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Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Local authorities of the northern Brazil state of Para say at least 11 people died after a passenger boat sank near the city of Belém. Nine of the victims were women. The Para state government says in a statement that 63 people have been rescued from the water after

By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A key decision over whether Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social will merge with a cash-rich company and get $1.3 billion to take on Twitter has been put off for another month. Potential partner, Digital World Acquisition Corp., postponed on Thursday a shareholder vote to

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Democrat vying to oust Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is facing calls from within her own party to fold her campaign, following the publication of additional leaked audio in which she appears to make disparaging remarks about her constituents. The calls for state

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles has been preparing for the crown his entire life. Now, at age 73, that moment has finally arrived. Charles, the oldest person to ever assume the British throne, became King Charles III on Thursday following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. No date

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina senators rejected a ban on almost all abortions Thursday in a special session called in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade after five Republicans, including all the chamber’s women, refused to support it. The 30 Republicans in the

LONDON (AP) — Several sporting events in Britain have been called off as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96. Organizers of the BMW PGA Championship golf event reacted to the announcement of the queen’s death by immediately suspending play with many players still out on

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — People with disabilities in Portland, Oregon, have sued the city, saying they can’t navigate its sidewalks because of sprawling homeless encampments. The class action lawsuit filed this week in a federal court in Oregon accuses the city of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.

SEATTLE (AP) — A body recovered near the site of a floatplane crash in the waters of Washington state’s Puget Sound has been identified as 29-year-old Gabby Hanna. The Seattle Times reports the Island County Coroner’s Office confirmed Thursday that the recovered body was Hanna and that her family was notified on Wednesday. Hanna was

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Kay is dumping heavy rains on a sparsely populated area of Mexico’s Pacific coast and is expected to weaken further as it curls out to sea, possibly bringing rain to southernmost California by the weekend. The eye of Kay came ashore as a hurricane near Mexico’s Bahia Asuncion in

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina senators have rejected a ban on almost all abortions in a special session. Republicans had a majority of votes to pass the ban, but Republican Sen. Tom Davis threatened to filibuster and proponents of the ban were two votes short of the means of

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s navy chief says the Chinese navy’s “unusual behavior” in shadowing Australian warships in the South China Sea has not deterred operations in the contested waters. Vice Admiral Mark Hammond said the “odd” Chinese tactics have not escalated in recent years, which left him “reasonably comfortable”

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — An ex-business manager for R. Kelly and his co-defendant at Kelly’s ongoing federal trial in Chicago has expressed doubts on the witness stand about Kelly’s insistence in the 2000s that he never sexually abused minors. Derrell McDavid’s testimony Thursday came a day after he told

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons it needs to counter the United States, which he accused of pushing to weaken the North’s defenses and eventually collapse his government, state media said Friday. Kim made the comments

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — On her 21st birthday in 1947, Princess Elizabeth went on the radio and made a promise to Britain and its Commonwealth nations: She pledged that “my whole life, whether it be short or long, will be devoted to your service.” Over her very long life, Queen Elizabeth

NEW YORK (AP) — In a new book, the man who was U.S. attorney in Manhattan during over half of Donald Trump’s presidency says he was repeatedly pressured by Justice Department officials to use his office to aid them politically. The assertion was described by The New York Times in an article published Thursday based

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — One year after saying virtual life sentences are unconstitutional for teenage killers, the Washington Supreme Court changed course Thursday in a split ruling that drew irate dissents from four justices. Last year, the court struck down a 46-year sentence for a man who was 17 when he

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — A judge in Argentina has indicted 19 people for their alleged involvement in a yoga school in Buenos Aires that operated like a sect and coerced female members to have sex with rich and powerful men in order to obtain money and other benefits. Judge Ariel

By AMY TAXIN and DON THOMPSON Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — An oil company has pleaded guilty in federal court to negligently discharging crude off the Southern California coast when its underwater pipeline ruptured last year. Houston-based Amplify Energy and two of its subsidiaries each pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor charge in

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The leader of Republicans in the South Carolina Senate concedes a bill to ban almost all abortions in his state may not pass despite significant support from his party. The roadblock to enacting the South Carolina measure, which would have included exceptions for pregnancies caused by

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The DNA of a jailed elected official who was angered by past and upcoming newspaper stories was found on the hands of a Las Vegas investigative reporter who fought for his life while being stabbed to death outside his home, authorities said Thursday. County Public Administrator