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By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Lilian Nabulime hasn’t forgotten the time in the 1990s when the Ugandan capital had just one commercial art gallery, a small space that emerging artists struggled to get into. Now, there are at least six in Kampala, including one whose curator recently exhibited the sculptor’s contrarian

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It could be a cold, grim New Year for thousands of migrant families living in New York City’s emergency shelter system. With winter setting in, they are being told they need to clear out, with no guarantee they’ll be given a bed elsewhere. Homeless migrants and

By MAYSOON KHAN and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia has welcomed the announcement that New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will return more than a dozen pieces of ancient artwork to Cambodia and Thailand. The items were tied to an art dealer and collector accused of running a huge antiquities

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Salsa music blares from the food court in a rundown Miami shopping center as Latinos head to a kiosk and an office showing signs for “ Obamacare,” where they hope to renew their health coverage plans before the year ends. It’s areas near this mall where

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice system. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the

By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Prominent Latinos in Congress looked on quietly, at first, privately raising concerns with the Biden administration over the direction of border security talks. Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California was on the phone constantly with administration officials questioning why the Senate negotiations

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — So much for women and children first. The phrase and its grave implications about who to save first in a catastrophe are rooted in the shipwrecks of centuries past and popularized by Hollywood’s treatment of the Titanic disaster. It is getting another airing at a time when,

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the most painful inflation Americans had experienced since 1981, when “The Dukes of Hazzard” and “The Jeffersons” were topping the TV charts. Yet the Federal Reserve now seems on the verge of defeating it — and without the surge in unemployment and the deep

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A federal judge has denied a request to halt the reintroduction of gray wolves in Colorado just days away from the predators’ release. Judge Regina Rodriguez sided Friday with state and federal agencies against representatives of Colorado’s cattle industry, who sued federal and state agencies over reintroducing

By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — “General Hospital” has won six trophies, including four for acting, at the Daytime Emmy Awards. The late Sonya Eddy won for her role as no-nonsense head nurse Epiphany Johnson on the venerable ABC show. She died last December at age 55. Robert Gossett claimed the supporting

WASHINGTON (AP) — Firefighters in Washington, D.C., are battling a three-alarm fire that started in a three-story former firehouse under renovation near the U.S. Capitol. DC Fire and EMS says one firefighter declared mayday and was rescued. No injuries were reported. The fire began Friday evening in Old Engine Company No. 12, now a landmark

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The program tasked with replacing the Interstate 5 bridge that connects Portland, Oregon, with southwest Washington is set to receive $600 million in federal funds. Washington’s U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, and U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, announced the funding Friday. The bridge is

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Sacramento city councilman has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hired undocumented workers at his local Viva Supermarket stores, underpaid them and cheated the government on COVID-19 relief funds. Sean Loloee and the general manager of his four Viva Supermarket stores entered pleas Friday to conspiracy, possession and

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mayim Bialik won’t be giving answers as a host of “Jeopardy!” anymore. “The Big Bang Theory” actor posted news of her departure on Instagram on Friday. “Sony has informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of Jeopardy!” Bialik wrote. “I am incredibly honored to have been

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s governor on Friday ordered the state’s National Guard to the border with Mexico to help federal officials manage an influx of migrants. Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs said she issued the executive order because “the federal government is refusing to do its job to secure our border

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Tesla driver will pay more than $23,000 in restitution for the deaths of two people during a 2019 car crash in a Los Angeles suburb, a decision announced the same day that the automaker recalled nearly all vehicles sold in the U.S. Wednesday’s court hearing

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials say a middle school teacher in Georgia was arrested after he threatened to cut off the head of a student who objected to an Israeli flag in his classroom. Benjamin Reese was taken into custody on Dec. 8 and released two days later. The Warner Robins Middle School

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four California men have been charged with running a drug ring that sent hundreds of pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine to Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea disguised as shipments of everything from car parts to instant noodles. Federal prosecutors say Hoang Xuan Le of Tustin and Tri Cao Buinguyen

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas judge has blocked a law that took away the Board of Corrections’ authority over the state corrections secretary. The temporary restraining order was issued on Friday and is the latest in an escalating feud between the panel and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders over

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a request from Oregon Republican state senators who boycotted the Legislature to be allowed on the ballot after their terms end. U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken issued the decision Wednesday. State Sens. Dennis Linthicum, Brian Boquist and Cedric Hayden were