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By ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister has denounced the separatist Kurdish Workers Party, or PKK,  which operates in northern Iraqi territory, as an enemy of both Turkey and Iraq. He urged the Iraqi government to ban the group as a terrorist organization as Ankara has done. Turkish

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Srettha Thavisin, the wealthy leader of one of Thailand’s best-known property empires, has been selected prime minister just nine months after joining a political party that champions the poor. Parliament confirmed Srettha on Tuesday, ending months of political uncertainty following May elections. The political newcomer, who exudes

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Police say a shooting outside a residence hall at an Alabama college campus has left two people injured. A spokesperson for the Huntsville Police Department says in an email that Tuesday’s shooting occurred at Alabama A&M University. Investigators say the shooting stemmed from a fight between two people and was an

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Kazutaka Yonekura dreams of a world where everyone will have their very own digital “clone” — an online avatar that could take on some of our work and daily tasks, such as appearing in Zoom meetings in our place. Yonekura, chief executive of Tokyo startup Alt Inc.,

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Libya says the oil-rich North African country’s stability is at greater risk following recent militia clashes and amid the danger of spillover from the turmoil in neighboring Sudan and Niger. Abdoulaye Bathily told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has released body camera footage showing an armed man fatally shot in the back by an officer as he ran from a traffic stop. Forty-nine-year-old Gary Dwayne Harrell died Aug. 3 following the shooting on the city’s northeast side. The seven-minute video released by police Tuesday shows

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s second-largest school district says it has removed two books from 20 school libraries, saying the books had “highly inappropriate, sexually explicit content.” The announcement was sent in an electronic message to parents in some Cobb County schools on Monday. It comes days after the Republican-majority school

By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press A new analysis finds that climate change more than doubled the chances of the hot, dry weather that helped fuel the unprecedented wildfire season in eastern Canada. The analysis released Tuesday by World Weather Attribution looked only at Quebec but scientists say the same conditions likely are contributing to wildfires

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press Minneapolis’ mayor has vetoed a minimum wage for Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing drivers in the city. Mayor Jacob Frey vetoed the ordinance Tuesday, saying more negotiations are needed. Frey instead struck a deal with Uber only to ensure those drivers make a minimum of $5 per ride in the

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M (AP) — A coalition of human rights groups says migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. are being set up for rejection at a privately run detention center in New Mexico. The groups say asylum-seekers are often denied legal advice as well as privacy during sensitive interviews. The

By ROB GILLIES and JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian firefighters have begun easing evacuation orders in a scenic region of British Columbia, with the prospect of better weather raising hopes for the battle to contain wildfires. In Northwest Territories, a weekend of cooler temperatures, favorable winds and some rain allowed

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A witness in the criminal case against Donald Trump over the hoarding of classified documents retracted “prior false testimony” after switching lawyers last month and provided new information that implicated the former president, the Justice Department said Tuesday. The statements from the witness, a Trump staffer identified

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Yale University and New Haven officials are blasting the labor union for college police for handing out flyers with grim reaper depictions warning new students about high crime in the city and offering safety tips. School and city officials say the flyers were distributed Sunday as incoming Yale freshmen moved

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Court hearings are underway to determine whether a new Missouri law banning minors from receiving gender-affirming health care will take effect as scheduled Monday. Lawyers last month sued to overturn the law on behalf of three families of transgender minors, doctors and two LGBTQ+ organizations. They

By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The second day of Tennessee’s special legislative session has been filled with emotional and chaotic scenes in which Republican lawmakers largely ignored calls to address gun control. On Tuesday, families close to a Nashville fatal school shooting broke down in tears after Republican

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals unveiled detailed plans for two dramatically different locations for a replacement to the aging Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday. The club would like to decide on one of them by the end of September. One plan consists of a ballpark anchoring

MADRID (AP) — The leader of Spain’s conservatives will have the first chance to curry the parliamentary support necessary to form a new government following last month’s inconclusive national election. Speaker Francina Armengol announced the decision by Spain’s King Felipe VI following the monarch’s round of meetings with the leaders of the parties represented in

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A lawyer says a Tennessee judge has ordered a mental evaluation for a man charged with trying to enter a Jewish school with a gun and firing it at a contractor there before he was shot by police. Mitch Wood is Joel Bowman’s lawyer. Wood says

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama  have subpoenaed phone records of an Alabama priest and an 18-year-old woman who fled to Europe together to see if there is evidence of an improper relationship when she was a student. Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch said investigators are seeking text messages and other records. Authorities say