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LONDON (AP) — A red sweater adorned with a flock of sheep worn by the young Princess Diana is expected to sell for more than $50,000 at auction. The playfully patterned wool jumper featuring a single black sheep amid a pattern of white ones headlines Sotheby’s online Fashion Icons sale in September. The 19-year-old Lady

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say an emergency evacuation slide fell from an airliner and landed in the backyard of a home near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Monday. There were no reports of injuries. The Federal Aviation Administration said the United Airlines Boeing 767 with 155 passengers and 10 crew members had landed safely at

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — Men will compete in artistic swimming at next year’s Paris Olympics. Men have competed at the lower levels in a sport formerly known as synchronized swimming. But next year for the first time they will have the Olympic stage. American artistic swimmer Bill May says

By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Attorneys for the city of Atlanta say an ongoing petition drive to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training center is “futile” and “invalid.” In a court filing Monday, city attorneys sought to prevent the proposed referendum from appearing on November’s ballot. For the past

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville music executive Jerry Bradley, who signed Alabama and Ronnie Milsap and helped brand the outlaws style of country music during a 40-year career, has died. According to an obituary released by his family, Bradley died peacefully in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, on Monday. He was 83.

OWATONNA, Minn. (AP) — Members of an LGBTQ+ advocacy group are calling on the mayor of a southern Minnesota city to either meet their demands or resign. That comes after Mayor Tom Kuntz, of Owatonna, asked pastors at a church that held a Pride event on July 8 if there would be stripper poles in

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida family accused of selling a toxic industrial bleach as a fake COVID-19 cure through their online church is on trial this week in Miami. Court records show that Mark Grenon and his three adult sons are all charged with conspiring to defraud the United States and deliver misbranded drugs. The

By ANDREW SELSKY and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Authorities in Oregon say the deaths of four women whose bodies were found over three months are linked and that at least one person of interest has been identified. Police initially had said the cases appeared to be unconnected. In Portland, the Multnomah

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say that a Russian fighter jet flew very close to a U.S. surveillance aircraft over Syria, forcing it to go through the turbulent wake and putting the lives of the four American crew members in danger. The officials say the incident,

By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says that as he weighs whether to restore the civil rights of convicted felons who have served their time, he is considering at least some of the circumstances of their crimes. Some of the factors were outlined in

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Solidarity and stamina were picket-line themes Monday as striking screenwriters and actors in New York and Los Angeles braced for a long, hot summer standoff with studios. Picketers emphasized unity between writers, who have been on the lines for more than two months, and performers,

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in Michael Cohen’s civil lawsuit against the Trump Organization, in which the former president’s personal attorney and fixer claims he is owed more than $1 million. Roughly three dozen prospective jurors sat inside a Manhattan courtroom, largely silent as Judge Joel Cohen

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street pushed higher Monday ahead of a week full of updates about where profits for big U.S. companies are heading. The S&P 500 rose 17.37, or 0.4%, to 4,522.79 and its highest closing level in 15 months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 76.32,

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders met with labor organizers at the White House on Monday to talk about ways to boost union membership. The organizers represent industries and workplaces that have not traditionally been represented by unions, such as Starbucks coffee shops and video game companies. The

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A prosecutor is asking jurors to impose a death sentence on the gunman who killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue, saying Robert Bowers targeted them because of their faith and has never once expressed remorse. Bowers lawyers’ argued Monday that life in prison would be sufficient punishment for the nation’s deadliest

By The Associated Press Lindsay Lohan has given birth to her first child. The “Parent Trap” star and her husband, financier Bader Shammas, are the parents of a “beautiful, healthy son” named Luai, her rep told The Associated Press in a statement Monday. “The family is over the moon in love,” the statement said. Lohan,

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Republicans have rejected proposals to create a second majority Black voting district, despite an order from the U.S. Supreme Court to redraw congressional district boundaries. Lawmakers must adopt a new map by Friday. That comes after the high court in June affirmed a lower-court ruling

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man is accused of climbing atop a crowd of rioters during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and striking police officers in the head and face with a baton, his fists and a wooden pole. Richard Markey, 38, of Wolcott, faces charges of assaulting

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa judge on Monday temporarily blocked the state’s new ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, just days after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the measure into law. That means abortion is once again legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press As the U.S. struggles with prescription drug shortages, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has advanced a modest plan that she hopes will prod Washington to address weaknesses in the international pharmaceutical supply chain. Noem told reporters last week that her state will expand its stockpiles of medications that have been