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By JEFF AMY Associated Press MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Another Republican candidate says Herschel Walker’s history of violence against women should disqualify him from being a U.S. senator from Georgia. State Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black is one of three other GOP candidates in the 2022 race. He made the remarks Thursday after touring a domestic

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — State officials say more than 14,000 low-income Mississippi children had their pandemic food cards mistakenly deactivated this week. The Mississippi Department of Human Services apologized for the error. It said the mistake was made Monday by a processing vendor and that parents of the affected children should all receive replacement cards

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press A federal indictment accuses a former Louisiana police officer of kicking an arrested man in the face and head, then lying about it when the man complained to his superiors. Jared Desadier was arrested last year on state charges in the incident involving Timothy Williams, who sued him and other

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats want to again try letting millions of immigrants stay temporarily in the U.S. as part of President Joe Biden’s economic plan. People familiar with the effort say Democrats want to let migrants in the U.S. before 2011 apply for a temporary permit letting them work

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A criminal complaint filed by a police investigator with a court in Albany has accused former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of committing a misdemeanor sex crime, though there was confusion Thursday over whether the document was made public by mistake. The brief complaint accused Cuomo

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO By AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Online behemoth Amazon reported a shortfall in third quarter profits and sales as the pandemic-induced online splurging eases. During the three-month period ended Sept. 30, the company reported a profit of $6.2 billion, or $6.12 per share, compared with $6.3 billion, or $12.37 per

By MATT O’BRIEN and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press The term “metaverse” is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry’s imagination _ so much so that one of the best-known internet platforms is rebranding to embrace the futuristic idea. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Thursday announcement that he’s changing his company’s name to Meta Platforms Inc.,

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Racine County sheriff is accusing the Wisconsin Elections Commission of breaking the law by telling local elections officials not to send poll workers into nursing homes to assist residents with voting last year. Sheriff Christopher Schmaling on Thursday called on the Wisconsin Department of Justice

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Some Spanish-speaking voters in a heavily Hispanic city in Pennsylvania are at risk of being disenfranchised in the November election because of an error in instructions that accompanied 17,000 mail-in ballots. That’s according to activists who rallied Thursday to demand more aggressive action to fix the situation. The erroneous Spanish

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO By AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Online behemoth Amazon reported a drop in third quarter profits and sales as the pandemic-induced online splurging eases. During the three-month period ended Sept. 30, the company reported a profit of $6.2 billion, or $6.12 per share, compared with $6.3 billion, or $12.37 per

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his company is rebranding itself as Meta, an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future. Experts point out that it also appears to be an attempt to change the subject from the Facebook Papers, a document trove that

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook Inc. says it is changing its name to Meta Platforms Inc., joining a long list of companies that have tried to rebrand themselves over the years. CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company will focus on the “metaverse,” a virtual computer-generated space where people can

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta has issued a consumer alert warning about illegal, potent cannabis edibles for sale that are being packaged to look like snack and candy brands that are popular with children and teens. Bonta said Thursday that the marijuana edibles are being sold online and at unlicensed California

By JEFF AMY and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The World Series shifts to Georgia on Friday amid a complicated stew of politics and commerce. Major League Baseball moved the All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver over the summer in protest of Georgia’s restrictive new voting law. The move sparked howls of protest

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three men have pleaded guilty in connection with a summer shooting that left a 12-year-old New Orleans girl dead and outraged the city. The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate reported that the parents of Todriana Peters were in the courtroom Wednesday. One man admitted to opening fire during the May

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — GE Appliances has announced plans to add more than 1,000 jobs at its sprawling Kentucky operations. The company said Thursday the job growth is part of a $450 million investment to boost capacity and launch new products. The Kentucky-based home appliances business says it’s targeting upgrades

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Walter Wallace Jr. after his shooting by police a year ago. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Thursday that city officials agreed to pay the family $2.5 million. Family attorney Shaka Johnson said the city’s recent announcement that it would

By LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he has reached a “historic” framework with Democrats in Congress on his sweeping, though scaled-back domestic policy plan. But he still must nail down votes from a few skeptical fellow Democrats. Biden announced the framework at the White

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Two neo-Nazi group members have been sentenced to nine years in prison each in a case that highlighted a broader federal crackdown on far-right extremists. FBI agents arrested former Canadian Armed Forces reservist Patrik Jordan Mathews, U.S. Army veteran Brian Mark Lemley Jr. and a third

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr and his brother-in-law are under investigation for insider trading. Recently filed federal court documents show the Securities and Exchange Commission is probing their abrupt sales of financial holdings during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Burr is among a group of