AP National News

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man who initiated the chase that ended in Ahmaud Arbery’s death rapidly changed his story to police on why he suspected Arbery was a criminal. A patrol officer who interviewed Greg McMichael at the scene of the February 2020 shooting told a jury Tuesday that

By SCOTT BAUER, TAMMY WEBBER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have rested their case against Kyle Rittenhouse after 5 1/2 days of testimony in which they sought to portray him as the instigator in the shootings that left two men dead and a third wounded during street protests in Kenosha,

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Mexico’s president is warning that the world is sliding from “civilization to barbarity.” Andrés Manuel López Obrador called for the thousand richest people, the thousand largest private corporations and the 20 major economies to improve life for the 750 million people now existing on less

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Father Jean-Nicaisse Milien felt the cool barrel of a gun against his right ear. The Haitian priest and nine other people had just been kidnapped while driving through the outskirts of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, in early April. They were seized by the 400

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The man who initiated the chase that ended in Ahmaud Arbery’s death rapidly changed his story to police on why he suspected Arbery was a criminal. A patrol officer who interviewed Greg McMichael at the scene of the February 2020 shooting told a jury Tuesday that

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire says he will seek a fourth term instead of running for Senate. Tuesday’s announcement was a major blow to Republicans, who had hoped he could defeat Democratic incumbent Maggie Hassan and help them retake the Senate in next year’s

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has scheduled his first public event in nearly two weeks. Newsom has been out of public sight since receiving a coronavirus vaccine booster shot on Oct. 27. Newsom had been scheduled to attend the United Nations’ climate conference in Scotland. But he

By ALEJANDRA MOLINA Religion News Service From toppling statues to setting churches ablaze, anti-Catholic vandalism is on the rise. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is trying to understand why and has started to document and track vandalism at Catholic sites across the country. The organization has logged news reports of such incidents dating back

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Police officers in Serbia’s capital have been deployed to a large mural of convicted Bosnian Serb wartime commander Ratko Mladic that activists wanted to paint over. Police in Belgrade had banned the activists from gathering by the mural to mark the International Day Against Fascism and Antisemitism. Authorities cited the need

By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates has met with Syria’s once widely shunned president in Damascus, sending the strongest signal yet that the Arab world is willing to re-engage with strongman Bashar Assad. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s visit on

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an environmental justice investigation in Lowndes County, Alabama, where longstanding wastewater problems have been sending raw sewage into yards and houses. The deparment’s civil rights division is leading the probe, which will look for evidence of racial bias in

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man accused of killing his wife and burying her body in a park testified that the couple had a troubled relationship and he was considering divorce before she died. Joseph Elledge is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, 28-year-old Mengqi Ji, whom he reported missing

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s telecommunications regulator says thousands of iconic red phone booths will be protected from removal under new rules. The public payphone boxes may appear obsolete relics to many in an age of ubiquitous smart mobile phones, but regulator Ofcom said they can still be a “lifeline” for people in need. The regulator

FORT HARRISON, Mont. (AP) — A Montana soldier is the first woman to graduate from the U.S. Army’s sniper course. Maj. Gen. J. Peter Hronek, Montana’s adjutant general, says her graduation is a milestone for the National Guard and for the Army. The military is not identifying her at this time. The soldier enlisted in

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations says at least 16 of its staff members have been detained in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. A U.N. spokesman says another six were released. The U.N. has asked Ethiopia’s foreign ministry for their immediate release. The U.N. says it was given no reason for the detentions, but ethnic

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Drone video played Tuesday for jurors at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial showed the moment that Rittenhouse shot Joseph Rosenbaum, the first person killed during a night of turbulent protests on the streets of Kenosha. The video was zoomed in and slowed

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer General Electric, the storied American manufacturer that struggled under its own weight after growing to become a sprawling conglomerate, will divide itself into three public companies focused on aviation, health care and energy. It is the culmination of an arduous, yearslong reshaping of a symbol of American manufacturing might

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s government says it will provide emergency funding for state energy suppliers to import enough electricity and fuel to cover the country’s power needs over the next 30 days. The economy minister said the decision was due to “reduced domestic production capacities…and increased global (electricity) prices.” He said Tuesday

By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Coronavirus deaths in Russia have hit a new record  two days after a nine-day work stoppage ended in most of the country’s regions. The state coronavirus task force reported 1,211 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, Russia’s highest daily death toll of the pandemic. The task force also reported

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As a sex trafficking trial gets underway, a judge has refused once more to let British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell trade a jail cell for home detention with 24-hour guards. U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan rejected a bail application for Maxwell for a fourth time on