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Man fires gun near pro-Palestinian rally outside Chicago, another pepper-sprays crowd, police say

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Police in suburban Chicago arrested two people after a man allegedly fired a shot and the other pepper-sprayed pro-Palestinian demonstrators. The Chicago Sun-Times reported the episode took place Sunday near a banquet hall in Skokie, where about 1,000 people had gathered to show solidarity with Israel. A group of about

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A US watchdog says the Taliban are benefiting from international aid through ‘fraudulent’ NGOs

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan is warning that the Taliban are benefiting from international aid through the establishment of fraudulent nongovernmental groups. The Taliban have exerted greater control over national and international NGOs since seizing power in August 2021. They have barred Afghan women from NGO work and sought

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Kosovo’s premier claims a Serbian criminal gang with government links was behind a September flareup

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister is claiming that a criminal gang from northern Serbia with alleged links to the Belgrade government was behind a September attack in Kosovo that killed a police officer and involved a daylong gunbattle with Kosovo police that left three gunmen

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Insider Q&A: AbleGamers founder Mark Barlet on the importance of making gaming accessible

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Mark Barlet founded AbleGamers in 2004. It’s a nonprofit that works to combat social isolation among people with disabilities using “the power of video games.” Most recently, his organization worked with Sony to help create its new Access controller, designed to make it easier for people with disabilities to

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Indonesia top court rejects presidential age limit, clearing legal path for 72-year-old frontrunner

By ANDI JATMIKO and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top court rejected an effort to block presidential candidates who are over 70 or implicated in human rights abuses, clearing the legal path for a septuagenarian former general’s ultra-nationalist campaign. Lawyers belonging to a human rights advocacy group and other petitioners argued

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UAW’s confrontational leader makes gains in strike talks, but some wonder: Has he reached too far?

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — Throughout its 5-week-old strikes against Detroit’s automakers, the United Auto Workers union has cast an emphatically combative stance, reflecting the style of its pugnacious leader, Shawn Fain. Armed with a list of what even Fain has called “audacious” pay and benefit demands, the UAW leader

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A Swiss populist party rebounds and the Greens sink in the election. That’s a big change from 2019

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Official results in Switzerland election show that the anti-immigration Swiss People’s Party has rebounded from searing losses four years ago to cement and expand its hold as the largest faction after the parliamentary election. Two environmentally-minded parties lost ground in the election despite record glacier melt in

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UAW’s confrontational leader makes gains in strike talks, but some wonder: Has he reached too far?

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — Throughout its 5-week-old strikes against Detroit’s automakers, the United Auto Workers union has cast an emphatically combative stance, reflecting the style of its pugnacious leader, Shawn Fain. Armed with a list of what even Fain has called “audacious” demands for better pay and benefits, the

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