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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Daytime Emmys are back on after being postponed by the Hollywood writers’ strike. The 50th annual ceremony honoring talk shows and soap operas will air Dec. 15 live on CBS and be livestreamed on Paramount + and will be hosted by Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner of “Entertainment Tonight.” It

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in Puerto Rico say a surgical dentist shot and killed a patient who entered his office and allegedly assaulted the dentist and his secretary. A police statement says the 41-year-old victim was reported as being upset about recent dental work he had done. The incident occurred Friday in

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FBI agents quietly seized phones and an iPad from New York City Mayor Eric Adams early this week as part of an investigation into political fundraising during his 2021 campaign, his attorney disclosed Friday. The seizures happened as Adams was leaving a public event in Manhattan,

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she and her Chinese counterpart have agreed to work toward a “healthy economic relationship,” during two days of talks that she said helped lay the groundwork for a productive meeting next week between President Joe Biden and

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican congressman who leads the House GOP’s investigation of the origins of COVID-19 says he won’t seek reelection next year. Rep. Brad Wenstrup represents Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District and was first elected to the House in 2012. He said in a video Thursday that he would be stepping down to spend

By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A European company has cancelled plans to build blades for offshore wind turbines in coastal Virginia. It’s the latest sign of struggle within the U.S.’s nascent offshore wind industry. Siemens Gamesa confirmed the cancellation Friday. The proposed $200 million factory would have created more than 300

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City is hiring two overdose investigators as part of an effort to reduce fentanyl deaths in the Missouri city. The ordinance passed Thursday by the city council also requires overdoses to be reported within 24 hours. The Kansas City Star reports the city will create a review board to

BRANDON, Fla. (AP) — Two Florida sheriff’s deputies remained hospitalized Friday after surgeries for injuries they suffered when a man intentionally plowed into them with his speeding car, authorities said. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a video message that deputies Carlos Brito, 39, and Manny Santos, 31, “are on a long road to

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A 5.0 magnitude earthquake has struck the northwest Dominican Republic near the border with Haiti. The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor occurred Friday at a depth of 12 miles (19 kilometers). Dominican officials said the quake was felt in the border town of Montecristi all the way south

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — More than two weeks ago Otis went from tropical storm to Category 5 hurricane in a record 12 hours. It caught authorities and residents flat footed in this city of 1 million, a blend of big hotels and impoverished suburbs, tourism and drug violence. Now it

By ISABELLA VOLMERT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former Indiana lawmaker has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge alleging that he accepted promises of compensation from a casino company during his time in public office. Court documents released this week say former Indiana state Rep. Sean Eberhart accepted the promise of

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Ukrainian and Russian officials on Friday say they’ve reached an agreement to bring a Ukrainian teenager taken to Russia amid the war last year back to his home country. Russia’s children’s rights ombudsman says Bohdan Yermokhin will be reunited with a cousin “in a third country”

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The 2024 Republican presidential primary field has narrowed. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum dropped out of the race on Monday. The remaining GOP candidates are former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s immensely powerful governing party may face its biggest test yet as it announces its candidates for the 2024 gubernatorial elections. The challenge isn’t coming from flagging opposition parties. Rather, the party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has to prove it can hold together and prevent the desertion of candidates

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Israel’s national soccer team has arrived in Kosovo amid tight security measures at the airport ahead of a postponed European Championship qualifier. The team’s two buses were accompanied by several police vehicles and armed officers as it left the airport. There was also tight security at the hotel where the team

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British judge has expressed profound concerns about the tactics of the parents of a terminally ill infant as he refused to allow them to take her home from the hospital to die. The decision by Court of Appeal Justice Peter Jackson came after the parents of

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — While workers were counting ballots for primary elections in August, the elections office in King County, Washington, received a suspicious envelope that turned out to contain trace amounts of fentanyl. It happened again this week, and not just in Washington state, where the office was processing

By STEPHEN GROVES and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With just a week left to avert a government shutdown, new House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing his first big test as he tries to win House Republican support for a short-term funding plan — a task that looks increasingly difficult amid stubborn divisions