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DADE CITY, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a fatal single-vehicle crash just hours before Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida has been declared the state’s fourth death from the Category 3 storm. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Monday that a 40-year-old man was driving in heavy rain in the Tampa Bay area on

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A Colorado’s sheriff’s office says two deputies were fired after an investigation found their repeated use of Tasers against a man was unjustified. Deputy Mikhail Noel and Lt. Henry Trujillo violated a number of agency policies, including inappropriately using a Taser against Kenneth Espinoza while

By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The U.N. says coca cultivation reached an all-time high in Colombia last year the administration of President Gustavo Petro struggles to reduce poverty in remote areas and contain armed groups that are profiting from the cocaine trade. The report says 230,000 hectares of farmland in Colombia

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer NYON, Switzerland (AP) — European soccer body UEFA has hosted a storied group of women players and coaches for a conference to help shape a brighter future for their game. It was held one day after Spanish official Luis Rubiales resigned from his leadership jobs on Sunday including as

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s former Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard says that he will wait to see how the ruling party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador handles his call to nullify its recently completed presidential candidate selection process, but warned that if not satisfied he will leave the party. Ebrard said Monday that

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups is seeking to force the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen its regulation of large livestock operations that release pollutants into waterways. Food & Water Watch and a dozen other environmental and community groups filed a lawsuit Friday in the 9th

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday asked the federal judge presiding over his election subversion case in Washington to recuse herself, saying her past public statements about the former president and his connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A tortilla chip maker’s decision to pull its extremely spicy product sold as a “One Chip Challenge” from store shelves following the death of a Massachusetts teen has renewed attention on the popularity — and risks — of similar dares marketed by brands and spread

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a 55-year-old man from Virginia has died in the Grand Canyon while trying to hike from the South Rim to the North Rim in a single day. The trail covers around 21 miles and can take 12 to 15 hours to complete. Grand Canyon National Park

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has accused Iran of building an airport in southern Lebanon that could be used as a launchpad for attacks against Israelis across the border. Speaking at a security conference hosted by Reichman University, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant claimed Iran has been building a runway just 12 miles from Israel’s northern border.

NEW YORK (AP) — Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. was arrested Monday and charged with assault and strangulation after allegedly attacking his girlfriend at a New York City hotel. Porter, 23, is accused of hitting the woman several times and putting his hands around her neck, police said. The woman, 26, was taken to

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has cleared the way for the release of five American citizens detained in Iran by issuing a blanket waiver for international banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian money from South Korea to Qatar without fear of U.S. sanctions. In addition, as

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said Monday that she has chosen Anne Kirkpatrick, a former chief of police in Spokane, Washington, and Oakland, California, to head the New Orleans Police Department. The nomination is subject to the approval of the City Council. Kirkpatrick would replace Shaun

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nearly 1 million California workers would win major salary increases under a pair of bills in the state Legislature. Most of the state’s 500,000 fast food workers would be paid at least $20 per hour next year. About 455,000 health care workers will see their salaries

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a onetime business partner of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Bijan Kian had been accused of acting as an unregistered agent of the Turkish government. But the decision ends a five-year legal saga for Kian. His case received

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Advocates are asking a Missouri judge to rewrite what they say are misleading descriptions of abortion-rights constitutional amendments. Lawyers on Monday argued over Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s summary of the amendment. Summaries are provided on ballots to give voters simplified descriptions of sometimes

By ED WHITE Associated Press A man charged with assisting the leaders of a plan to kidnap Michigan’s governor is denying any role. But he told jurors that he should have contacted police when talk turned to obtaining explosives. William Null, brother Michael Null and Eric Molitor are on trial in Antrim County. They are

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who Republicans are threatening to impeach over comments she made on the campaign trail about abortion and redistricting isn’t the first member of the court to offer public opinions about major issues of the day. An Associated Press

WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) — Canadian federal prosecutors are arguing that a man facing murder charges in the deaths of four members of a Muslim family was motivated by white nationalist beliefs. Nathaniel Veltman is accused of deliberately hitting five members of the Afzaal family with his truck while they were out for a walk in

PAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma prosecutor says there’s insufficient evidence to charge the BTK serial killer in the 1976 disappearance of a 16-year-old girl despite statements from law enforcement officials calling him a prime suspect. District Attorney Mike Fisher said Monday he’s not at a point where he could file charges against Dennis Rader