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By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Delegates at a reparations summit in Ghana have agreed to establish a Global Reparation Fund to push for overdue compensation for millions of Africans enslaved centuries ago during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The agreement announced Thursday adds to the growing demands for reparations after about 12

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has entrusted its field hockey program to a 23-year-old former star player in Erin Matson. She has led the Tar Heels close to another national championship. UNC is the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and hosts this weekend’s semifinals

By RALPH D. RUSSO and LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writers ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan announced Thursday that football coach Jim Harbaugh will serve the remainder of a three-game suspension from the Big Ten in return for the conference ending its investigation into a scheme to steal opponents’ play-calling signals. The settlement between the

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury has convicted a 35-year-old woman of murder in the May 2022 shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in a case that led investigators on a 43-day international search for the killer. Kaitlin Armstrong was convicted Thursday and faces a sentence

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Legislature has wrapped up its formal session without a deal on a supplemental budget. The $2.8 billion spending bill includes hundreds of millions of dollars to address the state’s overburdened emergency shelters. Both the House and Senate bills would steer $250 million toward the shelter system. Lawmakers were unable to

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Grand Prix is an absolute spectacle of neon extravagance and Max Verstappen has absolutely no interest in the excess and opulence weaved into Formula One’s first visit to Sin City in 41 years. The reigning three-time Formula One champion called Saturday

FORT STEWART, Ga. (AP) — The U.S. Army says four family members were found dead inside a home at Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia. A statement from the Army post southwest of Savannah said the bodies of a soldier, her husband and their two children were discovered Wednesday after members of the soldier’s unit requested

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after he disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial was temporarily lifted Thursday by an appellate judge who raised free speech concerns. Judge David Friedman of

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Experts say new steps China has agreed to will eventually reduce the flow of the deadly opioid fentanyl into the U.S., but that alone will not stem the overdose crisis killing Americans at a record rate. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced at a meeting Wednesday in

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press A Russian soldier recently returned from fighting in Ukraine went to teach schoolchildren about Russia’s military campaign there before later beating up his neighbors, Russian news outlet Ostorozhno Novosti reported on its Telegram channel. It is the latest report of a fighter from Ukraine returning to commit acts of violence

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s largest Christian university says it’s fighting a $37.7 million fine brought by the federal government over allegations that it lied to students about the cost of its programs. Grand Canyon University, which enrolls more than 100,000 students, mostly online, said it’s filing an appeal

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Five European nations and Canada are seeking to join a case brought by Gambia at the United Nations’ highest court accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its Rohingya minority. The International Court of Justice said Thursday that Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury on Thursday convicted the man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home last year of federal charges for seeking to hold her hostage and attacking her husband with a hammer. Jurors deliberated for about eight hours before finding

By MIKE STOBBE and KENYA HUNTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — RSV infections are rising sharply in some parts of the country, nearly filling hospital emergency departments in Georgia, Texas and some other states. Federal officials say they are taking action to help counter the surge. On Thursday, they announced the release of 77,000

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the election interference case against former President Donald Trump and others in Georgia has issued an order that prohibits the release of certain evidence. The ruling came after news outlets this week reported on the contents of and published clips from interviews that four

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Major League Baseball will play its 2025 All-Star Game in Atlanta, four years after moving the event from Truist Park to Denver’s Coors Field over objections to changes in Georgia’s voting rights laws. Atlanta was awarded the 2021 All-Star Game in May 2019, but MLB

By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan prosecutors say they will seek to strip President-elect Bernardo Arévalo and several members of his party of their immunity for allegedly making social media posts that encouraged students to take over a public university more than a year ago. Cultural Heritage prosecutor Ángel Saúl

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge says lawyers for Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant are allowed to argue that he was acting in self-defense as part of a lawsuit accusing him of assaulting a teenager during a pickup basketball game at the NBA star’s house. Circuit Court Judge Carol Chumney

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Black man who died after he was hit by a police SUV in Mississippi was buried in a pauper’s cemetery without his family’s knowledge, even though his state ID was in his pocket, indicating a serious effort to cover up the manner of

CHICAGO (AP) — Fire officials say a Chicago commuter train has collided with rail equipment, injuring nearly 40 people, some of them critically. The Chicago Fire Department says a Chicago Transit Authority train crashed into snow-removal equipment Thursday morning. Fire officials say the train collided with the slower-moving rail equipment near a station on the