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By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Health officials in Brazil say the first two deaths from waterborne bacterial disease have been reported in the country’s south, where floodwaters are slowly receding. Meanwhile, health authorities warn additional fatalities are likely. Rio Grande do Sul state’s health secretariat confirmed the death of 67-year-old

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Police say they have arrested a suspect in connection with an outbreak of gunfire that left 11 people injured last weekend in a downtown square in Savannah, Georgia. No one was killed in the shootings late Saturday. Savannah police say an argument between two women led

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Each of the Big Ten Conference’s new West Coast schools will make at least one appearance this coming season on Fox Sports’ “College Football Friday” package. The 12-game schedule includes nine Big Ten matchups. Oregon, Southern California, UCLA and Washington will have at least one

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada election officials can start tabulating in-person Election Day votes as they come in, rather than waiting for polls to close. The recommendation from Democratic Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar is meant to expedite results in a western swing state known for razor-thin margins.

By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy The MacArthur Foundation will let loose another $100 million to a single project in the third installation of its global 100&Change competition, which for the first time requires applicants to address diversity, equity, and inclusion issues, the foundation announced Wednesday. The new requirement that 100&Change participants

By MIKE STOBBE and JONEL ALECCIA Associated Press A Michigan dairy worker has been diagnosed with bird flu — the second human case associated with an outbreak in U.S. dairy cows. The male worker had been in contact with cows at a farm with infected animals. He experienced mild eye symptoms and has recovered, U.S.

By DAVE SKRETTA and TERESA WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes said Wednesday that while he doesn’t agree with all the beliefs espoused by kicker Harrison Butker during a recent commencement address, the Chiefs quarterback respects his teammate’s right to make them be known. Butker delivered what has become a polarizing

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Caitlin Clark intends to play Wednesday night despite a stiff and sore left ankle when the Indiana Fever open a road trip in Seattle against the Storm. Clark rolled her ankle in the first half of Monday’s loss to Connecticut, but returned in the second half.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s drought, heatwave and water shortages have gotten so bad that even police are blocking traffic in protest. In recent months, residents of some Mexico City neighborhoods have regularly taken to forming human chains to block boulevards to demand water. Normally, police seek to redirect traffic, but on Wednesday some police

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — After several unexpectedly high inflation readings, Federal Reserve officials concluded at a meeting earlier this month that it would take longer than they previously thought for inflation to cool enough to justify reducing their key interest rate, now at a 23-year high. Minutes of the meeting

By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top telecommunications regulator is introducing a proposal to require political advertisers to disclose when they use content generated by artificial intelligence in broadcast TV and radio ads. The proposal announced Wednesday by Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Rosenworcel would add a layer of transparency

SITKA, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says a fishing charter boat found partially submerged off an island in southeast Alaska last May likely capsized after its well deck flooded in rough seas. The Coast Guard investigated the incident that left five people dead, including two vacationing sisters and their partners. The Daily Sitka

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — After the competition lineup at the Cannes Film Festival got a lackluster start last week, the festival was enlivened by a string of films both fleshy and carnal. Foremost among them was Sean Baker’s “Anora,” in which Mikey Madison stars as a 23-year-old Russian American

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press A grizzly bear that attacked a hiker in Grand Teton National Park was likely defending a cub at the time and won’t be captured or killed by authorities. Signal Mountain in western Wyoming where the attack occurred is still closed to visitors three days after the violent encounter. The grizzly

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press A federal judge has signed off on the $600 million class action settlement over last year’s disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment in eastern Ohio, but many people who live near East Palestine are still wondering how much they will end up with out of the deal. The lawyers who negotiated the

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The UN’s World Food Programme says extreme weather attributed to the El Nino phenomenon is causing a surge in hunger in several countries, including Zambia and Afghanistan, and called on donors for much-needed help. El Nino is a natural, temporary and occasional warming of

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who was exonerated after spending eight years in prison for a murder has been charged in a different fatal New York City shooting. Twenty-six-year-old Shamel Capers has been indicted Tuesday on charges including attempted murder in connection with a July 23, 2023, shootout between

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A wealthy Chinese businessman who left his homeland and became a U.S.-based outspoken critic of China’s Communist Party has gone on trial in New York on charges that he defrauded people worldwide of over $1 billion. Guo Wengui sat with his lawyers in Manhattan federal court

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer At 17, Israel McKenzie was so burdened by obesity that he stopped going to high school in person and was embarrassed to speak to people at his restaurant job. “I was in a really dark place,” says McKenzie, whose weight had climbed to 335 pounds on his 6-foot-1 frame,

ASSOCIATED PRESS TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (AP) — Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Wednesday in what he described as a protest against the recognition of a Palestinian state by three European countries. It was the latest act of defiance by an ultranationalist settler leader who has transformed