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Associated Press VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has expressed regret that his Chinese counterpart chose not to hold talks with him during meetings of Southeast Asian defense chiefs in Laos, calling it a setback for the entire region. There was no immediate comment from China on Defense Minister Dong Jun’s

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials say they’re reviewing the removal of a bald eagle nest at the site of a planned subdivision in the east Alabama city of Auburn, following an outcry. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a permit to the subdivision’s developer to remove the nest. The developer told media

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police say a woman and a baby were shot to death while inside a car in Hartford, Connecticut, after another vehicle pulled up alongside them and began firing. Lt. Aaron Boisvert of the Hartford Police Department said the woman, 20, is believed to be the mother of the 4-month-old baby boy.

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is interviewing candidates for the role of FBI director in the clearest indication yet that the incoming administration is looking to replace Christopher Wray in the position. That’s according to incoming Vice President JD Vance. In a social media post that was later deleted, Vance defended his

AP Pro Football Writer First, Robert Saleh. Now, Joe Douglas. Woody Johnson is cleaning house for his woeful New York Jets in what has been a hugely disappointing season. Douglas was fired Tuesday as the Jets’ general manager, the latest shakeup for a franchise that had Super Bowl aspirations with a healthy Aaron Rodgers at

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Australian writer Richard Flanagan has won Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize, a decade after being awarded the Booker Prize for fiction. Flanagan was awarded the $63,000 Baillie Gifford Prize on Tuesday for his genre-bending memoir “Question 7.” He won the Booker Prize in 2014 for his novel “The Narrow Road

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he won’t make a clemency decision on the murder convictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez until newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman reviews the case. Prosecutors submitted a recommendation in October for the brothers’ resentencing on the murder conviction in the 1989 killings

Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s incoming legislative leaders have formally taken their oaths of office. It marks the final two years of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ second term at the helm of unified GOP control over the state capitol. Under DeSantis’ leadership, the country’s third most-populous state has cemented its reputation

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge ordered prosecutors Tuesday not to use papers taken from the jail cell of Sean “Diddy” Combs until he rules on defense claims that they are trial preparation materials protected by attorney-client privilege. Judge Arun Subramanian made his ruling at a Manhattan federal court hearing after lawyers

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council has voted to enact an ordinance to prohibit city resources from being used for immigration enforcement in anticipation of potential mass deportations under President-elect Donald Trump. The ordinance also prohibits city departments from sharing information on people without legal status with federal immigration authorities.

Associated Press Images that depict the faces of girls with nude bodies have led to the departure of leaders from a private school in Pennsylvania, prompted a student protest and triggered a criminal investigation. A detective said Tuesday that a juvenile suspect was “removed from” Lancaster Country Day School and his cellphone was seized by

Associated Press Mehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon turned talk show host and lifestyle guru, is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the massive federal health care bureaucracy that covers more than a third of Americans. Here’s a look at a television doctor who became a politician and

AP White House Correspondent WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In the two weeks since Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump has been setting records with the pace of appointments for his incoming administration. But speed shouldn’t necessarily be confused with organization. Trump has pumped out more than two dozen appointments and nominations, including 16 Cabinet-level

Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two more former West Virginia correctional officers have pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who died less than a day after being booked into a jail. Quantez Burks was booked into the Southern Regional Jail on a wanton endangerment charge in

Religion News Service (RNS) — Sean Rowe, the newly installed presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, knows a thing or two about austerity. As a boy, growing up in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, he saw Westinghouse Electric Corp. shutter its plant. Later, Sharon Steel went bankrupt, laying off thousands of workers, among them his uncles. Now, at

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats have reelected Greta Neubauer as Assembly minority leader after she helped the party flip nearly a dozen seats in this month’s elections. Assembly Democrats unanimously selected Neubauer as their leader during a caucus meeting Tuesday in the state Capitol. Neubauer represents part of southern Racine County. She was first