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By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Columbus, Ohio, police officer can be heard repeatedly asserting that an 11-year-old girl could be charged with creating child sexual abuse images of herself. In body camera footage obtained by The Associated Press, the father says his daughter was manipulated into sending pictures

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has ruled that Phoenix must permanently clear the city’s largest homeless encampment by Nov. 4. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott Blaney set the deadline on Wednesday. City officials began shutting down the homeless encampment known as “The Zone” in May under a court order, but they had asked to

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The debate over whether a Black high school student in Texas should be serving in-school suspension for wearing twisted dreadlocks to class intensified this week as the student’s family and his school district both took legal action. Darryl George, 17, a junior at Barbers Hill High

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says it has taken a series of recent steps to improve the accuracy of the state’s voter rolls, including entering into new data-sharing agreements with five states and Washington, D.C. The announcement Wednesday came months after Virginia joined the growing number

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s Day 3 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Tuesday at the U.N. and what to keep an eye on today, Wednesday. Key speeches expected are Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen’s internationally

By KEN KUSMER and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Police say a suspect in the shooting deaths of a suburban Chicago couple and their two children has died in a fiery crash in Oklahoma. They say 32-year-old Nathaniel Huey Jr. of Streamwood, Illinois, tried to elude authorities after a digital license plate detector spotted the vehicle

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Thousands came out in a rain to watch an open-air Diesel show during Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday, making the denim-centric brand the hottest ticket in town. Designer Glenn Martens has elevated the brand to new heights, attracting top music talent like Jaden Smith to the VIP

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press Surveillance video of a woman in Connecticut stuffing papers into an absentee ballot drop box has prompted an investigation into possible election fraud. The State Elections Enforcement Commission voted Wednesday to scrutinize the recent Democratic primary for mayor of Bridgeport, the largest city in Connecticut. The videos were taken by

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Adidas CEO Bjørn Gulden said he doubts that Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, “meant what he said” when he made a series of antisemitic and other offensive remarks last year. Almost a year ago, Adidas ended a major partnership with Ye over

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The railroad industry is trying to make sure that emergency responders can quickly look up what is on a train quickly when they respond to a derailment. In the chaos after a Norfolk Southern train derailed and caught fire in eastern Ohio in February, firefighters couldn’t

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military medical panel has concluded that one of the five 9/11 defendants held at Guantanamo Bay has been rendered delusional and psychotic by the torture he underwent years ago while in CIA custody. Ramzi bin al-Shibh has long complained he was under attack by invisible rays

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Work together. Go it alone. The apocalypse is at hand. But the future can be bright. The squabbles never cease, yet here are human beings from all across the world — hashing out conflicts with words and processes, convening under one roof, trying to write

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Seven valuable art pieces plundered by the Nazis more than 80 years ago are being returned to the heirs of a cabaret performer, who was killed during the Holocaust and whose massive art collection was stolen by the Third Reich. The descendants of Fritz Grünbaum

By SUSAN HAIGH and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former top federal prosecutor who helped investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe says she left the team because of her concerns with then-U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s public comments about possibly releasing an interim report before the 2020 presidential election. She

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The last Republican who lost a general election for Mississippi governor is endorsing the Democratic nominee in this year’s race. Democrat Brandon Presley’s campaign released a statement Wednesday from former U.S. Rep. Mike Parker, who said he is choosing Presley over first-term Republican Gov. Tate

By MARK VANCLEAVE and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — What would Bob Ross think? The artist who brought painting to the people, with works completed for PBS viewers in less than a half-hour with little more than a large bristle brush, putty knife and plenty of encouragement, certainly wouldn’t have envisioned one of

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles councilman who was entangled in a City Hall racism scandal but resisted President Joe Biden’s call to resign is running for reelection. The scandal last year shook public trust in government and led to the resignations of then-Los Angeles City Council

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a rare interview with Fox News on Wednesday that negotiations over Israel means the prospects of normalized relations between both countries “get closer” every day, but that treatment of Palestinians remains a “very important” issue to be resolved. Saudi

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Forecasters in Bermuda are warning of dangerous swells and rip currents as Hurricane Nigel spun through open waters in the northern Atlantic. The Category 1 hurricane was located about 495 miles (800 kilometers) south southeast of Cape Race Newfoundland. It had maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph)