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By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s top elections official says the No Labels party can’t block candidates from using its ballot line to run for office. That could boost efforts by opponents to force the movement for a third-party presidential ticket to release more information about its anonymous donors. The determination

NEW YORK (AP) — The second Republican presidential debate this week attracted fewer viewers than the first debate in August, with an estimated 9.5 million tuning into Wednesday night’s event. The debate was the second in a row that the front-runner, former President Donald Trump, skipped to have the spotlight follow him instead of his

By BROOKE SCHULTZ and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A senior adviser to Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro who abruptly resigned this week was accused earlier in the year of sexual harassment by a former coworker. The woman says Shapiro’s former legislative affairs secretary, Mike Vereb, subjected her to lewd and unwanted

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press A hostage situation in Nebraska has ended with the victim’s release and the armed suspect’s arrest. A woman was released from the western Nebraska home Wednesday afternoon after being held hostage for nearly 24 hours. Several hours later, police arrested a 37-year-old man who had crashed into the home’s garage

By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Locals are still suffering from a massive 2014 waste spill at a copper mine in the northern Mexican border state of Sonora, officials with the country’s environmental agency say. They are confirming that the spill was not solely caused by dramatic rainfall, as was initially reported,

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The new chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says he’s considering policy changes toward Egypt, Turkey and other countries as he took over the powerful leadership of the panel. Veteran Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland is replacing indicted Sen. Bob Menendez,

By KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will not seek to get his Georgia election interference case transferred to federal court, his attorneys said in a filing Thursday, three weeks after a judge rejected a similar attempt by the former president’s White House chief of staff. The

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Authorities in Maui are opening more of the burn zone from last month’s devastating wildfire for visits by residents and property owners who lost homes. Early this week, officials began permitting those who lived in a small section in the north end of Lahaina to return for the first time since

CHICAGO (AP) — Two Chicago police officers accused of shooting an unarmed man and then lying about it have been acquitted. Cook County Judge Lawrence Flood ruled Thursday that Sgt. Christopher Liakopoulos and Officer Ruben Reynoso were within their rights to protect themselves when they opened fire, wounding 23-year-old Miguel Medina twice on July 22,

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Updated COVID-19 vaccines may be getting a little easier for adults to find but they’re still frustratingly scarce for young children. Health officials said Thursday the kid shots have started shipping — and reminded most everyone to get a fall flu shot too. About 2 million

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who fled a New York City day care center where a child died earlier this month from suspected drug exposure has been taken into custody and faces federal drug charges. Authorities had been searching for Felix Herrera Garcia, 34, for almost two weeks. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America BROOKLYN, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio high school football coach says he was forced to resign by his school district and intended no harm after he and his team repeatedly used “Nazi” as a game call. Former Brooklyn High School coach Tim McFarland said Thursday that it never

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A man formerly known as a powerful Michigan lawmaker is going to federal prison for nearly five years. Rick Johnson admits he took at least $110,000 in bribes as head of a state marijuana licensing board. Johnson told a judge: “I am a corrupt politician.” Years ago, Johnson was a

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former fugitive from Colorado who pleaded guilty to causing a spectacular Las Vegas Strip hotel standoff that included furniture flying from a Caesars Palace window has been sentenced to pay nearly $55,300 in restitution and to serve up to four years of prison time. Matthew

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has sentenced an abortion opponent to five years in prison for burning a Wyoming abortion clinic. The 2022 fire delayed the opening of the Wellspring Health Access clinic in Casper by almost a year. Lorna Roxanne Green pleaded guilty to arson in July and

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed Republican legislation that would take away his powers to choose State Board of Elections members and give them to legislative leaders. Cooper already had signaled that Thursday’s veto was coming. It sets up override votes likely next

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police in Portland, Oregon, are investigating nearly a dozen fentanyl overdoses involving children as young as 1 year old. Police said Thursday that 10 minors have overdosed since June and fentanyl is suspected in all but one of the cases. Half of the incidents were fatal. The victims’ ages ranged from

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Just days after being elected the new leader of Greece’s left-wing main opposition party, Stefanos Kasselakis will be taking a brief break from politics — to join the military. The 35-year-old Kasselakis says he plans to present himself “soon” for military service, which is obligatory for all Greek men. He describes

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The boyfriend of a Navajo woman whose case was emblematic of a movement launched to draw attention to an epidemic of missing and slain Indigenous women was convicted of first-degree murder in her fatal shooting. Tre C. James was convicted Wednesday in federal court in Phoenix in

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press ESPANOLA, N.M. (AP) — Chaos erupted Thursday as a gunshot rang out during a protest in northern New Mexico where officials had planned to install a statue of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate, an event that county officials had already postponed anticipating that tempers would flare. One man was struck