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By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright alternated between tears, statements of remorse and clipped, matter-of-fact answers as she testified at her trial on manslaughter charges in the death of the Black motorist. But Kim Potter’s testimony on Friday was notably scant on

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A SpaceX rocket has carried 52 Starlink internet satellites into orbit from California. The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from coastal Vandenberg Space Force Base at 4:41 a.m. Saturday. The Falcon’s first stage returned and landed on a SpaceX droneship in the ocean. It was the 11th

CULPEPER, Va. (AP) — Police say a man accused of shooting at sheriff’s deputies and other cars during a chase in Virginia died after his vehicle crashed into an embankment. Virginia State Police say 21-year-old Jeremy Yates, of Culpeper, died at the scene of Friday night’s crash on a road in Rappahannock County near the

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has appeared in court for a rare weekend hearing where attorneys made arguments about how the judge should instruct a jury on the law in Maxwell’s sex abuse trial. U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan scheduled the hearing on Saturday in an otherwise

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says it is recalling its ambassador in Yemen for medical treatment as he has been infected by the coronavirus. The Foreign Ministry said on its website that Ambassador Hassan Irloo was in need of urgent medical care after being infected for several days, and was en route to Iran. The

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials have confirmed that a fifth person in the state has died from storms that spurred devastating tornadoes across the region last weekend. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency says the additional death occurred in Lake County, where two other storm deaths also occurred. The agency says the remaining fatalities were

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration says it will not issue citations tied to its coronavirus vaccination mandate before Jan. 10. This will give companies time to adjust to and implement the requirements. The federal agency separately says there will be no citations of companies regarding its testing requirements before Feb. 9. Saturday’s announcement came

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Many hospitals across the country are struggling to cope with burnout among doctors, nurses and other workers. Already buffeted by a crush of patients from the ongoing surge of the coronavirus’s delta variant, they’re now bracing for the fallout of another highly transmissible mutation. Ohio has become

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has toughened COVID-19 screening for all travelers from the U.K. over age 12, including requiring them to quarantine until results are in from a lab test performed at the airport. Cyprus’ Health Ministry on Saturday cited Britain’s “drastic increase” in omicron variant cases as the reason for the stepped-up measures.

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is banking on Republican voters forgiving his past indiscretions when they choose a Senate nominee next August. At least one of his opponents, and many in the GOP establishment, are hoping they don’t forget. Greitens resigned as governor in 2018 amid

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s first choice to investigate allegations that government officials held Christmas parties last year when COVID-19 rules barred such gatherings has stepped aside. Simon Case, the head of the civil service, resigned from leading the investigation after  after he, too, was caught up

ROME (AP) — Firefighters in northern Italy say two construction cranes have collapsed on a street in the city of Turin. Firefighters said two construction workers died at the scene on Saturday. Italian daily newspaper La Stampa says a third worker was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. Media reports say one crane

By ADIL JAWAD Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a powerful gas explosion in a sewage system in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, has killed at least 12 people and injured 11 others. A police spokesman said the blast Saturday was apparently caused when something ignited gas that had accumulated in the sewer beneath

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Department of Education says a school whose legitimacy was scrutinized after its supposedly top-tier football team got clobbered in an ESPN-televised game didn’t live up to its billing educationally either, and turned out to be “a scam.” Gov. Mike DeWine said he’s asking authorities to determine whether any laws

VIENNA (AP) — The World Health Organization says the number of COVID-19 cases involving omicron is doubling every 1.5 to three days in countries where there is community transmission of the variant and not just people who were infected abroad. WHO said on Saturday that omicron’s “substantial growth advantage” over the delta variant means it’s

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer One of Hollywood’s greatest bards, Eve Babitz, has died at age 78. With love and candor, Babitz chronicled the excess of her native world in the 1960s and 1970s and became a cult figure to generations of readers. Her dispatches from the Troubadour Bar and the Chateau Marmont, from