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BERLIN (AP) — Nine nations bordering the North Sea announced plans Monday to massively increase offshore wind power in the coming decades as part of an effort to combat climate change and become independent of fossil fuel imports. German officials said members of the North Seas Energy Cooperation aim to expand wind power generation in

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian police have arrested a man after one person was shot dead and two others were injured. Police earlier issued an emergency alert to phones saying they were investigating an active shooter in and around Toronto. Police issued the alert after two shootings in Mississauga, Ontario, and

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz began building their argument Monday that his birth mother’s alcohol abuse left him with severe behavioral problems that eventually led to his 2018 murder of 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Paul Connor, a Seattle-area

NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection has begun in the fraud trial of Trevor Milton. The founder and former executive chairman of Nikola Corp is accused of lying about the electric truck startup’s vehicles. Milton was indicted last year on charges of securities fraud and wire fraud. He has pleaded not guilty, and was freed

By The Associated Press As Russian troops were retreating in northeastern Ukraine amid a fierce counteroffensive by Kyiv, Muscovites were celebrating the 875th anniversary of the city’s founding. Fireworks boomed and President Vladimir Putin inaugurated a huge Ferris wheel, a new transportation link and sports arena. The Russian capital’s festive holiday weekend stood in stark

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Freight railroads and their unions are facing increasing pressure from business groups and the White House to settle their contract dispute. They face a looming strike deadline on Friday and business groups say a stoppage halting deliveries of raw materials and finished products that so

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Democrats who run state government are celebrating because tax rebates totaling more than $1.2 billion are heading to 6 million taxpayers. Rebates on income and property taxes are part of a $1.83 billion inflation-relief package built into this year’s budget. Payments started going out Monday. With

By JIM SALTER Associated Press A judge has ruled that a Christian boarding school in southwestern Missouri can remain open despite the state attorney general alleging a “dark pattern of behavior.” Judge David Munton’s ruling allows continued round-the-clock monitoring of Agape Boarding School in Stockton by Missouri child welfare workers. The school serves about 60

PARIS (AP) — William Klein, an American photographer whose innovative portraiture style strongly influenced fashion and street photography in the 20th century, has died in Paris. His son said Klein died Saturday at 96. A New York City native, Klein served in Europe with the U.S. Army during World War II. He moved to Paris

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, the Twitter whistleblower who is warning of security flaws, privacy threats and lax controls at the social platform, will take his case to Congress on Tuesday. Senators who will hear Zatko’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee are alarmed by his Twitter allegations

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker that ran aground more than three decades ago in Alaska, causing one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, has died, the New York Times reported. He was 75. He died in July after struggling with COVID-19 and cancer, his

MILAN (AP) — Migrants picked up at sea by a mercantile ship and brought to Italy by the coast guard have reported to the UN refugee agency that six people died of thirst during the voyage.  The Italian Coast Guard transported 26 migrants to the Sicilian port of Pozzallo who were among 28 people, mostly

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A rocket crashed back to Earth shortly after liftoff Monday in the first launch accident for Jeff Bezos’ space travel company, but the capsule carrying experiments managed to parachute to safety. No one was aboard the Blue Origin flight, which used the same kind

By DAVID KEYTON, JILL LAWLESS and MIKE CORDER Associated Press EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — As Queen Elizabeth II’s four children walked silently behind, a hearse carried her flag-draped coffin Monday along a crowd-lined street in the Scottish capital to a cathedral, where a service of thanksgiving hailed the late monarch as a “constant in all

By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana judge won’t hear arguments until next week on a lawsuit seeking to block the state’s abortion ban, leaving that new law set to take effect on Thursday. The special judge overseeing the case issued an order Monday setting a court hearing for Sept. 19, which

ARVADA, Colo. (AP) — A Denver suburb is mourning the death of a second police officer in as many years. Arvada Officer Dillin Vakoff died at a hospital on Sunday after he was shot while trying to break up a large family disturbance over the weekend. A suspect opened fire, wounding a woman, at which

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Three English Premier League games scheduled for this weekend were called off on Monday on safety grounds while authorities make preparations for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Manchester United’s home game against Leeds and Liverpool’s match at Chelsea, both set to take place on Sunday, were postponed. Brighton’s

By ELENA BECATOROS and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops expanded their territorial gains Monday, pushing all the way to the country’s northeastern border in places, and claimed to have captured a record number of Russian soldiers as part of the lightning advance that forced Moscow to make a hasty retreat.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma County inmate found dead in his cell over the weekend was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the county alleging that in 2019, jail workers tortured him and other inmates by handcuffing them to a wall and forcing them to listen to the children’s song “Baby Shark” on repeat

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly is a sexual predator who parlayed his fame to abuse minors, a prosecutor said Monday during closing arguments at the R&B star’s child pornography and trial-fixing trial. Addressing jurors in a courtroom in Chicago, Kelly’s hometown, Elizabeth Pozolo cited one of Kelly’s accusers