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By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks after the failure of two banks, President Joe Biden is calling for independent regulatory agencies to impose tighter rules on the financial system. In a fact sheet, Biden says regulators can act under current law without additional steps taken by Congress. The recommended

By RAFIQ MAQBOOL Associated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) — In a glittering splash of luxury fashion, Dior transformed Mumbai’s grand, historic Gateway of India monument into a runway laden with celebrity, beauty and craftsmanship. Flanked by the brightly lit, iconic Taj Mahal Palace hotel, the spectacular decor turned the heritage site in India’s entertainment and

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville authorities released 911 calls Thursday that capture the terror inside an elementary school during this week’s mass shooting as people in hushed voices urged dispatchers to send help with sirens, crying and gunfire audible in the background. One caller told a dispatcher

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland voters will decide next year whether to enshrine the right to abortion in the state’s constitution. The Maryland House gave final passage to the proposed constitutional amendment on Thursday. The House, which is controlled by Democrats, voted 98-38, for a bill that already has cleared

HILLSDALE, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan college has ended its partnership with a Florida charter school whose principal was forced to resign after a parent complained sixth graders were exposed to pornography during a lesson on Renaissance art that included Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture. A Hillsdale College spokesperson said Tallahassee Classical School no longer is affiliated

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus say they have detained a fugitive single father who escaped house arrest in Russia shortly before he was convicted of discrediting the army and sentenced to prison following his daughter’s antiwar sketch at school. Alexei Moskalyov was taken into custody in the Minsk

The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration’s choice to run the World Bank — former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga — appears to have a lock on the job. Banga was the only candidate nominated in a search that began more than a month ago. The current president of the 189-nation poverty-fighting organization, David

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Protesters chanted “Save our children!” inside and outside of the Tennessee Capital as lawmakers resumed work for the first time since this week’s mass shooting at a Christian school in Nashville. Among those who filled the state Senate chamber’s gallery on Thursday were

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer DALLAS (AP) — Indiana coach Teri Moren is The Associated Press college women’s basketball coach of the year. She led Indiana to its first Big Ten regular season championship in 40 years. The Hoosiers rose to No. 2 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll and earned the school’s

TRURO, Nova Scotia (AP) — A public inquiry has found widespread failures in how Canada’s federal police force responded to the country’s worst mass shooting and recommends that the government rethink the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s central role in the country’s policing. In a seven-volume report released Thursday, the Mass Casualty Commission also says the

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Ethnic rebels and independent media in Myanmar say air strikes by Myanmar’s military on a village in the country’s northwest have killed at least eight civilians, including two children. They say the attack in Chin state near the Indian border also wounded 20 people. It came three

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have passed a sprawling energy package that would counter virtually all of President Joe Biden’s agenda to address climate change. The bill approved Thursday would sharply increase domestic production of oil, natural gas and coal, and ease permitting restrictions that delay pipelines, refineries and other

By JOSH FUNK A train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire in Minnesota early Thursday and nearby residents were ordered to evacuate their homes, authorities said. The BNSF train derailed in the town of Raymond, roughly 100 miles (161 kilometers) west of Minneapolis, about 1 a.m., according to a statement from Kandiyohi

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas who has previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a narrower but key part of the nation’s health law. The ruling Thursday by U.S. District Judge Reed O’ Connor blocks the requirement that most insurers cover preventive

NEW DELHI (AP) — A structure built over an old temple well in India has collapsed as a large crowd of Hindu devotees prayed at a festival, killing at least eight people. Police say up to 35 people fell into the well in the temple complex in central Madhya Pradesh state when the structure collapsed

By SHARON JOHNSON Associated Press FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — Nine people were killed in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk helicopters conducting a nighttime training exercise in Kentucky, a military spokesperson said. Nondice Thurman, a spokesperson for Fort Campbell, said Thursday morning that the deaths happened the previous night in southwestern Kentucky during

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German officials have criticized plans by French firm Framatome to produce nuclear fuel in a joint venture with Russia’s Rosatom at a facility in western Germany. Officials said Thursday that they will consider whether an application to do so can be rejected. The state of Lower Saxony

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s police watchdog has asked prosecutors to decide whether to charge a police officer over the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man in London. Chris Kaba died after an officer fired a single gunshot through the windshield of the car the 24-year-old was driving in south

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer Well, it was nice while it lasted. For nearly a year, the average used vehicle in the United States had been edging toward affordable again for millions of people. The relief felt belated and relatively slight, but it was welcome nonetheless. From an eye-watering peak of $31,400 in April

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN’s leadership is preaching patience even though thousands of viewers are abandoning the network during its attempted turnaround, with no indication yet whether it will be rewarded. Cable news ratings are down across the board compared to 2022, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was fresh