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By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Paige Cole is one of the “Anons.” The mother of three from Eastpointe, Michigan, says Joe Biden is a sham president and believes Donald Trump will soon be reinstated to the White House to finish the remainder of Biden’s term. “His whole inauguration was fake. He

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday set Oct. 25 as the date for American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. Griner, an eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted Aug. 4 after

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After holding it in limbo following Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards in March, Apple will release the actor’s next big project, “Emancipation,” in December. The fate of “Emancipation” — a $120 million runaway slave thriller directed by Antoine Fuqua —

By GRETCHEN EHLKE Associated Press Kevin Locke, an acclaimed Native American flute player, hoop dancer, recording artist, cultural ambassador and educator, has died in South Dakota at age 68. A member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Locke died Friday night after returning to his hotel room in Hill City, his son Ohiyesá Locke said

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces scored more gains in their counteroffensive across a broad front Monday, advancing in the very areas Russia is trying to annex and challenging its effort to engage fresh troops and its threats to defend incorporated areas by all means, including with nuclear weapons. In

LONDON (AP) — Ringo Starr has cancelled shows in North America after the former Beatles drummer tested positive for COVID-19. The 82-year-old cancelled performances Sunday at the Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo, Michigan, and Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake, Minnesota, citing illness. On Monday a spokesperson confirmed that Starr and his All-Starr band

MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) — UnitedHealth Group says it has completed its acquisition of Change Healthcare, closing the roughly $8 billion deal a couple weeks after a judge rejected a challenge from regulators. UnitedHealth is merging the technology company with its Optum segment. The health care giant said the combination will simplify clinical, administrative and payment

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Doc Rivers is at ease using his platform as an NBA coach to fight bigotry and racial injustice, campaign for politicians he believes in and advocate for social change on themes ranging from poverty to police brutality. Sometimes, his speeches sound like they were delivered

By FAZEL RAHMAN FAIZI Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A tally compiled by The Associated Press shows that last week’s suicide bombing at a Kabul education center killed as many as 52 people, more than double the death toll acknowledged by Taliban officials. The AP tally is based on information shared Monday by families of

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has imposed sanctions on the head of Bosnia’s autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation and others. The action comes after a state prosecutor accused of being complicit in corruption and undermining democratic processes in the Western Balkans was sanctioned by the Treasury Department last week. Treasury’s Office

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and Israel have held high-level talks for the first time in a decade. The Europeans were keen to press Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on how to help bring about a two-state solution to Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians. EU foreign policy chief Josep

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Police in Greece say a 41-year-old Tunisian man has been arrested for alleged disorderly behavior on a commercial flight that prompted the pilot to make an unscheduled landing in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. The suspect had been traveling on a Tunisair flight from Istanbul to Tunis. He was detained

By AGOES BASOEKI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press MALANG, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian police chief and nine elite officers were removed from their posts Monday and 18 others were being investigated for responsibility in the firing of tear gas inside a soccer stadium that set off a stampede, killing at least 125 people, officials

By SAM MEDNICK and ARSENE KABORE Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s new junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore says the military still hopes to hold new elections by 2024. That date had been agreed to by the man he ousted from power on Friday. Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba agreed to

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers took his players to Charleston, South Carolina, as a team bonding experience. He also wanted to use it as an educational tool. Rivers and the Sixers organized field trips to the Old Slave Mart Museum, often staffed by individuals who

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Incidents of fraud and scams are occurring more often on the popular peer-to-peer payment service Zelle. That’s according to a report issued Monday by the office of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, giving the public its first glimpse into the growing problems at Zelle. The report also

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A spokesman for Poland’s communist-era government in the 1980s who masterminded state propaganda and censorship for a regime in the final years before its collapse has died. Jerzy Urban’s death at age 89 was announced on Monday by a satirical weekly magazine which he founded and

By DIANE JEANTET and CARLA BRIDI Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Jair Bolsonaro considerably outperformed expectations in Brazil’s presidential election, proving that the far-right wave he rode to the presidency remains a force. Most polls had indicated leftist former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had a significant lead, with some suggesting he

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Sacheen Littlefeather, the actor and activist who declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Academy Award for “The Godfather” on his behalf in an indelible protest of Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans, has died. She was 75. Littlefeather’s niece, Calina Lawrence, confirmed that she died peacefully Sunday, surrounded by loved ones at

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as Treasury yields ease off their multiyear highs. The S&P 500 rose 0.9% in early Monday trading. The British pound strengthened and borrowing costs for the U.K. government fell after the new, embattled government of Prime Minister Liz Truss abandoned plans to cut income