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Overdose-reversing drug administered to puppy after possible fentanyl exposure in California

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Officials say a pit bull puppy that California police believe got into its owners’ fentanyl stash was administered the overdose-reversing drug naloxone and is recovering. Irvine police say the dog’s owners, a man and a woman, were arrested and could face charges including drug possession and animal cruelty. Police say the

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House committee chairman says Sen. Tuberville is ‘paralyzing’ the Pentagon by blocking promotions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is slamming a fellow Republican in the Senate for waging an unprecedented attempt to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions. Rep. Michael McCaul tells CNN’s “State of the Union” that Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is “paralyzing the

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A boat capsizing in north-central Nigeria killed at least 24 people. Dozens of others are missing

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Emergency officials say at least 24 villagers have been killed while many more remain missing amid a frantic rescue effort after a boat capsized in north-central Nigeria’s Niger State. The head of Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency in the state told The Associated Press on Sunday

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Cord Jefferson’s insightful satire of race and media, ‘American Fiction,’ lights up TIFF

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — Few films have broken out like Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” has at the Toronto International Film Festival.” The film stars Jeffrey Wright as a sharp-witted author who’s told his books “aren’t Black enough.”  “American Fiction” is a funny, jazzy riff on Black representation in books and

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Virginia governor pardons man whose arrest at a school board meeting galvanized conservatives

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The father of a Virginia student sexually assaulted in her high school bathroom has been pardoned for his actions while protesting the school’s handling of the case at a meeting two years ago. Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Sunday that he cleared Scott Smith of his disorderly conduct conviction. The

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Vatican orders investigation into Catholic clerics linked to abuse, Swiss Bishops’ Conference says

By JAMEY KEATEN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER BERLIN (AP) — The Vatican has ordered an investigation into high-ranking Catholic clerics in Switzerland in connection with sexual abuse. The Swiss Bishops’ Conference said in a statement on Sunday that there were allegations against several active and retired bishops as well as other clergy for their handling of

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Islamist factions in a troubled Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon say they will honor a cease-fire

By FADI TAWIL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Islamist factions in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp say they will abide by a cease-fire after three days of clashes killed at least five people and left hundreds of families displaced. Fighting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement and Islamist groups has

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Israeli delegation attends UN heritage conference in Saudi Arabia in first public visit by officials

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli official says a delegation has arrived in Saudi Arabia to attend a U.N. conference on world heritage sites. It’s the first public visit by Israeli government officials to the kingdom. The delegation is led by the head of Israel’s Antiquities Authority and includes diplomats. It’s

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