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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Highway bandits in Mexico made off of with over 40 tons of avocados. Federal prosecutors said Friday the avocados were stolen in two separate robberies in the western state of Michoacan, Mexico’s main producer of the fruit. In both cases, armed men stopped freight trucks carrying about 20 tons each, and

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America ELKO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada initiative that would amend the state Constitution to require that voters show photo ID at the polls can appear on the 2024 ballot as long as organizers collect enough signatures. That’s according to a state Supreme Court ruling issued Friday. Organizers will

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press Bird flu has been detected in beef for the first time, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture says the meat from a single sickened dairy cow was not allowed to enter the nation’s food supply and beef remains safe to eat. The department made the announcement Friday. The virus has

ST. CLOUD, Fla. (AP) — The Diocese of Orlando is defending a Catholic priest accused of biting a woman who tried to grab Holy Communion wafers during Mass at a central Florida church. The confrontation occurred Sunday afternoon at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in St. Cloud. Police have forwarded a report to prosecutors accusing

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accused Joe Biden and Donald Trump of trampling on personal liberties in response to the pandemic. Kennedy spoke Friday at the Libertarian’s Party’s convention in Washington as he looks to grow his base of support among Americans disaffected with the Republican and

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has been charged in a long-running witness tampering investigation. Uribe was formally charged Friday with witness tampering and bribery for his efforts to discredit a political opponent who was digging into Uribe’s family ties to right-wing paramilitary groups.

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Exhausted and short on options after consulting two veterinary clinics, Kristie Pereira made the gut-wrenching decision last year to take her desperately ill puppy to a Maryland shelter to be euthanized. So she was stunned last week to find the dog up for adoption at the same pet rescue

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has rejected a request by Alec Baldwin to dismiss the sole criminal charge against him in a fatal shooting on the set of the movie “Rust,” keeping the case on track for a trial this summer. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer on

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The rare special session Republican Gov. Mike DeWine called to pass legislation ensuring President Joe Biden appears on Ohio’s fall ballot could take several days. Due to differing interpretations of the proclamation DeWine issued Thursday, the Ohio Senate scheduled a single day of activity for

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines is changing law firms after a controversial filing in a lawsuit brought by the family of a 9-year-old girl who was recorded using an airplane lavatory. A spokesperson for American confirmed the change in lawyers on Friday. A former flight attendant has been charged with recording young girls

By MATT O’BRIEN and ALI SWENSON Associated Press Google’s search engine used to spit out a ranked list of websites that might help you figure out an answer to your question. Now it provides instant answers generated by artificial intelligence that might tell you that cats have visited the moon. While the silliest answers shared

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — First-of-its-kind legislation that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances was signed into law Friday by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry. The Republican governor announced his signing of the bill in Baton Rouge a day after it gained final legislative passage in the state Senate.

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey electrician who repeatedly attacked police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Christopher Joseph Quaglin argued with and insulted U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden on Friday before and after the judge handed

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Advocates say they won’t slow their efforts to unionize college athletes even with the NCAA’s agreement this week to allow players to be paid from a limited revenue-sharing pool. The NCAA and the Power Five conferences have agreed to a landmark antitrust settlement that will pay

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press A new South Dakota Board of Regents policy keeps employees from including their gender pronouns in school email signatures and other correspondence. That was adopted after Gov. Kristi Noem railed against “liberal ideologies” on college campuses. But the new policy is also keeping Native American employees from including their

NEW YORK (AP) — A campus safety officer at a public college in New York City has been suspended after footage circulated online showing him cursing at pro-Palestinian protesters saying he supported killing them all. The officer was filmed at a graduation event Thursday saying, “I support genocide.” College of Staten Island officials confirmed the

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Preempted by coverage of the Monaco Grand Prix. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — A panel of secretaries of state with Jocelyn Benson, D-Mich., Brad Raffensperger, R-Ga., Adrian Fontes, D-Ariz., and Al Schmidt, R-Pa. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.;

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump invited two rappers on stage at his recent rally who have been charged in a sweeping gang case. One of them is charged with attempted murder. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s appearance with suspected gang members comes as

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the early days of Donald Trump’s hush money trial it was possible for members of the public to snag a seat without spending days lining up. But more would-be spectators are showing up as the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president nears its

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Mississippi man accused of destroying a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa’s state Capitol pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced charge in return for prosecutors dropping a felony hate crime count. Michael Cassidy, a former congressional and legislative candidate, was set for trial June 3, but his attorney