AP National News

By BOB CHRISTIE and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Republican who has served as president of the Arizona Senate for the past three years and oversaw an unprecedented review of 2020 election results in the state’s most populous county says she won’t seek reelection in 2022. Senate President Karen Fann said

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and PAN PYLAS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — France’s president offered Britain extra time for negotiations to try to reach a compromise on a troubling post-Brexit fishing spat. The offer came hours ahead of a threatened French blockade of British ships and trucks. The British government has said throughout the long-running

By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of the Supreme Court are signaling that they would allow abortion providers to pursue a court challenge to a Texas law that has virtually ended abortion in the nation’s second-largest state after six weeks of pregnancy. But it was unclear Monday how

By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — One of the nation’s largest utility holding companies has agreed to refund customers of its three Ohio electric companies $306 million for collecting significantly excessive profits over a three-year period. The settlement between Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. and the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel and other groups was announced Monday.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed a cinematographer says he hopes the tragedy prompts the film industry to “reevaluate its values and practices” to ensure no one is harmed again. David Halls released a statement to the New York Post, breaking his silence following the

HOUSTON (AP) — Television ratings are up for the World Series along with its return to its usual format with games in each team’s city. Atlanta’s 2-0 victory over visiting Houston in Game 3 on Friday drew a 6.1 rating, 16 share and 11,232,000 viewers on Fox. That was up 37% from 8,210,000 viewers for

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has recommended no new trial for Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed. His supporters include some lawmakers and celebrities who point to evidence they say raises serious doubts about his guilt. Reed was condemned for the 1996 killing of 19-year-old Stacey Stites. Prosecutors say

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The union representing dockworkers at South Carolina’s ports tells The Associated Press it’s calling on the Biden administration for help in a dispute related to a new shipping terminal. But the chief executive of the state’s ports authority says the “hybrid” union-non-union employment model at the

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — News organizations are making a fresh plea to the judge overseeing the case of a former Minnesota police officer charged in the death of Daunte Wright. They’re asking her to allow live video coverage of former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter’s trial because of the continuing threat

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A judge says a freshman Kansas legislator who has acknowledged past abuses against girls and young women must undergo a mental health evaluation after he was charged with domestic battery in a disturbance involving his brother at his grandfather’s home. Magistrate Judge James Phelan on Monday

By SARAH RANKIN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia governor’s race that appears deadlocked between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin has entered its final hours. Both sides are claiming momentum, but the result is sure to send a message to President Joe Biden regardless of which party prevails.

By ANITA SNOW and TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Biden administration’s decision to allow vaccinated people to enter the U.S. by land for nonessential travel starting next week has many Canadians packing up their campers and making reservations at their favorite vacation condos and mobile home parks. Restrictions imposed by both countries

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has declared gun violence a public health crisis and says $250 million in state and federal money will be directed toward the issue over three years. Pritzker’s office says about $50 million of the Illinois effort will come from the current state budget with the same approach in

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to keep species protections in place for Canada lynx. A federal judge in Montana on Monday approved a settlement between the U.S. Interior Department and environmentalists who had sued to retain protections for the snow-loving wild cats. Lynx have been listed

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A court document says a 20-year-old California man accused of assaulting a flight attendant on a cross-country American Airlines flight allegedly punched the woman in the face after being told he could not use the bathroom, leaving her bleeding around her nose and giving her a concussion.

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX launch has been delayed because of a ‘minor medical issue’ involving one of the four astronauts. NASA said Monday that the launch to the International Space Station is now off until Saturday night at the earliest. Liftoff had been scheduled for this

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Police say a shooting at a suburban Chicago Halloween party that left two people dead appears to be gang related. The Will County Sheriff’s Office on Monday updated the number of people injured to nine. The agency’s preliminary report said over a dozen were shot. By Monday afternoon, one person remained

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin is wavering over supporting President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion policy package. But Democratic leaders are vowing to push ahead, with voting possible on the bill this week. Democrats had wanted a signal from Manchin that he will support Biden’s bigger package.

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and PAN PYLAS Associated Press GLASGOW (AP) — France’s president offered Britain an extra day of negotiations to try to reach a compromise on a troubling post-Brexit fishing spat. The offer came hours ahead of a threatened French blockade of British ships and trucks. The British government has said throughout the longrunning

Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is taking Big Business to task. In an op-ed published Monday, the Republican from Florida called corporate America “the instrument of anti-American ideologies.” Rubio bemoaned what he described was corporate America’s “wokeness,” and he proposed holding corporate leaders legally liable “when they abuse their corporate