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By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard ship on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across a guided missile cruiser from China, officials said Monday. But it turned out the cruiser wasn’t alone as it sailed about 86 miles (138 kilometers) north of Alaska’s Kiska Island, on Sept.

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A larger panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has again blocked California’s first-in-the-nation ban on for-profit private prisons and immigration detention facilities. The panel ruled Monday that it is trumped by the federal government. The 2019 state law would have phased out privately

By GENE JOHNSON The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A former Nigerian government official has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing more than $500,000 in pandemic relief benefits in the United States. Abidemi Rufai was wearing a $10,000 watch and $35,000 gold chain when he was arrested at a New York City

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. The galactic slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 7 million miles (11.3 million kilometers) away, with the spacecraft named Dart plowing

FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Police in Southern California say a woman was shot to death in a domestic violence incident, and the suspect is on the run with his 15-year-old daughter. Officers responded around 7:30 a.m. Monday to reports of shots fired at a home in Fontana. The woman was pronounced dead at a hospital.

By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — Andrew Dominik’s long-delayed, NC-17 rated epic about Norma Jean Baker, or Marilyn Monroe, is finally here. “Blonde,” which will be available on Netflix on Wednesday, looks at

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A former Alaska attorney general has pleaded not guilty to charges he sexually abused a minor three decades ago when he was the alleged victim’s high school coach. Fifty-eight-year-old Clyde “Ed” Sniffen entered his plea Monday through his attorney. The allegations date back to when Sniffen

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — When an Arizona judge ruled last week that prosecutors can resume enforcing a near-total ban on abortion that dates to the Civil War, it fell to the staff at Camelback Family Planning to break the news to the women scheduled for appointments in

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank have voted to fire its president, Mauricio Claver-Carone. An ethics investigation found he had a relationship with a subordinate. The governors had until Tuesday to vote on whether to sack Claver-Carone, but enough ballots had been cast by Monday to remove

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Four people have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors for their roles in absentee ballot fraud in rural North Carolina during the 2016 and 2018 elections. These convictions Monday stemmed from an investigation that in part resulted in a do-over congressional election. The defendants were associated with

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republicans have attacked Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, after a judge took the rare public step of disputing the administration’s claim that the judge prevented it from cutting off payments to Feeding Our Future. The nonprofit is the target of a $250 million federal fraud

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will have to keep boosting its benchmark interest rate to a point that raises unemployment and gets inflation down from unusually high levels. That’s according to two central bank officials in separate remarks Monday. The comments from both officials added to an ongoing

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Biden administration has expanded and extended temporary legal status for several thousand people from Myanmar living in the U.S. until May 2024. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Monday that people of Myanmar “are continuing to suffer a complex and deteriorating humanitarian crisis

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Congressional Budget Office estimates that President Joe Biden’s plan for student debt cancellation will cost about $400 billion over the next 30 years. The estimate was issued Monday in response to a request from Republican lawmakers who oppose Biden’s plan because of its cost. They cited the estimates

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police say a 39-year-old supporter of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been stabbed to death in a bar amid rising concern about political violence in a tense presidential campaign. The newspaper O Povo reported that witnesses told police a man entered a

By CRISTIANA MESQUITA Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuban voters have approved a sweeping “family law” code that will allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as redefining rights for children and grandparents. Official news media say the measure passed by 66.9% to 33.1% in an unusual national referendum. The reforms met unusually

By COREY WILLIAMS and DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A man climbed five stories of a fire escape to infiltrate a Chicago police facility Monday while officers were undergoing a SWAT training exercise and grabbed at least two guns before he was shot and wounded by police, the chief said. Police Superintendent David

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers The Dow Jones Industrial Average became the last of the major U.S. stock indexes to fall into what’s known as a bear market Monday as the market deepened its slump amid growing fears of a global recession. The blue chip index fell 1.1%, while the

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Monday granted citizenship to former American intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who fled prosecution after he revealed highly classified U.S. surveillance programs to capture communications and data from around the world. A decree signed Monday by Russian President Vladimir Putin listed Snowden as one of 75 foreign citizens listed as being

By ADAM SCHRECK and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A young man shot a Russian military officer at close range at an enlistment office Monday, an unusually bold attack reflecting resistance to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to mobilize hundreds of thousands of more men to wage war on Ukraine. The shooting