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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Red-shirted teachers and staff in Seattle Public Schools took to the picket lines instead of the classroom on what was supposed to be the first day of school Wednesday. They’re on strike for the first time since 2015, over issues that include pay and educational support for

By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) — The crowd swayed on its feet, arms pumping, the beat of Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It” thumping in their chests. The people under the revival tent hooted as Michael Flynn strode across the stage, bopping and laughing, singing the refrain into his microphone

By EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog says it believes that Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium that is highly enriched to one short, technical step from weapons-grade levels. The International Atomic Energy Agency also voiced increasing concerns on Wednesday over Tehran’s lack of engagement with a probe

HONG KONG (AP) — The chairman of Hong Kong’s largest journalists’ association has been arrested for allegedly obstructing police and public disorder while reporting, the latest case sparking concerns of declining media freedom in the city. Local news outlet Channel C reported that Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association and its employee,

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press One of Netflix’s most popular children’s series, “CoComelon,” a giggly, musical series with repetitive lyrics, dropped a new special on Monday., providing many parents, like Arinze Odira, of Windsor, Ontario, a reprieve. “I had a lot of stuff I wanted to do and my my wife was sleeping,” explained Odira,

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An early morning power outage Wednesday at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport caused flight delays that continued even after electricity was restored. The airport reported it lost power shortly before 5 a.m., and soon after said flights had been stopped. The lights were back on by 8 a.m., but airport officials told passengers

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed hope a recent agreement settling a travel document dispute between Serbia and Kosovo can help further stabilize the troubled Balkans. Speaking in the Serbian capital Belgrade, Erdogan said Turkey stands ready to help rival nations in the Balkans resolve

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s prime minister says the government has cut diplomatic ties with Iran and expelled the country’s embassy staff. Albania and the U.S. have blamed Tehran for a major cyberattack nearly two months ago that was allegedly carried out by Tehran on Albanian government websites. The White

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s media regulator has demanded that Netflix and other steaming services adhere to this majority Muslim county’s “societal values” — a veiled reference to programs featuring members of the LGBTQ community. The Supreme Council for Media Regulation said on Wednesday that livestreaming services should comply with “societal principles and values of the

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are pushing higher on Wall Street in early trading but remain mostly in the red for the week as traders try to gauge whether the Federal Reserve will succeed in its mission to get inflation under control. The central bank’s policymakers meet again in two weeks, and markets expect them

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Navy’s workhorse destroyer went into production more than 30 years ago, when Tom Stevens was a young welder. Now, the Navy is getting ready to turn the page as it looks to a future ship brimming with lasers that can shoot down missiles and

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Louisiana-native Lainey Wilson is having a breakout year as she tops the Country Music Association Awards nominations in her first year as a nominee, earning nods in six categories including album of the year, female vocalist of the year and song of the year.

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Shelling resumed near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, with the warring sides trading blame again on Wednesday, a day after the U.N. atomic watchdog agency pressed for a safe zone there to prevent a catastrophe. Russian forces fired rockets and heavy artillery on the city of

U.S. futures fluctuated ahead of public comments from Federal Reserve officials who have all but assured they will crank up interest rates again in their months-long effort to tame inflation. Futures for the Dow and the S&P 500 fell 0.1%. Major U.S. benchmarks may be headed for a fourth week of losses with anxiety over

BERLIN (AP) — The Austrian government has presented plans for a power price cap to curb the rise in energy costs. Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Wednesday that the cap should ease costs for an average household of three by about 500 euros per year. The government will provide around 3 billion to 4 billion euros

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss’s new Cabinet is Britain’s most diverse ever with women serving as prime minister and deputy prime minister and Black and South Asian politicians filling many of the top jobs. The government’s diversity reflects years of work by the right-of-center Conservative Party to shake its “pale,

By KARMEN LI and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Five Hong Kong speech therapists have been convicted of sedition law after they printed a series of children’s books about sheep and wolves that a court said was aimed at inciting hatred against authorities. The five could face up to two years imprisonment.

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Chelsea’s new American owners are proving to be just as ruthless as the man they replaced. Thomas Tuchel was fired by the Premier League club on Wednesday, only one month into the season and just days after Chelsea’s recently installed ownership — fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft launched her long-anticipated campaign for Kentucky governor on Wednesday, saying the state’s “best days are ahead of us” as she joined a crowded lineup of Republicans competing to challenge Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear next year. Craft has spent years cultivating

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Dozens of relatives of the victims of Beirut’s 2020 massive port blast have protested plans by the judiciary to name a second investigative judge, calling the move an attempt by the country’s political class to prevent justice. The investigation into the blast that killed 218 people and