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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Republican lawmakers and anti-abortion activists are going back to court to fight a campaign to legalize abortion in Missouri. Abortion opponents on Monday filed a lawsuit against an initiative petition to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. Critics argue that the cost estimate that will

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Police said Monday that arrest warrants have been issued in connection with a riverfront brawl in Alabama’s capital that drew nationwide attention after video showed a group of white people pummeling a Black riverboat worker, an exchange that sparked a massive fight. Major Saba Coleman of the Montgomery Police Department said

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily banned California’s capital city of Sacramento from clearing homeless encampments, citing excessive heat. The restraining order will last 14 days and could be extended. The order was issued last week after homeless advocates said the city ignored its own protocol and

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Fargo police officer wounded last month by a shooter who killed another officer is expected to leave the hospital. The Fargo Police Department announced on Facebook Officer Tyler Hawes was “anticipated to be released” on Monday. Officer Andrew Dotas was also wounded in the shooting and left the hospital on

HOUSTON (AP) — Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo of Texas says she is taking a temporary leave of absence for treatment of clinical depression. Hidalgo said Monday that she checked herself into a facility outside of Texas in late July for inpatient treatment. The 32-year-old Democrat has built a rising national profile as the leader

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A dermatologist who was ambassador to Iceland during Donald Trump’s administration is running for U.S. Senate in Nevada. Dr. Jeff Gunter on Monday joined an increasingly crowded field of Republicans vying for first-term Democrat Jacky Rosen’s seat in one of the top 2024 Senate races. In a three-minute introductory video, Gunter

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press Donald Trump’s legal team told a judge overseeing the election conspiracy case against him on Monday that prosecutors’ proposed protective order aimed at preventing the public disclosure of evidence is too broad and would restrict his First Amendment rights. Lawyers for the early 2024 Republican presidential primary front-runner said

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City doctor was indicted Monday on charges that he sexually abused several women who sought out medical care at a well-known local hospital. Zhi Alan Cheng was arraigned Monday on charges of sexually abusing three of his patients at New York-Presbyterian Queens hospital and raping

By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — History will be made Tuesday in at least one of the Women’s World Cup knockout games, where three teams try to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in their history. Colombia is trying to advance for the first time, four years after

CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A former fifth-grade teacher in northwestern Indiana who was charged with felony intimidation after authorities say she told a student she had a “kill list” of students and staff has been sentenced to 2½ years on probation. Court records show 25-year-old Angelica Carrasquillo of Griffith pleaded guilty Friday to the intimidation

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press A New Hampshire father charged in the murder of his missing 5-year-old daughter Harmony Montgomery used a court hearing on an unrelated gun charges to proclaim his innocence. Adam Montgomery, 33, was found guilty of six gun charges in June was in court to be sentenced for those crimes. Dressed

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Already running years behind, Boeing’s first astronaut flight is now off until at least next March. Boeing said Monday that it should be done removing flammable tape from its Starliner capsule in the coming weeks. But a redesigned parachute system won’t be ready until

NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — A man charged with killing a couple marking their 50th wedding anniversary as well as the woman’s 97-year-old mother in suburban Boston has been found by a judge to be mentally incompetent to stand trial now. During a hearing Monday in Newton District Court, the judge ordered 41-year-old Christopher Ferguson, of

NEW YORK (AP) — Simon & Schuster has been sold to the private equity firm KKR, months after a federal judge blocked its purchase by rival publisher Penguin Random House because of concerns that competition would shrink the book market. An executive for KKR is calling the deal a chance to work with “one of

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentines have lined up on a bitterly cold winter morning as part of an annual pilgrimage to a Roman Catholic shrine for the patron saint of work. They asked for jobs and prosperity as many struggle to make ends meet while struggling with one of

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Attorneys seeking reparations for three living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre have filed an appeal in the case with the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The appeal was filed Friday after a district court judge in Tulsa dismissed the case last month. The lawsuit is trying

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Eric Adams says the city will house as many as 2,000 migrants on an island in the East River where a migrant center was set up last year and then taken down weeks later. Adams said Monday that New York state will reimburse