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ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Four people were killed and seven were hurt when a man went on a stabbing rampage Wednesday across multiple locations in a northern Illinois community, authorities said. A 22-year-old man is in police custody and was being questioned, according to Rockford Police Chief Carla Redd. She said one of the people

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice broke with the GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country’s strictest school vaccination policies. West Virginia is only one of a handful of states in the U.S. that offers only medical exemptions to

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An audit of a $19,000 lectern that was purchased for Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is nearing completion, but officials are awaiting a response from the governor’s office on it. Legislative Auditor Roger Norman told lawmakers Wednesday that a draft report of the audit has

WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — Prosecutors and police say a pickup truck driver accused of crashing into and killing a Massachusetts police officer and a utility employee at a work site has been indicted on two counts of second degree murder and other charges. Fifty-four-year-old Peter Simon of Woodsville, New Hampshire, is also accused of pulling

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Kari Lake, a Republican Senate candidate in Arizona who says she lost a 2022 race for governor because of fraud, is declining to defend against a defamation lawsuit filed by a top election official. Lake this week asked a judge to jump directly to the damages

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Members of a transitional presidential council who will be responsible for selecting a new prime minister for Haiti have issued their first official statement. They are pledging to restore “public and democratic order” and “alleviate the suffering of the Haitian people.” The statement issued Wednesday was signed by eight members of

By MATTHEW CHOI The Texas Tribune WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee. The bipartisan panel made the announcement Tuesday. It did not specify the focus of the investigation, but the Republican from Richmond said it was related to his campaign’s finances. The committee announced it was

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians have expressed pride and gratitude toward their men’s national soccer team for qualifying for the European Championship, a rare bit of good news and a welcome distraction from the war with Russia. Though celebrations after Ukraine’s 2-1 win over Iceland were muted as Russian missiles kept raining down on the

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has issued a final rule aimed at limiting methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on federal and tribal lands, its latest action to crack down on emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming. The rule issued Wednesday

NEW YORK (AP) — Reddit and Trump Media are the first notable social media companies to begin trading publicly in the last five years. They’re also, thanks to the rabid reception among investors coupled with the companies’ fuzzy profit outlooks, the latest meme stocks. Meme stocks are typically shares in companies whose underlying business fails

By TOM KRISHER AP Business Writer Manufacturers and shippers are scrambling to figure out where they can load or unload cargo while the main operations of the Port of Baltimore remain shut down due to Tuesday’s deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Supply chain experts say other ports up and down the East

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Results from Senegal’s tightly contested presidential election show a previously little-known opposition figure won over 54% of the votes. Sunday’s election marked a stunning victory for 44-year-old Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who was released from prison less than two weeks ago and is now due to be

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Raymond Chan has been convicted of racketeering, bribery, fraud and giving false statements to investigators in a sprawling pay-to-play corruption scandal at City Hall. The federal jury reached the guilty verdict on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after lawyers finished closing arguments. Chan’s lawyer says they’ll

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Reporter SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court will hear an appeal of actor Jussie Smollett’s disorderly conduct conviction for staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lying to Chicago police. The court on Wednesday accepted the appeal. Smollett was a cast member on the

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia animal shelter is pleading for help fostering its dogs after a vehicle plowed into its building. The Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association says one dog’s leg was injured after a rental truck struck its building Wednesday. A photo in a social media post shows the truck wedged into the side

By STEPHEN WHYNO, SARAH RANKIN and MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Ted Leonsis told District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser late last year that the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals he owns would probably be leaving Washington for Virginia, she told him no, they would not. Ultimately, she proved to

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It may not be too “appeeling,” but the price of some bananas are rising by a few cents. Trader Joe’s recently upped the price to 23 cents for a single banana, marking a 4-cent — or 21% — increase from the grocer’s previous going rate

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s former Controller Betty Yee says she will run for governor in 2026. She announced her candidacy Wednesday and will compete against a strong field of Democrats. They include Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, outgoing state Senate leader Toni Atkins and state top education chief Tony Thurmond. Attorney General Rob Bonta is

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has given key approval to a wide-ranging bill that supporters say will make sure the fast-growing state has plenty of electric power. Opponents of the bill that passed 88-21 almost entirely on party lines say the legislation rolls back billions of dollars

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Protesters in Slovakia formed a human chain around the country’s public television and radio building Wednesday in anger over a takeover plan by the government whose populist, pro-Russia prime minister recently labeled several private media outlets his enemies. The takeover plan was drafted by Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová, who represents an