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Tesla reported a surprise increase in sales in the third quarter as the electric car maker likely benefited from a rush by consumers to take advantage of a $7,500 credit before it expired on Sept. 30. The company reported Thursday that sales in the three months through September rose 7% compared to the same period...

 A 2-year-old girl chosen as Nepal’s new living goddess was carried by family members from their home in a Kathmandu alley to a temple palace Tuesday during the country’s longest and most significant Hindu festival. Aryatara Shakya, at 2 years and 8 months, was chosen as the new Kumari, or “virgin goddess,” replacing the incumbent, who is considered...

A woman who was inside a Michigan church when her father and three other people were killed says she and the gunman locked eyes during the chaos and she was able to look into his soul, seeing his pain and a feeling of being lost. She said she instantly forgave him “with my heart.” “He let me...

 Two Vietnamese officials accused of sexually attacking two young female servers at a restaurant in New Zealand won’t return to face criminal charges after attempts to extradite them failed, New Zealand authorities said Thursday. New Zealand police would not disclose why efforts to return the men had stalled, but the two countries don’t have an extradition treaty so Hanoi...

The word “HERMAPHRODITE” has historically been used to describe individuals born with both male and female physical sex traits. However, this term is now considered outdated and offensive. The medically accurate and respectful term is intersex.      Intersex people are born with physical or genetic traits that don’t fit typical definitions of male or female....

An Idaho judge is blocking the release of some graphic photos taken by investigators after Bryan Kohberger killed four University of Idaho students in 2022. Second District Judge Megan Marshall made the ruling Wednesday, saying the dissemination of “incredibly disturbing” photos across the internet — where the victims’ families might inadvertently see them — is an unwarranted invasion of...

Pepsi has a new challenge: keeping products like Gatorade and Cheetos vivid and colorful without the artificial dyes that U.S. consumers are increasingly rejecting. PepsiCo, which also makes Doritos, Cap’n Crunch cereal, Funyuns and Mountain Dew, announced in April that it would accelerate a planned shift to using natural colors in its foods and beverages. Around 40% of its U.S. products now contain synthetic dyes,...

Some migrants being held in the immigration detention center in Tacoma, Washington, have the right to request to be released on bond, under a federal judge’s order that says a new Trump administration policy denying bond hearings for jailed migrants is unlawful. U.S. District Judge Tiffany Cartwright’s order, granting summary judgment for a class action...

An Australian man arrested in Thailand on a defamation charge that he says originated with Malaysia’s government said Thursday he is a victim of transnational repression, in which Southeast Asia countries cooperate in seizing dissidents or critics of third countries. Independent scholar and writer Murray Hunter, 66, told The Associated Press that he believes he was...