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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government has issued a decree that will force private freight railway lines to give preference to passenger train service over their normal freight runs. The decree gives the two main private concessionary rail operators until Jan. 15 to present proposals for offering the service themselves. If they decline, the government

By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Linda Campbell decorated the Lions Club Christmas tree in her small hometown just as she would any other Thanksgiving week, but this was no ordinary Monday in late November. All around Plains, neighbors mourned the death of their matriarch, former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter, while

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic is scheduled to be arraigned on an assault charge in connection with his arrest this weekend after his wife called police to their home and said he tried to choke her. A Boston Police Department report released Monday said Lucic, a

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three teenage girls have pleaded guilty in the dragging death of a woman whose arm was severed in a carjacking last year. New Orleans news outlets report that all were sentenced as adults to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted manslaughter in the death of 73-year-old Linda Frickey.

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, suggested that the economy appears to be on what he calls the “golden path,” another term for what economists often term a “soft landing,” in which the Fed would curb inflation without causing a deep recession.

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Grand Prix blew past BetMGM betting handles for previous Formula One races. Trading manager Seamus Magee said BetMGM took three times the number of bets than any other previous F1 race. Westgate Las Vegas and Red Rock Resort reported on Saturday this

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press A Montana man who had been living with a teenager who disappeared from her home in Arizona four years ago has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of the sexual abuse of children based on images that authorities say were found on his cellphone. Edmund Davis has been jailed

By MARK M. MENGONFIA Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Election officials in Liberia have officially declared Joseph Boakai the president-elect of the West African country. The announcement comes three days after incumbent George Weah conceded defeat based on the provisional results from this month’s runoff election. Boakai won with just over 50% of ballots.

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts announced plans Monday to let homeless families stay overnight in the state transportation building in downtown Boston. The move comes as officials scramble to find shelter spots for newly arriving families after hitting a state-imposed limit of 7,500 families in the emergency homeless shelter system. Officials

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Colman Domingo has a commanding physical presence, an expressive face and soulful eyes. But his most limber and powerful tool is his voice. It can go low in a bone-rattling baritone. Or it can rise to the warm, erudite rhythm of civil rights leader Bayard

PARIS (AP) — Prosecutors say a French bishop has been handed a preliminary charge of attempting to rape an adult man a decade ago. It is the latest of a growing number of accusations of sexual abuse by clergy in France. The French Bishops Conference says Bishop Georges Colomb denies wrongdoing. Prosecutors say the investigation

U.S. auto safety regulators say they are reviewing some Hyundai and Kia recalls related to brake safety units to determine if they should have been done sooner. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation is reviewing 16 Hyundai and Kia recalls conducted since 2016 that involve more than 6 million vehicles for

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press MIDDLETOWN, N.J. (AP) — A company proposing a wind farm off New Jersey is investing $10.6 million to help grow the industry’s supply chain and support related technology startups. Attentive Energy is one of four projects recently proposed in New Jersey’s latest wind farm solicitations. It’s a collaboration between Houston-based

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation barring individuals convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence from possessing firearms for at least an eight-year-period. Whitmer said at Monday’s signing that prohibiting gun possession for people involved in domestic violence it’s “just common sense.” She pointed to federal statistics

By JUSTIN KABUMBA and JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KISANGANI, Congo (AP) — Congolese businessman and opposition leader Moise Katumbi has launched his bid for the presidency, five years after the regime in power at the time blocked him from running. He is among those seeking to challenge President Felix Tshisekedi in the Dec. 20 vote.

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Cole Koepke was en route to a minor league game with Syracuse of the AHL when he heard from a friend that Adam Johnson had been cut by a skate blade during a hockey game in Britain. After the game last month, the Tampa Bay Lightning

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer OpenAI is bringing in the former head of Twitch as interim CEO just days after the company pushed out its well-known leader, Sam Altman, sparking upheaval in the world of artificial intelligence. Emmett Shear announced his new role Monday morning in a post on X while also acknowledging “the process

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press New York’s highest court has upheld a New York City law that forbids police from using chokeholds or compressing a person’s diaphragm during an arrest. The New York Court of Appeals issued the ruling in a unanimous decision on Monday. The city’s law came as governments across the country prohibited

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The president of Cyprus says his country is ready to “immediately” begin shipping large quantities of humanitarian aid to Gaza in vessels that can navigate shallow water once conditions on the ground allow for it. President Nikos Christodoulides told the Associated Press in an interview Monday

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius will have a second chance at parole at a hearing on Friday after he was wrongly ruled ineligible for early release from prison in March. South Africa’s department of corrections said in a statement to The Associated Press that a parole board