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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has permanently blocked some efforts in North Carolina to restrict how abortion pills can be dispensed. The judge has said they are preempted by the authority of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. But Judge Catherine Eagles allowed other laws to remain

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a halt to asylum processing at the U.S. border with Mexico when illegal entries reach a threshold that he deems excessive. The measure takes effect immediately because the new policy is triggered when arrests for illegal entry reach 2,500. About

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of Rick Cobb II say they were mistreated by government officials and failed by a system that rarely holds law enforcement accountable. The comments came at a news conference Tuesday, a day after Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty defended her initial decision to charge the

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s ruling party has introduced draft legislation curtailing LGBTQ+ rights. The proposals by the Georgian Dream are similar to laws enacted in Russia and come on the heels of the authorities adopting another law critics denounced as borrowed from Moscow’s playbook — the “foreign influence” law. It ignited weeks of mass

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man who attacked a Muslim state representative outside a prayer service in Connecticut has been sentenced to five years in prison. Andrey Desmond appeared in Hartford Superior Court on Tuesday in connection with the June 2023 assault on Rep. Maryam Khan, the first Muslim to serve in the state House

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) — An independent group of experts warned Tuesday that it’s possible that famine is underway in northern Gaza but that the war between Israel and Hamas and restrictions on humanitarian access have impeded the data collection to prove it. “It is possible, if not likely,” the group

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters in August will weigh in on a constitutional amendment requiring Kansas City to spend more money on its police force. The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday changed the date of the special election from November to the Aug. 6 primary. It had previously

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Authorities in Michigan say they have recovered a stolen classic car that was restored years ago by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Police got a tip and discovered the 1968 Ford Galaxie in a yard in Ingham County. Joshua Agnello has cystic fibrosis. He says he restored the Galaxie about 18 years ago

By JIM SALTER Associated Press The Missouri Supreme Court has set a Sept. 24 execution date for Marcellus Williams, even as the inmate awaits a court hearing on his innocence claim. The order on Tuesday came hours after it ruled that Gov. Mike Parson was within his rights last year when he dissolved a board

By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the U.S. Congress say the ruling Chinese Communist Party that sent in tanks against peaceful student protesters 35 years ago in the heart of Beijing is as ruthless and suppressive today as it was in 1989. It’s a stark warning as lawmakers commemorated the anniversary

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans hosts its 11th Super Bowl next year. And the preparations involve showcasing the city’s heralded architecture, music, food and celebratory culture while addressing its myriad challenges, including crime, homelessness and an antiquated drainage system. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry joined Mayor LaToya Cantrell and a

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Fears are rising that time is running out for hostages in Gaza that are still alive. Israel announced Tuesday that four more hostages have died in Hamas captivity. The hostage crisis began on Oct. 7 when Hamas kidnapped about 250 hostages back to Gaza. Nearly eight months

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Tuesday that would sanction the International Criminal Court for requesting arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials. The 247-155 vote amounts to Congress’ first legislative rebuke of the war crimes court since its stunning decision last month to

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former protege of The-Dream, the Grammy-winning writer and producer on some of biggest hits by Beyoncé and Rihanna, has filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault and other abuse. Chanaaz Mangroe, who performed under the stage name Channii Monroe, alleges in her lawsuit

By MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has launched an intense drive to persuade Hamas and Israel to accept a new cease-fire proposal in the nearly eight-month-old war in Gaza while it also presses Arab nations to get the militant group to go along with the terms. It

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The father of an Alaska woman killed in a murder-for-hire scheme in 2019 died during a weekend memorial motorcycle ride commemorating the fifth anniversary of her death. Authorities say 58-year-old Timothy Hoffman lost control of his motorcycle Sunday in an area west of Wasilla and was later pronounced dead at a

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A prosecutor says he is asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reverse the governor’s pardon of a former Army sergeant who was convicted of fatally shooting a Black Lives Matter demonstrator. Travis County District Attorney José Garza and the family of Garrett Foster, who

By JOSEPH B. FREDERICK and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — James Kane has used a magnet to fish all manner of junk from New York City waterways, but stacks of $100 bills he pulled from a safe were something else entirely. Kane’s girlfriend, Barbi Agostini, told The Associated Press on Monday that

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer It’s been 25 years since “Run Lola Run” was released in the United States. The small German experiemntal film about a woman who has 20 minutes to try to collect 100,000 Deutschmarks to save her boyfriend’s life became a modest hit and cult classic. Now it’s getting a theatrical

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M’s president says the traditional bonfire, which ended 25 years ago after 12 people were killed and 27 more were wounded when the log stack collapsed during construction, will not return to campus. President Mark Welsh announced the decision Tuesday. A special committee had recommended bringing it back as