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By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden last month announced a deal to operate the Port of Los Angeles around the clock to break a massive backlog of cargo that’s driving up prices for consumers. But it hasn’t happened yet. Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Miramax is suing director Quentin Tarantino over the director’s plans to create and auction off a series of NFTs based on his work on “Pulp Fiction.” In the lawsuit filed Tuesday, the entertainment company alleges that Tarantino’s offerings violate the copyrights it holds to his

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A book about a wealthy American family whose actions helped unleash the United States’ opioid epidemic has won Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize. Patrick Radden Keefe’s “Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty” was awarded the 50,000 pound ($67,000) Baillie Gifford Prize during a

By MICHAEL TARM, AMY FORLITI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The jury deliberated a full day on Tuesday without reaching a verdict at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial after two weeks of testimony in which they were given starkly different portrayals of his actions the night he shot three men on the

By ED WHITE Associated Press Hospitals in Michigan and Minnesota are reporting a wave of COVID-19 patients not seen in months. Beds are filling with unvaccinated people, and health care providers are warning that staff are being worn down by yet another surge. Michigan had slightly more than 3,000 COVID-19 patients in hospitals this week

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection says there is still time for former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to comply with a subpoena before the panel moves forward with a vote to hold him in

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he made clear to China’s Xi Jinping that his administration stands firmly behind the United States’ longstanding “One China” policy. But he also said Tuesday that the self-ruled island of Taiwan ultimately makes it own decisions. White House officials said the two leaders

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders are pressing ahead on President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill. The House is expected to vote later this week and the Senate is vowing to follow by Christmas. The Democratic leaders outlined the schedule Tuesday in hopes of boosting the party’s standing and

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge says a Las Vegas man’s admission that he voted twice in November 2020 in a case that state Republicans seized on to claim voter irregularities amounted to “a cheap political stunt” that backfired. Judge Carli Kierny in Las Vegas said Tuesday that Donald

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A severe drought prompted California Gov. Gavin Newsom to ask people to voluntarily cut water use by 15%. Data released Tuesday shows most aren’t doing that. Californians reduced their water by 3.9% in September. That’s down from 5.1% in August. Overall, California has reduced its water

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press An attorney who advised former President Donald Trump in his fight to overturn the 2020 election is joining an advisory board to a federal elections agency. Cleta Mitchell was nominated by Republican members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Democrats and Republicans on the commission each appoint a member

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal regulators have proposed suspending a Trump administration rule that would have allowed railroads to haul liquefied natural gas while they take a closer look at the potential safety risks. The rule, which was backed by both the natural gas and freight rail industries, had

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the U.S. Treasury from enforcing a provision of the American Rescue Plan  that prohibited states from using the pandemic relief funds to offset new tax cuts.  U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler ruled Monday that Congress’s exceeded its power under the

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer A federal judge says a dispute over a Canadian oil pipeline that runs through a section of the Great Lakes belongs in her court. U.S. District Judge Janet Neff on Tuesday retained jurisdiction in the case between the state of Michigan and Enbridge Energy. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered

By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two incumbent Democrats who trail Republican challengers in close races in Virginia’s House of Delegates say they will seek recounts, leaving control of the chamber in limbo. Republicans have won 50 seats and Democrats 48. Republicans hold razor-thin margins in the two remaining races headed to

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Congress Tuesday that she believed she would run out of maneuvering room to avoid the nation’s first-ever default soon after Dec. 15. In a letter to congressional leaders, Yellen said that she believed Treasury could be left with insufficient resources to

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The son-in-law of one of the 18 older women a man is charged with killing in the Dallas area over a two-year span told jurors that she was fun and generous, and loved giving out $2 bills. Billy Chemirmir is on trial for capital murder in the

By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Officials in a small city near the Canada border are calling the damage devastating after a storm that dumped rain for days caused flooding and mudslides. City officials in Sumas, Washington said Tuesday that hundreds of people had been evacuated and estimated that 75% of homes

By JIM MORRIS and ROB GILLIES Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The body of a woman has been recovered from a mudslide caused by extremely heavy rainfall in the Pacific coast Canadian province of British Columbia. Police said Tuesday that search and rescue personnel are continuing to look for other possible victims. The

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A University of Miami expert on financial crimes in Latin America was sentenced Tuesday to six months in prison for a career-ending decision to hide $3 million in proceeds from a corruption scheme run by a businessman connected to Venezuela’s socialist government. Bagley’s transition from writing textbooks