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By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Herschel Walker campaigns for the U.S. Senate as a champion of free enterprise and advocate for the mentally ill, felons and others. And the Georgia Republican has called for policies that blend those priorities. Yet Walker, through a major chicken processor that he touts as a principal

By MATTHEW DALY and NUHA DOLBY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the federal government is not doing enough to fight climate change, according to a new poll that shows limited public awareness about a sweeping new law that commits the U.S. to its largest ever investment to combat global warming.

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AP) — The U.S. military says it’s ready to begin draining fuel from three pipelines as part of an initial step toward closing a World War II-era fuel storage facility that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water last year. The military will spend six

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy minister resigned over his ties to the Unification Church in a widening controversy involving dozens of governing party lawmakers. Daishiro Yamagiwa’s resignation is a further blow to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government, which has been rocked by his party’s close ties to the controversial South

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The next prime minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, has embraced his Indian and Hindu heritage. On Monday, people across the former British colony proudly celebrated his victory. Social media and TV channels in India were awash with congratulations for the 42-year-old Sunak, who is

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is seeking to again question an associate of Donald Trump who was seen on security camera footage moving boxes of classified records at the former president’s Florida estate. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The outsider brought in to reform the ailing federal Bureau of Prisons pledged Monday to hold accountable any employees who sexually assault inmates, reform archaic hiring practices and bring new transparency to an agency that has long been a haven of secrecy and

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has stepped up its push to catch up on digitization by telling a reluctant public they have to sign up for digital IDs or possibly lose access to their public health insurance. As the naming implies, the initiative is about assigning numbers to people, similar

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A passenger boat carrying 240 people has caught fire off southern Indonesia, killing 14. Rescue officials say the KM Express Cantika 77 was headed to Kalabahi from Kupang in East Nusa Tenggara province when it caught fire. They say it was carrying 230 passengers and 10 crew members. The cause of

By JAKE BLEIBERG and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Authorities say two Dallas hospital employees were fatally shot over the weekend by a 30-year-old man who opened fire after accusing his girlfriend who had just given birth of infidelity. Police say 45-year-old Jacqueline Pokuaa and 63-year-old Katie Flowers were killed in Saturday’s shooting

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government will propose an economic plan to steer the nation through rising inflation and interest rates while reigning in debt. Treasurer Jim Chalmers will deliver his center-left Labor Party’s first annual budget Tuesday for the fiscal year that began in July. It will be

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Two gunmen with the Barrio Azteca gang have been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a U.S. consulate worker, her husband and the husband of another consulate worker in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. In a statement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in El Paso, Texas, said the three were all found guilty

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The sheriff in metropolitan Phoenix says he’s stepped up security around ballot drop boxes after a series of incidents involving people keeping watch on the boxes and taking video of voters after they were apparently inspired by lies about the 2020 election. On Friday, deputies responded

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has begun installing shipping containers along another section of the U.S.-Mexico border to fill gaps that aren’t covered by a border wall. The move was announced by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday. He posted photos of containers being moved into place in southeastern Arizona’s Cochise County. The action came two

By ASHRAF KHALIL and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The trial of a far-right extremist group leader and four associates charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was delayed on Monday after the Oath Keepers leader tested positive for the coronavirus. Jurors were supposed to begin hearing the

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Delaware man who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with his Confederate flag-toting father has been sentenced to two years behind bars. Hunter Seefried, 24, was convicted alongside his father of felony and misdemeanor charges by U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden in June. Hunter and Kevin Seefried opted for

By STEVE PEOPLES and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Defiant as ever, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fiercely defended his response to the COVID-19 pandemic and his focus on divisive cultural issues in his first and only reelection debate Monday, as Democrat Charlie Crist accused his Republican rival of being distracted by his

SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. investigators say a mechanical issue may have caused the seaplane crash that killed 10 people off an island in Washington state last month. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the Sept. 4 crash off Whidbey Island. Officials said Monday that it appeared a critical part that moved the plane’s horizontal