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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bob Lee, a technology executive who created Cash App and was currently chief product officer of MobileCoin, was fatally stabbed in San Francisco early Tuesday, according to the cryptocurrency platform and police. Officers responded to a report of a stabbing on Main Street at 2:35 a.m. Tuesday and found a 43-year-old

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department announced Wednesday a tentative $144 million settlement with families and victims of a 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that was carried out by a former U.S. airman who was able to purchase firearms despite a criminal history. More than two

By JIM SALTER and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — At least five people were killed an an unknown number of others were hurt when a large tornado tore through an area of southeastern Missouri before dawn on Wednesday, authorities said. The twister caused significant destruction in and around the small rural communities

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are dipping on Wall Street Wednesday, and Treasury yields are dropping following the latest signals that the U.S. economy is slowing under the weight of much higher interest rates. The S&P 500 was 0.4% lower in afternoon trading, a day after it broke a

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas are poised to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill to ban transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports from kindergarten through college. The state House voted 84-40 on Wednesday to override Kelly’s third veto of a measure on

By MICHAEL BLOOD, LISA MASCARO and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy welcomed Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen for a historic meeting on U.S. soil Wednesday, underscoring U.S. lawmakers’ growing support for her self-ruled island as tensions rise with rival China. McCarthy greeted Tsai on her arrival at the

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge orders that a Moroccan man held for killing a church officer in January in the southern city of Algeciras be examined at a psychiatric center. He was arrested after allegedly killing one church worker and injuring a priest in attacks at two Catholic churches on Jan. 26. The court

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s governor has signed a bill criminalizing gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth. Idaho is at least the 12th state to enact a law restricting or banning gender-affirming care for minors, and nearly two dozen more are considering bills that would ban or restrict the care.

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A state visit to Poland by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s has brought pledges of deeper cooperation. The neighbors are seeking to build a tighter relationship in defiance of Russia’s full-scale war against Kyiv that has reshaped international alliances. Polish President Andrzej Duda said

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has emerged as one Ukraine’s most ardent supporters during Russia’s invasion despite historical grievances between the neighboring nations that stir up bad feelings to this day. The tensions between the country at war and its staunch ally were acknowledged Wednesday when Ukrainian President President Volodymyr

By DAVID BILLER and LAÍS MARTINS Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A man with a hatchet jumped over a wall and invaded a daycare center Wednesday in Brazil, killing four children and wounding at least five others, authorities said. The assailant turned himself in at a police station and did not appear to

By JIM SALTER and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A large tornado tore through southeastern Missouri on Wednesday, causing widespread destruction and killing multiple people as a broad swath of the Midwest and South braced for further storms that could spawn additional twisters and hail. The tornado touched down before dawn and

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two trailblazing ride-hailing services are heading toward uncharted territory as they seek regulatory approval to transport passengers around the clock throughout one of the most densely populated U.S. cities in vehicles that will have no one sitting in the driver’s seat. If Cruise, a subsidiary

DETROIT (AP) — An electric Ram pickup truck with up to 500 miles of range per charge and a battery-powered people-hauling Kia SUV are among the new vehicles being introduced Wednesday at the New York International Auto Show. The two debuts in New York on Wednesday are among only nine automaker press conferences, far short

By GARY D. ROBERTSON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Democrat in the North Carolina state House has switched to the Republican Party in a move that gives the GOP veto-proof control of both chambers of the legislature. Wednesday’s switch by Rep. Tricia Cotham hands Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper a setback

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer Whatever people think of Donald Trump, it’s undeniable that he can still command attention. That was obvious as the divisive former president came to New York for his arraignment on felony charges. It was a procedural court appearance, but it was also an out-and-out spectacle and a piece of

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish Foreign Ministry official says Turkey has closed its airspace to flights to and from an airport in Kurdish-administered northern Iraq. The spokesman said Wednesday that the airspace was closed Monday to flights taking off from and landing at Suleimaniyah International Airport. He cited an

By ISABEL DEBRE and FARES AKRAM Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City, firing stun grenades and beating Palestinian youths who hurled stones and firecrackers in a burst of violence during a sensitive holiday seasons. Palestinian militants in Gaza responded with rocket fire on southern Israel,

By DANICA KIRKA and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British media are reporting that the husband of former Scottish first minister and Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in a party finance probe. Police in Scotland didn’t identify Peter Murrell as the 58-year old man arrested “in connection with the

TOKYO (AP) — The International Tennis Federation will play tournaments this year in China. This takes place despite no known resolution to the case of Chinese doubles player Peng Shuai. Peng disappeared from pubic view shortly after accusing a former high-ranking Communist Party official — in a web posting in November of 2021 — of