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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Drew Barrymore, who drew criticism for taping new episodes of her daytime talk show despite the ongoing writers and actors strikes, now says she’ll wait until the labor issues are resolved. Hours later CBS’ “The Talk” did the same. “I have listened to everyone, and

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined in an interview aired Sunday to answer questions about whether he watched the Capitol riot unfold on television, saying he would “tell people later at an appropriate time.” Trump, the current front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, refused

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The owner of a New York City day care center and a tenant living in the building have been arrested after a 1-year-old boy was killed and three others were sickened by apparent exposure to Fentanyl. The arrests came one day after

By CLAIRE RUSH and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press Fewer than half of rural hospitals have labor and delivery units, and the number keeps dropping. It’s forcing pregnant women to travel longer distances for care or face giving birth in an emergency room. Government officials and families are scrambling for answers. One solution gaining ground across

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A top official with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah group says Palestinian and Lebanese officials have given militant Islamic groups in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp until the end of the month to hand over the accused killers of a Fatah general. A fragile calm has prevailed

By CLAIRE RUSH and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press Alisha Alderson placed her folded clothes and everything she needed for the last month of her pregnancy in various suitcases. She never imagined she would have to leave the comfort of her home in rural eastern Oregon just weeks before her due date. But following the abrupt

By MELINA WALLING and KENDRIA LaFLEUR Associated Press CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) — Across the country, more indoor farms are launching or expanding even as others founder. This summer marked the groundbreaking of a huge vertical farming operation in Virginia by the California-based company Plenty Unlimited. And Kroger announced it would be expanding its availability of

MILAN (AP) — The Italian Air Force says it is investigating whether an aircraft of its acrobatic team struck birds before it crashed near an airport, killing a child on the ground. A 5-year-old girl and her family were traveling in a car near the northern city of Turin when the aircraft crashed Saturday afternoon,

By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been a central argument for the United Auto Workers union: If Detroit’s three automakers raised CEO pay by 40% over the past four years, workers should get similar raises. UAW President Shawn Fain has repeatedly cited the figure, contrasting it with the 6% pay

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two cargo ships arrived in one of Ukraine’s ports over the weekend, using a temporary Black Sea corridor established by Kyiv following Russia’s withdrawal from a wartime agreement designed to ensure safe grain exports from the invaded country’s ports. Two Palau-flagged bulk carriers, Aroyat and Resilient Africa, docked Saturday at the

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of demonstrators against a divisive plan to redevelop a beloved Tokyo park are forming a human chain outside the Japanese Education Ministry to demand a revision. The protest Sunday was a show of opposition against the plan demonstrators said would threaten thousands of trees. Sunday’s protest

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian state media say gunmen opened fire on a group of paramilitary forces in southern Iran, killing one of them and wounding another three. Saturday’s attack occurred on the anniversary of the death while in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini and the outbreak of nationwide protests. It was

BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists have sprayed orange paint onto Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate to urge the German government to take more urgent action against climate change. Members of the group the Last Generation used fire extinguishers filled with paint to spray all six columns of the popular landmark in Germany’s capital on Sunday. Police cordoned

By GARY FIELDS and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama redistricting case gave Democrats and voting rights activists a surprising opportunity before the 2024 elections. New congressional maps would have to include more districts in Alabama and potentially other states where Black

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is extending an olive branch to video gamers after previously linking computer games to rioting that rocked France earlier this year. Posting on the social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, Macron backpedaled on remarks in June where he blamed video games for having “intoxicated” some young

BERLIN (AP) — German police say dozens of people including at least 26 officers were injured during unrest at an Eritrean cultural festival in the southwestern city of Stuttgart. Shortly before the event was set to begin on Saturday afternoon, around 200 protesters gathered outside and began throwing stones, bottles, and other items at police

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged the swift return of “irregular” migrants and a crackdown on smugglers Sunday during a visit with Italy’s premier to a tiny fishing island overwhelmed with nearly 7,000 migrant arrivals in a single day this week. She told a news

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Police in a southern Chinese city say they have detained some staff at China Evergrande Group’s wealth management unit in the latest trouble for the heavily indebted developer. Evergrande is the world’s most heavily indebted real estate developer, at the center of a property market crisis that is dragging on China’s

JERICHO, West Bank (AP) — A U.N. committee has voted to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine. The decision Sunday angered Israel, which controls the territory and does not recognize a Palestinian state. Jericho is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities on