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By ED KOMENDA Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state’s Senate has quickly approved a major new drug policy. Senators sent the measure to the House, saying it strikes a balance between public order and compassion for those struggling with substance abuse. Democratic and Republican leaders reached a compromise between liberals who believe drugs

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities and residents in north-central Nigeria say gunmen killed 29 people during a late-night attack in Plateau state. A resident told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the gunmen targeted three villages in Plateau state’s Mangu area and shot at people while also setting houses on

By KEN SWEET The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Top executives at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank largely avoided taking responsibility for their banks’ dramatic failures at a Senate hearing Tuesday, instead using their time to assign blame to events they said were largely out of their control. The arguments got little traction

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The head of the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT told Congress on Tuesday that government intervention will be critical to mitigating the risks of increasingly powerful AI systems. “As this technology advances, we understand that people are anxious about how it could change the way we live. We

LONDON (AP) — U.K. health officials says two poultry workers have tested positive for bird flu. The Health Security Agency said Tuesday that there were no signs the virus had spread between people. The two workers were believed to have been exposed to sick birds at the same poultry farm where they recently worked. Neither

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s casinos, racetracks that accept sports bets and their online partners won over $462 million in April, an increase of 9.5% from a year earlier. That figure includes winnings from internet and sports betting operations. But the amount won on-premises by physical casinos fell

KEENE, Texas (AP) — A 12-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man have been arrested on a murder warrant in the fatal shooting of a Sonic Drive-In employee in Texas, police said. Matthew Davis, 32, was shot and killed Saturday night as he fought with Angel Gomez, 20, in the parking lot of the restaurant in

MILAN (AP) — U.S. designer Rhuigi Villasenor is leaving his position as creative director of Swiss fashion house Bally. The was announced Tuesday as a joint decision. Villasenior has led the creative team at Bally since January 2022. He helped boost the brand’s visibility with a return to the runway and front-row celebrity guests including

By NEZIR SINJARI and YASMINE MOSIMANN Associated Press SINJAR, Iraq (AP) — Local officials say an airstrike has targeted a militant group in northern Iraq’s Yazidi heartland of Sinjar and they attribute the strike to Turkey. Officials have given conflicting reports regarding the number of casualties. The semi-autonomous Kurdish region’s counter-terrorism service said in a

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes red carpet has sprung to life again with the premiere of the Louis XV period drama “Jeanne du Barry,” with Johnny Depp. The French Riviera movie pageant launched Tuesday and is shaping up to be a star-studded and potentially controversy-rife 76th edition. Throngs

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oman Air is saying that one of its Boeing 737s had been grounded in Iran after sustaining damage “caused by debris on the runway” at Shiraz International Airport. The Muscat-based flag carrier for the sultanate did not elaborate on what debris the plane struck on landing Monday in Shiraz.

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, KEN RITTER and MORGAN LEE Associated Press FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — The bullets that an 18-year-old man fired while meandering through a northwestern New Mexico neighborhood struck targets apparently picked at random, including cars, homes and passersby. Police responded to the scene within minutes and swiftly killed the gunman, but not

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A German court convicted five men Tuesday of breaking into a Dresden museum and stealing 21 pieces of jewelry containing more than 4,300 diamonds. The men ages 24 to 29 received prison sentences ranging from four years and four months to six years and three months, German

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Retired figure skater Sarah Hughes has filed to run for Congress in New York. The Olympic gold medal winner is joining several other Democrats seeking to unseat Long Island Republican Anthony Esposito. Her spokesperson says the 38-year-old Hughes will make a formal campaign announcement of her

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for Prince Harry argued in a London court Tuesday that he should be allowed to challenge a government decision that denied him the right to pay for police protection when he visits the U.K. The case is one of six the Duke of Sussex has

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s crowded Republican primary campaign for governor comes to a close Tuesday, wrapping up a bitter competition between two rivals with ties to former President Donald Trump who dominated the race. Only one of 12 contenders will remain standing to challenge the red-leaning state’s popular Democratic

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Laurel Parmet’s directorial debut “The Starling Girl” puts the viewer in the modest shoes of a 17-year-old girl named Jem. She’s grown up in a Christian fundamentalist community in Kentucky and has internalized its teachings, feeling deep shame for drawing attention to herself and her body, even accidentally. But

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Foreign Ministry says South Korea midfielder Son Jun-ho has been detained in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning on suspicion of accepting a bribe. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin saysa Son was placed in custody “recently” and was under investigation. Wang says the South Korean consulate in the provincial capital of Shenyang has