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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was charged with directing $40 million in bribes to one or more Chinese officials to unfreeze assets relating to his cryptocurrency business in a newly rewritten indictment unsealed Tuesday. The charge of conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police in Greece say they have arrested two terrorism suspects who had been planning attacks in the country, including at least one against a Jewish target, aimed at causing mass casualties. The suspects were allegedly part of an overseas terrorism network. They are

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet For millennials with chronic medical conditions — or those raising kids with chronic conditions — health care can be an enormous expense. About 44% of older millennials have at least one chronic health condition, including migraines, major depression and asthma, according to a 2021 poll. And many millennials are caring

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are mixed in relatively quiet trading on Tuesday, and Wall Street is regaining some cool at the tail end of what’s been a turmoil-filled month. The S&P 500 was 0.1% lower in midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 51 points, or

By JONATHAN MATTISE, TRAVIS LOLLER and HOLLY MEYER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville police released video Tuesday from a body-worn camera that shows a team of officers entering and searching an elementary school, then confronting and opening fire on an assailant who had murdered three children and three adults in the latest school

NASHVILLE (AP) — Six people were killed at a small, private Christian school just south of downtown Nashville on Monday after a shooter opened fire inside the building containing about 200 students, police said. Police received a call about an active shooter at The Covenant School — a Presbyterian school — around 10:15 a.m. Authorities

PARIS (AP) — France’s top court has ruled against extraditing 10 former far-left Italian militants who were convicted of attacks carried out in the 1970s and 1980s. The two women and eight men fled Italy after their convictions and before they could be sent to prison. Now ranging in age from 62 to 79, they

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will announce America’s commitment to enhancing corporate transparency along with some 20 other countries at the Summit for Democracy. While the Biden administration is already pursuing regulations to establish a new database on small business ownership, the commitment to be announced Tuesday promises

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris spoke Tuesday in Ghana from a monument, called Black Star Gate, that commemorates the nation’s independence from colonialism. The speech is a highlight of her second full day in Ghana, part of a weeklong trip that will include visits to Tanzania and

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The U.S. gambling industry is adopting a new responsible marketing code that will ban sports books from partnering with colleges to promote sports wagering. It also will prohibit payments to college and amateur athletes for the use of their name and image, and will end

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A fire in a dormitory at a Mexican immigration detention center near the U.S. border left more than three dozen migrants dead, a government agency said Tuesday, in one of the deadliest incidents ever at an immigration lockup in the country. Hours after the fire broke

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is defending its record on helping relieve migrant suffering in Libya after U.N.-backed investigators accused the bloc of abetting human rights abuses and other crimes there. Libya is a major departure point for people willing to put their lives at risk for better lives

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — One hand-crocheted blanket came with a note saying “Welcome to the USA” and advising the recipient to dress warmly in Vermont. It was among at least 86 blankets sewn, knitted and crocheted by crafters as gifts for refugees to welcome them to their new community in

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that broke out at an abandoned refrigerated warehouse in the northern industrial province of Hebei, killing 11 people. The local government says the blaze started Monday afternoon when the warehouse was being dismantled. It says firefighters extinguished the fire late at night and

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian space capsule safely returned to Earth without a crew Tuesday, months after it suffered a coolant leak in orbit. The Soyuz MS-22 leaked coolant in December while attached to the International Space Station. Russian space officials blamed the leak on a tiny meteoroid that punctured the craft’s external radiator. They

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry returned to a London court Tuesday for a second day of hearings to see if the phone hacking lawsuit he brought with Elton John and other celebrities can withstand a challenge from the publisher of The Daily Mail. The case is one of several brought

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Dozens of schools across Bulgaria have been closed and their students evacuated for a second consecutive day following bomb threats that were made by email and phone. Most of the threats received Tuesday were directed at schools in the capital, Sofia, and in the Black Sea ports of Varna and Burgas.

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer They’re refining skills of young prospects at the NBA Academy in Africa. The vocabulary, too. “There is a word that really we don’t like, which is ‘raw,’” said Franck Traore, head of basketball operations for NBA Africa. “When you have an African player going to the U.S., they say

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A leading international rights group has decried what it said were double standards by Western countries that have rallied behind a “robust response” to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but remain “lukewarm” on issues of human rights violations in the Middle East. According to Amnesty International, such double

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portuguese police have shot a man suspected of stabbing two people to death at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon. Authorities said police were called to the center late Tuesday morning where they encountered a suspect armed with a large knife. A police statement said officers ordered him to surrender but