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NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A car has entered the Niagara River and is stuck in the rapids near the brink of Niagara Falls. It is not yet known how or where the car entered the water and whether anyone is inside. The gray car is almost completely submerged with only part of the roof

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho woman says her lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on transgender athletes should continue moving through the court system because she is enrolled as a student at Boise State University and plans to play soccer on the school’s club team next spring. Transgender athlete Lindsay

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks turned choppy on Wall Street Wednesday following a two-day rally. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%. The Nasdaq rose 0.4%. Communications and health care stocks made solid gains, along with travel-related companies. Technology stocks were mixed. U.S.

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Sheriff’s officials say they have discovered the 1974 Pinto a 22-year-old student was driving on his way back to Auburn University from Georgia when he disappeared more than 45 years ago. Sheriff James Woodruff of Troup County, Georgia says that Kyle Wade Clinkscales’ car was pulled from

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida judge declared a mistrial in a murder case after jurors failed to agree on a verdict following more than five days of deliberations. The jury had delivered a manslaughter verdict against twenty-seven-year-old Dayonte Resiles on Tuesday evening. But the decision was rescinded moments later when a juror

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The CEO of Facebook’s Instagram is facing lawmakers angry over revelations of how the popular photo-sharing platform can harm some young users and demanding a commitment from the company to make changes. Adam Mosseri is testifying at a Senate hearing as Facebook, whose parent now is

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas judge is due to issue a ruling Thursday on whether to limit medical information that prosecutors receive about former Raiders player Henry Ruggs III following a fiery fatal crash. Ruggs didn’t appear with his attorneys in court on Wednesday. They argued the state

PARIS (AP) — A junior finance minister has quit the French government after being convicted of failing to declare all his wealth and income. The office of Alain Griset said in a statement Wednesday that he has appealed the court decision. But he submitted his resignation pending the appeal. The unusual conviction is a stain

Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — After deliberating for five hours over two days, jurors have recommended the death penalty for a man convicted of killing an Orlando police lieutenant four years ago. The 12-member jury in Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday agreed with prosecutors that Markeith Loyd should face capital punishment for the 2017 shooting

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will confront a number of daunting global challenges as he embarks this week on an around-the-world diplomatic tour that will test the Biden administration’s resolve on various fronts. From Russia and Ukraine to China and Myanmar, Blinken will have a full

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada is joining the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights concerns. The announcement came after the White House, the Australian government and the UK government confirmed diplomatic boycotts of the Winter Olympics in February

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appears ready to rule that religious schools can’t be excluded from a Maine program that offers tuition aid for private education. The court’s six conservative justices seemed largely unpersuaded, after nearly two hours in the courtroom Wednesday, by Maine’s position that the state is

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An attorney for a Mississippi death row inmate is asking the state Supreme Court to dismiss the inmate’s request for an execution date. Inmate Blayde Nathaniel Grayson sent his request in a handwritten letter last week. Attorney David Voisin sent a separate letter Tuesday telling

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial in the case of a man charged in the fatal 2015 shooting of an Indianapolis pastor’s wife after learning some jurors knew she had been pregnant — a fact defense attorneys had successfully moved to keep from the jury. Marion County Judge Grant Hawkins tells The Indianapolis

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says seven U.N. peacekeepers were killed and three critically injured when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in central Mali. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric says it was one of the highest death tolls in Mali, which has been in the forefront of attacks on U.N. peacekeepers. He

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury says the government of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele secretly negotiated a truce with leaders of the country’s powerful street gangs. The explosive accusation cuts to the heart of one of Bukele’s most highly touted successes in office: a plunge in the country’s

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A train belonging to Florida’s higher-speed passenger rail service struck and killed a man walking on the tracks just weeks after the company reopened from the pandemic. The Brightline train struck the pedestrian Tuesday morning in North Miami Beach as he walked on the tracks

By AAMER MADHANI, VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden says that he has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that Moscow will face a severe economic pain if it tries to attack Ukraine, but promised prospective talks to address Russia’s concerns about NATO’s expansion. Biden said he was

By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A prosecutor at the manslaughter trial of the Minnesota police officer who killed Daunte Wright has told jurors that Kim Potter violated her training and “betrayed a 20-year-old kid.” Prosecutor Erin Eldridge began her opening statement Wednesday by saying that the fundamental duty of

By SOPHIA TAREEN and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The U.S. has reached a COVID-19 milestone of roughly 200 million fully vaccinated people, but cases and hospitalizations are still spiking, even in highly immunized pockets of the country like New England. The situation is not as dire as last year’s post-holiday surge