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By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s celebration of the 200th anniversary of its final independence from Spain has included a message from Pope Francis acknowledging the errors of the Roman Catholic Church in supporting the old order. The better known anniversary is the start of Mexico’s battle for independence on Sept.

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Ethics officials are questioning whether South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem had a conflict of interest by meeting with her daughter and top state officials last year in the governor’s office while her daughter was pursuing a real estate certification. Noem’s daughter, Kassidy Peters, was seeking

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Russia will hold their second round of strategic talks later this week as the two sides attempt to resolve myriad differences ranging from nuclear weapons to cyberspace. The State Department said Monday that the Biden administration’s second-ranking diplomat would lead the U.S.

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass has entered next year’s race for Los Angeles mayor, shaking up the field seeking to replace Mayor Eric Garcetti. She’s promising to take on the homeless crisis, lamenting that 40,000 people sleep on city streets every night. Her candidacy

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Witnesses say 37 people were killed in north central Nigeria when assailants attacked a remote community in Kaduna state. The incident in the Kaura local government area is the latest in a cycle of violence in the southern parts of Kaduna. Residents blame it on a

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Greyhound Lines Inc. will pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit over the bus line’s practice of allowing U.S. Customs & Border Protection agents to board its buses in Washington state to conduct immigration sweeps. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the settlement Monday. The

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The NATO-led KFOR mission in Kosovo has increased its patrols on the border with Serbia in a bid to deescalate tensions between the two Balkan foes over a dispute about license plates. The U.S. Embassy in Serbia tweeted Monday that American and Canadian

BOSTON (AP) — The guitar played by Johnny Ramone on all 15 Ramones albums and at nearly 2,000 live performances by the rock band sold at auction over the weekend for more than $900,000. Boston-based RR Auction said in a statement Monday that the 1965 Mosrite Ventures II electric guitar was bought by a collector

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The two co-hosts of “The View” who were abruptly pulled off the air last week before a planned interview with Vice President Kamala Harris say their tests were false positives. Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro’s false positives led to some awkward television. And their boss,

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” returns for its 47th season this weekend with a bit of a surprise. All but one of the cast members are returning. Only Beck Bennett has said he will not be coming back for the show. There was some mystery about whether

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans are trying to shore up their slipping dominance in America’s biggest red state with redrawn voting maps. New Texas congressional districts offered Monday by GOP lawmakers would bolster Republicans’ chances of reclaiming control of the U.S. House in 2022. Booming Texas was the

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has received his COVID-19 booster shot. Monday’s booster shot came days after federal regulators recommended a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine for Americans 65 or older and approved them for others with preexisting medical conditions and high-risk work environments. Biden is 78. He

By ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s top diplomat says Syria’s doors are open for the safe return of refugees to their country. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad also called for the withdrawal of U.S. and Turkish troops from his country, pledging to drive them out from

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A high-ranking Roman Catholic cardinal who was placed on a ventilator after contracting COVID-19 says his recovery is going slowly. Cardinal Raymond Burke, a vaccine skeptic, posted a letter on his website Saturday saying he left the hospital Sept. 3 and moved into a house near

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is renewing efforts to shield hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the United States as young children from deportation, the latest maneuver in a long-running drama over the policy’s legality. An administration proposal on Monday attempts to satisfy concerns

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Court records show a Tennessee state senator charged with stealing $600,000 in federal grant money from a health care school she operated has been acquitted on 15 of 20 charges. Memphis news outlets report that U.S. District Court Judge Sheryl Lipman filed the order Sunday. Sen. Katrina Robinson was charged in

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Poland has convicted a man of instigating a murder in 2002 and participating in subsequent cannibalism and handed him a 25-year prison term. The body of the victim was never found and his identity isn’t known. But the court in northwest Poland gave credence to the testimony of

By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — R&B superstar R. Kelly faces the possibility of decades in prison after being convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking in federal court in New York City. A jury found him guilty Monday after a trial in which several accusers testified he subjected them

PARIS (AP) — French President Macron was hit on the shoulder by an egg thrown at him by a young man during an international food trade fair in the French city of Lyon. A video of the incident shows Macron walking through the crowd when an egg bounced off him without breaking. Lyon prosecutors said