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By LEA SKENE and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company that they accused of reaping billions of dollars from a racist

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese distributor of the Warner Bros. movie “Barbie” has apologized for its U.S. parent company’s reaction to social media posts about the “Barbenheimer” blitz that combined images of Barbie and an atomic bomb mushroom cloud. The memes triggered criticisms in Japan for what many described as

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, a Republican from Wisconsin, says he won’t run for U.S. Senate in 2024 against Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, leaving an open GOP field with no declared candidates in the battleground state. Tiffany said Tuesday that he will run for reelection representing

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden plans to step up border controls and identity checks at crossing points as its security situation deteriorates during a Quran burning crisis that has shaken the country and neighboring Denmark in recent weeks. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says the measure is expected to be approved by his government on Thursday.

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Author Sebastian Barry is one of four Irish writers to make the long list of semifinalists for this year’s Booker Prize. Barry has received four previous nominations for the prestigious fiction award and twice been shortlisted for it. He was nominated Tuesday for his novel “Old God’s

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press The largest solar panel recycling plant in North America has opened in Yuma, Arizona, just as the flow of used and spent solar panels sharply ramps up. We Recycle Solar can process 345,000 pounds of modules in a single day, or roughly 69 million pounds per year. The business sends

MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank (AP) — Israeli authorities say a Palestinian gunman has opened fire in an Israeli settlement east of Jerusalem, wounding at least six people before being shot and killed. The shooting in the sprawling Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim, in the occupied West Bank, was the latest in the most violent stretch

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A jury has ended deliberations for the day without reaching a decision on whether the man who killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue should be sentenced to death or life in prison without parole. Jurors at the federal courthouse in Pittsburgh met for about seven hours Tuesday before being sent home.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government says a fire that had been burning on board a cargo ship carrying thousands of new cars appears to have burnt itself out after nearly a week. The Fremantle Highway was carrying 3,783 new vehicles including 498 electric vehicles from the German port city of Bremerhaven to

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling nearly 900 vehicles in the U.S. and Canada with Takata air bag inflators that could explode and hurl shrapnel in a crash. The recall covers certain Chevrolet Camaro, Sonic and Volt vehicles as well as the Buick Verano, all from the 2013

JULIE WALKER and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A swimmer who got swept out to sea by a powerful current was rescued off New York’s Long Island after treading water for five hours, police said. Dan Ho, 63, went swimming at a beach in Babylon at around 5 a.m. Monday and was

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats are celebrating the beginning of a new era for the state Supreme Court as it flips from conservative to liberal control for the first time in 15 years. Janet Protasiewicz is a new justice who made abortion rights a focus of her winning election

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer There are now more golden lion tamarins bounding between branches in the Brazilian rainforest than at any time since efforts to save the species started in the 1970s, a new survey reveals. Once on the brink of extinction, with only about 200 animals in the wild, the population has

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer SpongeBob and Slimetime are coming to the Super Bowl. The NFL and CBS Sports have announced that this season’s Super Bowl will have a kids-centric presentation on Nickelodeon. It will be the first time the Super Bowl has had an alternate telecast on another network. CBS has the rights

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities are planning tougher penalties for arson with fines to be increased to 10 times the current level. The moves follows a spate of major wildfires that have already caused more damage than the 2022 annual total. Greece’s civil protection minister said late Monday that details of the measures would

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators have opened yet another investigation into safety problems with Tesla vehicles. This time the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is looking into a dozen complaints about loss of steering control or loss of power steering in the 2023 Models 3 and Y electric vehicles. The probe covers an

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong government official has vowed to mull legal changes and set up protocols to better protect whales after the discovery of a carcass sparked anger on social media and speculation that sightseers had contributed to the animal’s death. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse