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By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The future of abortion rights in Kentucky reaches a defining moment Tuesday when the state’s highest court hears arguments over a sweeping abortion ban put in place by the Republican-led legislature. The case before Kentucky’s Supreme Court is the first legal test since

BY SARAH RANKIN and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Students huddled inside laboratory closets and darkened dorm rooms across the University of Virginia while others moved far away from library windows and barricaded the doors of its stately academic buildings after an ominous warning flashed on their screens: “RUN. HIDE. FIGHT.” Responding

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s outgoing coalition has been the most diverse in the country’s history, bringing a slew of progressive policies on the environment, LGBTQ issues and funding for the country’s Arab minority. But now, even before it takes office, Israel’s expected new coalition government — overwhelmingly male, religious and

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Two new U.S. studies show that automatic emergency braking can cut the number of rear-end automobile crashes in half, and reduce pickup truck crashes by more than 40%. The studies by a government-auto industry partnership and the insurance industry each used crash data to make the

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Recording Academy will announce nominees for the 65th Grammy Awards on Tuesday with some significant additions. The academy earlier this year five new categories including songwriter of the year to honor music’s best composer and a special song for social change award. The

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese consumer spending contracted in October and factory activity weakened as anti-virus controls following a rise in infections weighed on the economy. Government data showed retail sales sank 0.5% compared with a year ago, down from September’s 2.5% expansion, as millions of people were confined to

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was eating Peking duck at a Chinese restaurant with family and friends on Manhattan’s West side Saturday evening when an aide called with urgent news: Democrats would win Nevada’s Senate seat and keep their majority. The restaurant erupted

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Brandon Graham took a knee at midfield as most of his Eagles teammates trudged off the field in stunned disbelief that their undefeated season had been wiped out. An Eagles team that romped toward the first 8-0 start in franchise history played with uncharacteristic sloppiness, failed

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has extended the nearly 17,500-strong U.N. peacekeeping mission in the troubled Central African Republican for a year, with Russia, China and Gabon abstaining. The French-drafted resolution maintains the robust mandate of the mission, which foceses on protecting civilians and encourages President Faustin-Archange Touadera and his government to

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy says it found 70 tons of a missile fuel component hidden among bags of fertilizer aboard a ship bound to Yemen from Iran. It was the first such seizure in that country’s yearslong war as a cease-fire there has broken down.

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Republican tech entrepreneur Brandon Williams has been elected to Congress in a race in central New York. Williams defeated Democrat Francis Conole in the contest to pick a successor to U.S. Rep. John Katko, a Republican who is retiring from office. The district is in the

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay Leno suffered “serious burns” but said Monday that he was doing OK, according to reports. “I got some serious burns from a gasoline fire,” Leno said in a statement to The Associated Press. “I am ok. Just need a week or two to get back on my feet.” The cause

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis was ordered Monday to pay an additional $2.5 million in damages in a rape lawsuit, bringing the total to $10 million for a woman who said he sexually assaulted her nearly a decade ago. While accuser Haleigh Breest’s lawyers called the verdict

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona voters have approved an initiative to extend cheaper in-state college tuition to some non-citizen students, cheering supporters who hope the measure’s passage Monday will spark momentum for wider immigration reform in Congress. The Associated Press called the race for Proposition 308 after the latest round of

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The Associated Press called the Arizona governor’s race for Democrat Katie Hobbs on Monday after the latest round of vote releases gave her a lead that AP determined she would not relinquish. The AP concluded that, even though Republican Kari Lake had been posting increasingly larger margins in vote updates

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Democrat Katie Hobbs was elected Arizona governor on Monday, defeating an ally of Donald Trump who falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged and refused to say she would accept the results of her race this year. Hobbs, who is Arizona’s secretary of state, rose to

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court denied an emergency writ from two voting rights groups on Monday that sought to shut down a controversial hand-count of all paper ballots in rural Nye County, meaning that the county clerk can continue the hand-counting of ballots that have

By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democrat Andrea Salinas has won the U.S. House seat in Oregon’s newly created 6th District. The state representative and former congressional staffer defeated Republican Mike Erickson, a businessman running for the third time. Salinas was one of two candidates seeking to be Oregon’s first Latina congresswoman,

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, nearly screamed through tears from the witness stand Monday when she told the court Harvey Weinstein raped her in a hotel room and spoke of the devastating effect it had on

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a California woman and her boyfriend have been charged with the murder of her 18-year-old sister and 3-week-old niece, who were shot in their Fresno home in September. The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office said Monday that 22-year-old Yarelly Solorio-Rivera and 26-year-old Martin Arroyo-Morales were each charged with two