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LIMA, Peru (AP) — Police in Peru announced the arrest Friday of an Iranian citizen who was purportedly a member of Iran’s Quds Force and allegedly planned to kill an Israeli citizen in the South American country. Gen. Óscar Arriola, Peru’s police chief, said in a press conference that Majid Azizi, 56, was arrested Thursday

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers are heading home after raising the the minimum age for strippers from 18 to 21 and passing a $117 billion state budget on the final day of their 60-day annual session. Unlike the previous two years when Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis was gearing up

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and ARNIE STAPLETON Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri hospital has confirmed that some of the people who attended the near-record cold Kansas City Chiefs playoff game in January had to undergo amputations after suffering frostbite. Research Medical Center didn’t provide exact numbers but said in a statement Friday

By MATT O’BRIEN and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers OpenAI is reinstating CEO Sam Altman to its board of directors and said it has “full confidence” in his leadership after the conclusion of an outside investigation into the company’s turmoil. The ChatGPT maker tapped the law firm WilmerHale to look into what led the company

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A panel featuring Meghan the Duchess of Sussex came together on International Women’s Day to discuss how women and mothers are portrayed in traditional media and across social media, among other issues. The panel was part of the annual SXSW (South by Southwest) being held through March 16 in Austin, Texas,

DEWHURST, Wis. (AP) — A crash at a western Wisconsin highway intersection involving a semitrailer and a van has killed nine people. Clark County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy James Hirsch said in a Facebook post that preliminary reports indicated the semitrailer traveling on State Highway 95 on Friday morning collided with a van traveling on

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that law enforcement officers must obtain a warrant before using aircraft to scope out the area around a person’s home with binoculars or cameras with zoom lenses. The decision released Friday comes in a case that dates to 2012. Alaska

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Several U.S. discount retailers are recalling packages of ground cinnamon after health officials warned they were contaminated with high levels of lead. The amounts detected were far lower than the levels found in pouches of cinnamon applesauce that poisoned nearly 500 U.S. children. The Food and Drug Administration has

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Four Missouri prison workers were fired after an investigation into the death of an old inmate whose family is demanding to know what happened. The Missouri Department of Corrections said 38-year-old Othel Moore died Dec. 8 at the Jefferson City Correctional Center after cells in

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The Biden administration can keep operating a program that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds after a federal judge on Friday dismissed a challenge from Republican-led states. U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton said Texas and

By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers have passed a bill that defines antisemitism in education code. The bill — meant to address antisemitism on college campuses — has been the topic of persistent debate between lawmakers in the legislative session’s final days. Disagreements over how to define antisemitism in relation to

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In a story published March 8, 2024, about a federal civil lawsuit filed in the wake of an officer-involved shooting in Portland, Oregon, The Associated Press in a headline erroneously reported that the cause of the complaint was for shooting an unarmed Black man. In the lawsuit, the officer was accused

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Certain sexual assaults against a spouse would be criminalized in West Virginia for the first time under a bill passed by the House of Delegates. The bill would remove marriage as a defense to first- and third-degree sexual assault. The bill now goes to Republican Gov. Jim Justice. There are two

By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — When it comes to state insects, most states honor beloved and benign bugs, like butterflies, honey bees and ladybugs. Connecticut has designated a voracious predator as its bug-to-be-most-proud-of for decades, but its reign could soon come to an end. The European “praying” mantis, recognized by its

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday endorsed legislation that could lead to the popular video-sharing app TikTok being banned in the United States, a move that comes amid growing concern in Washington about keeping Americans’ data out of China’s hands. The legislation that passed through the U.S. House

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man faces up to life in prison for severely beating his young daughters, one of them fatally. Prosecutors say the man so brutally stomped his 8-year-old daughter last year, it ruptured her heart. The Wichita Eagle reports that the 52-year-old Wichita man pleaded no contest Thursday to first-degree murder

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Officials say the bodies of four people have been discovered inside a Texas home that was engulfed by flames. San Antonio Fire Department spokesperson Joe Arrington says firefighters were called to a house fire just after 11 a.m. on Friday on the city’s south side. Arrington says the fire was so

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Matt Dolan has landed the endorsement of former U.S. Sen. Rob Portman in the three-way primary to face Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown this fall. The Cincinnati Republican’s backing Friday could provide an important boost to Dolan, a Cleveland-area state senator, particularly in southwest

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — President Joe Biden is facing disappointment and anger from some allies for calling the suspect in the killing of a Georgia nursing student an “illegal” during his State of the Union speech. Others are backing him as better on immigration issues than his likely rival in

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An oil and gas trade group in North Dakota has ended a workforce recruitment program that brought Ukrainians from their war-torn country to North Dakota’s oil fields to fill jobs. The North Dakota Petroleum Council pitched the Bakken Global Recruitment of Oilfield Workers program as a