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DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is resuming construction on a Michigan electric vehicle battery plant that the company postponed two months ago during a strike by the United Auto Workers union. But the automaker said that due to slowing electric vehicle sales growth, it will scale back the factory’s size, cutting the number of

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Anna Eshoo is not running for reelection next year.  Eshoo’s announcement on Tuesday marks the end of her more than three decades in Congress representing California’s Silicon Valley. It will also likely kick off a fierce race for her seat, which includes parts of Santa

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As much as 1.1 million gallons of oil may have been discharged into the Gulf of Mexico from a pipeline system off Louisiana’s southeast coast. Federal officials said Tuesday that the pipeline has been shut down, but authorities were still trying to determine the exact location

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it’s very concerned that Iran may provide ballistic missiles to Russia for use in the war against Ukraine. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says it would be a disastrous development for the Ukrainian people if that were to happen. Kirby says Iran

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press An island along the coast of Maine that was home to a mixed-race fishing community later forcibly removed by the state has been added to the National Register of Historic Places after a years-long effort. Malaga Island, a 42-acre island about a 40-mile drive up the coast from Portland, is

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A New York massage therapist who joined the mob of Trump supporters attacking the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to three months in jail. Frank Rocco Giustino’s sentencing caps a case in which he skipped court hearings, profanely insulted a prosecutor and berated the judge. Giustino failed

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man accused of firebombing an anti-abortion office in Wisconsin has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of damaging property with explosives. Online court records show Hridindu Roychowdhury entered the plea Monday. He faces up to 20 years in prison when he’s sentenced on Dec. 1. Prosecutors have agreed to recommend

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is facing a second lawsuit over its effort to disband pro-Palestinian student groups. A lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Gainesville claims the state is either ignoring or doesn’t understand First Amendment rights to free speech. The Council on American-Islamic Relations is representing the University of South Florida chapter

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota plans to appeal a federal judge’s decision that found a Voting Rights Act violation in the state’s 2021 redistricting map for two Native American tribes. Republican Secretary of State Michael Howe announced his decision on Tuesday, a day after a federal appeals court dealt

By JIM SALTER Associated Press The Missouri Supreme Court has turned away an appeal about how to word a ballot question on access to abortion. The state’s Republican secretary of state has suggested wording that would ask voters whether they are in favor of allowing “dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth.” A state appeals

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s former corporate controller has teared up while testifying that he “gave up” on his longtime job because he was worn out by the company’s legal woes. Jeffrey McConney testified Tuesday for a fourth day in six weeks at the ex-president’s civil fraud trial. Asked

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials say the man who was shot and killed by a California Highway Patrol officer in a struggle on a freeway that was captured on video was a 34-year old man from Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office on Tuesday said Jesse Dominguez’s

By JOSH BOAK and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden promised to visit Africa this year, but 2023 is drawing to a close with no trip in sight so far. Nor has Biden given any public indication he plans to attend the U.N. climate conference that starts next week in Dubai. U.S.

By BECKY BOHRER, MARK THIESSEN and JOHN RABY Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Three people have been killed and three more are missing after a landslide ripped through a remote Alaskan fishing community. The landslide late Monday smashed into three homes in the Alaska Panhandle town of Wrangell. The state Department of Public Safety

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — What is a holiday season without festive music? The classics are great, but the classics performed by some of the best performers across pop, R&B, rock, opera, soul and beyond? That’s a real reason to celebrate. In honor of the most wonderful time of the

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors in Las Vegas have formally charged four high school students as adults with second-degree murder in the beating of their schoolmate. The district attorney in Las Vegas says the students weren’t charged with first-degree murder because video evidence shows the killing wasn’t a premeditated act.