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Tony Brazzale removes part of a tree felled by a tornado from in front of his house in Wellington, Fla., Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephany Matat)

Far from where Hurricane Milton hit, tornadoes wrought unexpected damage

Associated Press

Protestors from the Māori iwi (tribe) Ngāpuhi and others gather outside the Parliament building in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday, Aug. 5 to protest the government’s plans to remove recognition of a child’s Māori heritage from the law governing the child protection system. (AP Photo/Charlotte GrahamMcLay)

New Zealand leader defends the removal of Maori phrases from an official invitation

By Charlotte Graham-McLay - Associated Press

Netherlands' Lineth Beerensteyn reacts after missing a scoring chance during the Women's World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Spain and the Netherlands in Wellington, New Zealand, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Once again the Netherlands ponder what might have been at a Women’s World Cup

By Steve McMorran - Associated Press

United States' Megan Rapinoe looks over the pitch before the Women's World Cup Group E soccer match between the United States and Vietnam in Auckland, New Zealand, Saturday, July 22, 2023.According to a count being kept by Outsports, a website that covers the LGBTQ sports community, there are at least 95 out members of the LGBTQ community competing in this year's tournament. (AP Photo/Rafaela Pontes)

LGBTQ+ community proud and visible at Women’s World Cup

By Max Ralph - Associated Press

United States' Lindsey Horan, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring during the second half of the FIFA Women's World Cup Group E soccer match between the United States and the Netherlands in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, July 27, 2023. (AP Photo/John Cowpland)

Horan revenge goal helps U.S. eke out draw against Netherlands in Women’s World Cup

By Anne M. Peterson - Associated Press

A group of tourists stand near a border station at Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Not long after this photo was taken, Travis King, a U.S. soldier, bolted across the border and became the first known American detained in the North in nearly five years. (AP Photo/Sarah Jane Leslie)

Tourist who saw U.S. soldier sprint to North Korea initially thought it was a stunt

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

In this image made from video, firetrucks stage outside a hostel in central Wellington, New Zealand, early Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Several people were killed after a fire broke out overnight at the four-story building. (NewsHub via AP)

Fire at New Zealand hostel kills at least 6 people, officials say

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

In this image released by the New Zealand Defense Force on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, people stand on a rooftop of a home waiting to be winched to safety by helicopter in the Esk Valley, near Napier, New Zealand. The New Zealand government declared a national state of emergency Tuesday after Cyclone Gabrielle battered the country's north in what officials described as the nation's most severe weather event in years. (New Zealand Defense Force via AP)

New Zealand fears more fatalities after cyclone kills 4

Associated Press

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gestures during a post-Cabinet press conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand on Nov. 8, 2021. Ardern, whose empathetic handling of the nation’s worst mass-shooting and health-driven response to the coronavirus pandemic led her to become an international icon but who faced mounting criticism at home, said Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, she was leaving office. (Mark Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Ardern, high-profile New Zealand leader, stepping down next month

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

A commercial business is closed in Sydney on Aug. 13, 2021, as greater Sydney continues a weeks-long COVID-19 lockdown. Japan, Australia and New Zealand all got through the first year of the coronavirus pandemic in relatively good shape, but now are taking very divergent paths in dealing with new outbreaks of the fast-spreading delta variant. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Lockdowns or vaccines? 3 Pacific nations try diverging paths

By Nick Perry, Mari Yamaguchi and Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Lorain County Fairgrounds, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Wellington, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

‘It was a sting’: Trump supporters at Ohio rally invoke ‘stolen election’ as foundational fact

By Seth McLaughlin and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

John Fitzgerald, left, on holidays with his wife Rita and friends, scans the horizon from high ground for any sign of a tsunami near Waitangi, New Zealand, Friday, March 5, 2021. A powerful magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck in the ocean off the coast of New Zealand prompting thousands of people to evacuate and triggering tsunami warnings across the South Pacific. (Peter De Graaf/New Zealand Herald via AP)

Little damage from huge Pacific quake; tsunami threat passes

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

North Dakota World War II veteran celebrates 104th birthday

By ELOISE OGDEN - Associated Press

Martin Powell, from left, Daniel Millar, Tom Cumming, Pete Bowman, Ben Bamford, Cameron Langdon, Will Wragg and James Carroll from the band the Salty Wailers perform a sea shanty on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2021 in Wellington, New Zealand. The Salty Wailers started singing together a year ago as an “excuse to go for a pint on a weeknight,” performing in pubs across Wellington. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)

Social media stars sail away with sea shanty record deals

By SIAN WATSON - Associated Press

THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED: A WHITE HOUSE MEMOIR (Book cover)

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir’

By Paul du Quenoy