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By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ fund to support homeless families announced $117 million in new grants on Tuesday to organizations across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The grants are a part of a $2 billion commitment Bezos made in 2018 to support homeless families and to run free preschools. The Bezos

Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors aren’t pursuing an assault charge against a close friend of Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant stemming from a fight during a pickup basketball game at the player’s home last year. Shelby County court records show that a misdemeanor charge of assault against Davonte Pack has been dismissed. Pack

By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Rosalynn Carter used her powerful posts to address injustices as her husband rose in politics, especially those imposed as part of the racist Jim Crow system that prevailed in Georgia. The most personal of those cases involved Mary Prince Fitzpatrick, who went to Washington as White

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry plans to appeal to the British government to release evidence that is key to his phone hacking lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail. An attorney for the Duke of Sussex said Tuesday at a court hearing that he would ask government ministers to

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, GENE JOHNSON, FATIMA HUSSEIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government dealt a massive blow to Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, which agreed to pay a roughly $4 billion settlement Tuesday as its founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to a felony related to his failure

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s junta on Tuesday asked West Africa’s regional court to order the lifting of sanctions imposed on the country by its neighbors following a July coup in which the democratically elected president was deposed. The sanctions were the most stringent yet imposed by the regional bloc

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Firefighters responding to an early morning fire in Florida found the body of a woman who had been fatally stabbed, and her three critically injured children. The youngest child was found in a nearby crib and died after being taken to a hospital on Tuesday. Two other children _ ages

By MARK KENNEDY and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press Thanksgiving may be a time for Americans to come together, but opinion is divided over what’s on the crowded dinner table. We mostly agree on the deliciousness of pumpkin pie, say, but are split over the eternal turkey question of dark meat versus white meat. And don’t

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit by Dakota Access Pipeline protesters who alleged excessive force by law enforcement during a clash in 2016. Nine protesters filed the lawsuit alleging civil rights violations in officers’ use of tear gas, rubber

SALEM, Ind. (AP) — A Louisiana woman was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for her involvement in the death of a 5-year-old Atlanta boy whose body was found last year in a suitcase in rural southern Indiana. A Washington County judge sentenced Dawn Elaine Coleman, 41, of Shreveport, Louisiana, to 30 years with

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is set to attend South Carolina’s biggest athletic event of the year. Trump’s campaign said Tuesday that he will be at the Nov. 25 matchup between the University of South Carolina and Clemson University. The game, known as the Palmetto Bowl comes,

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals from both a liberal group that sought to disqualify Donald Trump and the former president himself after a state judge ruled that Trump “engaged in insurrection” but can appear on the state’s ballot. The court says it will

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s the season of giving thanks — and it turns out humans have been doing it for a long, long time. As more researchers dig into the science of gratitude, they’ve found the feeling likely played a key role in helping our ancestors band together

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Stockholm city council has publicly supported Sweden’s latest bid to host the 2030 Olympics ahead of key meetings Tuesday for potential Winter Games hosts. An International Olympic Committee panel is taking online presentations from would-be hosts to prepare for decisions scheduled for next week. The IOC executive board will meet

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic was released on personal recognizance bail Tuesday after pleading not guilty to assaulting his wife. According to a Boston Police Department report, Lucic appeared intoxicated when officers arrived at his North End apartment early Saturday after his wife reported that he tried to choke her. Brittany Lucic

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Authorities say more than 100 handguns were stolen from a Michigan store after the manager was held at gunpoint and forced to reveal how to turn off the alarm. All guns except one were recovered and two men were arrested last Friday, a day after the heist

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The websites of two government ministries in Bahrain briefly became inaccessible Tuesday night after a cyberattack took them down, purportedly over the island kingdom’s stance on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. A statement posted online by a self-described group calling itself Al-Toufan, or “The Flood”

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A defense lawyer says a Pakistani court has ruled that the ongoing prison trial of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of revealing state secrets is illegal. Khan’s lawyer said the Islamabad High Court issued the decision on Tuesday. It was unclear whether the government would

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and VANESSA GERA Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Poland is expected to receive more than 5 billion euros ($5.5 billion) in EU funds after the European Commission gave a positive assessment of the country’s revised plan for green reforms and investments. The money is part of the bloc’s program aimed at helping

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union will continue to provide millions of euros in financial aid to the Palestinians after an investigation found that no money has been diverted to Hamas. The EU commission said Tuesday that it has screened over 100 projects worth a total of around $362 million.