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Texas announces audit of 2020 votes after Trump urges review
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas election officials say they’re auditing the 2020 results in four of the…
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Darnold, defense lead Panthers past Texans; McCaffrey hurt
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Sam Darnold threw for 304 yards and ran for two touchdowns, and the Carolina Panthers eased past…
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Bad Bunny tops Billboard Latin Music Awards with 10 trophies
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Bad Bunny is the champion of the Billboard Latin Music Awards, taking home artist of the year honors and a whopping 10…
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Chauvin to appeal conviction, sentence in Floyd’s death
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd’s death intends to…
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Q&A: Nick Cannon on talk show, overcoming backlash last year
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Cannon almost quit his lucrative TV host and producer career after facing…
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N. Korea offers talks, likely trying to get sanctions relief
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says her country is willing…
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House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump advisers, associates
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S.…
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Man who left woman to die in suitcase sentenced to 30 years
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge has imposed a 30-year prison sentence on a man who tied up his ex-girlfriend in her New York apartment…
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Ex-OppenheimerFunds worker charged in $8M inside trade case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former OppenheimerFunds analyst was freed on $1.5 million bail after he was arrested on…
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Buckle up: Arizona Republicans to show 2020 recount results
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Supporters of former President Donald Trump who were hired by Arizona Senate Republicans to…
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Assault victims protest outside U-Michigan board meeting
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Protesters appeared outside a meeting of the University of Michigan’s governing…
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Oldest human footprints in North America found in New Mexico
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fossilized footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate that early humans were walking…
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Minnesota couple get 40 years in starved daughter’s death
ELK RIVER, Minn. (AP) — The father and stepmother of an 8-year-old Minnesota girl whose emaciated body was found in the family’s apartment last…
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Port of Houston target of suspected nation-state hack
By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A major U.S. port was the target last month of suspected nation-state hackers. The Port of…
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Biden has say in whether Trump’s 1/6 records go to Congress
By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will have a big say in whether the government releases…
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Ex-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont detained in Sardinia
By RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The lawyer for Carles Puigdemont says the former Catalan leader has been detained in…
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Republicans say charges against refugees raise concerns
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are renewing concerns about the vetting process of Afghanistan refugees…
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Boyfriend of slain Gabby Petito charged with bank card fraud
By MATTHEW BROWN and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials say the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, whose body was…
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Texas abortion providers ask Supreme Court to act fast
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas abortion providers are again asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a new state law…
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Colorado woman charged with killing stepson will stand trial
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a Colorado woman charged with killing her 11-year-old stepson will stand trial. Authorities…
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Georgia inmate convicted of murdering 2 Georgia guards
EATONTON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia inmate has been found guilty of murder in the slayings of two prison guards shot during a bloody escape in 2017.…
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Peru says body of Shining Path leader to be cremated
LIMA, Peru (AP) — The Peruvian prosecutor’s office has ordered the cremation of the body of Abimael Guzmán, the leader of the brutal Shining…
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Haaland: Petito case a reminder of missing Native Americans
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says extensive news media coverage of the death of Gabby Petito…
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US: Number of unruly air travelers lower, still too high
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say unruly passengers are becoming a bit less common on airline flights, but they are still causing disruptions…
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Probe: Michaels, Minnesota cops violated Black teen’s rights
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A state agency that investigates civil rights abuses has found that the manager of a suburban…
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US court revives suit against Facebook over TV host’s image
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court has revived a Philadelphia newscaster’s lawsuit against Facebook…
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Man paralyzed after Iowa police shooting sues officer, city
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man who was paralyzed when an Iowa police officer shot him in April is suing the…
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South Korea, US repatriate war casualties 70 years later
HONOLULU (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in visited Hawaii this week as the remains of 68 Korean and six presumed U.S. service members were…
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Louisiana state trooper charged in pummeling of Black man
By JAKE BLEIBERG and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press A former Louisiana State Police trooper has been charged with a civil rights violation for…
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Investigators hope for new leads in Boston museum robbery
By MICHAEL MELIA Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The chief investigator for a Boston museum still working to recover $500 million worth of…
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A blurred movie year comes into focus at New York Film Fest
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A movie year of fits-and-starts, delays and reversals has sometimes been difficult to track. Knowing…
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UN summit seeks to fix food’s many problems, but draws fire
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nations, companies and corporations are pledging billions of dollars to feed the world in…
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Work aims to uncover history of boarding school burial site
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque city officials plan to use ground-penetrating radar as they research…
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Father pleads no contest to 2016 church drowning of daughter
HEALDSBURG, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a Northern California man has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter charges in the drowning of his…
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Home that inspired ‘The Conjuring’ movie for sale for $1.2M
BURRILLVILLE, R.I. (AP) — The purportedly haunted Rhode Island farmhouse where the spooky happenings that inspired the 2013 horror movie “The…
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US court order to house LA Skid Row homeless overturned
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An appeals court overturned a federal judge’s sweeping order that required the city and…
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4th Wisconsin voter out of 3 million charged with fraud
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A fourth Wisconsin voter out of roughly 3 million who cast ballots in the 2020 presidential…
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ACLU, voter groups sue in Ohio over new legislative maps
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new lawsuit challenges Ohio’s newly drawn state legislative districts as giving an…
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Azerbaijan files case alleging ‘ethnic cleansing’ by Armenia
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Azerbaijan has filed a case at the United Nations’ top court accusing Armenia of a…
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Tennessee grocery store attack: ‘He kept on shooting’
By JONATHAN MATTISE and MARK HUMPHREY Associated Press COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say a gunman attacked a grocery store in an upscale suburb…
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Memorial or high-rise? Future of condo collapse site argued
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press The fight over whether the site of June’s deadly Florida condominium collapse should be sold for development or…
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Paraguay River hits record low, imperiling economy
By PEDRO SERVIN Associated Press ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguay’s crucial outlet to the sea has fallen to its lowest level since at least…
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Police arrest man in Subway shop robbery caught on video
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Police arrested a man who allegedly took a Subway shop employee’s purse during an Illinois robbery attempt that was caught…
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Census: Rethinking how to count people in dorms, prisons
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Following a 2020 census in which the pandemic made access to group housing difficult, Census Bureau officials say…
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House OKs $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has overwhelming passed legislation to provide funding for Israel’s missile defense…
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Leaders to UN: A warmer world is a more violent one, too
By EDITH M. LEDERER and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Three presidents and seven foreign ministers are warning that a…
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Fort Meade: Exercise ongoing, reports of shooting false
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Officials say media calls to Fort Meade on Thursday were mistaken for callers portraying members of the media during an…
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Court rejects Missouri AG’s requests in 1979 killings case
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appeals court has denied the state attorney general’s request to recuse all Jackson County judges from…
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Mexico allows limited return of activists to help porpoise
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government is allowing the environmentalist group Sea Shepherd to return to the Gulf of Mexico to help efforts to…
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