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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The six-year legal battle over Prince’s estate has ended. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that parties to the pop superstar’s estate have pegged the value at $156.4 million. That dwarfs the $82.3 million appraisal by the estate’s administrator, Comerica Bank & Trust. The Internal Revenue Service in 2020 had valued the estate

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Italian media say Nino Cerruti, the Italian fashion designer credited with revolutionizing menswear in the 1960s and who gave Giorgio Armani his first fashion break, has died. He was 91.  The Italian news agency LaPresse reported that Cerruti died in northwestern Italy, where his family has

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say they arrested a prominent member of a U.S.-designated terrorist group. Government media say the suspect was detained after a Turkey-bound flight that he was on made an emergency landing in Egypt after departing from Sudan. The country’s Interior Ministry said on Saturday that a man was arrested. It identified

By CLAUDIO ESCALÓN Associated Press SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Some 600 migrants hoping to reach the United States have set off in a caravan from northern Honduras. Young men, women and children gathered overnight at the San Pedro Sula bus station and left shortly after dawn, heading for the Guatemalan border. Most are

COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a man has apparently taken hostages at a synagogue near Fort Worth, Texas. The Colleyville Police Department tweeted Saturday afternoon that it was conducting SWAT operations at the address of Congregation Beth Israel. Services at the synagogue about 15 miles northeast of Fort Worth were being livestreamed on its

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state television says three Iranian citizens have died after they were infected with omicron, the new, more easily spread variant of the coronavirus. Iran first detected the omicron variant in mid-December but Saturday’s statement was the first time fatalities were reported. The TV quoted an official in the country’s health

By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s new governor, Glenn Youngkin, has pledged to restore trust in government and power to the people. The Republican struck themes of bipartisanship and optimism in his inaugural speech after he was sworn into office Saturday. Other newly elected Republican leaders also took

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban are promising to try to open all schools for girls across Afghanistan after the Afghan New Year, which starts in late March. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the country’s new rulers, says their education departments are looking to restart high school and university education for

NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a woman was apparently pushed to her death in front of a subway train at New York’s Times Square station. Police have someone in custody in connection with the woman’s death Saturday morning. They say she was waiting for a southbound R train when she was apparently shoved. Names

By CHEVEL JOHNSON Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Music and thoughtful tributes filled a portion of The National WWII Museum where family and friends gathered Saturday to remember Lawrence Brooks, the oldest World War II veteran who died earlier this month. Brooks, who died Jan. 5, was 112. During the service, Brooks’ flag-draped coffin

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan menswear designers seem to have decided on the answer, but the question remains: Have the pandemic lockdowns emboldened men to embrace a more feminine silhouette, including skirts, mini-dresses and cape coats? The Milan Fashion Week of previews for next winter and fall continued for the

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and its main Shiite ally say they are ending their boycott of Cabinet meetings after three months. The deadlock has worsened the small Mideast nation’s unprecedented economic meltdown. The two Shiite groups said in a joint statement on Saturday they will attend Cabinet sessions to approve a new

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Some relatives of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. are spending the holiday named for him in conservative-leaning Arizona to mobilize support for languishing federal voting rights legislation. Martin Luther King III, his wife and their 13-year-old daughter took part Saturday in an on-the-ground campaign for

By HAROLD ISAAC and DÁNICA COTO PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s National Police says Jamaican authorities have arrested a former senator who is a prominent suspect in the July 7 killing of President Jovenel Moïse. Jamaica Police Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay confirms Saturday’s arrest and says other people were arrested along with Joseph. She says authorities

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state-run news agency says the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard force has tested the engine for a solid-fuel satellite carrier rocket. Thursday’s report by the IRNA news agency quoted chief of the Guard’s aerospace unit as saying the test was successful. The general says the satellite carrier was made of a

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The U.N. envoy for the disputed Western Sahara has visited refugee camps in Algeria housing those displaced by fighting decades ago. Staffan de Mistura is making a renewed effort to find a diplomatic solution for the territory. His visit to the camps on Saturday was met with skepticism by supporters of

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump stepped up his election-year effort to dominate the Republican Party with a Saturday rally in Arizona. He castigated anyone who dares to question his lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. That includes the state’s GOP governor, Doug Ducey. But 2,000 miles

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin has surrendered his cellphone as part of the investigation into a fatal shooting on a New Mexico film set last fall. A Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office spokesman says Baldwin’s phone was turned over Friday to authorities in New York’s Suffolk County and that information from the phone

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In a story published Jan. 13, 2022, about an Iranian rocket test, The Associated Press erroneously reported, relying on Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency, that a satellite-carrier rocket had been launched into space. IRNA later changed its story without explanation to remove the reference to the rocket being launched into space.

By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A protest march by 1,500 far-left activists in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki has turned violent. At the end of the march on Saturday, some protesters threw firebombs and rocks at riot police, who responded with stun grenades and tear gas. Police said about 30