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HELSINKI (AP) — Swedish and German media reports say four passengers aboard a private jet traveling from Spain to Germany are feared dead after the plane crashed into the Baltic Sea off Latvia’s coast. Swedish news agency TT said the Cessna Citation 551 jet had taken off from the Spanish city of Jerez on Sunday

VIENNA (AP) — German police say a man has killed a woman with an ax in Berlin. Police were called to an apartment Sunday morning in Berlin’s Lichtenberg neighborhood. Police saw a man striking a woman with an ax as officers arrived. Berlin police said officers shot and killed the suspect. The victim died on

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher for Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” and over the following decades arranged deals for everyone from true crime writer Joe McGinniss to the creators of the Berenstain Bears, has died.

KARL RITTER KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Energy problems plagued Ukraine and Europe as much of the Russian-occupied region that’s home to a largely crippled nuclear power plant was reported temporarily in blackout Sunday. Only one of six reactors at the Zaporizhzhia facility was connected to the electricity grid, and Russia’s main pipeline carrying natural gas

VIENNA (AP) — German police say a man has killed a woman with an ax in Berlin. Police were called to an apartment Sunday morning in Berlin’s Lichtenberg neighborhood. Police saw a man striking a woman with an ax as officers arrived. Berlin police said officers shot and killed the suspect. The victim died on

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Police say two people were killed and five others were injured in a shooting in Norfolk, Virginia. Police said Sunday they responded around midnight to a report of gunfire after a fight broke out at at a party. When they arrived, they found four women and three men with gunshot wounds.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police say a man has been charged with kidnapping in the disappearance of a Tennessee woman who was out jogging last week when she was accosted and forced into an SUV. While Eliza Fletcher has not been found, Memphis police said in an arrest affidavit they have evidence that leads them

By ADAM BEAM and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press WEED, Calif. (AP) — About 1,000 people in the rural Northern California community of Weed were still being kept from their homes Sunday as firefighters worked to contain a blaze that had sparked out of control at the start of the holiday weekend. Power outages, smoky skies

PALATKA, Fla. (AP) — Officials say two people were fatally shot and several others injured in a confrontation among a group at a supper club in northeast Florida. Palatka Fire Rescue said on Twitter that there was a large response to the shooting reported Saturday night at Vick’s Supper Club. Four people were shot and

Mississippi’s capital has taken a step closer toward restoring water service. Jackson officials announced Sunday that water pressure has been restored to most of the city’s customers. “All of Jackson should now have pressure and most are now experiencing normal pressure,” the city said in a news release. While gains were made at the O.B.

By The Associated Press UNION, N.J. (AP) — The chief financial officer of retail chain Bed Bath & Beyond has died. The company confirmed Sunday that Gustavo Arnal died Friday. Arnal joined the company in May 2020 after previous stints at Avon, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Procter & Gamble. According to the New York City

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates says that a glider has crashed near a skydiving company in Dubai and that its South African pilot was killed. The crash on Sunday comes just days after a similar incident. The country’s state run-WAM news agency did not specify the cause of the “amateur

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, ended his tenure as America’s top diplomat in Moscow on Sunday after nearly three years, spanning the Trump and Biden administrations, and will retire from a lengthy career in government service. His departure comes in the midst of an

SUMMERVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Thunderstorms and heavy rain pounded parts of northwest Georgia on Sunday, sparking flash flooding and dangerously high waters in some areas. The National Weather Service said rainfall at a rate of one inch per hour was causing creeks, streams, roadways and urban areas to experience flooding. Up to 10 inches of

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Weeknd suddenly ended his sold-out concert in Southern California after losing his voice during a mid-song performance. The four-time Grammy winner was performing his third song “Can’t Feel My Face” before he abruptly stopped his show Saturday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. He then walked off stage, eventually returned

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, ended his tenure as America’s top diplomat in Moscow on Sunday after nearly three years, spanning the Trump and Biden administrations, and will retire from a lengthy career in government service, the embassy announced. His departure comes as Russia’s war with Ukraine is in its

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say a Las Vegas investigative reporter has been stabbed to death outside his home and police are searching for a suspect. The Las Vegas Review-Journal says officers found journalist Jeff German dead with stab wounds around 10:30 a.m. Saturday after authorities received a 911 call. Authorities say it appears the

By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani engineers cut into an embankment for one of the country’s largest lakes on Sunday to release rising waters in the hopes of saving a nearby city and town from flooding as officials predicted more monsoon rain was on the way for the country’s already devastated south.

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese protesters have sailed down the country’s coast in dozens of fishing boats and yachts toward Israel, days before a U.S. envoy is expected in Beirut to continue mediating in a maritime border dispute between the two countries. Sunday’s flotilla carried Lebanese flags and banners with slogans