Hezbollah extends rocket fire into Israel

BEIRUT (AP) - Hezbollah's acting leader said Tuesday that even more Israelis will be displaced as the militant group extends its rocket fire deeper into Israel, in a defiant televised statement marking the anniversary of fighting that escalated into war last month.

The people, places, races, dates and things to know about Election Day

WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans will cast roughly 160 million ballots by the time Election Day comes to a close - in several different ways, including many submitted a few weeks before polls even open. They will choose a president, members of Congress and thousands of state lawmakers, city council members, attorneys general, secretaries of state.

What makes a storm a hurricane? The dangers across 5 categories

Severe weather can target any part of the globe, but each year the Atlantic hurricane season brings heavy rain, strong wind, storm surge and sometimes catastrophic devastation to locations from the Caribbean islands and Central America all the way up through the United States and into Canada.

Where are the voters who could decide the presidential election?

WASHINGTON (AP) - When you hear the term bellwether, you might think about states in the presidential election that always vote with the White House winner. The true meaning of a bellwether is an indicator of a trend. And for that, you need to be thinking about counties.

Self-described Nazi convicted over Nazi salute in Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A self-described Nazi on Tuesday became the first person convicted in the Australian state of Victoria of performing an outlawed Nazi salute.

How AP uses 'expected vote' when determining winner

WASHINGTON (AP) - It's usually possible to determine who won an election before the vote counting is 100% complete. But doing so requires determining how many ballots still need to be tabulated at any point in the vote count, and that's not as straightforward or clear-cut as you might imagine.

Dominican Republic starts mass deportations of Haitians

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - The Dominican Republic said Tuesday it has deported or repatriated nearly 11,000 Haitians in the past week alone, fulfilling a pledge that it will do so weekly as neighboring Haiti scrambles to handle the influx, besieged by poverty and gang violence.