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By RUSS BYNUM and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Defense attorneys for the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery rested Thursday after calling a total of seven witnesses. The people who testified in the men’s defense included the man who fatally shot Arbery, Travis McMichael. Six neighbors testified about their concerns

By EDGAR MORENO and EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — As Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador opens talks on immigration and other issues with his North American counterparts in Washington, a new migrant caravan has walked out of the southern Mexican city of Tapachula. The new group of migrants who headed

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — California has a new $419 million research facility that will allow state air quality regulators to expand emissions testing for heavy duty vehicles. Officials on Thursday dedicated the center in the city of Riverside that will allow for more checks on heavy duty vehicles such as trucks, buses and bulldozers in

By JOE REEDY and ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writers A person familiar with the deal says NBC will continue to broadcast England’s Premier League with a bid of more than $2.7 billion over six years. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the financial terms were confidential. NBC has been

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A physician testifying as an expert in a condemned Nevada inmate’s bid not to be put to death told a federal judge Thursday that execution by firing squad would be quick and “relatively painless.” However, Nevada law doesn’t allow inmates to be shot and the method

SALEM, Ore. (AP) —  In a story published November 17, 2021, about illegal marijuana farms in southern Oregon, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Amanda Metzler, a licensed cannabis grower, said before a legislative panel that she is afraid of armed cartel members who run illegal marijuana farms. Metzler testified in a committee hearing of

By ED WHITE Associated Press A surge in COVID-19 cases in the Upper Midwest has some Michigan schools keeping students at home ahead of Thanksgiving. In Minnesota, the military is sending medical teams to relieve hospital staffs overwhelmed by patients. Meanwhile, the federal government is moving closer to expanding booster shots for everyone in the

By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Migrants whose children were taken from them under former President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance border policy have not reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. government. That’s according to a lawyer for the families, who along with other advocates is pushing back at increasing criticism of a proposal

By PARKER PURIFOY Associated Press The New Orleans Audubon Zoo has taken in a 7-month-old female jaguar that was rescued from wildlife trafficking. The jaguar was rescued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums then asked the New Orleans zoo to care for it because it already has the

By AAMER MADHANI, ROB GILLIES, and MARIA VERZA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has kicked off the North American Leaders Summit with a one-on-one meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling the relationship one of the easiest in the early going of his presidency. But as Biden and Trudeau sat down

DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a missing 3-year-old boy from Tennessee and a 16-year-old girl from Kentucky were found safe in Southern California and the younger child’s father was arrested. Orange County sheriff’s deputies found Noah Clare and his cousin, Amber Clare, Thursday in Dana Point. Thirty-five-year-old Jacob Clare was taken into custody.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the United States is considering a diplomatic boycott of next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing over China’s human rights abuses. Such a boycott would keep American dignitaries, but not U.S. athletes, from the games. Biden made the comment to reporters Thursday as he hosted Canadian Prime Minister Justin

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One of the men exonerated decades after the 1965 killing of Malcolm X says that “I am an 83-year-old man who was victimized by the criminal justice system.” The convictions of Muhammad Aziz and the late Khalil Islam were dismissed Thursday by

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney Cruise Line will require all guests ages 5 and up to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before setting sail starting early next year. The company posted a statement on its website Wednesday announcing the new rules will begin Jan. 13, 2022. The vaccine was recently approved for children ages 5

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Next year’s NAACP Image Awards will be held in-person Feb. 26 in Los Angeles with a live audience, the group announced Thursday. The ceremony starts at 8 p.m. Eastern and will be broadcast live on BET. Nominees for the awards that honor entertainers and writers of color will be announced Jan.

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says 6 U.N. staff members detained by the Ethiopian government have been released and that all of the more than 70 detained truck drivers waiting to deliver aid to war-torn Tigray have also been freed. But U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Thursday

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s governor has spared the life of Julius Jones, just hours before he was scheduled to be executed. Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Thursday that he was commuting the 41-year-old Jones’ sentence to life in prison with no chance of parole. The state’s Pardon and Parole Board

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA says the International Space Station remains at increased risk from orbiting debris following this week’s Russian weapons test. On Monday, Russia used a missile to destroy a satellite in an orbit just above the space station. NASA says the highest risk to the

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has charged the housekeeper for the country’s defense minister with espionage for allegedly offering to spy for hackers linked by news reports to Iran. Government documents said on Thursday that the man reportedly has a criminal record but worked at Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s home as a housekeeper. That’s