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By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — When he left the White House, Donald Trump was a pariah. After years of bending Washington to his will with a single tweet, Trump was diminished. He was a one-term president rejected by voters and then shunned by large swaths of his party after his refusal

By JON GAMBRELL and TARA COPP Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — After a weekend of retaliatory strikes, the United States on Sunday warned Iran and the militias it arms and funds that it will conduct more attacks if American forces in the Mideast continue to be targeted, but that it does not want an “open-ended

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — When he left the White House, Donald Trump was a pariah. After years of bending Washington to his will with a single tweet, Trump was, at least for a moment, diminished. He was a one-term Republican president rejected by voters and then shunned by large swaths

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While sentencing a North Carolina man to prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot, a Republican-appointed judge issued a stark warning: Efforts to portray the mob of Donald Trump’s supporters as heroes and play down the violence that unfolded on Jan.

The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s almost time for the Grammy Awards, the daylong celebration of music that on Sunday also marks the start of an epic week for Taylor Swift. Swift is among the contenders for the Grammys’ top prize, album of the year. SZA is the leading nominee and the “Barbie”

LONDON (AP) — A British aircraft carrier that had been set to lead the largest NATO exercises since the Cold War will not set sail because of a propeller problem. The Royal Navy said the HMS Queen Elizabeth will not sail Sunday as had been planned. It will be replaced in the exercises off Norway’s

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Social media CEOs got grilled by Senate lawmakers this week in an emotional and often heated hearing about the dangers their platforms pose to children. Republican and Democratic senators came together in a rare show of agreement throughout the hearing, though it’s not yet clear if this will be

By BABACAR DIONE and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s police have made arrests and fired tear gas at opposition supporters protesting against the president’s decision to postpone elections scheduled for Feb. 25. The protesters in the capital of Dakar called on citizens Sunday to defend democracy amid a push for dialogue

DENVER (AP) — Two people were killed and four others injured after gunfire broke out during a late-night confrontation at a party in a residential area of Denver. Police said evidence from the scene pointed to multiple shots being fired from multiple firearms. A 26-year-old man and a boy were killed. Police said the boy

By HELENA ALVES and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Parisians have voted to muscle SUVs off the French capital’s streets by making them much more expensive to park starting next September. It’s the latest leg in a drive by Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo to make the host city for this year’s Olympic Games

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A fire at a guesthouse in central Romania has left one person dead and two hospitalized, authorities said. Emergency service teams were deployed to the blaze in the town of Calimanesti in Valcea county where 10 people were staying at the guesthouse, according to the Department for Emergency Situations, DSU. Nine

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is the guest of honor at Sri Lanka’s 76th Independence Day celebrations. Sretta joined Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday at a low-key ceremony near the country’s main seaside esplanade that involved a military parade and parachute jumps. The

By The Associated Press Ukrainian shelling killed at least 28 people at a bakery in the Russian-occupied city of Lysychansk, Moscow-installed officials said. At least one child was among the dead Saturday, local leader Leonid Pasechnik wrote in a statement on Telegram. A further 10 people were rescued from under the rubble by emergency services,

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newspaper heiress Patricia “Patty” Hearst was kidnapped at gunpoint 50 years ago Sunday by the Symbionese Liberation Army, later joining her captors in a 1974 San Francisco bank robbery that earned her a prison sentence. The abduction and subsequent trial of Hearst, then a 19-year-old college

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press Hundreds of communities across the U.S. have for decades tried to reduce crime, fight gangs and tackle noise and other neighborhood problems through the use of “crime-free” or “public nuisance” laws encouraging and allowing landlords to evict renters when police or emergency crews are repeatedly called to the same addresses.

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press Hundreds of U.S. communities have enacted “crime-free” laws encouraging and allowing landlords to evict tenants after repeated calls to police or for emergency services. Proponents say the laws help reduce crime, but the U.S. Department of Justice last year found a Minneapolis suburb used its ordinance to illegally discriminate against

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Auburn’s Johni Broome met one of his favorite movie stars — and apologized to Morgan Freeman for how it happened. Broome, who scored 15 points in the 16th-ranked Tigers’ 91-77 victory over Mississippi on Saturday night, tried to save a ball from going out of bounds in the second half when

By FARAI MUTSAKA and SONJA SMITH Associated Press WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia’s president and founding prime minister Hage Geingob has died at age 82 while receiving treatment for cancer. The southern African nation has sworn in his deputy to complete the term in office. Geingob played a central role in one of Africa’s most

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers are convening for the start of a short legislative session expected to be dominated by homelessness, a housing shortage, and plans to overhaul the state’s pioneering drug decriminalization law. Lawmakers have just 35 days to pass bills after the session opened Monday. For now,

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and OMAR ALBAM Associated Press JINDERIS, Syria (AP) — A year ago, Sido Naji woke to his house shaking in northwest Syria. He was used to the sounds of shelling and airstrikes after more than a decade of war, but this time the assailant was a force of nature: a massive earthquake.