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Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Teachers in three Massachusetts communities fighting for new contracts have pushed forward with their demands as parents brace for the possibility of more cancelled classes Tuesday. Teachers in Beverly and Gloucester voted Thursday to authorize a strike and schools were closed Friday as teachers in both districts hit the picket

NEW YORK (AP) — Lou Donaldson, a celebrated jazz saxophonist with a warm, fluid style who performed with everyone from Thelonius Monk to George Benson and was sampled by Nas, De La Soul and other hip-hop artists, has died. He was 98. Donaldson died Saturday, according to a statement on his website. Additional details were

Democrat Cleo Fields won election to a U.S. House seat representing Louisiana on Monday, flipping a Republican-held seat. Fields is a longtime state lawmaker who also served two terms in the U.S. House in the 1990s. The 6th District, which extends from Baton Rouge to Shreveport, was redrawn this year as a majority-Black district. It

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada residents returned to their homes after a wind-whipped wildfire spread quickly near a residential area south of Reno. The blaze Monday destroyed one home and damaged several other buildings. About 200 firefighters aided by light rain quelled flames near the main highway to Lake Tahoe. Roughly 3,000 people were told

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities are searching for a second day for a child reported missing off the Aegean Sea island of Samos after a small boat carrying migrants ran aground on a rocky shore. A coast guard statement says 46 migrants, including 21 children, made it safely to land and were located Sunday.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials laid out five easy steps for registering online as a candidate for one of nine spots on Mexico’s Supreme Court. There was even a short video Monday that made the process look so easy. If you’re a Mexican citizen, all you need is ID, a law degree, a grade point

Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan journalist who accused a prominent politician of fraud was sentenced prison for defamation on Monday in a case that has sparked international criticism from press freedom advocates. Hamid Mahdaoui will serve a 1.5 year sentence and be fined an equivalent of $150,000 after being found guilty for

Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Thousands of opposition demonstrators have rallied in Georgia’s capital in continuing protests against the ruling party’s declared victory in the Oct. 26 parliamentary election amid allegations that Russia helped rig the vote. The protesters, who waved Georgian and European Union flags, gathered outside the Georgian parliament on Monday. They

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Anti-government protesters in Serbia are demanding arrests and the resignations of top officials over the collapse of a railway station roof that killed 14 people in a northern city. The rally in Belgrade in Monday blamed the collapse on rampant corruption and sloppy renovation work on the building in Novi Sad.

Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg has attended a rally in Georgia to protest against Azernaijan hosting the annual United Nations climate talks. Thunberg and scores of other activists who rallied in Tbilisi, the capital of the South Caucasus nation, argued that Azerbaijan doesn’t deserve to host the climate talks because

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina have captured a Tennessee fugitive accused of killing a man and trying to pass off the body as someone else’s. The Columbia Police Department said on social media Sunday that Nicholas Wayne Hamlett was found at a South Carolina hospital. He’s awaiting extradition to Tennessee.