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By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The cruise ship with about 1,000 passengers anchored off Nome, too big to squeeze into into the tundra city’s tiny port. Its well-heeled tourists had to shimmy into small boats for another ride to shore. It was 2016, and at the time, the cruise ship Serenity

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — After appointees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took over Walt Disney World’s governing district earlier this year, its firefighters were among the few employees who publicly welcomed them with open arms. But that warm relationship is in jeopardy as a new district administrator has reopened negotiations

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Governor Gavin Newsom is proposing an end to public disclosure of investigations of abusive and corrupt police officers. He signed a landmark police reform law with much fanfare in 2021 to give a state agency authority to decertify officers for misconduct. The law requires the

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine ferry carrying up to 65 passengers and crew members has caught fire at sea and a coast guard vessel has been deployed to rescue those onboard and try to control the flames. The M/V Esperanza Star caught fire at dawn on Sunday while traveling from Siquijor province to Bohol

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger and his dancer girlfriend Melanie Hamrick have put their Florida home up for sale. A listing on Realtor.com says the lakefront home with four bedrooms and 5.5 baths is listed at $3.499 million — and it looks like the Jagger connection is a key selling point.

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a shooting at a Southern California home left eight people wounded. KABC-TV says authorities were dispatched early Saturday after the shooting occurred at a pool party in the city of Carson, south of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says victims were taken to hospitals and that

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing early Sunday on a high-stakes diplomatic mission to try to cool exploding U.S.-China tensions that have set many around the world on edge. Blinken was to begin two days of talks with senior Chinese officials in the

LEWISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A state trooper and a suspect were killed Saturday in a shootout in central Pennsylvania, hours after the suspect seriously wounded another trooper, state police said. Police in Juniata County said a man engaged troopers at about 12:45 p.m. near the Lewistown barracks and shot one trooper, who was taken to

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — In early June, sporadic but serious service disruptions plagued Microsoft’s flagship office suite — including the Outlook email and OneDrive file-sharing apps — and cloud computing platform. A shadowy hacktivist group claimed responsibility, saying it flooded the sites with junk traffic in distributed denial-of-service attacks. Initially

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer GARDNERVILLE, Nevada (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday condemned Walt Disney World and the U.S. Justice Department — not his chief Republican rival, Donald Trump — as he courted Nevada Republicans deep in the heart of Trump country. The U.S. “is off the rails,” the Republican

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The city of St. George must issue a permit for a Utah-based group that organizes drag performances to host an all-ages drag show in a public park, a federal judge ruled, calling the city’s attempt to stop the show unconstitutional discrimination. “Public spaces are public spaces. Public spaces are not

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a man died of injuries after what a jail official called altercations and an escape attempt at the county jail. A Bernalillo County sheriff’s spokesperson said Friday that 34-year-old John Sanchez was taken off life support at University of New Mexico Hospital and the sheriff’s office is investigating his

By SEUNG MIN KIM and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden delivered an unapologetically economic populist message Saturday during the first rally of his reelection campaign, telling an exuberant crowd of union members that his policies had created jobs and lifted the middle class. Now, he said, is the time for