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By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina officials have filed 76 counts of ethics violations against the court clerk who handled the Alex Murdaugh murder trial. The 25 pages of allegations accuse former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill of allowing a photo of Murdaugh in a holding cell to

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A longtime federal judge in Nevada who presided over cases ranging from U.S. environmental disputes to political corruption has died at age 80 after being struck by a vehicle near the federal courthouse in Reno. Larry Hicks was pronounced dead at a hospital Wednesday. Police say

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has given homeowners another chance to force Bank of America and other large banks to pay interest on mortgage escrow accounts. The court unanimously threw out an appeals court ruling in favor of Bank of America, which has refused to pay interest on money it collects to pay borrowers’

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s domestic security agency is accusing Iran of using established criminal networks in Sweden as a proxy to target Israeli or Jewish interests in the Scandinavian country. The accusations were raised at a news conference on Thursday by Daniel Stenling, the head of the SAPO

By SAM METZ Associated Press AGADIR, Morocco (AP) — The head of the United States military’s Africa Command is pushing back against Russia’s efforts to broaden its influence in Africa, blaming the country’s disinformation efforts for the spate of military coups that has swept the region in recent years. In an interview with The Associated

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andra Day gained acting acclaim after her starring role in a 2021 Billie Holiday biopic, but the soulful singer nearly lost the strength of her powerful voice during the process. Day says she injured her vocals after smoking cigarettes as part of her role

NEW YORK (AP) — Medical supply company Medline Industries is recalling some 1.5 million portable adult bed rails across the U.S. and Canada, following two reports of entrapment deaths associated with the products. The recall impacts two models of Medline’s “Bed Assist Bars.” According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, users of these bed

By PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city on Wednesday to unveil a plaza and statue dedicated to abolitionist Sojourner Truth at the very spot where the women’s rights pioneer gave an iconic 1851 speech now known as “Ain’t I a Woman?” Truth, a formerly enslaved person, delivered

By JIM GOMEZ and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has asked state forces and combatants to respect its neutrality and work of delivering urgent humanitarian help to the most destitute in war zones, saying 24 of its aid workers have been killed

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Federal regulators are giving Amazon key permission that will allow it to expand its drone delivery program. The company said Thursday the Federal Aviation Administration is allowing Amazon’s Prime Air delivery service to operate drones “beyond visual line of sight.” The approval removes a barrier that has prevented Amazon’s

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The European Union delegation in South Sudan has denied reports that the group is working to delay elections in the country as was alleged by President Salva Kiir. Deputy Head of the EU Delegation Lothar Jaschke said that his group is fully supporting an environment

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man is accused of pushing a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, and the Justice Department says he was among those who shoved a large metal “Trump” sign into a police line. The Justice Department on Wednesday announced charges against 37-year-old

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan has addressed the country’s high court, saying that parliamentary elections held earlier this year were stolen from his party, which he claimed is being victimized. There was no immediate comment Thursday from the government about Khan’s allegation. Pakistan’s elections oversight

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Manure. Cigarette butts. Scraps of cloth. Waste batteries. Even, reportedly, diapers. This week, North Korea floated hundreds of huge balloons to dump all of that trash across rival South Korea — an old-fashioned, Cold War-style provocation that the country has rarely used

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on Uganda’s parliament speaker, her husband and other officials over alleged corruption and serious abuses of human rights. The U.S. State Department says Uganda’s Parliament Speaker Anita Among is among those sanctioned on Thursday “due to involvement in significant corruption

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against a former New York state official over claims she pressured companies to blacklist it following the deadly 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Giving the NRA a new chance to prove

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Nelly Korda was not even three holes into the U.S. Women’s Open when she dropped to a crouch and bowed her head in disbelief after her third straight shot — all of them from inside 70 feet away — tumbled into a stream. She walked

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge has postponed a trial to determine how much the Ohio History Connection must pay to restore public access to a set of ancient ceremonial and burial earthworks that has been leased for over a century to a country club. The trial had been set to start Tuesday but will

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s Defense Ministry has denounced U.S. and U.K. affirmations of support for Taiwan’s newly elected government shortly after the island that Beijing claims sovereignty over freely chose its new leaders. Col. Wu Qian accused the United Kingdom of pursuing a “Cold War” mentality and attempting to “instigate confrontation.” The comments Thursday

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Officials say a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims skidded and rolled into a deep gorge on a mountainous highway in India-controlled Kashmir, killing at least 21 people. Health official Akhnoor Saleem Khan said 35 passengers were injured in the crash and some were in serious condition. The crash happened in the Jammu