AP National News

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Defense attorneys at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial say they will ask the judge to declare a mistrial after prosecutors posed what appeared to be improper questions of Rittenhouse on the stand. Circuit  Judge Bruce Schroeder did not immediately rule, saying he

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former Idaho inmate who became the first person to receive court-ordered gender confirmation surgery after suing the Idaho Department of Correction is asking a judge to order the state to pay more than $2.8 million in attorney fees. The state has until Nov. 22 to

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s mayor says three concertgoers remain in critical condition following a massive crowd surge during a Travis Scott concert last week. Mayor Sylvester Turner said Wednesday that the victims, their families and the city deserve to know what led to the death of eight people at

By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Former French President François Hollande has testified at the trial of 14 men accused of helping in the 2015 Islamic State attacks on Paris. Hollande said he was aware for months beforehand that the Islamic State group was targeting France. He was at France’s national stadium when

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — An eye-opening report on inflation that was hotter than expected slammed into the bond market on Wednesday, sending yields jumping, and helping knock stocks lower. The sharpest inflation since 1990 forced investors to boost bets that the Federal Reserve will have

By SETH BORENSTEIN, ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — China’s climate envoy says China and the United States have pledged to increase cooperation on climate action at U.N. talks in Glasgow. Xie Zhenhua told reporters Wednesday that the two biggest carbon polluters would outline their efforts in a joint statement

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Rivian Automotive is having a promising debut on the stock market, with shares of the electric vehicle maker soaring more than 50%. The opening trade of $106.75 gave Rivian a market value of about $91 billion, greater than that of Ford and General Motors.

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A coalition of 10 states has filed a lawsuit challenging a new rule by President Joe Biden’s administration requiring millions of health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The suit filed Wednesday in a Missouri federal court follows similar ones filed by Republican-led

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government says a decision to ban an opposition demonstration won’t hurt its image and is accusing the United States and anti-Castro groups in Florida of instigating next week’s planned march. “Reality is what determines image,” Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez told The Associated Press on Wednesday

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Attorneys for former Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs III have launched a bid to keep his medical records out of the hands of prosecutors charging him with driving under the influence in a fiery crash that killed a woman and cost Ruggs his job. Ruggs didn’t appear

By ARITZ PARRA and BARRY HATTON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Madrid are defending their record of handling gas generated by decomposing organic waste after scientists aided by satellite imagery said they had found major leaks of methane from two landfill sites serving the Spanish capital. The leaks were revealed only a week

By ZEKE MILLER and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — About 900,000 kids aged 5-11 will have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in their first week of eligibility, the White House said Wednesday. Final clearance for the shots was granted by federal regulators on Nov. 2, with the first doses to

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister has toured a Baghdad neighborhood on foot days after he escaped an assassination attempt in the Iraqi capital. It was his first public appearance outside his residence since the attack. The prime minister’s office said some residents of the eastern neighborhood of Sadr City

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press A New Jersey gym owner who punched a police officer during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. Scott Fairlamb’s sentencing on Wednesday to 41 months in prison is likely to become a benchmark for dozens

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The judge in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial sent the jury out of the courtroom and berated the prosecutor for questioning Rittenhouse about whether it was appropriate to use deadly force to protect property.  Judge Bruce Schroeder heatedly accused lead prosecutor Thomas

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A worsening surge of inflation for such bedrock necessities as food, rent, autos and heating oil is setting Americans up for a financially difficult Thanksgiving and holiday shopping season. Prices for U.S. consumers jumped 6.2% in October compared with a year earlier, leaving families facing the

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities say they have approved plans to have a COVID-19 booster shot for all who would want one. Health ministers from the nation’s different regions said that on top of the booster shots for health professionals and the over-65 age group which are already being administered, it will start preparing a

BOSTON (AP) — Investigators trying to learn why a commercial fishing boat sank off Massachusetts nearly a year ago are using some high-tech gadgetry in their probe. The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday the 82-foot Portland, Maine-based Emmy Rose went down early Nov. 23. The bodies of the four crew members have never been

By MICHAEL HILL, JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s attorney general has released hundreds of pages of transcripts of interviews conducted during an investigation into sexual harassment allegations made against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The transcripts released Wednesday included Cuomo’s interview with the independent investigators hired by