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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. ambassador to the Vatican and former U.S. senator from Indiana Joe Donnelly is stepping down and returning to Indiana. President Joe Biden nominated Donnelly for the position in 2021 and he was confirmed as ambassador to the Holy See in 2022. In a post on the social platform X on Thursday,

By SPENCER RIPCHIK Associated Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Health, history and horses are the three H’s carved into the welcome sign when travelers venturing into New York’s Adirondack Mountains reach Saratoga Springs. Horses have always been the main event here, where the oldest active sporting venue in the country, the Saratoga Race Course,

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press The real politicking in South Africa may start after the election results are announced as the country faces the possibility of no outright winner. Early results Thursday showed the ruling African National Congress at well below 50% of the national vote as counting continued, reinforcing pre-election analysis that it may

AZUSA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say an 81-year-old man who investigators alleged had terrorized a Southern California neighborhood for years with a slingshot has died, just days after his arrest. Police say the man was found dead Wednesday evening at a home in Azusa, east of Los Angeles. The medical examiner’s office ruled the death

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Nearly a dozen politicians have taken to the debate stage in Hungary’s capital to make their pitch to Hungarian voters ahead of European Parliament elections. Before the debate in Budapest on Thursday, protesters outside the venue demonstrated against the public broadcaster that is hosting the event,

CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Police are asking for public assistance and following leads in the killing of a 23-year-old Army soldier who was found dead in a home near Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The family of Pfc. Katia Dueñas Aguilar planned a funeral Friday in Dallas, with soldiers expected to attend from her unit, the 101st

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man was convicted Thursday of killing his wife and his new girlfriend’s two youngest kids in a strange triple murder case that included claims of apocalyptic prophesies, zombie children and illicit affairs. Jurors deliberated just six hours before finding Chad Daybell guilty, capping a

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A non-governmental organization in Georgia says it is preparing a lawsuit in the country’s constitutional court to challenge a law that critics say will stifle news media and independent organizations. The law will require media and non-governmental organizations that receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and other leaders from the city announced their support of Mary Waters in her challenge of Democratic U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar in Michigan’s August primary. Waters is a Detroit City Council member who had been seen as a long shot candidate

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors say a St. Paul, Minnesota, police officer was justified when he fatally shot a man who shot him first. The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office released the results of the investigation Thursday. It concluded the use of deadly force by Officer Michael Tschida against Brandon DaleShaun Keys

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Three power conferences have joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in urging a Tallahassee court to keep the league’s TV deals with ESPN private. The Big Ten, the Big 12 and the Southeastern Conference filed a joint request in Leon County Circuit Court this week supporting the ACC’s claim that the documents

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman who pleaded guilty to helping her mother kill a pregnant teenager in 2019 before the baby was cut from her womb with a butcher knife has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Twenty-nine-year-old Desiree Figueroa was sentenced Thursday by a Cook County judge. She pleaded guilty to murder

By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The NCAA and a coalition of states suing the organization have announced a proposed settlement of a lawsuit that would allow athletes to play immediately no matter how many times they transfer. Under the agreement, a preliminary injunction issued by a federal judge in West

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man was stabbed in both legs with a machete in New York’s Times Square. A spokeswoman for the New York Police Department said the stabbing happened around 1 p.m. Thursday. Three people have been arrested. The victim has been hospitalized and is listed in stable condition. Police did

DALLAS (AP) — Crews in Texas are trying to restore power across the storm-battered state ahead of severe weather that could bring more damaging winds and hail. Electricity is back on for about 80% of the more than 1 million homes and businesses that lost power after storms on Tuesday tore off roofs and uprooted

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Reports of a rare nervous system disorder are “more common than expected” in older U.S. adults who got the new RSV vaccines. That’s according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Thursday that is similar to what the organization said in February.

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — UFC is set to unveil a new glove designed in large part to stunt eye pokes that often render fighters unable to continue. The global MMA leader made the redesigned gloves mandatory, starting with Saturday’s UFC 302 card in New Jersey. The gloves are

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly’s tribute to Iran’s late president Ebrahim Raisi was snubbed by Western and East European nations amid protests against honoring a leader who was reviled for his crackdown on opponents. The assembly’s tribute was no surprise. It is a longstanding practice that

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press An Oklahoma man has pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, where he also allegedly pushed an Associated Press photographer over a wall. Benjamen Scott Burlew disappeared for several months after missing court appearances in Washington, D.C., last year. He

By MARK AMBROGI Associated Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — By his own admission, Larry Bird has always been a shy introvert. So he wondered why he has to keep talking on stage in front of thousands of people. “It’s because of the love and respect I’ve had for my fans and the love and