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By MARY CLARE JALONICK and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Saturday that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular social media platform’s China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake within a year, but don’t expect the app to go away anytime soon. The decision by House Republicans

BALTIMORE (AP) — A third temporary channel for boats to enter and depart the Port of Baltimore has opened, expanding further shipping access as collapsed sections of the Francis Scott Key Bridge are salvaged before the span can ultimately be rebuilt. The alternate channel, located to the northeast of the fallen bridge, is open to

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former Arkansas governor and U.S. Sen. David Pryor, a Democrat who was one of the state’s most beloved political figures and remained active in public service in the state long after he left office, has died. He was 89. Pryor, who went undercover to investigate

By JEAN FERNAND KOENA Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Witnesses in Central African Republic say that at least 20 people have drowned after a ferry sank in the capital. Witnesses said Saturday that the wooden ferry was carrying more than 300 people to a funeral over the Mpoko River in Bangui on

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press Romeo Castellucci has dropped out of his production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at Belgium’s La Monnaie theater halfway through because of what the company says is a lack of money and time. The four-part “Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung)” is considered opera’s most ambitious work. Castellucci,

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say the New Jersey rabbi serving a decadeslong sentence in a 1994 murder-for-hire plot targeting his wife has died. News outlets cite the state department of corrections as saying that 82-year-old Fred Neulander was pronounced dead Wednesday evening after he was found unresponsive in his cell in the state prison

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press Longtime publisher and Associated Press journalist John Brewer has died. He was 76. Brewer’s close friend Randy Johnson says the two were on their annual fly fishing trip in Montana on Friday when the boat Brewer was in hit a submerged log and flipped over. Johnson says Brewer could not

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — An artisan roastery based in the Finnish capital has introduced a coffee blend that has been developed by artificial intelligence in a trial in which it’s hoped that technology can ease the workload in a sector that traditionally prides itself on manual work.  It is only apt

By NICK PERRY Associated Press GILFORD, N.H. (AP) — The wacky spring tradition of pond skimming is happening this month at ski resorts across the country. It’s often held to celebrate the last day of the skiing season before the chairlifts close until the following winter. People ski in pajamas, dressed as movie characters, holding

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base last week as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows. The overall damage done to Nevatim air base in southern

By JACK THOMPSON and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. officials said that they will begin to withdraw troops from Niger but there is no timeline. The planned departure comes comes as U.S. officials said Saturday they were trying to find a new military agreement after relations have frayed between Niger and

By MIKE CATALINI and MARC LEVY Associated Press NEW HOPE, Pa. (AP) — Mark Houck’s campaign to unseat Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in Pennsylvania’s GOP primary could offer hints about swing-district party sentiment in a heated presidential election year. The congressional district in suburban Philadelphia is one of 16 nationwide that Democrat Joe Biden carried

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden can breathe a bit easier, at least for the moment, now that Israel and Iran appear to have stepped back from the brink of tipping the Middle East into all-out war. Israel’s retaliatory strikes on Iran and Syria caused limited damage. The restrained action

By ALEXANDRA OLSON and CLAIRE SAVAGE AP Business Writers Pregnant workers have the right to a wide range of accommodations under new federal regulations for enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission adopted an expansive view of conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth in its proposed regulations. It drew condemnation from

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The most significant case in decades on homelessness has reached the Supreme Court as record numbers of people in America are without a permanent place to live. The justices on Monday will consider a challenge to rulings from a California-based appeals court that found punishing people for

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani province has issued a flood alert because of glacial melting and is warning of a heavy loss of life if timely safety measures aren’t undertaken. Pakistan has witnessed days of extreme weather that has killed scores of people and destroyed property. Experts say the

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian customs officials say they have seized about 887 pounds of heroin found in a truck with Turkish registration en route from Iran to Western Europe. The haul was made at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint on the Turkish border, officials said on Saturday. The drugs were thought to have originated in

By JACQUELYN MARTIN Associated Press ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — The group of first graders had no time to waste — they had matzo to make. The students from Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital had just 18 minutes to prep and cook the cracker-like, unleavened Passover staple if they wanted to keep

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Passover is a major Jewish holiday, celebrated over seven or eight days each year, commemorating the exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the Bible. To many Jews, it symbolizes freedom and the birth of a Jewish nation. This year, for many Jews, the holiday’s

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities said Saturday that they were investigating an explosion that struck a base belonging to the Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of Iran-allied militias, killing one person and injuring eight. Militia officials had initially described the explosion at the Kalsu military base north of Babylon —