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BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) — Police in northern Illinois are investigating the apparent shooting deaths of a man and his two young sons as a triple homicide. Police say officers found the bodies of 31-year-old Andrew Hintt, and his sons, ages 5 and 7, at their home in Belvidere on Sunday night. Autopsies were pending. Police

By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers Just as Americans and Europeans were eagerly awaiting their most normal holiday season in a couple of years, the omicron variant has unleashed a fresh round of fear and uncertainty — for travelers, shoppers, party-goers and their economies as a whole. The Rockettes have canceled their

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania has rebuffed a request for him to sit down for an interview and turn over documents to the committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection. Perry joins other allies of former President Donald Trump in trying

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain has announced $1.3 billion in grants and other aid to help the hospitality industry survive the onslaught of the omicron variant of COVID-19. The government on Tuesday bowed to days of pressure from pubs, restaurants and other businesses that have seen income plunge following public health

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Hungry squirrels are forcing a downtown St. Paul park to scale back its Christmas lights display. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports the Friends of Mears Park had to reduce and reconfigure its display this year because a troop of squirrels chewed through the wires last year and the vendor

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has asked to review the testimony of three of four women who said at a sex trafficking trial that British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell aided Jeffrey Epstein in their abuse. The jury in Manhattan federal court requested the transcripts less than an hour after resuming

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister says his country won’t change its immigration policies despite a recent ruling from the European Union’s top court that found them in contradiction with the bloc’s laws. At a news conference in Budapest, Prime Minister Viktor Orban insisted Tuesday that despite the EU court’s

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are rising on Wall Street Tuesday after three days of losses brought on by worries over the spread of the omicron variant and lingering concerns about rising inflation. The S&P 500 rose 1.7%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.5% and the Nasdaq rose

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has resumed deliberating at the sex trafficking trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell. The jury in Manhattan federal court went back to work in a large room where they could spread out for coronavirus safety reasons as soon as all 12 jurors arrived Tuesday morning. They had begun their

By AMY FORLITI and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The jury has resumed deliberations in the manslaughter trial of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright. The jury returned Tuesday after meeting for about

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Electric and hydrogen-powered truck startup Nikola has agreed to a $125 million settlement over charges that it defrauded investors after misleading them about its products, technical advances, and financial prospects. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that the company violated the antifraud and disclosure control provisions of the

LONDON (AP) — A 25-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to murdering a British lawmaker who was stabbed to death while meeting constituents. Conservative member of Parliament David Amess was attacked Oct. 15 during a routine meeting with voters in Leigh-on-Sea in eastern England. Prosecutors have charged Ali Harbi Ali, a London man with Somali

The Associated Press Wall Street is getting off to a solid start Tuesday after three days of losses. The S&P 500 is up 0.9% in the early going, the Nasdaq is up 1% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 1.1%. Small-company stocks rose more than the rest of the market, a signal that investors

LOS ÁNGELES (AP) — Chris Noth ya no será parte de la serie “The Equalizer” de CBS, a raíz de las acusaciones de abuso sexual en su contra. Universal Television y CBS anunciaron conjuntamente el lunes que el actor deja de ser parte de la filmación “con efecto inmediato”. Noth ha interpretado a un exdirector

By JOSEPH WILSON and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s vaccination rate of 90% of adults is the envy of the world, but the new omicron variant is forcing authorities to reinstate serious restrictions just when people were hoping to enjoy their winter holidays. Catalonia, home to the northeastern city of Barcelona,

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s prime minister says he will keep in place recently reimposed strict border controls, which ban most foreign entrants, until more information is known about the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also says he will require 14-day quarantines at government-designated facilities for those