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GLEN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — William Post, a Michigan man who played an important role in the development of Pop-Tarts, has died at age 96. Post died Saturday, according to a family obituary which provided no details on his death but says he was raised in Grand Rapids as “one of seven children of Dutch

PARIS (AP) — A Paris appeals court upheld a guilty verdict against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid. The Court of Appeal sentenced Sarkozy to a year in prison on Wednesday, suspending six months. Sarkozy was convicted in a lower court in September 2021 and was

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Bayer Corporation has spent more than $10 billion to settle lawsuits that claim the popular weed killer Roundup causes cancer. But a single verdict in Philadelphia this year has topped $2 billion and thousands of cases are still to come. Bayer calls the recent verdict “excessive”

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operations at a premier Midwestern children’s hospital, and that the U.S. government is doing too little prevent such breaches. Hospitals in recent years have shifted their use

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — I came. I saw. I Concord. A New Hampshire lawmaker wants to amend state law to include an official pronunciation of the capital city, one of many communities called Concord across the country. While North Carolinians pronounce the second syllable so it rhymes with bored, New

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Estonia’s foreign minister says NATO has about three or four years to strengthen its defenses as Russian President Vladimir Putin ramps up his country’s “war machine.” The minister spoke during a visit to Poland. He says Estonia doesn’t view Russia as an immediate threat because it’s

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s National Security Bureau says the country’s president has met the CEO of U.S. manufacturer Lockheed Martin about strengthening security in the region and continued U.S. investment in Poland’s military weapons and equipment. The bureau says the talks Wednesday included “securing the participation of Poland’s defense sector” in deliveries and maintenance

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japan space agency official says an unmanned spacecraft that landed on the moon last month has captured and transmitted data analyzing 10 lunar rocks, a greater-than-expected achievement that could help provide clues about the origin of the moon. For four days, the Smart Lander for Investigating

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after his latest hospital stay, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has hosted a virtual meeting on Ukraine  to help replenish urgently needed ammunition and artillery for Kyiv, as its ammunition stocks run low in its fight against Russia. Austin hosted the virtual session of the Ukraine

MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — Police in northern Virginia fatally shot a man with a knife suspected of stabbing two people inside a training center for electrical workers. Prince William County police say officers responding to a report of the stabbing in Manassas on Tuesday encountered a man with a knife near the center’s entrance. Police

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in the second of its two new reactors, Georgia Power said Wednesday, a key step toward providing carbon-free electricity. The unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co. said operators reached self-sustaining nuclear fission inside the reactor at Plant Vogtle,

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Lyft shares jumped 62% after the closing bell Tuesday thanks in part to a typo in the ride-hailing company’s earnings release that appears to have sent investors’ auto-trading algorithms — or “bots” — into a buying frenzy. Lyft’s fourth-quarter report initially forecast that an important profit metric was expected

By ADRIAN SAINZ, JONATHAN MATTISE and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The city of Memphis has released additional documents tied to the January 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by five police officers, a brutal attack captured on video that sparked outrage and intensified calls for police reform.  They include personnel files

MILAN (AP) — Italian police on Wednesday raided the homes of 24 people under investigation for promoting fascism during a gathering at a restaurant in the Jewish quarter of Ferrara during which they lauded dictators Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. Police said the suspects were all residents of the northern Italian city. They wore orange

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican regulators have recommended that online retailers Amazon and Mercado Libre reveal their algorithms and wall off TV streaming to avoid stifling competition. Mexico’s Federal Commission on Economic Competition said in a preliminary finding that the two firms control 85% of online marketplace sales in Mexico. It said that market dominance

By The Associated Press A Moscow court has remanded a German citizen into custody after his arrest for possession of cannabis gummies and accusations of smuggling drugs. Russian state news agency Tass said Wednesday Patrick Schobel was detained at Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg last month and will remain in custody until at least March

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government on Wednesday said it will draft 60,000 young men and women yearly for military service under its newly activated conscription law, with call-ups beginning after the April festival marking the country’s traditional New Year. The conscription measure was activated on Saturday by order of

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The mild-mannered Franklin — the first Black character in the “Peanuts” comic strip — gets to shine in his own animated Apple TV+ special this month in a story about friendship. Franklin is a newcomer who bonds with Charlie Brown and is welcomed to the

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The tradition of red hearts mysteriously appearing overnight across Maine’s largest city has continued despite the death last spring of its beloved Valentine’s Day Bandit. Hundreds of red hearts appeared Wednesday on Portland storefronts, mailboxes and even trash bins. It marked a passing of the torch

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Scandinavian Airlines says one of its planes has struck a fence at the Oslo airport, causing minor damage to the aircraft and no injuries. The plane was grounded. It was the third mishap in two weeks reported at Norway’s main airport. The airport says two of the three recent incidents occurred