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DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Five adults and a 15-year-old self-described as “Soldiers of Christ” religious group members were in custody on murder charges after a woman’s body was found in the trunk of a car parked outside a popular spa in Atlanta’s suburbs. Investigators say someone reported the discovery Tuesday night outside a Korean spa

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A red sweater adorned with a flock of sheep worn by the young Princess Diana has sold at auction for $1.1 million, many times its presale estimate and a record for an item owned by the late royal. The playfully patterned wool jumper featuring a single black

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday described American XL Bully dogs as a “danger to our communities” and announced plans to ban the breed following a public outcry after a series of recent attacks. Sunak said he has asked government ministers to bring together police and

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine on Friday for failing to protect children’s privacy, the first time that the popular short video-sharing app has been punished for breaching Europe’s strict data privacy rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, the lead privacy regulator for Big

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland is joining its three Baltic neighbors in banning vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory, a joint move in line with a recent interpretation of the European Union’s sanctions against Moscow over its war on Ukraine. Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said Russian-registered private cars would be banned from

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted a meeting with his Belarusian ally, who referred to this week’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and suggested that Minsk could join Moscow’s efforts to revive an old alliance with Pyongyang. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko made the proposal as he met with Putin

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Around 3,000 workers at Britain’s biggest steelworks face the prospect of losing their jobs as part of a government-backed package to make the plant “greener.” In an announcement Friday, the British government confirmed widespread speculation that it will pump up to 500 million pounds ($620 million) into

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium authorities are getting worried by a series of school arsons believed to be connected to newly mandatory school sessions in some parts of the country. Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden said on Friday that the attacks in the French-speaking Wallonia region must stop after another school was

By KIMBERLY CHANDLER Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama marks the 60th anniversary of the bombing of a church that killed four Black girls. Speaking at 16th Street Baptist Church, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday says the nation must remember the hardest chapters of its past in order not to

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s central bank has raised its key lending rate by one percentage point to 13%, a month after imposing an even larger hike. Concerns about inflation persist and the ruble continues to struggle against the dollar. The increase comes as annualized inflation rose in September to 5.5%. The bank says it expects

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is challenging efforts by former President Donald Trump to disqualify the Washington judge presiding over the case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith’s team wrote in a court filing late Thursday that

By ALEX ROSENBERG of NerdWallet GoodRx’s prescription savings program offers significant discounts on prescription drugs, but not without some catches. Using GoodRx means paying out of pocket, without insurance. The cost doesn’t count toward your deductible. The company was also penalized by the Federal Trade Commission for sharing users’ sensitive health information without permission. And

PRAGUE (AP) — Prague’s High Court has cancelled a lower court ruling that acquitted former Prime Minister Andrej Babis of fraud charges in a $2 million case involving European Union subsidies. At the same time, the court has returned the case for retrial to Prague’s Municipal Court, according information published in a database of court

PARIS (AP) — Apple has agreed to install updates for the iPhone 12 in France after French regulators ordered the company to stop selling the model because it emits electromagnetic radiation levels that exceed European Union standards. The company, which just unveiled its newest generation of iPhones, insists the 12 model is safe and the

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the third time in less than eight months, a special election will decide control of the narrowly divided Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Tuesday’s special election will provide political reinforcements to either the commonwealth’s Democratic governor or its Republican-controlled Senate. Voters in the heavily Democratic 21st legislative

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A daughter of a long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain has tried to return to the island kingdom to press for her father’s release but was turned away from her flight in London. Maryam al-Khawaja was accompanied on Friday by a phalanx of other

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni is vowing to take “extraordinary measures” to deal with an influx of migrants. She called anew for a naval blockade of North Africa after a week in which more than 6,000 people arrived within a day on the Italian island of Lampedusa from

LONDON (AP) — The European Union has decided not to renew a ban on Ukrainian food imports heading to nearby countries. The move Friday sets up a clash with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania and threatens European unity on supporting Ukraine against Russia’s invasion. Poland and Hungary both said they will extend their own bans.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh is struggling with a record outbreak of dengue fever, with experts saying a lack of a coordinated response is causing more deaths from the mosquito-transmitted disease. The World Health Organization has warned that diseases such as dengue caused by mosquito-borne viruses are spreading faster and further because of climate change.