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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s government has issued a disaster declaration and requested help from the international community to combat raging wildfires affecting the South American country. Officials on Thursday said they expect the fires to grow in number and size in the following days due to decreasing rainfall and increasing temperatures caused by the

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple has unveiled a sweeping plan to tear down some of the competitive barriers that it has built around its lucrative iPhone franchise. It made the move to comply with upcoming European regulations aimed at giving consumers the choice to use alternative app stores. The overhaul is scheduled to

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer U.S. antitrust enforcers are opening an inquiry into the relationships between leading artificial intelligence startups such as ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Anthropic and the tech giants that have invested billions of dollars into them. Lina Khan, chair of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, in opening remarks at a Thursday AI

By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Volleyball has been the No. 1 girls sport in the United States for a decade. More than 90,000 fans showed up for an outdoor match in Nebraska’s football stadium last summer and the NCAA final four set attendance and television viewership records. The next sign

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Time isn’t inverting: Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” is coming back to movie theaters for a week, including on IMAX 70mm and other large-format screens. Warner Bros. Discovery said Thursday that the limited re-release of Nolan’s mind-bender starring John David Washington will begin on Feb. 23. The showings will also feature

NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh off his Oscar nomination, Colman Domingo has joined the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” to play the pop star’s domineering father, Joe Jackson. Lionsgate announced Thursday that Domingo has been cast in Antoine Fuqua’s currently-in-production film. On Tuesday, Domingo was nominated for best actor by the Academy Awards for his

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In the aftermath of World War II and the murder by Nazi Germany of 6 million Jews in the Holocaust, the world united around the pledge: Never again. A key part of that lofty aspiration was the drafting of a convention that codified and committed

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four municipal police officers are dead following an ambush-style attack on a road in Mexico in the north-central state of Guanajuato. The four belonged to the municipal police force of the city of Celaya. The department said Thursday the officers died late Wednesday on a rural road near Celaya. The identity

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A 21-year-old Black man has filed a lawsuit accusing officers in the embattled police department of Kentucky’s largest city of wrongful arrest and excessive force. Officers with the Louisville Metro Police Department arrested Jahmael Benedict last year as he walked along a sidewalk in the vicinity of a stolen vehicle, attorneys

WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — A judge has denied bail for a truck driver who authorities say crashed into a Massachusetts police officer and a utility employee, killing them. A prosecutor says Thursday that 54-year-old Peter Simon, of Woodsville, New Hampshire, has an “unbroken chain” of criminal conduct going back to 1996. Authorities say that after

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a state visit on April 10, with the goal of strengthening a critical alliance as the United States has sought to counter China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific region. John Kirby, the White House national security spokesman,

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The family of an 85-year-old Florida woman who was killed by an alligator last year has filed a lawsuit against her housing complex. Attorneys for Gloria Serge’s family filed the lawsuit Thursday against the Wynne Building Corp., which owns the Spanish Lakes senior complex

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s Democratic-led state government is considering legislation that would eliminate out-of-pocket costs for abortion. Gov. Phil Murphy has called on the Legislature to back the bill before the summer. The state already has laws protecting abortion rights and requiring insurers to cover abortion, but among

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Nicole Kidman launches a new six-episode series called “Expats” Friday on Amazon Prime Video. Directed by Lulu Wang, the story follows Kidman, Sarayu Blue and Ji-young Yoo as expats living in Hong Kong, whose lives become intertwined by tragedy. Wang, who wrote and directed the 2019 movie “The Farewell,” was

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A performer who appeared naked in a show by world-renowned performance artist Marina Abramovic is suing New York City’s Museum of Modern Art, saying it failed to take action after he was sexually assaulted multiple times by attendees during performances 14 years ago. John

Herbert Coward, known for his “Toothless Man” role in the movie “Deliverance,” died Wednesday in a crash on a western North Carolina highway, according to authorities. He was 85. The crash happened Wednesday afternoon as Coward and Bertha Brooks, 78, left a doctor’s appointment, North Carolina Highway Patrol Sgt. M.J. Owens said by telephone on

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 25-year-old professional dancer from England who moved to New York City to pursue her career has died after eating a mislabeled cookie containing peanuts, part of a batch that has since been recalled. The grocery retailer Stew Leonard’s announced Tuesday that Vanilla Florentine Cookies sold in its stores in Danbury

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A 350-pound black bear is dead months after captivating a northern Michigan neighborhood in May by perching in a tree. Authorities say the bear was legally killed by a hunter in September. Some residents in Traverse City are sad to hear the news. Ashlea Walter brought out a mattress that

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government privately warned Iran that the Islamic State group’s affiliate in Afghanistan was preparing to carry out a terrorist attack before bombings in Kerman earlier this month that killed 95 people, a U.S. official said Thursday. The official, who was not authorized to comment and

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s Court of Appeals has ruled that a former police officer should go to trial for a murder charge in the 2022 killing of a Black motorist. The court said Thursday in it’s 2-1 opinion that it agrees there was enough evidence presented at Christopher Schurr’s preliminary examination “to establish