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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI, ISABEL DeBRE and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press In a transformative year of elections around the world, voters in democratic countries share a common sentiment: They’re unhappy with their governments and leaders. From South Korea to Poland to Argentina, incumbents have been ousted in election after election. In Latin America, leaders and their

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas county has agreed to pay a group of female deputies $1.5 million to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed they were abused and harassed use when a constable’s office turned undercover operations into a drunken “playground for sexual exploitation.” Harris County commissioners approved the settlement Tuesday. The settlement came three

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Police investigating a shooting at a street party in Akron that left one dead have increased the number injured by three. Akron’s police chief said Wednesday that 27 people in all were injured. He says two remain in critical condition. No arrests have been made in the shooting last weekend. Police

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation overhauling access to the state’s public records, likely making it harder for the public and media to access some documents, according to critics. The Democrat on Wednesday acknowledged the disappointment of social justice, labor and other groups that

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado woman who was seriously injured when a freight train hit the parked police vehicle in which she sat handcuffed has reached an $8.5 million settlement. A lawyer representing two of the police officers sued by Yareni Rios says the communities that employed the officers will

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — YouTube is changing its policies about firearm videos in an effort to keep potentially dangerous content from reaching underage users. The video sharing platform owned by Google said Wednesday it will prohibit any videos demonstrating how to remove firearm safety devices. In addition, videos showing homemade guns,

Associated Press Nvidia’s startling ascent in the stock market reached another milestone Tuesday as the chipmaker rose to become the most valuable company in the S&P 500. Investors now value the company at over $3.3 trillion. Nvidia has seen soaring demand for its semiconductors, which are used to power artificial intelligence applications. The company’s revenue

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff will kick off with a first-round game on Dec. 20 and conclude with the title game one month later in Atlanta. The CFP announced its entire schedule on Wednesday. The four first-round games will be on Dec. 20 and 21.

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico voters have ousted several incumbents from the Democratic-led Legislature in the state’s primary election amid tensions over paid family leave initiatives and a reckoning with accusations of sexual harassment. Ballots were being tallied Wednesday after voters picked their partisan favorites to reshape a

By MELINA WALLING Associated Press A large, brightly colored invasive species called the Joro spider is on the move in the United States. Populations have been growing in parts of the South and East Coast for years, and many researchers think it’s only a matter of time before they spread to much of the continental

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul halted a plan to charge most motorists $15 to enter the core of Manhattan, upending the nation’s first “congestion pricing” system on Wednesday just weeks before it was set to launch. The announcement dealt a stunning blow to

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Thousands of people including police officers from throughout the Northeast have gathered for the funeral of a Connecticut state trooper killed by a hit-and-run driver last week. Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier was remembered Wednesday in Hartford as a dedicated public servant and loving husband and

By KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The reality/competition series “The Traitors” has announced a lineup of reality television all-stars, actors and even a British aristocrat for the cast of its upcoming third season. A slew of stars from the “Real Housewives,” “Survivor,” the “Bachelor” franchises, including Chrishell Stause, Tom Sandoval, Sam Asghari

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press VER-SUR MER, France (AP) — Along with the generals and the paratroopers, the pilots and the infantrymen, spare a thought for the young Irish woman who may have played the most important role of all in making the D-Day landings a success. Maureen Sweeney was a postal clerk at Blacksod

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — Joe Biden’s campaign is signaling new plans to incorporate Donald Trump’s recent felony conviction as a core element of the Democratic president’s reelection message. Five months before Election Day, there are key voices — some within Biden’s campaign headquarters — who believe that Trump’s

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing has finally launched NASA astronauts to the International Space Station after years of stumbles and delays. It’s the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board. A pair of veteran NASA pilots will check out the spacecraft during the test

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — A political consultant who sent artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking President Joe Biden’s voice has made an initial court appearance in New Hampshire, where he is charged with voter suppression and impersonating a candidate ahead of the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary. Steven Kramer, who also faces a

By SYLVIE CORBET and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PEGASUS BRIDGE, France (AP) — In World War II, millions of women rolled up their sleeves and worked in defense-industry factories, freeing up and equipping men for combat. They had their own icon in “Rosie the Riveter,” a woman in a polka-dotted bandanna flexing a muscular arm.

By JAMES JORDAN and HARRIET MORRIS Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin is warning that Russia could provide long-range weapons to others to strike Western targets elsewhere in the world in response to NATO allies allowing Ukraine to launch attacks on Russian territory. Putin also reaffirmed Moscow’s readiness to use nuclear