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DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — A powerful earthquake and two strong aftershocks have rocked Indonesia’s resort island of Bali and other parts of the country, causing panic but no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck early Tuesday in the Bali Sea was centered about 181

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced changes to its wildfire compensation rules after last year’s planned burn by the U.S. Forest Service exploded into the largest and most destructive blaze in New Mexico’s recorded history. FEMA officials say they are expanding coverage for those affected for mental health treatment and

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court told the new liberal majority in a scathing email that they had staged a “coup” when they voted recently to weaken her powers and hire a new director of state courts. Chief Justice Annette Ziegler said in

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — Newspaper publisher G. Ogden Nutting has died. He was 87. The newspaper in Wheeling, West Virginia, where Nutting’s family business was based says he died Friday. The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register published Nutting’s obituary and a separate story on his death Monday. Nutting once held a stake in the Pirates before

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and the 18 people indicted along with him in Georgia are scheduled to be arraigned next week on charges they participated in a wide-ranging illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Fulton County court records show all 19 defendants have been scheduled for arraignment on

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A November trial has been set for former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch on misdemeanor charges following his arrest a year ago on suspicion of drunken driving when he was found in a damaged sports car on a downtown Las Vegas street. A Las Vegas Municipal Court judge on Monday scheduled

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Leading officials within the Spanish Football Federation asked suspended president Luis Rubiales to resign on Monday because of his behavior at the Women’s World Cup, including kissing a player on the lips after Spain won the championship match. The heads of the regional bodies that make

Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A new coalition of Egyptian political parties has publicly criticized the country’s current government for persecuting politicians. In a news conference on Monday, a spokesmen for the coalition said the practices of the current government are a danger to Egypt’s future. The Free Current coalition was formed in June this

By LESLIE AMBRIZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Last of Us” composer Gustavo Santaolalla says he never felt like he was “just writing music” for a video game. From the very beginning the Oscar-winner says he knew that “The Last of Us” “felt like a great story” that could easily be retold through

NEW YORK (AP) — Beware: The U.S. Open is a no-drone zone. The New York Police Department warned Monday on the Grand Slam event’s opening day that it has a zero-tolerance policy toward drones buzzing the tournament, and any seen hovering over Flushing Meadows will be taken out immediately. Exactly how was not specified, with

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida is altering its travel plans for the football team’s season opener at No. 14 Utah in hopes of avoiding Tropical Storm Idalia. A team spokesman says the Gators will practice Tuesday in Gainesville, fly to Dallas, spend the night there and then travel to Salt Lake City

NEW ALBANY, Ohio (AP) — Google will invest an additional $1.7 billion to support three data center campuses in central Ohio. The company made the announcement Monday. The tech giant now operates a center in New Albany and announced in May that it would build additional centers in Columbus and Lancaster to help power its

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has been quietly raising the amount some customers must spend on its site to get free shipping. To qualify for no-cost deliveries, some Amazon customers who don’t have Prime memberships now need to spend $35, up from $25 previously.  Amazon spokesperson Kristina Pressentin confirmed that

DENVER A Colorado man has been charged in federal court with cyberstalking his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in Hawaii while repeatedly posing as a different ex-boyfriend. Prosecutors said Monday that 53-year-old John B. Hart was arrested last week in Colorado. He previously lived in Hawaii. An indictment alleges that Hart told his ex-girlfriend to

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Three people killed in a weekend shooting at a Florida discount store are being remembered as a devoted father, a beloved mother and a 19-year-old working to help support his grandmother and younger siblings. Jerrald Gallion, Angela Michelle Carr and A.J. Laguerre were slain Saturday when

CHICAGO (AP) — A shooting that wounded two women at Friday night’s Chicago White Sox-Oakland Athletics game most likely involved a gun that went off inside Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago’s interim police superintendent said Monday. Officials have said little about where the bullets came from, or if someone brought a gun into the stadium, but

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit contesting a transgender woman’s admission into a sorority at the University of Wyoming. Six members of the Kappa Kappa Gamma chapter sued over the sorority’s admission of Artemis Langford last year. U.S. District Judge Alan Johnson ruled Friday he could

By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press Floridians pray that when Idalia hits the Gulf Coast it won’t join the long list of destructive Atlantic Ocean storms whose names started with “I.” Since 1955, 13 Atlantic storm names beginning with “I” have been retired, according to the National Weather Service. That happens when a storm’s death toll

MONTREAL (AP) — Canadian police say a fire in March that killed seven people in a heritage building in Old Montreal has turned into a criminal investigation. Montreal police Insp. David Shane says traces of fire accelerants were found at the site, which can help explain why the flames spread so quickly. Shane says experts

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police believe a Cadillac driver fatally shot a motorcyclist in the heart of the city’s historic area after a group of bikers blocked his way. The Saturday night shooting steps from the Liberty Bell has focused new attention on the gun violence plaguing the city and