AP National News

By ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — President Joe Biden and other leaders of the Group of 20 top economies will have the chance to discuss the world’s most pressing problems at their summit in Bali, Indonesia. Their talks begin Tuesday under the hopeful theme of “recover together, recover stronger” after the

By SEUNG MIN KIM, ZEKE MILLER and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined U.S. President Joe Biden in trying to persuade other leaders of the world’s largest economies to further isolate Russia diplomatically and economically over its invasion of Ukraine, despite a souring global financial outlook that

WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — A coroner says a woman who drove the wrong way on Interstate 90 in northern Illinois, causing a crash that killed a family of six and a 13-year-old family friend, was intoxicated at the time. McHenry County Coroner Michael Rein said Monday that 22-year-old Jennifer Fernandez of Carpentersville, who also died

By LARRY NEUMEISTER, TOM HAYS and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will not face criminal charges over his interactions with Ukrainian figures in the runup to the 2020 presidential election. Federal prosecutors made the revelation in a letter to a judge Monday. That’s after a

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala (AP) — Lawyers for Alabama death row inmate have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the man’s upcoming execution. Defense lawyers say the inmate, Kenneth Eugene Smith, was sentenced to death by a judge despite a jury’s near unanimous recommendation that he serve life in prison. Smith

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday he has COVID-19 and is canceling his events at the Group of 20 meetings in Bali, just days after hosting many world leaders, including President Joe Biden, for a summit in Phnom Penh. In a posting on his Facebook page, the Cambodian leader

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say former Major League Baseball outfielder Yasiel Puig will plead guilty to lying to federal agents investigating an illegal sports gambling operation. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that Puig acknowledged in unsealed court documents that he denied betting on the operation when in fact he made hundreds of

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Frontier Airlines and five foreign carriers are paying more than $600 million in refunds to consumers whose flights were canceled or significantly delayed since the start of the pandemic. That’s according to federal officials on Monday. The U.S. Department of Transportation says it has also fined those same airlines

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Globe named Nancy Barnes as its next editor Monday, elevating a woman to serve in the top job for the first time in the newspaper’s 150-year history. Barnes has worked as the chief news executive at NPR and has run major newspapers. She announced in September that she would be

By HANK KURZ Jr. and BEN FINLEY Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Three University of Virginia football players killed in an on-campus shooting are being remembered by head football coach Tony Elliott as “incredible young men with huge aspirations and extremely bright futures.” Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D’Sean Perry were returning from

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. banking regulator at the Federal Reserve is urging Congress to pass legislation that would impose regulation on crypto currencies. The call comes in the wake of the swift collapse last week of FTX, a leading crypto exchange. Michael Barr said in prepared testimony

By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump hotel in Washington took in more than $750,000 from six foreign governments at sensitive moments in their U.S. relations, with guests spending as much as $10,000 per room a night. That is according to documents from the Trump company’s former accountants released Monday by

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A Purdue University student charged with murder in the stabbing death of his dormitory roommate has filed notice in court that he plans to use an insanity defense. In a motion filed Friday, Ji Min Sha’s attorney, Kyle Cray, requested the court to appoint two or three psychiatrists, psychologists or physicians

PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Carroll Hubbard of Kentucky, who served nine terms in the House and gained a reputation for quiet gestures of kindness before his career imploded in a banking scandal, has died. He was 85. Hubbard died Saturday at a nursing facility in Paducah, Byrn Funeral Home in Mayfield said.

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents believe a recent spate of threats and false reports of shooters at high schools and colleges across the U.S. may be coming from outside of the country. An FBI official says Monday that officials do not believe the threats to be racially motivated. So far,

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — The mayor of the small town where four University of Idaho students were found dead on Sunday said the event was senseless and a reminder that acts of violence can occur anywhere. Mayor Art Bettge released the written statement on Monday. Police found the students dead in a home near the

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Officials in Arizona’s most populous county have aggressively batted down rumors and slanted and false claims as vote counting has come under intense scrutiny in the battleground state. The accusations have come in all types and at all hours from former President Trump and his supporters, Republican

By ISABEL DeBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Defense Minister says the United States government has started an investigation into the fatal shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Israel is condemning the probe as a “grave mistake” and vowing not to cooperate. Defense Minister Benny Gantz made the statement on Twitter Monday,

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department and lawyers for Donald Trump are at odds over whether the former president can assert executive privilege over documents seized from his Florida estate to shield them from investigators and over whether he can treat the records as his own personal belongings. Dueling legal

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press A fired Vermont sheriff’s deputy who was charged with simple assault for kicking a shackled prisoner has been elected sheriff of the county he served in. The Vermont secretary of state’s office says John Grismore, of Fairfax, won the race to become Franklin County sheriff. Grismore was the only candidate