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BY HARUNA UMAR Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Locals and authorities in Nigeria’s Borno state say Islamic rebels have killed 11 farmers and abducted several others during an attack on Sunday that was the latest of several to threaten food supplies in the hard-hit region. One resident said Monday that about six of the

By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A jury has convicted a Florida dentist of murder in the death of his former brother-in-law, a professor killed in 2014 after a bitter custody battle with the dentist’s sister. The verdict Monday signaled jurors sided with the prosecutors’ contentions that Charles Adelson paid to have Florida State University professor Dan

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Police have arrested a 23-year-old man suspected in the slaying of his grandmother who was found decapitated at a home in Northern California. Police say officers responding to reports of a possible homicide discovered the 64-year-old woman dead last Thursday in Santa Rosa. Officials say the woman’s head was not

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A former employee at a Big Ten football program said Monday it was his job to steal signs and he was given details from multiple conference schools before his team played Michigan to compile a spreadsheet of play-calling signals used by the Wolverines last

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Elijah McClain’s mother wiped tears from her eyes as a verdict was read Monday acquitting a second Denver-area police officer in the 2019 death of her son. Two of three officers to face trial so far avoided prison time after being found not

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A one-year-old child has died and a four-year-old has recovered after being exposed to fentanyl in the drug-plagued northern Mexico state of Sinaloa. The state’s governor acknowledged that so far this year, a total of four children have been treated for exposure to fentanyl. But Gov.

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A man charged in the 2019 fatal shooting of a transgender Dallas woman about a month after she was beaten in a separate attack that was caught on video has been sentenced to 48 years in prison. Thirty-seven-year-old Kendrell Lyles entered a guilty plea Monday just before

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tennis legend Serena Williams told a glittery fashion industry audience how fashion became a favored mode of expression as she grew up in the public eye, with the tennis court serving as her runway. “I knew when I was a little girl that I was

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s government says it has received no requests for asylum from Cuban athletes who reportedly abandoned their visiting national team after participating in the Pan American Games that ended over the weekend. Chilean government spokesperson Camila Vallejo says that “so far, none of these athletes have made any kind of request”

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press Iowa will pay $10 million to the siblings of an adopted 16-year-old girl who weighed just 56 pounds (25 kilograms) when she died of starvation in a home where an attorney for the siblings says the children were forced to fight each other for food. A state board approved the

By ED KOMENDA Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza blocked traffic Monday at the Port of Tacoma, where a military supply ship had recently arrived. Organizers said they opposed the Israel-Hamas war and targeted the vessel — the Cape Orlando — based on confidential information

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Nearly five dozen people indicted on racketeering charges related to protests against a planned police and firefighter training facility appeared in court as their supporters rallied outside the courthouse in Atlanta. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr obtained a sweeping indictment in August, using the state’s anti-racketeering law

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A woman who allegedly drove her car into a building in Indianapolis after watching coverage of the Israel-Hamas war told officers she believed the building was an “Israel school.” Indianapolis police say one adult as well as four children were inside the Israelite School of Universal and Practical Knowledge at the time

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks is increasing pay and benefits for most U.S. hourly workers after ending its fiscal year with record sales. But the company said Monday that unionized workers won’t be eligible for some of those perks, a sign of the continuing tension between the Seattle coffee giant and the union

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan has received widespread criticism for a video she posted over the weekend that was deemed offensive to the Jewish community by some, but she said her critics should focus less on the words she used than on saving civilian lives

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has pushed back to Jan. 10 the date for oral arguments in a contract interference and conspiracy lawsuit filed against the NFL by former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden. Postponement of the hearing, originally scheduled for Tuesday, came at the request of attorneys for who cited

By ÉDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Zapatista rebel movement in southern Mexico says it is dissolving the “autonomous municipalities” it declared in the years following the group’s 1994 armed uprising. The Zapatistas led a brief rebellion to demand greater Indigenous rights. Since then, they have remained in their “autonomous” townships

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Pulitzer Prizes will soon be accepting entries from broadcast and audio outlets, although primarily for written work. Historically, these companies have been barred from entry. But the Pulitzers are making the change to recognize that so many operations are digital now, and companies like

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America An exotic wildlife preserve owner who gained notoriety on the popular Netflix series “Tiger King” plead guilty Monday to animal trafficking and money laundering, the U.S. Justice Department announced. Bhagavan “Doc” Antle oversaw the sale or purchase of cheetah cubs, lion cubs, tigers and a juvenile chimpanzee that