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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden has been interviewed as part of the special counsel investigation into his handling of classified documents. Spokesperson Ian Sams says Biden was voluntarily interviewed on Sunday and Monday. The investigation is being led by special counsel Robert

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama public library director says the library mistakenly added a children’s picture book to a list of potentially inappropriate titles because the author’s last name is “Gay.” “Read Me a Story, Stella” is a children’s picture book by Canadian author Marie-Louise Gay. It was added to a list of books

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Another Republican presidential candidate has dropped out of the crowded 2024 field. Former Texas congressman Will Hurd announced Monday that he was leaving the race and endorsing rival Nikki Haley. He said the need to rally around one candidate to defeat former President Donald Trump had become increasingly clear. Miami

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The U.S, casino gambling industry says it generates nearly $329 billion a year in economic activity. The American Gaming Association says the industry’s economic impact in 2022 was up 26% from 2017, before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Commercial and tribal casinos support 1.8 million jobs,

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Republican Texas congressman Will Hurd suspended his presidential bid on Monday and endorsed fellow GOP primary candidate Nikki Haley, officially abandoning a brief campaign built on criticizing Donald Trump at a time when his party seems even more determined to embrace the former president. “While I

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic government says it will temporarily allow the trade of essential Dominican products, including food and medications, on the border with Haiti. But it says it will maintain a ban on entry of Haitian citizens. It is part of an ongoing dispute between the two nations over

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s largest teachers union has filed a lawsuit challenging a state law that makes it illegal for public school employees including teachers to go on strike. The filing Monday in state court in Las Vegas represents the next step in a contentious contract battle

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A lawyer says video showing an Atlanta traffic stop that led to the death of a 62-year-old Black deacon could be publicly released by Thursday. Johnny Hollman Sr. died after Aug. 10 he was shocked with a stun gun by an Atlanta police officer. Lawyer Muwali Davis

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 pounds (1,247 kilograms). Travis Gienger of Anoka, Minnesota, won the 50th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California, with an enormous, lumpy, orange

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood writers have voted almost unanimously to approve the contract agreement reached by their union leaders that ended a strike after nearly five months. The Writers Guild of America announced Monday that 99% of the more than 8,000 members who cast ballots voted to ratify the three-year deal. Union leaders reached

By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) — A judge delivered a victory Monday to the state prosecution of white Louisiana lawmen in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene, allowing the most serious charge of negligent homicide to go forward against a trooper captured on body-camera video dragging the Black motorist by his

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press California Gov.  Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required dozens of his state’s largest cities, counties and educational districts to use citizens’ commissions to draw local voting districts. The veto announced Monday marks a setback for “redistricting reform” advocates who had hoped the California bill could have

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s space agency says there’s been a leak in a backup coolant line at the International Space Station. Roscosmos said Monday that the crew and station aren’t in any danger from the leak at Russia’s new science lab. The coolant leaked from an external backup radiator and the space agency said main

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007. Hamas militants launched an attack inside Israel over the weekend, killing hundreds and taking others hostage. Its unprecedented breach of the border sent fighters inside border towns and military installations, shocked Israel and its allies, and raised questions

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An independent candidate running a low-budget campaign for Mississippi governor said Monday she is dropping out and endorsing Democratic nominee Brandon Presley as he tries to unseat Republican incumbent Tate Reeves. But Gwendolyn Gray’s decision was announced more than two weeks after absentee voting had

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Chiarello, a chef known for his Italian-inspired Californian restaurants who won an Emmy Award for best host for “Easy Entertaining With Michael Chiarello” and appeared on Bravo’s “Top Chef” and “Top Chef Masters,” has died. He was 61. Chiarello died Friday at Queen of

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top Republican state lawmaker, who had threatened to possibly impeach a newly elected liberal state Supreme Court justice if she didn’t step down from a redistricting case, doesn’t mention that option in his first comments since the justice decided against recusal. Justice Janet Protasiewicz declined

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will provide COVID-19 data to the public again after a former Democratic state representative settled a lawsuit with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration over the decision two years ago to stop sharing information on the virus’ spread online. Then-Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith sued after the Department of Health denied his

By BASSEM MROUE and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A senior official with the Palestinian militant group Hamas says only a small number of top commanders in Gaza knew about the surprise attack against Israel in advance. Ali Barakeh told The Associated Press that even Hamas’ closest allies were not informed about

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Ted Schwinden, a wheat farmer and World War II veteran who gained national attention for keeping his home phone number listed during two terms as Montana’s governor, has died. He was 98. Schwinden died Saturday in Phoenix at his daughter’s home, son Dore Schwinden said Monday.