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By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Mali’s military junta succeeded in kicking out the U.N. peacekeeping force, and on Wednesday its Russian allies scored yet another victory against the U.N.: They were able to terminate all U.N. sanctions on Malians and abolish a panel of experts which has been critical of

BOSTON (AP) — A former sheriff’s deputy in Massachusetts has been indicted for allegedly threatening to blow up a courthouse and kill law enforcement officers. Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy said a federal grand jury on Wednesday had indicted Joshua Ford, 42, of Kingston, Massachusetts. on three counts of interstate transmission of a threatening communication.

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A nearly 200-year-old West Point time capsule that appeared to yield little more than dust when it was opened during a disappointing livestream contained hidden treasure after all, the U.S. Military Academy said Wednesday. It was just more hidden than expected. The lead box believed to have been placed by

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Something interesting: Stephen Colbert has in his possession a pair of pants belonging to the late Nicaraguan dictator, Anastasio Somoza. It’s a long story but his mom dated Somoza when she was younger (before he became a dictator, says Colbert). Speaking of pants, Jimmy Kimmel once bought a pair of

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — The remains of a Vermont World War II soldier who died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines in 1942 have been laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Army Pfc. Arthur Barrett, of Swanton, Vermont, was a member of the 31st Infantry

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — In a major win for progressive Texas cities, a district judge in Texas on Wednesday ruled that a controversial new state law targeting local regulations is unconstitutional. The judge sided with the cities of Houston and San Antonio after they sued to block the measure, which stops

By FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press SAN FELIPE, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s Navy says it is planning to expand the area where it sinks concrete blocks topped with metal hooks to snag gill nets that trap vaquita marina porpoises. The Navy began dropping the blocks into the Gulf of California last year, in hopes it may

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press One of the reporters who works at the small Kansas newspaper that was raided by authorities earlier this month filed a federal lawsuit against the police chief Wednesday. Deb Gruver believes Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody violated her constitutional rights when he abruptly snatched her personal cellphone out of her

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Police say a resident who fatally shot a University of South Carolina student who tried to enter the wrong home on his off-campus street last weekend was justified in his actions. Police in Columbia say 20-year-old student Nicholas Anthony Donofrio died early Saturday after knocking, banging, and kicking on the front

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will have its first-ever openly gay state legislator after a House candidate won his Democratic primary election runoff Tuesday. Fabian Nelson, a 38-year-old realtor from Byram, prevailed over Roshunda Harris-Allen, an education professor at Tougaloo College and alderwoman in Byram. The race to

By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Three people have been arrested in the Dominican Republic as part of an ongoing investigation into a powerful explosion at a plastics company that killed at least 34 people earlier this month. A government official not authorized to speak to the media told

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump defended his real estate empire and his presidency in a face-to-face clash with the New York attorney general suing him for fraud, testifying at a closed-door grilling in April that his company is flush with cash — and claiming he saved “millions of

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mothers of some of 111,000 people who have disappeared in Mexico over decades of violence are marking the International Day of the Disappeared with protests and demands that the government do more to locate their loved ones. Most of those missing are believed to have been

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — The country’s largest locomotive manufacturer and its striking union workers have reached a tentative agreement that could end a two-month strike that saw about 1,400 people walk off the job at its Pennsylvania plant. Pittsburgh-based Wabtec announced the agreement with Local 506 of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press A Northern California prison was on generator power for a second week and inmates were issued masks to cope with unhealthy air after wildfires knocked out electricity and choked the remote region with smoke. Last week flames came within about 5 miles of Pelican Bay State Prison, but officials say

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A junior conservative judge has launched a bid to become the president of Israel’s Supreme Court. The move marks an unprecedented challenge to the tradition of appointing the most senior justice as president. Legal scholars described the gambit on Wednesday as yet another challenge to the court’s

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The federal Medicaid agency says some children may have been wrongly dropped from the government health-care program as states undertake a massive eligibility review. Medicaid rolls swelled across the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic because states were prohibited from cutting off coverage. Annual eligibility

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Residential customers of Georgia’s largest electrical utility could see their bills rise $9 more a month to pay for a new nuclear power plant under a deal announced Wednesday. Georgia Power Co. said customers would pay $7.56 billion more for Plant Vogtle construction costs under the agreement

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Liberals argued in a legal filing this week that Republicans were trying to nullify the election of a Democratic-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court justice by asking her to recuse herself from hearing redistricting lawsuits that could result in drawing new legislative electoral maps. Attorneys in two separate

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is canceling $72 million in student loans for 2,300 borrowers who say they were cheated by Ashford University, a former for-profit college that was purchased by the University of Arizona in 2020. The Education Department says it’ll seek to recoup the money from