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NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for the family of a Marine killed in Afghanistan said Thursday that a new version of a lawsuit accusing actor Alec Baldwin of unleashing his social media followers against them will soon be filed after a federal judge dismissed the original lawsuit but invited the family to rewrite it

By HOWARD FENDRICH and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg has decided to retire, ending a career that began as a No. 1 draft pick, included 2019 World Series MVP honors and was derailed by injuries, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Economists calculate that the world’s corporations produce so much climate change pollution,  it could eat up about 44% of their profits if they had to pay damages for what they put out. An author of a new study in Thursday’s journal Science estimates that the climate damage from publicly

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former customer service manager at a U.S. Postal Service office in Indianapolis has been sentenced to 40 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing hundreds of checks worth about $1.7 million that businesses had mailed. Forty-two-year-old James Lancaster fought back tears after a federal judge sentenced him Wednesday. WTHR-TV

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Russian geneticist living in Virginia has been sentenced to probation in federal court after pleading guilty to smuggling test tubes with DNA from endangered species into the U.S. Customs agents were alarmed when they discovered the test tubes last year at Dulles Airport on a

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As Israel’s first and only female prime minister, Golda Meir may have broken a glass ceiling. But she had a prickly relationship with feminism, a label she did not embrace. Still, argues director Guy Nattiv, the trajectory of Meir’s career — especially the nature of

By The Associated Press The head of a Russian mercenary group who launched a rebellion against Moscow’s military leadership in June is presumed dead after a mysterious plane crash. But much remains uncertain. A plane that authorities said was carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin and some of his top lieutenants from the Wagner Group went down northwest

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two telecommunication companies in Haiti say their fiber optic cables were severed this week, temporarily leaving customers without service. The interruptions are suspected to be acts of sabotage by criminal gangs. Digicel Haiti said one of its cables was cut on Thursday in the community of Martissant near the capital of

By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican lawmakers have hit an impasse just a few days into a special session sparked by a deadly school shooting in March. The Senate’s decision Thursday to adjourn until Monday leaves little certainty about what lawmakers might ultimately pass. However, they have

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man fleeing New York City police officers on a motorcycle died Wednesday after a sergeant hurled a plastic picnic cooler at his head from close range, causing a violent crash, authorities said. Eric Duprey, 30, who had three young children and

By KRYSTA FAURIA and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fran Drescher believes that the walkouts that have shut down Hollywood are about something much bigger than the actors union she leads, or the writers striking alongside them, or the entertainment industry. Drescher told The Associated Press the moment is about the entire

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s statistics agency says the unemployment rate now stands at 4.1%. It’s a multi-decade low but analysts say it’s an undercount. The National Bureau of Statistics, which classifies the employed as those working for at least one hour a week, reported the unemployment data in a

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s prime minister and China’s leader agreed Thursday to intensify efforts to de-escalate tensions at the disputed border between them and bring home thousands of their troops deployed there, according to an official from India’s foreign ministry. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping met

By The Associated Press The Dominican Republic was starting to get back on its feet Thursday after Tropical Storm Franklin raked the island nation, with heavy flooding that killed at least two people. The storm knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people and left more than 1.6 million without water. Heavy rains elsewhere

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A study points to a “substantial” increase in philanthropic funding for journalism over the past five years, particularly to outlets that serve poor and minority communities. The struggling news industry is increasingly relying on donors and subscriptions to make up for the collapse of the

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police say two men have been arrested on suspicion of burning down an historic English pub that was famous for its lopsided walls and sagging foundation. Staffordshire Police said Thursday that the suspects were being questioned about the Aug. 5 blaze that gutted the 18th century

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a sweeping Republican elections bill that would end a grace period for voting by mail and make new allowances for partisan poll observers. The Democratic governor accused legislative Republicans of using their slim veto-proof majorities to execute

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Julian Edelman is joining “Fox NFL Kickoff” for the upcoming season. The former Patriots receiver who won three Super Bowls with New England is replacing Sean Payton on the show, which airs Sunday mornings during the season. Payton did television for one year before returning

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press An artist has lost his appeal to remove fabric panels covering his murals at a Vermont law school that were intended to honor African Americans and abolitionists involved in the Underground Railroad.  Artist Sam Kerson created the murals entitled “Vermont, The Underground Railroad” and “Vermont and the Fugitive Slave” in

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The head of Mexico’s commission leading the search for tens of thousands who have disappeared over past decades of violence has stepped down as the government increasingly comes under criticism of trying to undermine the true numbers of the missing. Escalating cartel violence has left thousands