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HAMILTON, Miss. (AP) — Four people linked to viral video footage of Mississippi day care employees using a scary mask to frighten young children are facing charges of felony child abuse, and a fifth person faces two misdemeanor counts, authorities say. The daycare’s owner, Sheila Sanders, is not facing charges. She has said that at

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden says the “rest of the world is looking” to see who holds control of Congress after the upcoming midterm elections. He is warning that Republican victories would jeopardize the nation’s standing abroad as tries to deliver a boost to Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman’s campaign

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed an effort by six Republican-led states to block the Biden administration’s plan to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans. U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey in St. Louis wrote that because the six states — Nebraska, Missouri,

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An American woman who fled the U.K. claiming diplomatic immunity after she was involved in a fatal traffic accident has pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving. Anne Sacoolas was charged after an August 2019 accident in which 19-year-old Harry Dunn was killed when his motorcycle

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury of nine men and three women has been selected in the Los Angeles rape and sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein, and opening statements are set to start Monday. The jury was seated Thursday after a selection process involving a pool of 225

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham must testify before a special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia, a federal appeals court said Thursday. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of

HAMILTON, Miss. (AP) — Four people linked to viral video footage of workers using a scary mask to frighten young children at a Mississippi daycare are facing charges of felony child abuse, and a fifth person faces two misdemeanor counts, authorities say. The videos — one filmed in September and another this month — were

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola received a hero’s welcome Thursday when the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress gave the keynote address at the Alaska Federation of Natives conference in Anchorage. Those attending the largest annual gathering of Natives in Alaska showered her with standing

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a Princeton University student from Ohio who went missing near campus roughly a week ago has been found dead. Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri said 20-year-old Misrach Ewunetie was found by an employee at about 1 p.m. behind tennis courts on the campus facilities grounds. He said there were

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is shutting down a subsidiary that’s been selling fabrics for nearly 30 years. The closure of fabric.com is the online retailer’s latest cost-cutting move. Thursday is the last day customers can place an order on the site. It’s unclear how many employees will be

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, MATTHEW DALY and AARON MORRISON Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The federal government is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state’s majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its failing water system, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. The announcement came days after leaders of

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A school board member from a small city in Washington state has resigned after he and his stepson were charged in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Richard Slaughter, 40, of Orting, Washington, northwest of Mount Rainier, and his 20-year-old stepson, Caden Paul

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At 81, choreographer Twyla Tharp is still moving forward and has revived two classics for this week’s engagement at New York City Center. “In the Upper Room” and “Nine Sinatra Songs” will run through Oct. 23. AP critic Jocelyn Noveck writes in her review that

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia sheriff on trial for abusing the rights of jail detainees who were strapped into restraint chairs has denied wrongdoing. Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill took the witness stand to defend himself at his federal trial Thursday. Federal prosecutors say the metro Atlanta sheriff misused restraint chairs that are intended to

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Roslyn has formed off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast and forecasters expect it will strengthen to a hurricane before hitting land somewhere between the resorts of Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan over the weekend. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says that Roslyn had winds of about 45 mph Thursday and was

By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Thursday that Iranian troops are “directly engaged on the ground” in Crimea supporting Russian drone attacks on Ukraine’s power stations and other key infrastructure, claiming it has troubling evidence of Tehran’s deepening role assisting Russia as it exacts suffering on

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities in New York have charged seven people with harassing a Chinese national living in the U.S. to try him to reutrn to China. Five people in the People’s Republic of China and two in New York face charges including acting as agents of a foreign government and conspiracy. The