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By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors in Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial in the shooting death of Daunte Wright are drawing on testimony from her former colleagues to portray an officer whose intended use of a Taser would have violated department policy despite extensive training. Under cross-examination by defense on

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is expected to plead guilty to violating George Floyd’s civil rights. A change of plea hearing is scheduled for Wednesday morning in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, but details of a plea agreement have not been made public.

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia as traders await the outcome of the last Federal Reserve meeting of this year. Hong Kong and Shanghai advanced while Tokyo edged lower after the U.S. Labor Department reported that inflation was still running high in November. Stocks on Wall Street

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has delivered its first formal response to Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert’s anti-Muslim remarks by passing a bill to tackle Islamophobia worldwide. Tuesday’s vote comes weeks after Boebert cracked an Islamophobic joke about Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Muslim. It wasn’t the first time Boebert,

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California is exempting San Francisco from a rule that takes effect Wednesday requiring all people to wear masks indoors in a bid to contain a troubling rise in coronavirus cases. The city health department says San Francisco will continue to allow fully vaccinated people to remove their masks in gyms and

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A group of six French lawmakers has arrived in Taiwan for a five-day visit, following a similar trip led by another group of French parliamentarians in October that China sought to discourage. François de Rugy, the head of the Taiwan Friendship group in the National Assembly, the lower house of France’s

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he ceased to cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol insurrection. It is the first time the House has voted to hold

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Halting its steps toward normalcy, South Korea will clamp down on social gatherings and cut the hours of some businesses to fight a record-breaking surge of the coronavirus that has led to a spike hospitalizations and deaths. Prime Minster Kim Boo-kyum confirmed the government’s intent to restore stricter social distancing

By COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press OXFORD, Mich. (AP) — Administrators in a Michigan school district where four students were shot to death have announced that a zero tolerance policy toward threats was being adopted, as well as other initiatives aimed at improving safety. The Oxford Community Schools Board of Education was told

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A key witness in the Navy’s case against a sailor accused of setting the fire that destroyed a U.S. warship last year in San Diego has testified he saw the suspect near the blaze’s ignition point. Ryan Mays is the suspect and was back in a

By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA and EVENS SANON Associated Press CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) — Authorities say at least 75 people were killed and dozens more injured after a gasoline tanker overturned and exploded in northern Haiti. The blast occurred shortly after midnight in the coastal city of Cap-Haitien.  Early reports indicate that the tanker was trying to

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Security pros say it’s one of the worst computer vulnerabilities they’ve ever seen. They say state-backed Chinese and Iranian hackers and rogue cryptocurrency miners have already seized on it. The Department of Homeland Security is sounding a dire alarm, ordering federal agencies to urgently find and

By The Associated Press Melting glaciers, deadly floods in Germany, record high summer temperatures in generally mild Oregon, more urgent pleas for help from Pacific island nations. With growing urgency, the effects of climate change were felt around the world in 2021. A United Nations climate conference in Glascow, Scotland, in November ended with almost

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Since taking power 10 years ago, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has cherished his country’s nuclear and missile programs, making them the core of his absolute rule. These weapons have helped Kim solidify unity at home and receive long-desired prestige on the world stage.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials and family members have marked the renaming of the busy Las Vegas airport as Harry Reid International Airport. Reid served in the U.S. Senate for 30 years, including eight years as Democratic majority leader and was the longest-serving senator in Nevada history when he retired in 2017. He’s now 82

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials have advanced plans that could allow grizzly bear hunting in areas around Glacier and Yellowstone national parks if states in the U.S. northern Rockies succeed in their attempts to end federal protections for the bruins. Montana wildlife commissioners on Tuesday signed onto a

BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Charges are expected soon for a Minnesota grocery cart delivery worker accused of driving over sacks of food meant for an elderly couple because she was angry about their sign supporting law enforcement. Police say the incident happened Dec. 6 after the couple ordered $50 worth of groceries to be delivered

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by former President Donald Trump in his attempt to block congressional lawmakers from obtaining his tax returns. The ruling was handed down Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden. It found that the chairman of the House Ways and

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Curry now holds the NBA career 3-point record. The Golden State Warriors’ guard hit his 2,974th shot on Tuesday night in the first quarter against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Ray Allen had held the record since 2011, when he bested