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By JILL LAWLESS and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A diplomatic spat has erupted between Greece and Britain after the U.K. canceled a planned meeting between Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Greek premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Mitsotakis angrily accused Sunak of trying to avoid discussing the contested Parthenon Marbles. Mitsotakis is visiting London and

PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) — A local Wisconsin official who posted a selfie with his marked ballot on Facebook during the April 2022 election has had a felony charge against him dropped. Fifty-two-year-old Mequon-Thiensville School Board member Paul Buzzell had faced maximum penalties of 3 1/2 years behind bars and $10,000 in fines. Ozaukee County

By JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump threatened over the weekend to reopen the contentious fight over the Affordable Care Act after failing to repeal it while in the White House, saying he is “seriously looking at alternatives” if he wins a second term. Trump’s comments drew

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two men who served decades in prison for separate murders in New York City have been exonerated after reinvestigations found that they had been convicted based on unreliable witness testimony. Forty-nine-year-old Jabar Walker walked free on Monday after he was cleared of the 1995 double murder

By AAMER MADHANI and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Argentine President-elect Javier Milei is getting a meeting with a top Biden aide. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says Milei will sit down with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Tuesday in Washington. President Joe Biden will be traveling to Georgia

ROUND MOUNTAIN, Texas (AP) — The CEO of a construction company and his two young children were among four people killed in a three-vehicle crash that his wife survived in Texas on the day before Thanksgiving. According to media reports, Zach Muckleroy died in the Nov. 22 crash about 45 miles west of Austin along

WASHINGTON (AP) — Miliary officials say a U.S. Army Air Force gunner’s remains have been accounted for nearly eight decades after the heavy bomber he was flying in was shot down over France during World War II. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency says Staff Sgt. Franklin P. Hall was identified in July. Officials say the

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court has upheld a Democratic-drawn congressional map that divvied up a conservative, oil-producing region and reshaped a swing district along the U.S. border with Mexico. All five justices signed a shortly worded order to affirm a lower court decision that the

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A federal lawsuit accuses police officers of illegally entering a Maryland apartment without a warrant, detaining roommates and unnecessarily shooting their pet dog, which was left paralyzed and ultimately euthanized. The four plaintiffs who sued Prince George’s County on Monday claim the officers panicked and unnecessarily fired their weapons at

By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is celebrating national conservation day. Meanwhile, conservationists say the country’s list of endangered species is too short and too slow to update. The queen conch, for example, has declined so dramatically that the department of agriculture imposes regular fishing bans. Still, it is not listed

By The Associated Press First this fall, another round with COVID-19 shuttered Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show.” Now the show is again sidelined as the host recovers from a burst appendix. The comedian revealed on social media Monday that he’s recovering after surgery, wiping out planned shows for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. “Going forward, all

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A proposed amended contract between Puerto Rico’s government and the operator of a coal-fired power plant accused of contaminating low-income communities has drawn scrutiny during a heated public hearing. Environmentalists and lawyers demand to see the redacted details of amendments sought by AES Puerto

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Court records say a Maine man charged with using social media to threaten to commit a shooting at a New Hampshire high school has changed his plea to guilty. Police charged Kyle Hendrickson with criminal threatening with a firearm in April. They said he posted a video with a gun outside

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has picked Justice Minister Flávio Dino to fill an empty seat on the country’s top court. Many allies of the leftist leader hoped he would pick another woman to replace Minister Rosa Maria Weber, who stepped down as chief

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A midwestern woman who filled her front yard with stones, statues and art is facing the possibility of being forced to remove the decorations after 30 years of collecting them. Iris Logan’s home in St. Paul, Minnesota, has become something of a local landmark. But the St. Paul Pioneer Press

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The University of North Carolina graduate student charged with fatally shooting his faculty adviser has been found unfit for trial after two mental evaluations. Tailei Qi is accused of killing associate professor Zijie Yan in a science building at the state’s flagship public university

FENTRESS, Texas (AP) — Add this to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s high ambitions: Parachuting from a plane. The three-term Republican governor skydived Monday for the first time, completing a tandem jump from about 8,000 feet above the suburbs between Austin and San Antonio. He was joined on the plane by 106-year-old World War II veteran

By SAM METZ Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — A documentary about Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass that depicts how four generations of women in her family were shaped by exile has premiered before an emotional audience in Marrakech. The Marrakech International Film Festival began last week in the Moroccan city, bringing American and international movie

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Have a Google account you haven’t used in a while? If you want to keep it from disappearing, you should check on it before the end of the week. Under Google’s updated inactive-account policy, which the tech giant announced back in May, accounts that haven’t

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a national budget for the next three years that increases spending by around 25% and reportedly devotes a record amount to defense as the the country’s military operation in Ukraine drags on. The budget foresees spending in 2024 of 36.6 trillion rubles with an expected deficit