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By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s government announced plans for a consumer-led revival of the struggling economy as its legislature opened a session Sunday that will tighten President Xi Jinping’s control over business and society. Premier Li Keqiang, the top economic official, set this year’s growth target at “around 5%” following the

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Everything Everywhere All At Once” continued its awards sweep at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on its path to the Oscars next weekend. The multiverse-hopping adventure collected awards for best picture, directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, actors Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu, screenplay and editing.

The Associated Press Prosecutors and attorneys for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried are requesting the disgraced cryptocurrency entrepreneur be allowed a flip-phone or another device that’s not a smartphone while on bail. The proposal was submitted Friday to the judge overseeing the case. Prosecutors alleged last month that Bankman-Fried used electronic devices in ways that can’t

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Iditarod dog sled race started Saturday with a fan-friendly ceremonial run through the streets of Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city. The real race starts Sunday in Willow, about 70 miles north of Anchorage. Brent Sass is the defending champion and the odds-on favorite to win this

By BRUCE SCHREINER, DAVID SHARP and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Cleanup began in battered parts of the South and Midwest after a sprawling storm system produced ferocious winds and heavy snow that caused widespread damage and multiple deaths before racing through the Northeast on Saturday. More than a foot of snow fell in parts of

A Canadian woman and a pediatric cardiologist from Georgia are winners in Key West’s annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest. Brian Cardis of Macon, Georgia, performed the Jimmy Buffett song “Fins” on a a pink-lined conch shell with holes so it can be played like a flute to win the men’s contest Saturday. Carol Whiteley of

By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro says he did nothing illegal following reports that he tried to bring jewelry worth more than $3 million into the country in 2021 without declaring it to authorities. The jewelry had been given as a gift to Bolosonaro by the Saudi

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 76-year-old woman accused of fatally shooting her terminally ill husband in a Florida hospital was released from jail. Jail records show Ellen Gilland was released on $150,000 bond Friday night. She was initially charged with first-degree murder in January after police say she shot her 77-year-old husband, Jerry Gilland,

By BRUCE SCHREINER, DAVID SHARP and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press The winter-weary Northeast and upper Midwest were digging out Saturday from another round of heavy snowfall while cleanup began in battered parts of the South and Midwest after a sprawling storm system produced ferocious winds that left widespread damage and caused multiple deaths. More than

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Self-help author Marianne Williamson, whose 2020 White House campaign featured more quirky calls for spiritual healing than actual voter support, launched another longshot bid for the presidency on Saturday, becoming the first Democrat to formally challenge President Joe Biden for the 2024 nomination. “We are upset about

By BASSEM MROUE and Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The top U.S. military commander has visited northeast Syria where American troops and their allies are launching a campaign against the Islamic State group. A U.S. military spokesperson says Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley met commanders and troops

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis are protesting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious plan to overhaul the legal system in the country, as the government pressed on with the proposed changes despite the mass opposition. The central city of Tel Aviv saw the largest turnout in this week’s protests Saturday, with

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s reparations task force still has not made key decisions about what reparations may look like or how much Black Californians may be paid. But time is running out. The group has a July 1 deadline to issue a report to lawmakers with recommendations.

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A tanker truck hauling a flammable liquid crashed on a Maryland highway Saturday and caught fire, killing the driver and damaging several homes and vehicles, authorities said. The truck crashed around noon on U.S. 15 in Frederick, about an hour’s drive west of Baltimore. Photos showed massive flames and billowing smoke.

By The Associated Press Voters in Oklahoma will decide Tuesday whether it should be legal to possess and grow recreational marijuana in the state. The cannabis industry wants to expand the market to help offset falling prices brought on in part by a glut of medical dispensaries opened to support medical marijuana users. The measure

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Detectives say a fight involving three students at a Northern California high school began with an argument outside art class and culminated in a fatal stabbing. Santa Rosa police said in a statement Saturday that two groups of students were arguing Wednesday outside art class at Montgomery High School in

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two supporters of President Donald Trump arrested after driving a Hummer with guns and ammunition to a Philadelphia vote-counting site in November 2020 have been spared additional jail time. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that 44-year-old Joshua Macias and 63-year-old Antonio Lamotta were sentenced Wednesday to 11½ to 23 months but placed on

By PAUL J. WEBER and KEN MILLER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was censured Saturday in a rare move by his state party over votes that included supporting new gun safety laws after the Uvalde school shooting in his district. The Republican Party of Texas voted 57-5