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By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Lawmakers in Belarus have voted to suspend an agreement with the European Union obliging the ex-Soviet nation to take back migrants that crossed its territory into the EU. The vote late Monday in the upper house of the Belarusian parliament formalizes the move that was announced

PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Nebraska man accused in the deaths of his two young children is now being charged with murder after an autopsy showed the children were smothered. Adam Price was initially charged with two counts of negligent child abuse resulting in death in the killings of 5-year-old Emily and 3-year-old

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The government of Poland is working abroad to warn potential migrants that the country’s border with Belarus is sealed and not a passage into the European Union. A deputy foreign minister said Tuesday that Poland’s diplomats in Middle Eastern and African countries are talking to local media and posting messages on

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says it’s reviewing an earlier decision to decline prosecution against two former FBI agents embroiled in the Larry Nassar sexual abuse cases after new information has emerged. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco says the newly confirmed assistant attorney general for the department’s criminal division

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A trial has been set for a Florida man accused of orchestrating an extortion plot linked to the federal sex investigation of U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz. Stephen Alford pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court in Pensacola, Florida. His trial is scheduled for Dec. 6. Authorities said the 62-year-old Alford was

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents have raided the offices of a New York City police union whose leader has clashed with city officials over his incendiary tweets and hard-line tactics. They also raided the Long Island home of Sergeants Benevolent Association president Ed Mullins on Monday. The union

BY AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Yemen has met with the prime minister of the country’s internationally recognized government in the port city of Aden. The U.N. mission says Hans Grundberg landed in Aden on Tuesday in his first visit to the war-scarred country since taking up

By DAVID KEYTON and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize for physics for work that found order in seeming disorder. They helped to explain and predict complex forces of nature, including expanding our understanding of climate change. Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann were cited for their work

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Police in Slovenia have fired tear gas and water cannons at anti-government protesters in the capital. The clashes happened Tuesday on the eve of a major European Union summit. Hundreds of protesters showed up to oppose the Slovenian government’s anti-coronavirus measures. EU leaders are gathering for

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Chanel brought Paris Fashion Week to its final day with a runway show that illustrated how designers and the people they dress want to look to the future with optimism. It is said that fashion is a mirror of our times — and the spring-summer collections

By DINO HAZELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis S. Collins, says he’s stepping down. Collins has led the research center for 12 years. He has directed research into the human genome and the fight against serious diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes and COVID-19. The 71-year-old

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jury selection has begun in the trial of the suspect in 2018′s Florida high school massacre, on charges that he attacked a jail guard nine months after the shooting. Prospective jurors, in groups of 32, were being brought into the courtroom and asked basic questions

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s governor has suspended a district attorney who was indicted on charges of criminal misconduct while in office. Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order Monday suspending Chattahoochee Circuit District Attorney Mark Jones until his case is resolved or the end of his term, whichever comes first.

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Among the candidates running in Iraq’s general elections this week is a leader of one of the most hard-line and powerful militias with close ties to Iran. Hussein Muanis joins a long list of candidates from among Iran-backed Shiite factions vying for parliament seats. But he is

By TALI ARBEL Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A year and a half in, the pandemic is still agonizing families. There’s the exhaustion of worrying about exposure to COVID-19 itself, and the policies at schools and day cares where children spend their time. The spread of the more infectious delta variant, particularly among people who

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — The quirky, red-headed announcer for David Letterman for two decades who frequently appeared in the show’s comedy bits has died. Alan Kalter was 78. Kalter died Monday at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut, according to Rabbi Joshua Hammerman of Temple Beth El, the Stamford synagogue Kalter attended. The cause of death was

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union aims to combat growing antisemitism with new plans to tackle hate speech, raise awareness about Jewish life and protect places of worship. The goal is to set up a Europe-wide network of “trusted flaggers” along with Jewish organizations to help remove illegal online hate speech. Brussels said Tuesday that

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Pennsylvania’s attorney general has filed criminal charges against the developer of a pipeline that takes natural gas liquids from the Marcellus Shale gas field to an export terminal near Philadelphia. Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the charges Tuesday at a news conference at Marsh Creek State Park in Downingtown. That’s

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian actor and a film director have rocketed into space to make the world’s first movie in orbit. Actor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko blasted off Tuesday for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov and docked 3 1/2

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Facebook data scientist is telling Congress that the social network giant’s products harm children and fuel polarization in the U.S. but its executives refuse to make needed changes because they elevate profits over safety. Frances Haugen is appearing for a hearing Tuesday by the