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LONDON (AP) — Members of a gang of international jewel thieves who stole millions in gems and other valuables from wealthy victims including Formula One heiress Tamara Ecclestone have been sentenced to prison terms by a British judge. Italian citizens Jugoslav Jovanovic, Alessandro Maltese and Alessandro Donati struck three London mansions during a two-week burglary

By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Bob Mackie was 11, his uncle asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, and his response was a costume designer on Broadway. Mackie lived in California and had never been to New York, but he was fixated on the “color, excitement

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is proposing a $25 million investment to repair Miami’s Freedom Tower. The aging building is also known as the “Ellis Island of the South” because it housed the Cuban Assistance Center where refugees received government help after leaving the communist island following

By ANNIE MA and MIKE MELIA Associated Press The rollout of COVID-19 shots for elementary-age children has exposed another blind spot in the nation’s efforts to address pandemic inequalities. Health systems have released little data on the racial breakdown of youth vaccinations, and community leaders fear that Black and Latino kids are falling behind. Only

By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government has increased the terror level to severe, meaning an attack is highly likely. The move comes after police said a blast in a taxi outside a Liverpool hospital was caused by a homemade bomb. The explosion at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A judge is denying requests to declare a mistrial in the case of three white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery. Tensions flared Monday as the Rev. Jesse Jackson joined the slain Black man’s parents in court. Defense attorneys said jurors could have been tainted when

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat says the bloc is planning to take action against anyone delaying Mali’s political transition. It’s also drawing up a list of sanctions to slap on Russian mercenaries that Mali’s government hired to fight extremists. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said foreign ministers agreed Monday to set

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says his administration will help improve public safety and justice for Native American communities. The administration will also pursue a 20-year ban on oil and gas drilling in Chaco Canyon, an ancient heritage sight in northwestern New Mexico. At the first tribal nations summit

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — There’s no supply-chain shortage when it comes to holiday movies and TV specials. That includes the movie “Candy Coated Christmas,” featuring  Ree Drummond of Food Network’s “The Pioneer Woman” series.  The movie will debut on discovery+. Old favorites such as 1965′s “A Charlie Brown Christmas”

By SALAR SALIM and ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Gaylan Delir Ismael, a 25-year-old from Iraq’s Kurdistan region, jumped at the chance to try to get to Europe when he heard that thousands from the Middle East were taking advantage of easily obtained tourist visas from Belarus. A diabetic, he was desperate to

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz will visit Morocco later this month and sign an agreement with his counterpart on enhancing security cooperation. Morocco was one of four Arab countries that agreed to normalize ties with Israel last year under the so-called Abraham Accords brokered by the Trump administration, along with the United

By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Closing arguments have begun at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial in the shootings of three men during street unrest in Kenosha. Each side gets 2 1/2 hours Monday to make their case to jurors before deliberations begin. Prosecutors have sought to portray

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks wobbled on Wall Street Monday as the market comes off its first weekly loss in six weeks. The S&P 500 was mostly unchanged and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell less than 0.1%. The Nasdaq fell 0.1%. The market remained choppy as rising and falling sectors rotated

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has announced it will provide $40 million in emergency funding for conflict-wracked northern Ethiopia and drought-affected southern areas. U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths allocated $25 million from the U.N.’s Central Emergency Response Fund and the country-based Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund allocated $15 million.

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A Connecticut judge has found Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones liable for damages in lawsuits brought by parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The parents of several children sued Jones over his claims that the massacre was a hoax. Judge Barbara Bellis took

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space junk is threatening the seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station and interrupting their work. The U.S. Space Command says it’s tracking a field of orbiting debris, the apparent result of a satellite breakup. There’s no immediate explanation for the space junk, but

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Turkey’s deputy president says his country is “not afraid of anyone” and won’t be deterred from continuing drilling for oil and gas in disputed waters that have been a source of tension between Ankara and ethnically-divided Cyprus. Deputy President Fuat Oktay made the comments Monday during

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A Connecticut judge has found Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones liable for damages in lawsuits brought by parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The parents of several children sued Jones over his claims that the massacre was a hoax. Judge Barbara Bellis took

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers have moved to subpoena a document and a former state employee at the center of questions about whether Gov. Kristi Noem used her influence to aid her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license. The Legislature’s Government Operations and Audit Committee

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson has joined the parents of Ahmaud Arbery in court for the trial of three white men charged with murdering their son. Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley declined a request by defense attorney Kevin Gough to have Jackson leave the courtroom. The 25-year-old