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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers has been suspended for one game and Detroit’s Isaiah Stewart was suspended two games for their roles in an ugly incident during Sunday’s Lakers-Pistons game. The NBA announced the suspensions Monday, and both will affect games on Tuesday. James will not play

By VESELIN TOSHKOV and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Authorities say a bus carrying tourists back to North Macedonia crashed and caught fire in western Bulgaria, killing at least 45 people, including a dozen children. DNA tests are now being carried out to try to identify the victims, many of whom were

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog is meeting with Iranian officials to press for greater access in the Islamic Republic. The visit to Tehran on Tuesday comes ahead of diplomatic talks restarting over Iran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers. Rafael

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India’s counter-terrorism investigating agency has arrested a prominent human rights activist in Indian-controlled Kashmir. The National Investigation Agency raided the home and office of Khurram Parvez before arresting him, his wife said. An official memo provided to his family said he was arrested under several sections of India’s anti-terror law. Parvez

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has begun administering the coronavirus vaccine to children age 5 to 11. The country recently emerged from a fourth COVID wave, and daily infections have been relatively low for the last few weeks. But Health Ministry statistics show that a large share of the new infections have been in

By EDVIN ZULIC Associated Press VELIKA KLADUSA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Ibrahim Rasool loved his job as a referee because of sportsmanship and fair play. But the 33-year-old from Afghanistan says there is nothing fair about the way the European Union treats people seeking refuge from violence and war. Rasool told The Associated Press that Croatian

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine navy has successfully transported food supplies to marines guarding a disputed shoal in the South China Sea on Tuesday, a week after China’s coast guard used water cannons to force the supply boats to turn back, sparking outrage and warnings from Manila. Defense Secretary

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Small dovish parties that support Palestinian statehood are back in Israel’s government after years in the country’s political wilderness – but they are finding their influence is limited. West Bank settlement advocates in Israel’s governing coalition are showing little appetite for compromise and the country’s

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO (AP) — A navy spokesperson says a ferry capsized Tuesday in eastern Sri Lanka, killing at least six people. He says at least 12 people have been rescued. The number of people on board the ferry wasn’t immediately clear. Officials say four children were among the dead. The ferry

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Recording Academy will announce the nominees for its 64th Grammy Awards on Tuesday morning, but it’ll be the first year selections have been made after some sweeping changes. The academy earlier this year ditches anonymous selection committees and now allows its more than 11,000 voters to chose nominees in certain

By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A jury has started its third day of deliberations in the trial of white nationalists accused in a lawsuit of promoting and carrying out racially motivated violence during the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. The jury has deliberated for more

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The trial of three white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery could soon be in the hands of the jury. Prosecutors seeking murder convictions in the 25-year-old Black man’s death began wrapping up their legal argument to jurors Tuesday, getting the final word as closing arguments

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Authorities say a bus crash in western Bulgaria has killed at least 45 people. They say the bus, which was registered in North Macedonia, crashed early Tuesday and there were children among the victims. Seven people were taken to hospitals for treatment. Bulgarian news agency Novinite says representatives from North Macedonia’s

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gambled last year that his ultra-low rate policies would help revive an economy that had sunk deep into a pandemic-induced recession. So far, his bet has mostly paid off. Growth and hiring have rebounded faster than anyone expected. President Joe Biden,

By SCOTT BAUER, BERNARD CONDON and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — The suspect in a Christmas parade crash in suburban Milwaukee that killed five people was free on $1,000 bail posted just two days before the deadly event, a fact that is leading to a review of what happened and renewed calls

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two former Netflix employees who raised concerns about anti-transgender comments on Dave Chappelle’s TV special are dropping labor complaints and one has resigned from the company. Terra Field, a senior software engineer who is trans, announced a voluntary resignation on Monday. Field and B. Pagels-Minor also are dropping a National Labor

BEIJING (AP) — State media report at least four people have died in the partial collapse of a workers’ dormitory in the southern Chinese province of Jiangxi. The reports say the six-story building housed workers from a local pharmaceutical plant. They say the building was constructed in 1995 mainly out of prefabricated slabs and was

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady threw for 307 yards and two touchdowns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the New York Giants 30-10. The Super Bowl champion Buccaneers snapped a two-game losing streak as Brady avoided dropping three in a row for the first time since 2002.

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader says authorities will set up polling stations at the border with mainland China to allow Hong Kongers living there to vote during upcoming legislative elections. Carrie Lam says during the Dec. 19 legislative elections, registered Hong Kong permanent residents living in the mainland

By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — World Cup 2022 host Qatar has for years employed a former CIA officer to help spy on soccer officials as part of a no-expense-spared effort to win and hold on to the planet’s most popular sports tournament. An investigation by The Associated Press found Qatar sought an