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By The Associated Press The owner of a sports memorabilia auction house says he has offered $2 million to the fan who caught Aaron Judge’s American League-record 62nd home run. JP Cohen, president of Memory Lane Inc. in Tustin, California, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he has texted and emailed Cory Youmans, who

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — After an acrimonious divorce and years of bickering, Britain’s government looks like it wants to make up with the European Union. The tax-cutting economic plans of the country’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, has her feuding at home with financial markets, the opposition and chunks of her

By THANASSIS STAVRAKIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — At least 15 people have died after two boats carrying migrants sank in Greek waters, and rescuers were looking for dozens still missing, authorities said early Thursday. The coast guard said 15 bodies had been recovered near the eastern island of Lesbos after a dinghy carrying

JERUSALEM (AP) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been released from a Jerusalem hospital, his party said, a day after he was admitted complaining of chest pains. The country’s opposition leader, 72, was taken to the city’s Shaarei Tzedek hospital Wednesday after feeling unwell at synagogue services for the Jewish fasting day of

By The Associated Press Even as the Kremlin moved to absorb parts of Ukraine in a sharp escalation of the conflict, the Russian military suffered new defeats that highlighted its deep problems on the battlefield and opened rifts at the top of the Russian government. The setbacks have badly dented the image of a powerful

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s largest city, Sydney, has been soaked by its wettest year on record with almost three months of expected above-average rain to spare. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology says Sydney beat its 1950 record of 2,194 millimeters (86.4 inches) around midday on Thursday. Heavy rain is forecast to continue across Sydney and other

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A baby girl, her parents and uncle were found dead in a central California orchard two days after they were kidnapped at gunpoint from their business, police said. “Our worst fears have been confirmed,” Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke said at a

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Spacey has arrived at a courthouse in New York City to defend himself in a lawsuit filed by Anthony Rapp, the actor who was the first in a string of people to publicly accuse the “House of Cards” star of sexual misconduct. Jury selection began

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese journalist to serve seven years prison after he filmed an anti-government protest. A Japanese diplomat said Toru Kubota was sentenced Wednesday to seven years for violating the electronic transactions law and three years for incitement. The sentences are

BEIJING (AP) — Sprawling Xinjiang is the latest Chinese region to be hit with sweeping COVID-19 travel restrictions, as China further ratchets up control measures ahead of a key Communist Party congress later this month. Reports Thursday said trains and buses in and out of the region of 22 million people have been suspended, and

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona voters this November will decide whether to allow students regardless of their immigration status to obtain financial aid and cheaper in-state tuition at state universities and community colleges. At least 18 states and the District of Columbia already offer in-state tuition to qualifying students regardless of

By DAVE COLLINS and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut jury is expected to hear closing arguments Thursday in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ defamation trial over his calling the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School a hoax. The three men and three women on the jury will then receive instructions

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A baby girl, her parents and uncle who were kidnapped at gunpoint from their central California business two days ago were found dead Wednesday, the sheriff of Merced County said. “Our worst fears have been confirmed,” Sheriff Vern Warnke told reporters Wednesday

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government has announced changes to its telecommunications law to protect vulnerable customers after personal details were stolen in a major cyberattack on the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier. The government said in a statement Thursday that changes to regulations helps providers like Optus coordinate with

BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar has handed a 10-year prison sentence to a Japanese journalist who was arrested after filming an anti-government protest in July, a Japanese diplomat said Thursday. Tetsuo Kitada, deputy chief of mission of the Japanese Embassy, said Toru Kubota was sentenced Wednesday to seven years for violating the

By The Associated Press At least 66 clinics in 15 states have stopped providing abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to an analysis released Thursday. The number of clinics providing abortions in the 15 states dropped from 79 before the June 24 decision to 13 as of Oct. 2, according

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say attackers have gunned down a mayor, his father and 16 others in the southern state of Guerrero. Later Wednesday, in the neighboring state of Morelos, a state lawmaker was shot to death in the city of Cuernavaca south of Mexico City. While attacks on public officials are not

By DITA ALANGKARA and VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press MONDOLIKO, Indonesia (AP) — All the crops had died and the farmed fish had escaped their ponds. The only road to the village was flooded and the water just kept getting higher, says Asiyah, 38, who like many Indonesians uses only one name. She knew that she

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Thursday after strong U.S. hiring dampened hopes the Federal Reserve might ease off plans for interest rate hikes and the OPEC group of oil exporters agreed to output cuts to shore up prices. Tokyo and Seoul advanced while Hong Kong and Sydney

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The former chief security officer for Uber has been convicted of trying to cover up a 2016 data breach in which hackers accessed millions of customer records from the ride-hailing service. Authorities say Joseph Sullivan was convicted Wednesday in San Francisco of federal charges for concealing the breach, in which hackers