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By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press OSLO, Norway (AP) — As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Mark Milley has spent the better part of the last two years rallying allies to provide weapons for the Ukrainians as they defend their country against the Russian forces. But as he leaves office at

By LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congress is starkly divided over very different paths to preventing a federal shutdown — the Senate charging ahead with a bipartisan package to temporarily fund the government but the House slogging through a longshot effort with no real chance of finishing by Saturday’s

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill to ban school boards from rejecting textbooks based on their teachings about the contributions of people from different racial backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities. Newsom on Monday said the measure is “long overdue.” It comes in the

RIALTO BEACH, Wash. (AP) — The Coast Guard says teams are searching for a 26-year-old woman who was swept into the ocean from a popular beach on the Washington coast. The Coast Guard says it received a call at 10:50 a.m. Monday about a woman who was reportedly taken by ocean currents while she was

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The field for the second Republican presidential debate will be smaller than the first. The Republican National Committee says seven candidates have qualified for Wednesday night’s debate in California. Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson participated in the first debate but didn’t meet the heightened criteria to make the cut this

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer An arrest warrant has been issued for Los Angeles Chargers cornerback J.C. Jackson after he failed to appear for a court hearing on traffic charges in Massachusetts. Jackson was supposed to appear in Attleboro District Court last Friday related to reckless driving and speeding charges from 2021, when he

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A court-appointed special master on Monday submitted three proposals for new congressional districts in Alabama after federal judges ruled the state must provide greater representation for Black voters. The three proposals create a second district where Black voters would comprise a narrow majority of the voting

MIAMI (AP) — Officials say a Pacific white-sided dolphin who shared a tank with Lolita the orca at the Miami Seaquarium until Lolita died last month has been moved to SeaWorld San Antonio, where he will live with others of his species. Officials said Monday that Li’i will be joining other Pacific white-sided dolphins in

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will undergo hip surgery on Friday and will work from the presidential residence for about three weeks. Doctors will replace the top of his right femur with an implant to treat his arthrosis. Spokespeople for the South American nation’s presidency said Monday that the

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Court of Appeals has formally asked the state’s highest court to decide whether Republican state senators who carried out a record-setting GOP walkout this year can run for reelection. The senators are challenging a voter-approved amendment to the state constitution that bars them from

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III and Queen Camilla will welcome the president of South Korea for a state visit to the U.K. in November, the second such visit of the monarch’s reign. The king and queen will host Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, at Buckingham Palace on an as yet

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — For months, residents in the southeast corner of Louisiana have relied on bottled water for drinking and cooking, with the water from the faucet coming out salty. Plaquemines Parish Councilman Mark “Hobbo” Cognevich, who represents the affected area, said grocery stores are constantly having to

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two men in Puerto Rico have pleaded guilty of conspiring to commit a hate crime involving a transgender woman killed more than three years ago. The men were accused of threatening and using a paintball gun to shoot at the victim. Police have identified her as Alexa Negrón Luciano.

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A nearly decade-long corruption case involving top government officials and attorneys in the Turks and Caicos Islands has ended with a mixed verdict for those accused of bribery, money laundering and other charges. The case had sparked outraged across the archipelago that came under

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group of whistleblowers who reported Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to the FBI are asking a court to resume their lawsuit against the Republican. Some of them spoke publicly Monday for the first time since Paxton was acquitted earlier this month on charges of corruption at his impeachment trial. Paxton

ATLANTA (AP) — At least 360 employees of Georgia’s state prison system have been arrested  on accusations of smuggling contraband into prisons since 2018. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports those numbers and said another 25 employees have been fired for smuggling allegations but not arrested. The newspaper finds that nearly 8 in 10 of Georgia Department

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Attorneys for an inmate are asking the Alabama Supreme Court to reject the state’s request to set an execution date for him using the new execution method of nitrogen hypoxia. Attorneys for Kenneth Eugene Smith said Friday that Alabama is trying to make him the “test subject” for the new execution

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Connecticut’s Department of Public Health has reached a settlement agreement with the agency’s former commissioner, who was fired in the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. She had accused Gov. Ned of discriminating against her, a Black woman, by elevating several white people to lead the crisis response. The agreement,

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities have identified a worker who was fatally injured during the weekend building a temporary Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix spectator site in front of the Bellagio resort fountains. The Clark County coroner said Monday that 37-year-old Tizoc Antonio’s death was accidental. A Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokeswoman

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Five people, including one child, are dead after two private planes collided in the town of La Galancita, in the west of the northern state of Durango. According to state authorities, the crash occurred on a small dirt airstrip Monday morning. Durango’s Security Secretariat told the AP two planes, both Cessna