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By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Six inmates at the downtown St. Louis jail are facing charges related to the abduction last week of a 73-year-old jail guard. Charging documents released Monday by the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office offered insight into how the guard was taken hostage around 6 a.m. on

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities say an off-duty Oklahoma police officer fired a shot that critically wounded a man during a shooting at a high school football game that left a teenager dead. The officer did not shoot the teenager, according to the Oklahoma County sheriff. Choctaw’s police chief says

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — A lead box believed to have been placed in the base of a West Point monument by cadets almost two centuries ago yielded no bombshells when unsealed during a livestreamed event, just silt. An audience at the U.S. Military Academy were primed to see military

HIGHLAND, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas community college that was accused of discriminating against Black student-athletes has agreed to a settlement. The Justice Department announced Monday in a news release that the agreement requires Highland Community College to make its disciplinary proceedings more fair, to provide more training and to improve its procedures for responding

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As worker actions continue from Hollywood to Detroit, and new labor unions crop up nationally, the White House on Monday was highlighting its effort to bolster worker organizing throughout the U.S. President Joe Biden is counting on critical labor support as he campaigns for a second term

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The retired federal judge who has been leading Georgia’s State Election Board during a time when it debunked false claims of 2020 election fraud is stepping down effective Friday. Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday that William “Bill” Duffey Jr. would be departing shortly.  Duffey says he wants

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The director of Haiti’s National Police is vowing to hold accountable those who encouraged hundreds of parishioners to take up machetes and sticks over the weekend to rid a community of gang members, only to be fatally shot by them. Police Chief Frantz Elbé says the

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish security authorities are investigating multiple cases of disruption to railway traffic, after unauthorized radio signals stopped several trains over the weekend. On some of the signals, the Russian national anthem could reportedly be heard in the background. Poland’s railway is the main transport route for international military support going to

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Mark Meadows testified in court Monday that actions detailed in a sweeping indictment that accuses him of participating in an illegal conspiracy to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss were all part of his job as White House chief of staff. The extraordinary testimony — from

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” star Heidi Gardner will be among several entertainers expected to take part in a virtual tailgate and concert experience before the NFL’s kickoff game in Kansas City next month. The show dubbed as the “World’s Largest Tailgate” looks to celebrate the

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, GARY D. ROBERTSON and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A shooter killed a faculty member in a science building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, police said after a lockdown that paralyzed the campus community as authorities searched for the suspect. Police arrested

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Law enforcement in Alaska has prepared a first-of-its-kind report detailing missing Alaska Natives and American Indians. The Alaska Department of Public Safety’s Missing Indigenous Persons Report includes the names of 280 people, dates of their last contact and whether police believe the disappearance was related to criminal activity. The circumstances of

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press Authorities in Massachusetts have concluded a woman whose mutilated body was discovered on Cape Cod nearly 50 years ago was killed by her husband. The announcement by the Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois on Monday brings to a close one of the state’s most famous cold cases. It

By AMY TAXIN and SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — California’s attorney general has sued a Southern California school district over its new policy that requires schools to notify parents if their children change their gender identification or pronouns. Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the suit Monday against Chino Valley

By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher, who was thrust into the political spotlight as “Joe the Plumber” after questioning Barack Obama about his economic proposals during the 2008 presidential campaign, and who later forayed into politics himself, has died, his son said Monday. He was 49. His oldest son,

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will observe next month’s 22nd anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil at an Alaska military base with service members and their families, the White House announced. It will be the first time that a president has not attended any of the

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading to Vietnam next month to meet with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and other Vietnamese leaders. The Democratic president will travel to Hanoi on Sept. 10, tacking on the one-day visit to the Vietnamese capital after attending the annual Group of 20

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Judicial officials say two Russian citizens who were recently detained in Beirut on suspicion of spying for Israel were referred to an investigative military judge who issued arrest warrants for them. The officials said Monday that two Russians were detained “several weeks ago” in Beirut as they

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The box office results are in and Sony’s racing movie “Gran Turismo” won the weekend over “Barbie,” after all. On Sunday, “ Gran Turismo” appeared to be neck-and-neck with Warner Bros.’ “Barbie,” now in its sixth weekend, with both hovering just over $17 million. But Monday actuals reported by