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WALLACE, Idaho. (AP) — Authorities say a 33-year-old pregnant woman and her toddler son have been found dead in a home in northern Idaho. Shoshone County Sheriff Holly Lindsey announced on Facebook that deputies responded at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a death at the home. There they found the bodies of

By KEVIN FREKING, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt limit talks resumed at the U.S. Capitol late Friday, a sudden turnaround after negotiations came to an abrupt standstill earlier in the day when Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said it’s time to “pause” negotiations, and a White House official acknowledged

By EDUARDO HERNÁNDEZ BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombians were on edge Friday as a search continued for four Indigenous children who might have survived a deadly plane crash in the Amazon jungle 19 days ago. The accident occurred in the early hours of May 1 when a Cessna C206 with seven passengers on board declared

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico says a huge 2,500-year-old Olmec stone sculpture has been returned by the United States. The six-foot-tall “Monster of the Earth” sculpture appears to represent the gaping maw of a monster that is big enough to swallow people, and may represent a symbolic entrance to the underworld. Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has once again buckled under pressure from European allies and Ukraine’s leaders and agreed to provide more sophisticated weapons to the war effort. This time it’s all about F-16 fighter jets. Ukraine has long begged for the sophisticated fighter to give

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The man who drove through one of the gates to Vatican City has been taken to a nearby hospital for psychiatric care. The Vatican provided an update on the Thursday night incident after the man underwent a preliminary interrogation with a Vatican magistrate. According to the Holy See, the man rushed

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts Air National Guard member charged with leaking highly classified military documents will remain behind bars while he awaits trial, a federal magistrate judge ruled Friday. U.S. Magistrate Judge David Hennessy said releasing 21-year-old Jack Teixeira would pose a risk that

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has signed two gun safety measures into law. The new “red flag law” allows authorities to ask courts for permission to take guns away from people deemed to be an imminent threat to others or themselves. The other

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer American Airlines and JetBlue must give up their partnership in the northeast U.S. That’s what a federal judge in Boston ruled on Friday. The Justice Department and several states sued to break up the airline alliance. Judge Leo Sorokin accepted the government’s argument that the deal reduces competition. The

By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — American oil giant ExxonMobil says it has appealed a Guyanese court ruling requiring it to obtain insurance for “unlimited liability” in the event of a major oil spill off the coast of Guyana. Exxon said in a statement Friday that the court failed to consider that

By KEVIN FREKING, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt limit talks came to an abrupt standstill Friday after Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said it’s time to “pause” negotiations, and a White House official acknowledged there are “real differences” that are making talks difficult. McCarthy said resolution to the standoff

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the polarizing wake of Jordan Neely’s chokehold death at the hands of a fellow New York City subway rider, there has been a “distortion of values,” Rev. Al Sharpton said Friday in eulogizing the former subway performer at his funeral. Neely, who had been struggling

By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people rallied in Serbia on Friday for a third time in a month in protests following two mass shootings, even as government officials in the Balkan country rejected opposition criticism of the way they handled the crisis. The protesters

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI officials repeatedly violated their own standards when they searched a vast repository of foreign intelligence for information related to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and racial justice protests in 2020. That’s according to a heavily blacked-out court order released Friday. FBI

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Authorities in Haiti say suspected gang members have ambushed a group of policemen, set their armored vehicle on fire and killed one officer in the latest attack against Haiti’s National Police force. Police said the attack occurred late Wednesday in the community of Source Matelas. It is located north of the