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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press More evidence is piling up that those who spread misinformation about the 2020 presidential election knew it was false. On Thursday, the voting machine company Dominion filed court papers documenting that numerous Fox News personalities knew there was no evidence to support the claims peddled by Donald Trump and his

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Police in Norfolk, Virginia, say the mother of a 6-year-old student who brought a handgun to school on Thursday has been charged in the incident. Norfolk police said in a news release Friday they responded to Little Creek Elementary School in Norfolk at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday after receiving a report

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani returned to federal court Friday in a last-ditch attempt to stay out of prison while appealing a jury’s verdict convicting him of orchestrating a blood-testing hoax with his former boss and lover, Elizabeth Holmes. Besides overseeing arguments about

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A public commission says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government met the “very high threshold” for invoking the Emergencies Act to quell the paralyzing protests by truckers and others angry over Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions last winter.  For weeks, hundreds and sometimes thousands of protesters in trucks and

ARKABUTLA, Miss. (AP) — Six people were shot dead Friday in a small town in rural Mississippi near the Tennessee state line, officials said. Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesperson Bailey Martin confirmed the killings in Arkabutla, in Tate County, to The Associated Press. Gov. Tate Reeves’ office said he had been briefed on the

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon will require corporate employees to return to the office at least three days a week. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff Friday the new policy will go into effect May 1. The current policy allows team leaders to determine how

HOUSTON (AP) — Officials say a small jet slid off a runway at a Houston airport, halting flights. The jet landed at Hobby Airport, a Southwest Airlines hub, just before noon on Friday and slid off the runaway and onto a grassy area located between two runway safety areas. KTRK-TV video shows that the white

By HANK KURZ Jr. AP Sports Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Richmond coach Chris Mooney is stepping away from the Spiders for the remainder of the season to undergo heart surgery. The 50-year-old Mooney said the procedure will be performed next week at the University of Virginia Medical Center to remove an aneurysm in his

By JILL COLVIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has searched the office of former Vice President Mike Pence’s Washington advocacy group as part of its investigation into the discovery of sensitive documents at the homes and offices of current and former top U.S. officials. Pence adviser Devin O’Malley says

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Stella Stevens, a prominent leading lady in 1960s and 70s comedies perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewis’s affection in “The Nutty Professor,” has died. She was 84. Stevens’ estate said she died Friday in Los Angeles after a long illness. Born Estelle Caro Eggleston in

By TARA COPP Associated Press ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — The first class of 635 Ukrainian fighters has finished a five-week advanced U.S. training course in Germany on sophisticated combat skills and armored vehicles that will be critical in the coming spring offensive against the Russians, the Pentagon said Friday. Pentagon press secretary

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is defending its response to a freight train derailment in Ohio that left toxic chemicals spilled or burned off, even as local leaders and members of Congress demanded that more be done. The administration says it has “mobilized a robust, multi-agency effort” to support

By KAREN MATTHEWS and BEN FINLEY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A power outage in a terminal of New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport stretched into a second day Friday after forcing some flights to be canceled or diverted, including one that was turned around and sent back to New Zealand after nearly

SPRINGFIELD, Ga. (AP) — A lawsuit accusing a Georgia school district of discrimination by barring students from wearing Black Lives Matter T-shirts has been dismissed. A federal judge in Savannah dismissed the civil case Friday at the request of attorneys for students who filed the complaint. The lawsuit accused school administrators in Effingham County of

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The federal and the Queensland state government in Australia have agreed on an almost 50-50 funding split to build or revamp venues for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. The total spend is estimated at 7 billion Australian dollars ($4.8 billion). Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited the Queensland state capital Friday to

By PATRICK ORSAGOS and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — A plume of chemicals that spilled into the Ohio River after a fiery train derailment has broken up and is no longer a concern, Ohio’s governor said Friday, but worries remain among residents near the disaster site who’ve complained about lingering headaches

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — To millions of viewers, Fox News hosts gave allies of former President Donald Trump a platform to champion false claims that he lost the 2020 election because of voter fraud. To one another, they expressed doubts about the claims and mocked the people making them. Private

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Federal Reserve official downplayed recent signs that the economy is strengthening, but also said he is prepared to keep raising interest rates in smaller increments as often as needed to quell inflation. Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas Barkin said Friday that recent data showing

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential candidates will be blocked from the debate stage this summer if they do not sign a pledge to support the GOP’s ultimate presidential nominee. That’s according to proposal set to be adopted by the Republican National Committee next week. The proposal sets

By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Police in Bulgaria have discovered an abandoned truck containing the bodies of 18 people who are believed to be migrants who suffocated to death. The Interior Ministry said that according to initial information, the truck was carrying about 40 migrants and the survivors were taken to