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By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Hundreds of Ugandans have attended a memorial service in honor of Queen Elizabeth II, a somber ceremony that underscored affection for the departed British monarch in this East African country. Speakers in the Anglican cathedral in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, included Foreign Affairs Minister Jeje Odongo,

LONDON (AP) — Microsoft’s $69 billion deal to buy video game company Activision Blizzard faces an in-depth antitrust investigation in Britain after the tech company refused to offer proposals to ease competition concerns. The U.K. competition watchdog said Thursday that it was referring the deal for more scrutiny. It said the deal “may be expected

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Swiss police are investigating a fake advertising campaign that appeared on social media and shows a poster urging people to snitch on their neighbors if they heat their homes too much this winter — when an energy crunch is expected to hit Western Europe. The bogus ad,

By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to dismantle a 1-mile-long depressed freeway that was built in Detroit by demolishing Black neighborhoods 60 years ago is a big winner of federal money. The $104.6 million for the Interstate 375 project is the first Biden administration grant being awarded to tear down a

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Here’s what’s in the tentative agreement that railroad unions secured to prevent a potential freight railroad strike. The final deal was negotiated by the unions that represent engineers and conductors, but all 12 of the rail unions will likely benefit from the concessions railroads made

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Diplomats say European Union member states — except Hungary — are moving forward at the U.N.’s main human rights body to hold Russia’s government to account for a crackdown on media, arbitrary arrests, restrictions on free speech and other rights concerns in the country. EU concerns about

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West says he’s breaking up with the Gap. An attorney for Kanye West, who goes by Ye, told The Associated Press that a letter has been sent to the clothing chain Thursday seeking to terminate the contract between Gap and West’s company, Yeezy. The

By The Associated Press The founder of outdoor gear company Patagonia, long known for environmental activism, says the company is transferring all of its voting shares into a trust “dedicated to fighting the environmental crisis and defending nature.” In a letter posted on the privately-held company’s website on Wednesday night, founder Yvon Chouinard said the

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — At least nine people died and some 20 were injured in a stampede in Guatemala early Thursday as the country celebrated its independence, according to firefighters. The victims apparently died in a crush of people who were trying to enter an outdoor music concert. Amilcar Rivas, Quetzaltenango city manager, said that

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks teetered between small gains and losses in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday, which left major indexes well in the red for the week. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% as of 10:17 a.m. Eastern. The benchmark index is down 3.1% for the week

By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to dismantle a 1-mile-long depressed freeway that was built in Detroit by demolishing Black neighborhoods 60 years ago is a big winner of federal money. The $104.6 million for the Interstate 375 project is the first Biden administration grant being awarded to tear down a

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In a memoir Anne Heche worked on last year, the actor shared candid thoughts on her 3-year relationship with Ellen DeGeneres in the late 1990s, when they were among Hollywood’s first openly gay couples. “I was labeled ‘outrageous’ because I fell in love with a

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West says he’s breaking up with the Gap. An attorney for Kanye West, who goes by Ye, told The Associated Press that a letter has been sent to the clothing chain Thursday seeking to terminate the contract between Gap and West’s company, Yeezy. The

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two buses of migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border have been dropped off near Vice President Kamala Harris’ home in residential Washington. It was part of a bitter political battle over the Biden administration’s immigration policies. The men and women stood outside the U.S. Naval Observatory on Thursday morning, clutching clear plastic bags

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday. Aides say that the South African leader will stress the importance of holding talks between Russia and Ukraine. Ramaphosa is among the African leaders who have maintained a neutral stance on

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN says it is scrapping its “New Day” morning show for a revamped program that will be hosted by Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, set to debut later this year. It will have a new name, set and format, but few of those

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans picked up their spending a bit in August from July even as surging inflation on household necessities like rent and food took a toll on family budgets. U.S. retail sales rose an unexpected 0.3% last month after falling 0.4% in July, the Commerce Department

CAIRO (AP) — Flash flooding across Sudan has killed at least 20 people over the past week, raising the official death toll since the rainy season began in May to 134. The country’s National Council for Civil Defense said an additional 120 people had been injured in the flooding in the past week. Torrential downpours

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to sharpen the national security considerations taken in the federal government’s review process for foreign investment in the United States. Biden administration officials say the order signed Thursday will bolster oversight by the Committee on Foreign Investment

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say Pakistani engineers backed by soldiers have reopened a key highway linking southwestern Baluchistan province to flood-devastated areas in the south. Clearing the highway on Thursday will give aid workers a new route to speed badly needed supplies to Pakistan’s homeless and others after this summer’s