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By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press Scientists and students embarking on a census of Georgia lake sturgeon have found three females with mature eggs — an indication that the prehistoric fish may be reproducing in Georgia for the first time in a half-century. Polluted water and markets for caviar and fish meat had wiped the species

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president said Wednesday his government has no plans to pursue its own nuclear deterrent and called instead for more diplomacy in the face of growing North Korean nuclear weapons capabilities, even as the North test-fired two suspected cruise missiles. The launches were detected

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — People in Arizona and Nevada won’t face bans on watering their lawns or washing their cars despite water shortages on the Colorado River. But officials said Tuesday there will still be less water available next year from the river that serves 40 million people in the West

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rudy Giuliani is scheduled to appear in an Atlanta courthouse to testify before a special grand jury that is investigating attempts by former President Donald Trump and others to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia. It’s unclear how much the former New York mayor and attorney

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — High on a mountain in the Himalayas, pristine drops fall from the mouth of a tiger statue installed at a stream thought to form the headwaters of the Bagmati River, long revered as having the power to purify souls. From there it wends its way downhill

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Writer Wil Haygood, author of multiple books chronicling the lives of 20th-century Black Americans, has won a prestigious book award. The Dayton Literary Peace Price announced Wednesday that Haygood will receive the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. Haygood’s books include “The Butler,” based on the life of Eugene Allen,

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday as regional markets looked to strong economic signs out of the U.S. and China as drivers of growth. Benchmarks rose in Japan, China and Australia, although shares dipped in South Korea. Analysts warned major risks remain, such as surging cases

By MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Opening statements set for Wednesday give prosecutors and R. Kelly’s attorneys their first chance to address jurors directly about charges that accuse the R&B singer of enticing of minors for sex, producing child pornography and rigging his 2008 pornography trial. Both the prosecution and

By STEVE PEOPLES and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican adversary in Congress, was defeated in a GOP primary Tuesday, falling to a rival backed by the former president in a rout that reinforced his grip on the party’s base. The third-term congresswoman and her

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say an independent journalist found dead in northern Mexico was killed by a blow to the head. It was the 14th slaying of a Mexican reporter or media worker so far this year, which has been one of the deadliest in recent memory for the profession. Prosecutors in the

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Assailants have killed a Kashmiri Hindu man and injured his brother in a shooting that police blame on militants fighting Indian rule in the disputed region. Police said the shooting occurred Tuesday in the southern district of Shopian. Authorities cordoned the area and began searching for the attackers. Kashmir has witnessed

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The head of Russian proxy forces in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region has sent a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calling for cooperation amid signs the North may send laborers to Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine. North Korea’s state media said Donetsk separatist leader

u SAN J0SE, Calif. (AP) — A California appeals court says a church that defied safety regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic by holding large religious services won’t have to pay about $200,000 in fines. The 6th District Court of Appeals on Monday reversed the fines and contempt-of-court findings against Calvary Chapel San Jose for holding

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The special board appointed by President Joe Biden to intervene in stalled railroad contract talks has suggested that 115,000 rail workers should get 24% raises and thousands of dollars in bonuses as part of a new agreement to avert a strike. Railroads and unions will

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say people have been wounded in a shooting that led to a lockdown of a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis police said the six were shot in a vehicle shortly after midnight near Methodist North Hospital. In a statement, police said two teens were taken to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News is getting into the movies, producing its first feature film that will debut Sept. 1 on the Fox Nation streaming service. “The Shell Collector” is an adaptation of a story by romance novelist Nancy Naigle, who has had several of her books made into movies for the Hallmark Channel.