says the man died shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday. The man was on the plane when it crashed half a mile from Clow Airport in Bolingbrook on Wednesday. He was hospitalized […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Evelyn Lowery, the wife of civil rights leader the Rev. Joseph Lowery, died Thursday, a family spokeswoman said. She was 88. Spokeswoman Diane Larche said Evelyn Lowery died in the morning at her home in Georgia. She had been hospitalized since Sept. 18 after suffering a severe stroke. She returned home Wednesday […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton outlined plans for an $80 million effort to curb the poaching and trafficking of elephants in Africa, warning Thursday that the continent’s elephants could face extinction without swift action. The former secretary of state and her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, announced the three-year project at the Clinton Global Initiative, […]