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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed two prominent anti-Trump Republicans to serve in the Biden administration. Senators on Tuesday confirmed former Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona to serve as the ambassador to Turkey and Cindy McCain, the wife of the late Sen. John McCain, to serve as the ambassador to the United

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy was interviewed by The Associated Press on efforts to make the Grammys more inclusive. He also talked about other happenings in the music industry and cancel culture. Mason addresses the rumors about R. Kelly’s Grammys being

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities have identified the suspect in a Boise, Idaho mall shooting as 27-year-old Jacob Bergquist. Police say Bergquist died at a hospital late Tuesday morning. Police say he is believed to have killed two people and injured four others in the Monday afternoon shooting. The Ada

CHICAGO (AP) — In an Oct. 25 story about the remains of one of serial killer John Wayne Gacy’s victims being identified, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Cook County Sheriff’s Department, erroneously reported that the family of Francis Wayne Alexander lived in North Carolina at the time Gacy was arrested in 1978.

By KATHLEEN FOODY The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Siblings of the man identified as a victim of the notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy say their family is shocked but grateful to police who used DNA to confirm his fate. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office on Monday confirmed that Francis Wayne Alexander was among

By JAY COHEN and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writers CHICAGO (AP) — Florida Panthers coach Joel Quenneville says he’ll meet with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on Thursday to discuss his involvement in the Chicago Blackhawks’ sexual abuse scandal. Quenneville is among those named in a report detailing how the Blackhawks mishandled allegations that an assistant

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police say the suspect in a Boise, Idaho, mall shooting that killed two people and injured four others has died. The Boise Police Department did not release the name of the suspect nor the names of the slain and injured victims. Family members have identified one

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Faced with deadlocked jurors, a judge has declared a mistrial on charges against three former Georgia sheriff’s deputies. They are accused of murdering Eurie Martin during a 2017 arrest when they shocked the 58-year-old Black man with stun guns. A judge on Tuesday granted motions for mistrials.

By SAMY MAGDY and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, who led this week’s coup in Sudan, has vowed to usher the country to an elected government. He first gained prominence in 2019 when he and other generals toppled longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir under pressure from mass demonstrations. The 61-year-old Burhan

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter posted a net loss Tuesday due mostly to a lawsuit settlement it paid, but its revenue rose sharply in the third quarter, boosted by solid ad sales around the globe. The San Francisco-based company said Tuesday that its net loss was $536.8 million, or 67 cents per share,

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An Ohio trader in penny stocks has been arrested on charges alleging he repeatedly lied to over 70,000 Twitter followers to earn over $1 million illegally in what authorities are calling a new twist on an old stock manipulation game. Steven Gallagher of Maumee, Ohio, was

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks held on to modest gains on Wall Street Tuesday, pushing the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average further into record heights. The S&P 500 added 0.2% and the Dow edged up less than 0.1%. The Nasdaq also rose less than 0.1%. Solid

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Days before the final votes are cast in an election likely to make him Manhattan’s first Black district attorney, Alvin Bragg is showing just how different a prosecutor he might be. Instead of stumping for votes, the Democrat is spending the last days of his

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press Baghdad (AP) — Iraqi security officials say at least 11 civilians have been killed and several wounded in an attack by gunmen of the Islamic State extremist group on a village northeast of Baghdad. The officials say say Tuesday’s attack occurred in the predominantly Shiite village of al-Rashad northeast of

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The deluge California received from a powerful atmospheric river made streams and waterfalls come alive while coating mountains with snow, but as the storm heads east it leaves the Golden State still deep in drought. The long plume of moisture pulled in from the Pacific capped

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Family members have identified one of the victims who was shot and killed at Boise mall on Monday as Jo Acker, a security guard who they said died trying to stop the shooter. She was one of two people who died in the shooting which also

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health advisers have endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for younger children. The vote Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration panel moves the U.S. closer to vaccinating children ages 5 to 11. The FDA isn’t bound by the panel’s recommendation and

WASHINGTON (AP) — An 84-year-old American-Iranian man who has been detained in Iran for more than five years has undergone surgery to clear a blockage in an artery to the brain that his family and supporters have described as life-threatening. A statement from Baquer Namazi’s attorney, Jared Genser, says the surgery “appears to have been

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The office of Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok says he and his wife, who were detained after the military seized power, were allowed to return to their home in Khartoum. Their release came after the international community condemned the coup and called on the military to release