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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A home owned by the judge overseeing the federal election subversion case against former president Donald Trump was targeted by a fake emergency call Sunday night, the latest in a spate of similar false swatting reports at the homes of public officials in recent days. Police responded

By PATRICK WHITTLE and DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The 911 calls flooding into dispatchers as a gunman opened fire at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine, reflect the chaos of the unfolding situation last October. The 911 transcripts released Monday showed that people began identifying the shooter soon

By DIANE JEANTET and DIARLEI RODRIGUES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil has observed the anniversary of last year’s uprising in the capital when thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings and called for a military intervention to remove President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from office. Several demonstrations

ROME (AP) — Italian media say a popular Italian influencer has been placed under investigation by prosecutors looking into the purportedly charitable sales of traditional Christmas cakes sold with her logo. Chiara Ferragni was already fined 1 million euros by Italy’s anti-trust authority last month. The agency said her company led consumers to believe that

LAS VEGAS (AP) — CES 2024 kicks off in Las Vegas this week. The multi-day trade event put on by the Consumer Technology Association is set to feature swaths of the latest advances and gadgets across personal tech, transportation, health care, sustainability and more — with burgeoning uses of artificial intelligence almost everywhere you look.

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate negotiators were trying to close on a bipartisan border security proposal this week that could unlock Senate Republican support for Ukraine aid. But as Congress returns, House conservatives are trying to interject their own hardline immigration demands. Senate negotiators met Monday morning as they raced to

By KAY DERVISHI of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates is teaming up with two nonprofits to launch a new fund that will make awards to champions of sexual violence prevention and that will support education and healing programs, predominantly for Black women and girls, with plans to raise

DUNNELLON, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a missing Ohio teen was recovered in Florida after she logged in to an online video game at the home of the man who took her. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says 31-year-old Thomas Ebersole was arrested last Wednesday at his Dunnellon home. The FBI had contacted the sheriff’s

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A judge has approved a $2.8 million settlement in a dispute over unpaid work performed by aspiring hair stylists at a Michigan cosmetology school. Roughly 1,500 people will get some compensation for cleaning floors, washing towels and stocking shelves when they were students at Douglas J Aveda

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — The clock is ticking for Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and his family to decide whether to sell their remaining stake in the Pilot truck stop chain to fellow billionaire Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway company. A trial had been scheduled to start Monday in Delaware

MUNICH (AP) — The sports world reacts to the announcement that soccer great Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup both as player and coach for Germany, has died at the age of 78.

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man who was videotaped leaping over a judicial bench and attacking a Nevada judge is being sentenced to up to four years in prison. Deobra Delone Redden was shackled and closely guarded as he appeared Monday to be sentenced for attempted battery in an attack

By GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A convicted leader of one of the most powerful drug gangs in Ecuador has vanished from the prison where he was serving his sentence. Authorities are investigating whether he escaped like he did a decade ago from another facility. Ecuadorian authorities reported Sunday that Los Choneros

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press The drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan and was apparently launched by Iran-backed militants was the latest in a flurry of attacks and reprisals across the Middle East. The strikes are linked to the war in Gaza and threaten to ignite a wider conflict. As Israel, with

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — An elected prosecutor in Florida who was suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis after he signed a statement opposing abortion prosecutions says that he won’t seek re-election because he believes the Florida governor would suspend him again if he won the race. Andrew Warren said Monday that, while he won’t seek re-election,

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has resigned following recent political turmoil over a new immigration law. That paves the way for President Emmanuel Macron to seek fresh momentum by appointing a new government in coming days. The shakeup is widely seen as an attempt by the 46-year-old

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Tiger Woods has gone from “Hello, world,” to saying goodbye to Nike. Woods ended months of speculation by making it official Monday that the partnership between golf’s biggest star and the powerful Swoosh brand is ending after 27 years, a move that raises questions about the future of both

NEW YORK (AP) — The estate of an opera fanatic known for collecting autographs backstage at the Metropolitan Opera has donated $215,000 to the George and Nora London Foundation for Singers. Lois Kirschenbaum died on March 27, 2021, at age 88. Known for her thick glasses and Brooklyn accent, Kirschenbaum was legally blind since birth

By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer Olympic gymnastics great Mary Lou Retton says she faces a long battle recuperating at home from a rare form of pneumonia in which doctors weren’t sure whether she would survive. Retton said during an interview that aired Monday on NBC’s “Today” show that she was almost put on life

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president has suspended the country’s minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation over the use of a private bank account for ministry financial transactions in the government’s social welfare program. The president’s office says Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency will investigate the entire framework of Nigeria’s social