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CHICAGO (AP) — The University of Chicago’s president is urging city officials and police to treat Chicago’s rising violence as a “public health crisis” following the fatal shooting of a Chinese student during an armed robbery near campus. Twenty-four-year-old Shaoxiong “Dennis” Zheng was shot in a residential area Tuesday. The Chicago Sun-Times reports witnesses said

By BRYAN ANDERSON AND GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Rep. Madison Cawthorn says he’ll run in a new congressional district under North Carolina’s newly approved map. His Thursday night announcement to run in a redder district was a strategic move to thwart the chances of GOP state House Speaker

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping will hold their much-anticipated virtual summit on Monday evening. The leaders are looking to dial back tensions after a rough start to the U.S.-China relationship since Biden took office earlier this year. The White House is

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans quit their jobs at a record pace for the second straight month in September, while businesses and other employers continued to post a near-record number of available jobs. The Labor Department said Friday that 4.4 million people quit their jobs that month, or about 3%

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A police officer says he would have given Ahmaud Arbery a warning for trespassing inside the unfinished home from which the young Black man was seen running before he was chased and fatally shot. Glynn County police Officer Robert Rash testified Friday he had been looking

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on the military and ruling party of Eritrea over their role in neighboring Ethiopia’s brutal yearlong war,. A Treasury Department statement cited the “continued role” the Eritreans play in the war that has killed thousands. Ethiopia’s government allowed Eritrean soldiers

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and TOM MURPHY The Associated Press Johnson & Johnson is splitting into two companies, separating the division that sells Band-Aids and Listerine from its medical device and prescription drug business. The company said Friday that the division selling prescription drugs and medical devices will keep the Johnson & Johnson name. The new

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. and the European Union have inched away from a diplomatic cliff edge but remain miles apart in a post-Brexit spat that risks escalating into a cross-Channel trade war. Chief negotiators David Frost for Britain and Maros Sefcovic for the EU failed to make much progress

By JESSICA MUNDIE Religion News Service For many Christians, the relationship between birds and faith does not stray farther than seeing a dove carrying an olive branch on a banner at church. However, for Christian birdwatchers — or to use a phrase coined by theologian John Stott, “ornitheologists” — birding is a kind of worship.

WHEELING, Ill. (AP) — Police say a child’s body found in a northwest Indiana retention pond has been identified as that of a 1-year-old suburban Chicago girl whose mother was found dead days earlier. Indiana State Police say the body found Thursday in a Hammond pond was identified as Jaclyn Angel Dobbs of Deerfield, Illinois.

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows says his client will defy a subpoena from a House committee that is investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. That’s likely to trigger a contempt vote against the former Republican congressman. The

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — A former high school basketball coach in Rhode Island is under investigation after former players came forward to say he for years asked male student-athletes to disrobe while alone with him so he could perform what he called body fat tests. Aaron Thomas had been a teacher and coach at

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana board has voted to posthumously pardon Homer Plessy, the namesake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate but equal” ruling affirming state segregation laws. The state Board of Pardon voted unanimously on Friday to clear the Creole man’s record of a conviction for refusing to leave a whites-only train

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks edged higher in morning trading on Wall Street Friday, but remain on track for weekly losses. Technology and communications companies led the modest gains. The S&P 500 rose 0.2%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% and the Nasdaq rose 0.3%. Every major index is on track

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana board has posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, the namesake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1896 “separate but equal” ruling affirming state segregation laws. The state Board of Pardon issued its unanimous decision on Friday, clearing the Creole man’s record of a conviction for refusing to leave a whites-only train car

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans quit their jobs at a record pace for the second straight month in September, while businesses and other employers continued to post a near-record number of available jobs. The Labor Department said Friday that 4.4 million people quit their jobs that month, or about 3%

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Gulf nation of Qatar has agreed to represent U.S. interests in Afghanistan following the closure of the American embassy in Kabul in late August. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Qatari counterpart say Qatar will serve as the “protecting power” for the United States

By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — More than 40 women have filed a complaint against Opus Dei to the Vatican for alleged labor exploitation, and abuse of power and of conscience. The Argentine and Paraguayan citizens worked for the conservative Catholic group in Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, Italy and Kazakhstan between

By MATTHEW PERRONE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr. Robert Califf to again lead the regulatory agency. That’s according to a person familiar with the decision. Biden is expected to make the formal announcement Friday. Califf served as FDA commissioner for