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People receive free meals from the World Central Kitchen as they provide food to federal employees and their families near the U.S. Navy Memorial Plaza, during the federal government shutdown, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Photos of Americans turning to food pantries as shutdown drags on

1:22 PM on Monday, November 10

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Louisiana prison guards cut a Rastafari inmate's dreadlocks. Supreme Court will decide if he can sue

1:16 PM on Monday, November 10

The Supreme Court is wrestling with whether a former Louisiana inmate can sue prison officials who shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs

FILE - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa attends the 17th annual BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, file)

South Africa's apartheid-era crimes inquiry is delayed over legal objections

1:00 PM on Monday, November 10

An inquiry into allegations that South Africa’s Black-led governments interfered with investigations into apartheid-era crimes has been postponed on its first day

FILE - Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., speaks to the press after Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at Delancey Hall ICE detention prison, Friday, May 9, 2025, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

New Jersey Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman won't seek reelection in 2026

12:51 PM on Monday, November 10

Bonnie Watson Coleman says she won’t seek reelection next year

Priority Health Names Nick Gates as President

12:30 PM on Monday, November 10

FILE - White South Africans demonstrate in support of U.S. President Donald Trump in front of the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

How Trump's support for a white minority group in South Africa led to a US boycott of the G20 summit

11:58 AM on Monday, November 10

U.S. President Donald Trump says his government will boycott the Group of 20 summit this month in South Africa over his claims that a white minority group there is being violently persecuted

FILE - A larger American flag is raised among flag-covered graves on Veterans Day in the veterans' section of Evergreen-Washelli cemetery, on Nov. 11, 2014, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Veterans Day: What's open, what's closed

11:53 AM on Monday, November 10

The Veterans Day holiday began more than a century ago, albeit under a different name, as a celebration of the end of World War I

Lebanese authorities release son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on bail

11:52 AM on Monday, November 10

Lebanese authorities have released the son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Monday after he paid a $900,000 bail, ending his 10-year detention for allegedly withholding information about a missing Lebanese cleric

Lebanese authorities release son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, detained since 2015, after he pays $900,000 bail

11:47 AM on Monday, November 10

Lebanese authorities release son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, detained since 2015, after he pays $900,000 bail

FILE - Lithuanian soldiers patrol a road near the Lithuania-Belarus border near the village of Jaskonys, Druskininkai district some 160 km (100 miles) south of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, on Nov. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)

Belarus leader threatens to seize over 1,000 Lithuanian trucks stuck by closed border

11:33 AM on Monday, November 10

Belarus’ authoritarian leader is threatening to seize over 1,000 Lithuanian trucks stranded in the country following the closure of its border with Lithuania after repeated incursions by air balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes

Supreme Court will decide whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a Trump target

9:34 AM on Monday, November 10

Supreme Court will decide whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a Trump target

Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide

9:32 AM on Monday, November 10

Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide

In this image released by Romsai Rescue Foundation Satun, Thai Navy carry a body which is believed to be one of passengers from a boat that believed sank near Tarutao island, Satun, southern Thailand, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (Romsai Rescue Foundation Satun via AP)

Rescuers searching for missing migrants after boat sinks off Malaysia recover 5 more bodies

9:25 AM on Monday, November 10

Malaysian rescuers have recovered five more bodies after a boat carrying migrants from Myanmar capsized last week

France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy departs prison under supervision, pending an appeals trial in conspiracy case

9:11 AM on Monday, November 10

France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy departs prison under supervision, pending an appeals trial in conspiracy case

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9:00 AM on Monday, November 10

Miniature American flags flutter in wind gusts across the National Mall near the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

What's in the legislation to end the federal government shutdown

7:01 AM on Monday, November 10

A legislative package to end the government shutdown appears on track

Citizens protest against what they called the government's lack of action to combat air pollution in the capital city New Delhi, India, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Air pollution levels surge in India's capital, sparking rare protests

12:20 AM on Monday, November 10

A thick layer of smog has enveloped India’s capital, New Delhi, as pollution levels surge, worsening a public health crisis

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