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SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police on Wednesday were trying to figure out how three people died and a fourth became critically ill after apparently eating wild mushrooms at a family lunch. Homicide detectives have been investigating the case. Police have interviewed the woman who they say cooked the meal at her home on July 29

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer SYDNEY (AP) — The traditional elite have been cut down to size at the Women’s World Cup. That has been the standout theme as a tournament that has already set records for attendance and goals scored enters the quarterfinals stage, and it has made for high drama. “It’s been

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service has reduced its volume of shipments by aircraft by 90% over two years, putting the service on course to save $1 billion in annual transportation costs. Shifting packages and mail from air shipment to ground transportation was part of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s larger plan to improve the

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Six university professors and two teachers’ unions are suing Idaho over a law that they say violates their First Amendment rights by criminalizing teaching about pro-abortion viewpoints. The 2021 No Public Funds for Abortion Act bans public employees from promoting abortion, counseling in favor of abortion

RANSOM, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say an armed man who made threats at a rural Kansas home was shot and killed by a deputy Tuesday. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said it’s investigating the fatal shooting of 46-year-old Jesse Nicholls in the community of Ransom. The bureau says Ness County sheriff’s deputies responded to 911

By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer You know ESPN the sports media giant. Now brace yourself for ESPN Bet, a rebranding of an existing sports-betting app owned by Penn Entertainment, which is paying $1.5 billion plus other considerations for exclusive rights to the ESPN name. The deal, announced Tuesday, could take Walt Disney Co.-owned ESPN

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal prosecutor has told a judge that the mother of a U.S. Navy sailor charged with providing sensitive military information to China encouraged him to cooperate with a Chinese intelligence officer. Assistant U.S. Attorney Fred Sheppard told a federal court in San Diego on Tuesday

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has dismissed lawsuits filed by Airbnb and three hosts over New York City’s rules for short-term rentals, saying the restrictions are “entirely rational.” In a 14-page ruling issued on Tuesday, Supreme Court Judge Arlene P. Bluth said rules such as having to comply with a registration system

SEATTLE (AP) — Five people affiliated with a white nationalist hate group are suing a Seattle-area man who they say infiltrated the group and disclosed their identities online, leading them to lose their jobs and face harassment. The Seattle Times reports on Tuesday the lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for Western Washington. The

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s elections chief says the 10 Republican state senators who had more than 10 unexcused absences during a walkout in the most recent legislative session can’t run for reelection in 2024. Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade made the announcement Tuesday in a bid to clear up confusion over reelection rules following

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has unveiled a sweeping list of public safety issues he wants lawmakers to address during an upcoming special session. The special session was prompted by a shocking Nashville school shooting earlier this year that resulted in the deaths of

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — People in Alaska’s capital have lived for more than a decade with periodic glacial dam outbursts like the one that destroyed at least two homes over the weekend. But the most recent flood was surprising for how quickly the water moved as the surging Mendenhall River

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its allies are vowing to keep Syria’s failure to account for its chemical weapons program in the spotlight at the U.N. Security Council every month despite opposition from Russia and China. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the council Tuesday that Syrian

BOSTON (AP) — Three fishermen who were not wearing life jackets were plucked alive from ocean waters by the Coast Guard five miles east of the Nantucket Saturday afternoon. The First Coast Guard District command center received an alert from an emergency radio beacon registered to the 55-foot commercial fishing vessel Miss Kara at about

By TRÂN NGUYỄN and JANIE HAR Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The district attorney in Sacramento is threatening officials in California’s capital city with legal actions over the city’s handling of the homelessness crisis. District Attorney Thien Ho said Sacramento officials are failing to enforce city’s own rules and creating a public safety crisis.

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Southwestern U.S. is bracing for another week of blistering temperatures. Forecasters with the National Weather Service in Phoenix have extended the excessive heat warning for the metro Phoenix area through Sunday night, meaning it could break a record set in 1974 for the most

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Civil rights groups asked a federal judge to stop Florida officials from enforcing a section of a new state immigration law that criminalizes transporting someone who has entered the United States unlawfully. But the judge on Tuesday denied the request immediately on a technicality, saying Gov.

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Abortion rights advocates plan to ask Arizona voters to create a constitutional right to abortion. The move announced Tuesday injects the issue into the battleground state’s volatile politics ahead of next year’s election. If proponents collect enough signatures, Arizona will become the latest state to put