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By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A lonely man jailed for criticizing the government on his ham radio. A poet assaulted by police after he recited a poem objecting to Russia’s war in Ukraine. A low-profile woman committed to a psychiatric facility for condemning the invasion on social media. President Vladimir Putin’s

By LEAH WILLINGHAM and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Democrat Kayla Young and Republican Patricia Rucker frequently clash on abortion rights and just about everything else in West Virginia’s Legislature, but they agree on one thing: Too few of their colleagues are women, and it’s hurting the state. “There are exceptions to

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before President Joe Biden announced in his State of the Union address the plans for providing aid to Gaza by sea, the Army’s 7th Transportation Brigade and other units were scrambling to pull equipment together. They received their orders before the speech:

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Legal equality for women could take centuries as the fight for gender equality is becoming an uphill struggle against widespread discrimination and gross human human rights abuses, the United Nations chief said on International Women’s Day. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a packed U.N. commemoration Friday

By JOSH BOAK and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump warned of dire consequences for the country if the other wins another term in the White House as the pair held dueling rallies in Georgia Saturday fresh off strong wins in Super Tuesday contests that

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities investigating a fire and explosions that rocked a suburban Detroit building filled with vaping industry supplies are urging residents not to pick up any debris because they still pose potential hazards. One man was killed in the explosive blaze that sent gas canisters soaring miles away. Clinton Township officials

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Firefighters in Hawaii have gotten control of a large fire at a biomass plant on Kauai Island. KITV Island News reports crews were called to the plant at about 3:30 p.m. on Friday. They got the fire under control about two hours later. An image of the fire shows red flames

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A United Airlines jetliner headed to Mexico City from San Francisco has made an emergency landing in Los Angeles after the crew reported a hydraulics issue, in the fourth emergency involving a United Airlines flight this week. The Federal Aviation Administration says United Airlines Flight

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Famous for being the spot where a spacecraft purportedly crashed in 1947, Roswell, New Mexico, is a mecca for people fascinated by extraterrestrial phenomenon. It’s only fitting that the city’s police force has uniform patches that are out of this world. They feature a flying saucer, two tiny aliens

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WWE has struck a deal with Prime, the beverage brand of YouTube stars Logan Paul and KSI, that will see its logo featured on the center of a WWE wrestling ring mat, a first for the sports entertainment company. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. As part

LA GRULLA, Texas (AP) — The military says a helicopter flying over the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas has crashed, killing two National Guard soldiers and a Border Patrol agent. Another soldier on board has been injured. The UH-72 Lakota helicopter was assigned to the federal government’s border security mission when it went down near Rio

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman and progressive incumbent George Gascón have advanced to a runoff for Los Angeles County’s district attorney. They will compete in November in the race to lead an agency that prosecutes cases in the most populous county in the U.S. A candidate

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI, Florida (AP) — A veteran prosecutor in Miami has quit after a judge found that state investigators manipulated witnesses by providing conjugal visits and other favors to jailhouse informants in exchange for their testimony in a high-profile death penalty case against a local gang leader. Michael Von Zamft has

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Local officials in Hawaii plan to open an office that will speed up Maui County’s notoriously slow processing of building permits to help the town of Lahaina to recover from last year’s deadly wildfire. County officials told a community meeting in Lahaina that a County Expedited Permitting

By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press Hard-line Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia wore a T-shirt to Thursday night’s State of the Union address that carried a seemingly simple message: Say Her Name. She borrowed the phrase from Black racial justice activists who have been calling attention to the extrajudicial deaths of Black women

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft says it is still trying to evict the elite Russian government hackers who broke into the email of senior company executives in November and have since been trying to breach customer networks with stolen access data. In a blog and a regulatory filing Friday, Microsoft

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Friday rejected a challenge to a Washington state law that cleared the way for lawsuits against the gun industry in certain cases. The measure requires the industry to exercise reasonable controls in making, selling and marketing weapons, including steps to keep guns from

By NICK INGRAM and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Celebrities, artists and tens of thousands of fans proud to call themselves nerds are converging in Kansas City for the Missouri city’s 25th annual Planet Comicon. Devotees ranging from Harry Potter lovers to furries can test niche trivia skills, compete in Pokémon

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A school district in Southern California has approved changes to a policy that required school staff to notify parents if their child asks to change pronouns at school. The updated policy passed by the Chino Valley Unified School District board removes mentions of student

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press The former mayor of Uvalde, Texas, says he’s surprised a new investigative report cleared all city officers of wrongdoing in one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history. Former Mayor Don McLaughlin acknowledged Friday he hadn’t read the entire 180-page report. But he’s surprised the acting police chief on