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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal wildlife officials are proposing classifying one of two dwindling California spotted owl populations as endangered. The decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service comes after a lawsuit by multiple conservation groups required the government to reassess a Trump administration decision not to protect

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan designers took a more modest turn on the second day of Milan Fashion Week of mostly womenswear looks for next fall and winter. If the first day of shows bared skin, the second day offered options that allow women to dial up or dial down

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ daily newspaper says organizers of a petition drive to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell  are demanding $15,000 in fees to comply with a court agreement to provide copies of the signed petitions. The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate said an attorney for Nolatoya.org told the news organization Wednesday that it must

By EDITH M. LEDERER and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has passed a nonbinding resolution that calls for Russia to end hostilities and withdraw from its neighbor on the eve of the first anniversary of Moscow’s invasion. The resolution, which passed Thursday on a vote of 141-7 with

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks climbed Thursday after a see-saw day on Wall Street to break out of their longest losing streak since December. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% for its first gain in five days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 108 points, or 0.3%, while the Nasdaq

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Supreme Court has handed the thrift store chain Savers Value Village a unanimous win in a long-running legal fight with Attorney General Bob Ferguson. The attorney general’s office began investigating the company’s marketing practices eight years ago. After the company declined to pay millions

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities say they have arrested dozens of migrants near the Algerian border, two days after Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian leader claimed there’s a plot to erase his country’s identity by bringing in sub-Saharan Africans. President Kais Saied said Tuesday that “urgent measures” were needed to

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian authorities have dissolved a decades-old pro-democracy group that participated in the peaceful protests which helped force the North African country’s long-time President Abdelaziz Bouteflika from office in 2019. The Youth Action Group, known by its French acronym, RAJ, and the left-leaning Movement for Democracy and Socialism party that was also

By WILSON RING Associated Press Officials say the death of a Mexican immigrant who had just entered the United States from Canada illegally is highlighting a spike in illegal crossings along the border between Quebec, Vermont and portions of upstate New York. Court documents say Border Patrol agents were called to an area just east

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bulletproof vests and drones. Pickup trucks, walkie-talkies and tourniquets. These are just some of the items that individuals and nonprofits have donated to buy and ship to Ukraine, where sometimes they are then used by those fighting Russia’s invasion. “We’ve had these discussions countless times,” said

JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary is sending a delegation to Sweden and Finland to resolve “political disputes” that are causing doubts among Hungarian lawmakers about whether to support the countries’ applications to join NATO. The parliamentary caucus leader for Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party says a serious debate has emerged on the

By EDITH M. LEDERER and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine’s supporters urged the U.N. General Assembly to vote Thursday for a resolution that calls for Russia to end hostilities and withdraw from its neighbor on the eve of the first anniversary of Moscow’s invasion. The draft resolution is all but certain

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli parliamentary committee has approved new funding for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family, a small but contentious boost in spending at a time when he is facing mass protests over his policies and as the economy is on shaky ground. The committee

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in western Mexico are investigating the killing of an indigenous anti-logging activist, the latest in a round of murders and disappearances. Prosecutors in the violence-plagued state of Michoacan said Thursday that Alfredo Cisneros was shot to death earlier in the week in the Purepecha inidgenous village of Sicuicho. Cisneros was

By JIM SALTER and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — After a teenage volleyball player from Tennessee lost both legs following an accident in downtown St. Louis, her family and those around them were wondering Thursday why the driver responsible for the wreck was able to get behind the wheels of a

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Wisconsin Governor Tony Earl, who couldn’t overcome a sour economy and was turned out by voters after a single term in the 1980s, has died. The Democrat was an advocate for gay rights but he also got the nickname “Tony the Taxer” from political foes

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he expects court challenges to a new law that would cut funding for the country’s electoral agency and weaken oversight of campaign spending.  President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday he will sign the new bill into law, even though electoral authorities say it would weaken democracy in

By JOSH BOAK and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just 40% of U.S. adults approve of how President Joe Biden is handling relations with China, a new poll shows, with a majority anxious about Beijing’s influence as the White House finds its agenda increasingly shaped by global rivalries. About 6 in 10 say

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh denied killing his wife and son but admitted lying to investigators about when he last saw them alive as he took the stand in his own defense Thursday. Murdaugh, 54, is charged with murder in the fatal shootings of his wife, Maggie, 52, and

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Federal investigators are heading to Arkansas Thursday to determine the cause of a small plane crash that killed five employees of an environmental consulting firm. The National Transportation Safety Board says its investigators plan to start documenting the crash site and examining the plane’s wreckage. The agency says a preliminary