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By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Time is running out on a Friday deadline for North Dakota’s Legislature to enact new lines for legislative districts encompassing two tribal nations that successfully challenged the state’s 2021 redistricting map as violating the Voting Rights Act. It’s unclear what a federal judge will do after

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has some of the most strict gun laws in the country. But that doesn’t mean it has been easy for Democrats to restrict access to guns. Gun rights groups have been aggressively challenging California’s gun laws in court. A judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A Connecticut man who pleaded guilty to planning to fight for the Islamic State group in Syria has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Former Hamden resident Kevin McCormick was sentenced on Thursday. A judge also ordered McCormick to be placed on supervised release with GPS monitoring for the

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiations over how to control migration at the U.S. border with Mexico aren’t just heating up on Capitol Hill. They’re also taking place between U.S. and Mexican officials as an influx of migrants strains enforcement efforts. Top U.S. officials are expected to visit Mexico

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press BEXLEY, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has been visiting hospitals and speaking with families helped and harmed by gender-affirming care as he decides what action to take on legislation preventing minors from obtaining such treatments. The Republican told The Associated Press in a year-end interview Thursday that

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s immigration minister says people in the Gaza Strip who have Canadian relatives will now be able to apply for temporary visas to Canada. But Marc Miller said Thursday the federal government cannot guarantee them safe passage out of the besieged Palestinian territory. Miller expects the program to be up and

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Federal prosecutors say a Philadelphia used car dealer took disabled customers’ money but failed to deliver the wheelchair-accessible vehicles they had paid for. Edward Scott Rock is accused of victimizing more than 100 people across the nation. An indictment unsealed Thursday says the 47-year-old defrauded some 120 customers in 36

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Growing up in a Boston suburb in the 1960s, Charlie Baker learned his first political lesson — the art of listening to competing viewpoints — around the dinner table as his Democratic mother and Republican father hashed out the topics of the day. There was a reason

BOSTON (AP) — Two Rhode Island men have been charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct by Foxborough Police in connection with the recent death of a fan at a New England Patriots game. John Vieira, 59, and Justin Mitchell, 39, both of Warwick, R.I., were charged earlier this month after investigators said they

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s teachers union is suing Mayor Eric Adams in an effort to stop his planned budget cuts that will slash spending on the city’s public schools. The United Federation of Teachers filed the lawsuit Thursday, accusing Adams of violating a state law that prevents

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — After 11 weeks of war in Gaza, the Israeli military campaign against Hamas now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in recent history. The Palestinian death toll has surpassed 20,000 and satellite data shows that one-third of structures across the tiny enclave have been destroyed. A

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A defense contractor at the center of one of the biggest bribery scandals in U.S. military history is expected to face additional charges following his return to the United States from Venezuela as part of a broader prisoner swap between the two countries, a

By RIO YAMAT and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — New police video of the deadly shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, shows two officers unknowingly mistook the gunman for a bystander amid the frantic search for the suspect and victims. The shooter appears for only a few moments in the

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Viewers in Poland watched a remoulded main evening newscast on TVP state television Thursday after the new, pro-European Union government took control of state media to free it from the control and propaganda of the previous right-wing ruling team. The broadcast began with a report in which experts and officials explained

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The “Barbie” power ballad “I’m Just Ken” and AP and Frontline’s documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” just got one step closer to an Oscar nomination. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday shortlists in 10 categories, including best original song, documentary feature, international feature, original score,

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man who was released from jail after he was accused of sending text messages threatening to kill a presidential candidate now faces two more charges that he threatened different candidates. Thirty-year-old Tyler Anderson was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on three

PHOENIX (AP) — Two officials from a rural Arizona county pleaded not guilty to felony charges for delaying the certification of their county’s 2022 midterm election results. Cochise County Supervisors Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby had balked for weeks about certifying the results. They didn’t cite problems with election results. But they said they weren’t

By EUGENE GARCIA and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Motorists were stranded in their vehicles on flooded roadways in typically idyllic Santa Barbara on Thursday, while nearby Oxnard got a month’s worth of rain in a single hour in a storm that pummeled Southern California while Christmas travel got underway. The

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Saturday night’s game between the Buffalo Bills and Los Angeles Chargers already carried significance as the first NFL game to be exclusively streamed on Peacock. The matchup will also feature another milestone as NBC and the NFL announced Thursday morning that the fourth quarter will be commercial free for

NEW DELHI (AP) — Four Indian soldiers have been killed and three others wounded in an ambush by militants fighting against New Delhi’s rule in disputed Kashmir. The Indian military said militants fired at two army vehicles in southern Poonch district late afternoon on Thursday. The area is close to the highly militarized line of