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OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities believe a Michigan woman fled to Thailand to avoid the consequences of a hit-and-run crash that killed a suburban Detroit college student on New Year’s Day. Tubtim “Sue” Howson was charged Monday with a federal crime related to her sudden one-way flight to Thailand on Jan. 3. Benjamin Kable

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the new chairman of the Senate committee that oversees health and labor issues, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says some corporations “should be nervous.” And the longtime liberal crusader’s first target is Howard Schultz, the interim CEO of Starbucks who has aggressively fought his workers’ efforts

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press A city bus crashed into a day care center north of Montreal on Wednesday, leaving two children dead and sending six to the hospital, authorities said. The bus driver was arrested and charged with homicide and careless driving. Police set up a large perimeter around the building housing the day

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer James Harden averaged 36 points a few seasons ago. Devin Booker once scored 70 in one game. There are many more players doing much more scoring now than when LeBron James began his NBA career in 2003-04. A player scoring like Harden in his peak years could be flirting

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Big money is pouring into primary care clinics as the nation’s health care giants hunt for ways to cut costs by keeping people healthy. CVS Health said Wednesday that it will spend about $10.6 billion to buy Oak Street Health, which runs clinics that specialize in treating Medicare Advantage

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government has pledged stronger action against cybercrime, which has come to account for about a fifth of all offenses registered in the country. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said police would be given additional staff, funding and resources to address online crime. He said Wednesday that reported cases of cybercrime were up

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen met yet again Wednesday with New York City prosecutors who have spent years examining the former president’s financial dealings. Cohen stopped briefly to talk with reporters as he entered the Manhattan district attorney’s office. He said it was the 15th time he had met with

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian court has sentenced a journalist and prominent member of the country’s Polish minority to eight years in prison, amid an ongoing crackdown on government critics. Andrzej Poczobut, 49, was found guilty Wednesday of harming Belarus’ national security and “inciting discord” in a closed trial

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Twitter executives conceded to Congress that they made a mistake by blocking a story about Hunter Biden, the president’s son, from the social media platform in the run-up to the 2020 election. But they adamantly denied Republican assertions that they were pressured by Democrats and law

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s royal palace says Queen Margrethe II will undergo “major back surgery” later this month. The palace said Wednesday that the 82-year-monarch would be hospitalized afterward and undergo “a longer rehabilitation process.” Margrethe has reigned for a half-century and is Europe’s longest-serving monarch. She is Denmark’s head of state but has

By MATTHEW BROWN and SAM METZ Associated Press HARLOWTON, Mont. (AP) — As U.S.-China relations cool amid trade disputes and espionage fears stoked by the Chinese spy balloon shot down off the Atlantic Coast, lawmakers in Congress and at least 11 statehouses are weighing legislation to further limit foreign ownership of farmland. The proposals were

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is making Wisconsin his first stop after his State of the Union address. Biden plans to visit a training center run by the Laborers’ International Union of North America near Madison, the state capital, to press the economic message and other themes he promoted

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The extraordinary scene of U.S. fighter jets getting ready to strike a Chinese balloon had many people along the Carolina coast straining their necks and pointing their smartphones to the sky to capture the moment of impact. But a group of aviation enthusiasts was, instead, intently scanning

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening modestly picky on Wall Street as traders absorb more earnings reports from big U.S. companies. Chipotle Mexican Grill sank after delivering a weak report card, while Uber rose after its results came in ahead of what analysts were expecting. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% in the early going

BOSTON (AP) — An effort to digitize more than 200 Boston Pops radio broadcasts conducted by John Williams from 1979 until 1991 is almost complete. The Boston Symphony Orchestra made the announcement Wednesday, Williams’ 91st birthday. The project to preserve 233 live radio broadcasts recorded on quarter-inch reel-to-reel analog tapes that were becoming increasingly fragile

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for stronger sanctions against Moscow, until “Russia is deprived of any possibility to finance this war.” He was addressing the U.K.’s Parliament on a rare trip outside his country. Zelenskyy’s daring to visit Britain in a bid for more advanced weapons comes

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An international team of investigators says it found “strong indications” that Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the supply of heavy anti-aircraft weapons to Ukrainian separatists who shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 with a Russian missile. However, the Joint Investigation Team said Wednesday

HELSINKI (AP) — Firefighters are working for a second day to fully extinguish a blaze at a U.S. company’s drone plant in Latvia. Local police said Wednesday they have found nothing so far to indicate sabotage. Latvia’s State Fire and Rescue Service was alerted Tuesday afternoon that a fire had broken out at Edge Autonomy’s

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Brittney Griner texted her good friend Diana Taurasi on Tuesday morning asking how the USA Basketball training camp was going. Griner was back in Arizona, choosing to skip the camp in Minnesota so she can be with her wife and recover from her time in a Russian jail. She