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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — At least two cars crashed during a funeral procession for a teen who died of a suspected drug overdose, killing a 12-year-old boy and critically injuring his 6-year-old brother, police in Ohio said. Two episodes of gunfire followed the crash, wounding at least one person. A marked police cruiser was leading

LAS VEGAS (AP) — An attacker who killed two people and wounded six others in stabbings along the Las Vegas Strip is expected in court. Yoni Barrios, 32, is scheduled to make an initial court appearance Friday afternoon. He was booked on two counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder late Thursday. Police

By AAMER MADHANI, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden’s warnings that the world is at risk of nuclear “Armageddon” were meant to convey that no one should underestimate the extraordinary danger if Russia deploys tactical nuclear weapons in its war against Ukraine. The president’s

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s five American Indian tribes want exclusive rights to host internet gambling and sports betting throughout the state utilizing servers located on their reservations. The tribes are turning to Republican Gov. Doug Burgum to approve the idea, under tribal-state agreements known as a compacts. The

By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Good news on the economy remains bad news for Wall Street, and stocks are falling sharply Friday on worries a still-strong U.S jobs market may actually make a recession more likely. The S&P 500 was 3.1% lower in afternoon trading after the

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has passed a resolution expressing solidarity with flood-battered Pakistan and calling on the international community to scale up aid. The measure that passed Friday also urges the world to keep up the political will to support the country’s recovery long-term, and it nudges the U.N. to step

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For most Americans, Friday’s September jobs report was welcome news: Businesses kept hiring at a brisk pace, unemployment fell back to a half-century low and average pay rose. Yet for the Federal Reserve, the jobs figures highlight how little progress they’re making in their fight against

NEW YORK (AP) — After almost a decade, the legal fight between pop singer Kesha and producer Dr. Luke is headed to trial in New York next summer. A Manhattan judge said Friday that jury selection could start in either late June or early July, asking the two sides to choose and let her know.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a video posted on social media, a man claiming to be a Mexican drug cartel leader says an attack that killed 20 people including a mayor was in fact aimed at him. Authorities in Mexico said Friday they are still investigating a video attributed to José Alfredo Hurtado, a leader

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is making a big bet to revive the West African nation’s economy and end its security woes with a record 20.5 trillion naira ($47.3 billion) proposed expenditure plan presented lawmakers in the capital city of Abuja on Friday. Buhari told lawmakers on

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Uvalde school district on Friday pulled its embattled campus police force off the job following a wave of new outrage over the hiring of a former Texas state trooper who was part of the hesitant law enforcement response during the May shooting at Robb

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Catalonia’s separatist movement has suffered its biggest rift since it became the leading political force in northeast Spain after the junior member of its ruling coalition abandoned the region’s government. The Together for Catalonia party announced Friday that it was leaving the government based in Barcelona.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The group photo of the Supreme Court’s nine members is a long-standing ritual. But it has never looked quite like the one taken on Friday. The new image includes Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black female justice, who joined the court in June. With her addition, the court marks a number

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The gruesome killing of a 25-year-old Palestinian man, whose decapitated torso was found in the West Bank city of Hebron, has shocked Palestinian society. But accounts that the victim was a gay man who had sought asylum in Israel has turned the tragedy into a socially and

By RAMI MUSA Associated Press BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — A spokesman for Libya’s Red Crescent says that at least 15 people are dead after an apparent fire onboard a migrant ship off of Libya’s western coast. In a video circulated online, the burnt hull of the boat is seen lodged on coastal rocks with bodies

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and HERBERT MOYO Associated Press MASERU, Lesotho (AP) — Vote counting has begun in southern Africa’s tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho following a day when thousands of citizens in urban and rural areas voted to elect the country’s 120 legislators. Soon after the polls closed, electoral officials were seen verifying voters’ rolls

CLEVELAND (AP) — An attorney who was arrested for throwing a water bottle at Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam at the end of a home game last month has been charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct by intoxication. Jeffrey Miller, 51, of Rocky River, is scheduled to appear in Cleveland Municipal Court on Oct. 20. A

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press New York City’s mayor has declared a state of emergency over the thousands of migrants being sent from southern border states. Mayor Eric Adams said Friday that the demand being put on the city to provide housing and other assistance is “not sustainable.” He says by the end of its

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Julia has formed in the Caribbean Sea, triggering hurricane watches and warnings for Nicaragua and Colombian islands. Julia had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kmh) on Friday and was moving west at 18 mph (30 kmh). The storm was about 505 miles (815 kilometers) east of Colombia’s

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The head of the Organization of American States is facing an internal investigation into allegations he carried on an intimate relationship with a staffer that may have violated the organization’s code of ethics, The Associated Press has learned. News of the probe into a