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By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Senate has approved lifting a 36-year-old moratorium on new nuclear power installments. Proponents say the plan endorsed Wednesday will ensure the state can meet its carbon-free power production promise by 2045. The plan would open the door to cutting-edge nuclear technology in so-called

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A federal court jury has found a man not guilty of assaulting a woman at a U.S. research station in Antarctica. Stephen Tyler Bieneman was charged with misdemeanor assault over an altercation last November at McMurdo Station. Bieneman denied hurting the woman in testimony Wednesday. He

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — More than 400 earthquakes have been detected beneath Washington’s Mount St. Helens in recent months, though there are no signs of imminent eruption. That’s according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The agency reports that most quakes between July and October were less than magnitude 1.0 and too small to be felt

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Legislature has wrapped up a special session in a largely symbolic effort to support Israel in its war with Hamas while Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis runs for president. The Senate unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday condemning Hamas for the Oct. 7 attacks on Israeli citizens and expressing support for

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t elaborate when he said this week that Israel would maintain indefinite “overall security responsibility” in Gaza once it removes Hamas from power in response to a deadly Oct. 7 cross-border raid by the Islamic militant group. Experience suggests that any Israeli security

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will stay on the Minnesota primary ballot after the state supreme court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking end his candidacy under a rarely-used constitutional provision that forbids those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. The Minnesota Supreme Court

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels hired Ron Washington to be their new manager Wednesday, turning to a veteran baseball mind in an attempt to end nearly a decade of losing baseball. The 71-year-old Washington becomes the majors’ oldest current manager and only the second active Black

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The physical pain of nearly dying when shrapnel from a roadside bomb in Iraq tore through his head 17 years ago was hard enough for ABC newsman Bob Woodruff. Mentally, it was even worse. That’s evident in talking to Woodruff and watching as he takes

By ÉDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — About 3,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have blocked traffic on one of Mexico’s main southern highways to demand transit or exit visas to reach the U.S. border. The caravan of migrants set out walking from the city of Tapachula, near the

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A man convicted of shooting and wounding a New Hampshire bishop and assaulting the bride and groom in 2019 has played his own rap music for the jury as part of his insanity defense ahead of sentencing. Dale Holloway said Wednesday he wanted to show he was dealing with demons and

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The number of homeless families seeking emergency shelter in Massachusetts is nearing a 7,500-family threshold, past which Democratic Gov. Maura Healey says the state can no longer guarantee shelter. It will instead place families on a waitlist, prioritizing those with the highest needs. Healey says she doesn’t

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The “Macbeth”-inspired immersive theater experience “Sleep No More” that is hosted in three empty, hulking warehouse spaces in downtown New York City will say goodbye early next year on its 5,000 performance. Producers said Wednesday that they’ll wrap up the experience on Jan. 28 after

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police say a suspect is in custody in the fatal stabbing of a Detroit synagogue leader. Samantha Woll’s death has raised questions about whether it was motivated by antisemitism. Police have said there’s no evidence of that. The 40-year-old was president of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue. She was found dead outside

By BROOKE SCHULTZ and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Voters in some of the highest-profile school board elections across the U.S. rebuked conservative candidates in local school board elections who want to ban books and restrict classroom conversations on race and gender. In recent years, down-ballot elections have become proxy votes for

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The deputy director of the new gun violence prevention office at the White House has been in Lewiston, Maine, helping the community recover from a mass shooting. Greg Jackson says his job is to make it easier for the states and cities to get help from the

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The family of a prominent Palestinian activist is fighting Israel’s arrest of the young woman, saying she is being punished for an online post she didn’t write. Israeli authorities arrested Ahed Tamimi this week on charges of incitement to terrorism. Israeli authorities say Tamimi posted on Instagram

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials have approved a settlement that includes reforms to the state medical examiner’s process for conducting autopsies on people killed in police custody. The settlement approved by the Board of Public Works on Wednesday ends litigation relating to how the office performed an autopsy for

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden to take steps to protect Palestinians in the United States as the Israel-Hamas war continues. That would be through temporary protections for Palestinians using programs that shield immigrants from returning to countries affected by natural disasters or

Associated Press Air travel is getting worse, judging from the number of consumer complaints. Consumer complaints about airlines nearly doubled in the first three months of this year compared with the same period last year and kept soaring in April and May, the U.S. Transportation Department said Wednesday. Those are the latest figures from the

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The day that panda lovers have been dreading has finally come. The National Zoo’s three giant pandas, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji. on Wednesday began their long trip to China, leaving behind an empty panda exhibit with no certainty that pandas ever