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By FATIMA HUSSEIN and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is declaring its solidarity with Ukraine by piling sweeping new sanctions on Moscow and approving a fresh $2 billion weapons package for Kyiv. The U.S. action aims to fortify Ukraine a year after Russia’s invasion. New sanctions introduced by the

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press A film-industry weapons supervisor made her first formal court appearance Friday on a felony charge in the shooting death of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of a Western movie. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s attorney said his client will plead not guilty, but the judge did not take

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — At age 9, T’yonna Major excelled at her school work and in gymnastics, shown flexing her arms after competitions with newly won medals around her neck in photos her proud dad posted on social media. “She was a light to everyone that knew her,” the girl’s father, Tokiyo Major, posted on

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Zoo officials say they are working to find a way to keep an Andean bear named Ben inside his enclosure after he escaped Thursday for the second time this month. The bear was outside for less than an hour and was found only about 100 feet away from his

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — The house where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in November will be demolished, school officials said Friday. The owner of the home in Moscow offered to give it to the university and the school accepted, University President Scott Green said in a memo to students and employees.

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden said Friday that she feels a kinship with Africans during her sixth visit to the continent, telling The Associated Press in an exclusive interview that she wants to support nations fighting for democracy — “just like I feel we’re doing in

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russians in Moscow and other cities brought flowers to Ukrainian poets and held one-person pickets with antiwar slogans to mark the first anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian media and rights groups reported at least a dozen detentions on Friday. OVD-Info, a legal aid group

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s leader is giving qualified support for China’s new involvement in trying to resolve the war in his country. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Beijing’s interest isn’t a bad thing and could be useful in isolating Russia. He says the question is what actions follow China’s words.

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Some top Idaho officials are raising alarms after the state’s Republican attorney general declined to join a 24-state lawsuit against Biden administration waterway protections. Opponents say the new water rules could impact public and private land across the state. Instead, Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador’s office

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A Mexican man has testified about the moment when a fellow migrant was shot and killed on an Arizona ranch as they illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. The man, who was referred to by the initials D.R.R. to protect his identity, said through a Spanish-speaking interpreter on

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The family of a nuclear physicist who died by suicide in a Virginia jail is suing the U.S. government after his psychotropic medicine was discontinued and he was denied admission to a federal medical prison. The lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia,

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge has sided with the Biden administration and a mining company in a fight with environmentalists and tribal leaders trying to block a huge lithium mine in Nevada near the Oregon line. The judge in Reno denied the opponents’ request Friday for an emergency

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Food and Drug Administration officials on Friday pledged a reset in the agency’s tobacco program, responding to criticisms that a lack of direction has hampered efforts to regulate cigarettes, vaping devices and related products. The head of the agency’s tobacco center promised to deliver a five-year

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and Ukraine faced off at the U.N. Security Council on the first anniversary of their war _ with their confrontation even extending to dueling moments of silence for the dead. The showdown began before Friday’s session formally began, with Russia’s ambassador demanding to know

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s attorney general has declined to join a 24-state lawsuit over a new federal water rule that opponents say could impact public and private land across the state. Now some Idaho officials are raising alarms over the decision. Instead, Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador’s office says

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden gave one of the clearest indications yet that President Joe Biden will run for a second term, telling The Associated Press in an exclusive interview on Friday that there’s “pretty much” nothing left to do but figure out the time and

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is aiming to draw a contrast between his health care priorities and those of congressional Republicans in Virginia next week. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says Biden will use a Virginia Beach event Tuesday to criticize Republicans for demanding concessions for raising the

ROME (AP) — Italy’s high court has reaffirmed a strict prison regime for an Italian left-wing militant whose cause has been taken up by anarchist groups in several countries that have staged a series of attacks on Italian diplomatic missions. The Court of Cassation rejected an appeal by lawyers for Alfredo Cospito. He has been

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press The prosecutor took disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh step-by-step Friday through a timeline of the night his wife and son were killed, frequently challenging inconsistencies in his memory while testifying at his double murder trial. A day after revealing for the first time that he was at the kennels