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By CARA ANNA and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tigray forces have joined with other armed and opposition groups in an alliance against Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to seek a political transition after a year of devastating war. They leave the possibility open for his exit by force. One Tigray official

By DAVID A. LIEB, GEOFF MULVIHILL and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The attorneys general of 27 states have filed federal lawsuits challenging a vaccine mandate for employers issued by the Biden administration. They generally contend that the authority to compel vaccinations rests with the states, not the federal government. The

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of intelligence officers could soon face dismissal for failing to comply with the U.S. government’s vaccine mandate, leading to concerns from Republican lawmakers about potentially hurting agencies considered critical to national security. While the percentage of intelligence personnel who have been vaccinated is higher than for

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian health officials say a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed by Israeli fire during clashes in the occupied West Bank. Health officials say he died on Friday from a gunshot wound to the stomach, following clashes with Israeli forces near a northern West Bank village. The army said dozens

By JEFFREY COLLINS and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The United States is steadily chipping away at vaccine hesitancy and driving down COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations to the point that schools, governments and corporations are lifting mask restrictions yet again. Nearly 200 million Americans are fully vaccinated. Nearly 98% of the over-65 population has received at

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Aaron Feuerstein has died at age 95 after a life in which he gained fame for continuing to pay workers at his Massachusetts textile mill even after a fire shuttered operations. Feuerstein died Thursday night of complications from a fall days before at his home in Brookline. He used to own

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A confidential Israeli dossier detailing alleged links between Palestinian human rights groups and an internationally designated terrorist organization contains little concrete evidence. It has also failed to convince European countries to stop funding the groups. The 74-page document appears to have been prepared by Israel’s Shin Bet

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida is reversing its position, saying it will allow three professors to serve as experts in a lawsuit challenging a new state election law. The university made the announcement on Friday. The school last month had said that the three professors were prohibited

WASHINGTON (AP) — Winter is on the horizon again with the end of daylight saving time coming Sunday across most of the United States. Standard time begins at 2 a.m. local time Sunday. Set the clocks back an hour before bed Saturday night and gain an extra hour of sleep. But a recent poll shows

By TERRY TANG Associated Press One of the hottest clubs in Hollywood is run by “Crazy Rich Asians” actor Jimmy O. Yang and his producing partners. If you gain entry, you just better know how to eat a Dungeness crab. Yang, whose Netflix holiday rom-com “Love Hard” drops Friday, has been turning the production company

By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Angela Williams has taken the helm of the nation’s largest charity with a powerhouse resume behind her — and a long list of challenges in front of her. As the first woman and the first African American to lead United Way Worldwide, she must

BANGKOK (AP) — Testimony by prosecution witnesses in the case of a U.S. journalist detained in Myanmar for more than five months has established that official records did not accurately reflect where he was employed. Danny Fenster’s lawyer says witnesses testified the Information Ministry declared Fenster was still working for an online news service that

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 22-year-old man accused of donning battle gear and killing a man sitting in a parked car before shooting at people inside a Las Vegas convenience store is due to face a judge on murder and other charges. Jesus Javier Uribe’s initial court appearance Friday follows his arrest Thursday at a

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s health ministry says scores of people were injured, most of them members of security forces, when supporters of pro-Iran Shiite militias who had camped outside Baghdad’s Green Zone scuffled with anti-riot police. The protesters reject the results of Iraq’s parliamentary elections last month. Friday’s injuries were

BILLERICA, Mass. (AP) — Human remains found in a Massachusetts river have been positively identified as those of a 17-year-old girl who went missing almost 40 years ago. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said Friday that the remains were confirmed as belonging to Judith Chartier through dental records. The remains were found Wednesday in the

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The prosecution has given its opening statement in the trial of three white men charged with killing   Ahmaud Arbery last year in Georgia. Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski said the men chased Arbery for five minutes, and one threatened to shoot him, as they cut off his

ATLANTA (AP) — The son of R&B legend Gladys Knight has been sentenced to serve two years in prison for failing to withhold payroll taxes for the restaurants that bore his mother’s name. Shanga Hankerson opened his first restaurant, Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles, in Atlanta in 1997. Over the next several years, he opened

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A former security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron who triggered controversy by assaulting a protester at a 2018 May Day march has been convicted of illegal violence and other offenses and sentenced to a year’s imprisonment. Alexandre Benalla Friday received a three-year prison sentence — two

By ROBERT BURNS and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Colin L. Powell, the widely praised soldier-diplomat who died of complications from COVID-19 last month, is being remembered at a funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral. Powell’s achievements serve as a model for minorities in public and private life. A Vietnam combat veteran,

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The union for faculty members at the University of Florida is urging donors to withhold contributions and scholars and artists to turn down invitations to campus.  They are making both requests in an effort to force administrators to affirm the free speech rights of school employees. The United Faculty of Florida