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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A falling tree has killed a woman in Serbia in a heavy storm that also caused power cuts and pummeled towns with hail. Interior Minister Ivica Dacic has urged caution during extreme weather conditions, which experts say is partly caused by climate change. In neighboring Croatia, strong winds and rain felled

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press A team of attorneys has withdrawn from representing a Utah mother accused of killing her husband with fentanyl then publishing a children’s book about loss and grief. Why Kouri Richins’ private attorneys have withdrawn from the case is unclear. They cited only an “irreconcilable and nonwaivable situation” in their request,

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN will carry England’s FA Cup in the U.S. through 2028 after reaching a four-year extension with England’s Football Association. ESPN has carried the tournament since 2018. The deal includes 79 matches per season streamed exclusively on ESPN+ as well as the season-opening FA Community Shield. This season’s final will take

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees. At least 138 of the midsize primates, who are known for their roaring vocal calls, were found dead in the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco since May 16, according to the Biodiversity

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it’s releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a bid to lower prices at the pump this summer. The sale is from storage sites in New Jersey and Maine and will be allocated in increments

CHICAGO (AP) — Caitlin Clark signed a multiyear deal with Wilson Sporting Goods for a signature basketball line, the company announced Tuesday. The No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft will also test, advise and provide feedback on a range of Wilson basketball products. “Wilson has been with me across some of the most pivotal

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities say Armed men attacked remote villages in northcentral Nigeria, killing at least a dozen villagers during a late-night raid. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack which follows a similar pattern to yearslong violence in the region blamed on the fight for control

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s governor has vetoed a bill to severely restrict a type of pesticide that’s toxic to bees and other pollinators. Republican Gov. Phil Scott says the legislation “is more anti-farmer than it is pro-pollinator.” The bill would have banned uses of a type of neurotoxins know as neonics. It also would’ve

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGY and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The landmark trial of three former Syrian intelligence officials has begun at a Paris court for the alleged torture and killing of a French-Syrian father and son who were arrested over a decade ago, during the height of Arab Spring-inspired anti-government protests. International warrants

ELY, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say bad weather is hampering the search for two men who went over a waterfall while fishing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northern Minnesota over the weekend. St. Louis County Sheriff’s Cmdr. Nate Skelton told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis on Tuesday that the cloud cover is

By SAM GURWITT Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Politically motivated crime in Germany last year reached its highest level since the government started tracking it more than 20 years ago. The country’s top security official says the greatest threat comes from people with far-right motivations. The interior minister says that “we are a strong democracy,

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s top public defender faces the possibility of being fired as an oversight panel decides a possible punishment for what it calls serious misconduct. The state Public Defender Services Commission is scheduled to meet Tuesday but says it won’t announce a decision until next month. The

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says three people recently have been arrested on suspicion of links to foreign-sponsored sabotage. Tusk was speaking Tuesday about the steps his government is taking to protect Poland against hostile activity including incidents with suspected links to Russian intelligence services. Tusk

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Ports Authority says a surge of auto imports rerouted from Baltimore led to its busiest month ever for car and truck shipments. The Georgia agency’s chief executive said Tuesday that the Port of Brunswick saw more than 80,000 automobiles and heavy machinery units move

By HANNAH FINGERHUT, SCOTT McFETRIDGE and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Multiple people died Tuesday and at least a dozen were injured when a powerful tornado tore through a small Iowa town, carving a bleak landscape of destroyed homes and businesses, shredded trees, smashed cars, and widely strewn debris. The tornado

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s high court has upheld a rule requiring companies with health insurance plans to cover medically necessary abortions. The decision from the Court of Appeals on Tuesday came after a lawsuit from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany and other religious groups. They argued the rule violates their religious freedoms.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is celebrating the removal of a hulking container ship just under eight weeks after the deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. But he says the work is not done. Moore said Tuesday that he’s moved that he can look out over the Patapsco River and not

By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida recruit and current Georgia quarterback Jaden Rashada is suing Gators coach Billy Napier and the program’s top booster over a failed name, image and likeness deal worth nearly $14 million. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Pensacola accuses Napier and booster

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN GROVE, N.J. (AP) — People will soon be allowed onto the beach on Sunday mornings in one Jersey Shore community where the sand has been closed for generations to honor God. The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association owns the beaches and all the land in Ocean Grove. The Christian

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian news reports say a general who was relieved of duty last year after complaining about problems faced by his troops in Ukraine has been arrested on charges of widescale bribery. The arrest of Maj. Gen. Ivan Popov, who had commanded the 58th Guards Combined Arms Army, follows the arrest last