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SANDERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a Georgia prison guard shot and killed a prisoner she had escorted to a hospital for treatment after he snatched another guard’s pepper spray and used it to overpower him. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says its agents are investigating the late Tuesday shooting at Washington County Regional Hospital

VIENNA (AP) — A portrait of a young woman by Gustav Klimt that was long believed to be lost was sold at an auction in Vienna on Wednesday for 30 million euros ($32 million). The Austrian modernist artist started work on the “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser” in 1917, the year before he died, and it

By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer Allergy season is here, but it doesn’t have to make you miserable. Experts say people can manage most symptoms by using over-the-counter medicines and knowing pollen levels. But if that doesn’t work, experts suggest seeing a doctor who can determine what specific pollen you’re allergic to. More than 80

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Guerrilla fighters from the main ethnic Karen fighting force battling Myanmar’s military government have withdrawn from the eastern border town of Myawaddy two weeks after forcing the army to give up its defense. Residents and members the group said Wednesday that the withdrawal came after a contending

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — About one-quarter of U.S. adults over age 50 who are not yet retired say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds. About 1 in 4 have no retirement savings, according to research released Wednesday

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “ Barbenheimer ” is a hard act to follow. The summer of 2023 brought a new enthusiasm for moviegoing, with the fortuitous counterprogramming of “Barbie” and “ Oppenheimer,” and surprise hits like “ Sound of Freedom,” helping the season’s box office crack $4 billion for

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Besides being an accomplished actor, John Lithgow is a Harvard graduate who was a Fulbright Scholar at the London School of the Arts. At 78, he went back to school to learn arts education with Los Angeles-area high school students. It was filmed for “Art Happens Here with John Lithgow,”

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prosecutor general has told the parliament that powerful Pegasus spyware was used against hundreds of people during the former government in Poland. Among them were elected officials. Adam Bodnar told lawmakers on Wednesday that he found the scale of the surveillance “shocking and depressing.” Bodnar

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — When Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign, she refused to endorse Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination — and apparently so did some of her supporters in Pennsylvania. Haley won almost 17% of Pennsylvania’s primary vote Tuesday, to Trump’s 83%, despite not campaigning for president

FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — Relatives say a 74-year-old woman charged in the armed robbery of a credit union in Ohio last week is a victim of an online scam who may have been trying to solve her financial problems. Ann Mayers, who had no previous run-ins with the law, faces counts of aggravated robbery

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has denied corruption allegations against his wife but says he will consider resigning after a judicial investigation was launched into accusations by a right-wing legal platform that she used her position to influence business deals.  Sánchez says in a letter posted

PARIS (AP) — The head of the Paris airports operator says skies over the French capital will be closed completely for six hours as part of the massive security operation for the July 26 opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Augustin de Romanet, chairman of Aéroports de Paris, said airlines are being warned in advance

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A teenage suspect who allegedly made derogatory remarks about LGBTQ+ people before opening fire at a backyard punk rock show now faces felony charges. The shooting killed one person and wounded six others in Minneapolis last August. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports 18-year-old Dominic James Burris appeared in juvenile court Tuesday on

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Expectations are tempered for the financial prospects of summer of 2024 at the movies. There are fewer superheroes than normal in a landscape that was vastly altered by the production shutdowns during last year’s dual Hollywood strikes. Last summer brought a new enthusiasm at theaters, with “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II have been digitized and made available for free on Ancestry. The genealogy company announced Wednesday it is collaborating with the Irei Project, which has been working to memorialize more than 125,000 detainees. Ancestry is known

LONDON (AP) — Police in the U.K. say a teenage girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after stabbing a student and two teachers at a secondary school in Wales. Local police said Wednesday that the victims were expected to survive after being taken to a hospital for treatment of stab wounds. Police

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — British competition regulators say they’ll scrutinize recent artificial intelligence deals by Microsoft and Amazon over concerns that the moves could thwart competition in the AI industry. The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday it’s looking into Microsoft’s partnership with France’s Mistral AI and the company’s hiring

BERLIN (AP) — The German chancellor says Europe must continue to step up its help for Ukraine even after the approval of a big U.S. aid package. But he is making clear that he’s sticking to his refusal to send Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Kyiv. Olaf Scholz spoke after meeting British Prime Minister Rishi

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who was near death, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart. Lisa Pisano’s combination of heart and kidney failure left her too sick to qualify for a traditional

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A team of experts from the U.N. nuclear agency has inspected the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for a review of its discharge of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific. The International Atomic Energy  Agency inspection is part of a four-day visit to Japan that started