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By SCOTT BAUER and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — The police chief in Waukesha, Wisconsin, says there were “some fatalities” when an SUV sped into Christmas parade. Chief Dan Thompson said more than 20 people were injured Sunday. Thompson said he doesn’t have an exact number of fatalities. He said a “person

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — BTS and Coldplay — two of the biggest groups on Earth — teamed up Sunday for a live and raucous version of their cosmic collaboration “My Universe” as the American Music Awards celebrated the best popular music for a second pandemic year with a mix

By SCOTT BAUER and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — More than 20 people were injured when an SUV plowed into a Christmas parade in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha on Sunday, the city’s police chief says. Chief Dan Thompson said the investigation is ongoing, but that a “suspect vehicle” was recovered. Thompson

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Silk Sonic’s Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak kicked off the American Music Awards off Sunday on a R&B funky pre-taped note with their “Smokin Out the Window” and host Cardi B in a fur headdress revved up the crowd, admitting she was sweating. “I’m a

By EVA VERGARA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Two onetime outsiders hailing from opposite extremes of the political spectrum have received the most votes in Chile’s presidential election but have failed to garner enough support for an outright win, setting up what’s likely to be polarizing runoff in the region’s most

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — An SUV sped into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee on Sunday. The Waukesha County executive and witnesses say multiple people are injured. Police in Waukesha are urging people to avoid the downtown area. A live video feed of the parade from the city of Waukesha, as well as videos taken

By EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austria has gone into a nationwide lockdown to combat skyrocketing coronavirus infections. The measures took effect early Monday and are expected to last for a maximum of 20 days. But they will be reevaluated after 10 days. The new restrictions require people to stay home apart from

LONDON (AP) — WhatsApp is adding more details to its privacy policy and flagging the information for European users. The update is to comply with a ruling from Irish regulators who slapped the chat service with a record fine for breaching strict EU data privacy rules. Starting Monday, WhatsApp’s privacy policy will be reorganized to

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Several dozen people gathered below the wind-whipped Wisconsin flag at Kenosha’s Civic Center Park and warmed up with chants for justice before taking to the streets in protest of the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. Demonstrators on Sunday traced the route Rittenhouse took the night in August last year when he shot

By EVA VERGARA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Two outsider candidates hailing from opposite extremes of the political spectrum look headed to a runoff in Chile’s presidential election following a bruising campaign that laid bare deep social tensions in the region’s most economically advanced country. With almost half of polling centers

By EVA VERGARA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Two outsider candidates hailing from opposite extremes of the political spectrum have taken an early lead in Chile’s presidential election following a bruising campaign that laid bare deep social tensions in the region’s most economically advanced country. With barely 4% of voting booths

DENVER (AP) — Friends and associates say Billy Hinsche, a singer-songwriter and musician in a 1960s pop band with Dino Martin Jr. and Desi Arnaz Jr. who later performed for decades with The Beach Boys, has died. He was 70. Hinsche died Saturday of cancer, actress Lucie Arnaz, a longtime friend and brother of Desi

By HAROLD ISAAC Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An Ohio-based church organization says two of 17 members of a missionary group have been freed in Haiti more than a month after being kidnapped. Christian Aid Ministries issued a statement Sunday saying the two “are safe, in good spirits and being cared for.” It said

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog at Stamford Bridge as part of the Premier League club’s campaign against antisemitism. The small event was attended by about 50 people. It was the first time Abramovich has been seen at Chelsea’s stadium since

By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A migrant has died southwest of the island of Crete and 70 more were rescued when their boat started taking in water, Greece’s Coast Guard says. A Coast Guard spokesman said the 70 survivors, who have been brought to land after they were rescued by a

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An Ohio-based church organization says two of 17 abducted members of a missionary group have been freed in Haiti. Christian Aid Ministries issued a statement Sunday saying the two “are safe, in good spirits and being cared for.” It said it could not give the names of those released, why they

By MICHELLE LIU Associated Press/Report for America The class of U.S. Rhodes scholars for 2022 includes the largest number of women ever selected for the scholarship in one year. The Rhodes Trust announced Sunday that 22 women are among the 32 students chosen to study at the University of Oxford in England. The selection process

BY ELODIE SOUPAMA AND SYLVIE CORBET LE GOSIER, Guadeloupe (AP) — France is sending police special forces to its overseas Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe as protests over COVID-19 restrictions have erupted into rioting and looting for the third day in a row. Residents expressed their dismay after the violence. On Sunday, many road blockades by

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A conservation park ranger has been killed during an attack by armed men this weekend in eastern Congo’s Virunga National Park. The Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation said Sunday that Chief Brigadier Etienne Mutazimiza Kanyaruchinya, 48, was killed Saturday evening when 100 heavily armed men, presumed