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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Some U.S. urban areas gained population. But it’s not because of a flood of moving trucks into Atlanta, New Orleans and San Francisco. According to a Federal Register notice published Tuesday, it’s because the U.S. Census Bureau corrected errors made in the population counts of urban areas that were released

By CLAIRE SAVAGE and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — It took four and a half months for Shannon Ross’ life to unravel. Ross, who describes himself as Indigenous and a person of color, was arrested in Chicago in October 2019 on weapons charges and ultimately found not guilty. But that came only after

By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett’s lawyers have told an Illinois appellate court that it should toss the former “Empire” actor’s  convictions for staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police. During oral arguments Tuesday, Smollett’s legal team argued that anger in

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton has joined Jill Biden at the White House to honor the recipients of a prestigious arts prize. It was the former first lady’s first public appearance at the White House since she was secretary of state in the Obama administration. Clinton and Biden on Tuesday

By SHARON LURYE Associated Press For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. The kids had fun, but the lessons never stuck. A few years ago she shifted her approach, turning to more direct

BEIJING (AP) — Rainstorms battering southern China have killed at least seven people and allowed dozens of crocodiles to escape from a farm. Nearby residents were advised to stay at home after more than 70 crocodiles escaped in Maoming, a city near the coast in western Guangdong province, according to Chinese media reports. An emergency

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un rolled through Russia on an armored train Tuesday toward a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, a rare encounter between isolated leaders driven together by their need for support in escalating standoffs with the West. Kim is expected to seek economic

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ effort to restrict the public’s access to records about her administration, travel and security has stumbled at the start of a special legislative session. The House and Senate on Monday ended the day without any action on the legislation, which

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let it keep Republican-drawn congressional lines in place as the state continues to fight a directive to create a second district where Black voters constitute a majority or close to it. Alabama on Monday asked the justices to

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have approved legislation requiring major companies to disclose a sweeping range of greenhouse gas emissions. The bill would make companies making more than $1 billion annually report their direct and indirect emissions. That includes emissions from activities like business travel and waste

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she’d welcome a fight after announcing an emergency order to suspend the right to publicly carry guns around Albuquerque. That’s what she’s getting. Since the Democrat issued the 30-day public health order Friday, a furor has rained down

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers’ debut with the New York Jets lasted just four snaps. And now the four-time MVP and a shell-shocked fanbase will have to see how long he might be sidelined. Coach Robert Saleh said the team believes Rodgers injured his left

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Swedish government wants to increase the country’s defense budget by 28% as it prepares to join the NATO alliance. The increase would put Sweden on track to reach NATO’s target for military spending to be 2% of a country’s gross domestic product. Sweden’s center-right coalition government unveiled a defense bill Monday

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press DARIEN, Ga. (AP) — Descendants of enslaved people living on a Georgia island are watching anxiously as county commissioners consider doubling the size of homes allowed in their tiny community. Black residents of Hogg Hummock on Sapelo Island and their supporters packed a Monday meeting of county commissioners. The five

By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A candidate in a high-stakes legislative contest in Virginia had sex with her husband in live videos posted on a pornographic website and asked viewers to pay them money in return for carrying out specific sex acts. Screenshots of Susanna Gibson on the

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have voted to end a ban on state-funded travel to states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws. The bill passed the state Assembly and needs a final vote in the state Senate before it gets sent to Gov. Newsom’s desk. California started prohibiting state-funded travel in 2017

By TARA COPP Associated Press NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s refusal to allow Ukraine to use Starlink internet services to launch a surprise attack on Russian forces in Crimea last September has raised questions for the Pentagon. The Air Force’s top civilian leader, Frank Kendall, says the military may need to

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Indigenous tribes in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin are asking federal officials to deny a utility’s request for a loan to cover its share of a natural gas-fired power plant on the shores of Lake Superior. Dairyland Power Cooperative, Minnesota Power and Basin Electric Cooperative are seeking

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — First Lady Jill Biden saluted Colleen Shogan, the first woman to be sworn in as national archivist, saying that democracy’s power is “made real with access to history, unfiltered and uncensored.” Shogan, a former government and politics professor at George Mason University, was formally sworn in on