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By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor in suburban New York says authorities decades ago blew chances to build a case against multimillionaire Robert Durst in the death of his first wife. Durst’s death last week in a California hospital lockup quashed a case that took nearly 40 years to bring.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A state court trial for three former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd has been rescheduled for June 13, after both the defense and prosecutors requested a postponement. Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao face charges of aiding and abetting both murder and manslaughter. Their trial was

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Yvette Mimieux, the blond and blue-eyed 1960s film star of “Where the Boys Are,” “The Time Machine” and “Light in the Piazza,” has died. She was 80. Michelle Bega, a family spokeswoman, said Mimieux died in her sleep of natural causes early Tuesday at her

LONDON (AP) — Unilever, the maker of Vaseline skin care products and Dove soap, says it won’t increase a 50 billion-pound ($68.2 billion) offer for GlaxoSmithKline’s consumer healthcare unit that was rejected last week. London-based GSK said Saturday that the bid “fundamentally undervalued” the unit. GSK said in a statement that the offer, which included

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams has used a campaign stop in Atlanta to applaud the push for voting rights in Congress and express support for President Joe Biden. Abrams was noticeably absent from Biden’s visit last week to Atlanta, where he called for an end to the filibuster to pass

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Air Force airman convicted of kidnapping and killing a Mennonite woman is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday afternoon in Arizona. Mark Gooch faces up to life in prison for the death of Sasha Krause. The 27-year-old woman disappeared from a Mennonite community in northwestern New

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of fraudulently collecting over $1.3 million in COVID-19 relief funds has been sentenced to five years in prison. Court records show Johnson Eustache was sentenced Tuesday in Orlando federal court. He pleaded guilty in August to wire fraud and aiding and assisting in the preparation of false

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is spending the day in emotional, raw debate on voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights leaders say is needed to protect democracy. But it is almost certain to be defeated. Without filibuster rules change, it’s shaping up to be a devastating setback for

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia is buying a new voter registration system for the state’s 7 million voters. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Wednesday the move will enhance security and make it easier to retrieve data. The state’s current system is nearly a decade old. It was blamed for slowdowns

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is spending the day in emotional, raw debate on voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights leaders say is needed to protect democracy. But it is almost certain to be defeated. Without filibuster rules change, it’s shaping up to be a devastating setback for

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A hospital in New Orleans says it has identified two patients infected with a rare drug-resistant fungus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Candida auris has already been found in at least 20 other states including Georgia, Florida and Texas. The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate reports that

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by family members of Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger Jr., who was beaten to death in a federal prison in West Virginia. U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey granted the government’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit. The judge ruled federal law precludes

By MIKE STOBBE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new study that compares coronavirus protection from prior infection and vaccination concludes getting the shots is still the safest way to prevent COVID-19. The study examined infections in New York and California last summer and fall. They found people who were both vaccinated and had

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three former Minneapolis officers headed to a federal trial on civil rights charges this week in the death of George Floyd aren’t as familiar to most people as Derek Chauvin, a fellow officer who was convicted of murder last spring. Thomas Lane and J. Kueng were the

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — André Leon Talley, a towering and highly visible figure of the fashion world who made history as a rare Black editor in an overwhelmingly white industry, has died. He was 73. The death Tuesday of Talley,  the influential former creative director and editor at large

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The federal trial for three former Minneapolis police officers who were with Derek Chauvin when he pinned George Floyd to the street is expected to be complex as prosecutors try to prove each officer willingly violated the Black man’s constitutional rights. Jury selection begins Thursday in the

ELMORE, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont community is asking the U.S. Postal Service to renew a contract with a local store to retain an outpost where people can collect their packages and mail. New England Cable News reported Wednesday that the post office at the back of The Elmore Store serves fewer than 1,000 people

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A hearing on a motion seeking to dismiss former Chicago-area police sergeant Drew Peterson’s 2012 conviction for killing his third wife has been delayed. The Will County Circuit Court Clerk’s office says the hearing originally scheduled for this Friday will be held Feb. 7. Peterson says attorney Joel Brodsky provided ineffective

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations secretary-general says he is delighted to hear “there is now a demonstrable effort to make peace” in Ethiopia after more than 14 months of war. Antonio Guterres’ statement on Wednesday came after his call with African Union envoy Olusegun Obasanjo following the envoy’s latest visit to Addis Ababa