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By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A federal jury in Delaware has awarded $1.5 million to the daughter of a former Delaware pastor who said her father sexually abused her as a child and trafficked her to other men. Alicia Cohen said in a lawsuit that Ronald Cohen began sexually abusing her

SALIDA, Colo. (AP) — A judge has ruled there’s enough evidence for the case to proceed against a southern Colorado man who was charged with first-degree murder nearly a year after his wife was reported missing on Mother’s Day 2020. The judge ruled Friday that 53-year-old Barry Morphew should stand trial for the presumed death

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian state television says former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who fought for independence from France and was ousted from power in 2019 amid pro-democracy protests, has died at age 84. The television report late Friday night, citing a statement from the office of current Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, did not provide

MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) — A suspect in the shooting deaths of four Minnesotans who were found in an abandoned SUV in Wisconsin has surrendered to authorities in Arizona. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that 38-year-old Antoine Darnique Suggs turned himself in to police in Gilbert, Arizona. The sheriff’s statement says Suggs had been

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A Los Angeles jury convicted Robert Durst on Friday of murdering his best friend 20 years ago in a case that took on new life after the New York real estate heir participated in a documentary that connected him to the slaying linked to his wife’s

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly is relying on an honor system to ensure that world leaders have been vaccinated before they speak at next week’s big meeting. Presidents, premiers, monarchs and other dignitaries won’t have to show vaccination cards or other proof of inoculation. Assembly President Abdulla

By BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah county sheriff said Friday detectives have determined there is no connection between the disappearance of a Florida woman who went missing during a cross-country trip with her boyfriend and a still-unsolved slaying of two women who were fatally shot. Police in Florida had

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are inching closer to concluding their case at the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial, calling two final witnesses to try to further cement allegations he groomed young victims for unwanted sex and psychological torment in episodes dating to the 1990s. One witness called Friday was a former Kelly assistant

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A longtime prison reform advocate in Tennessee says he’s being held in solitary confinement as revenge for his advocacy. Alex Friedmann filed a federal lawsuit Thursday asking that he be moved out of solitary, where he has been housed for 18 months. Friedman is accused of

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Navy is conducting a deep-sea search for the remains of five sailors and the wreckage of a Navy helicopter that spun out on an aircraft carrier off San Diego on Aug. 31 and plunged into the Pacific ocean. The Navy launched the search Wednesday bring in sailors from its command

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is moving the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management back to the nation’s capital after two years in Colorado. Haaland is reversing a decision made by former President Donald Trump’s administration. The bureau lost nearly 300 employees to retirement or resignation when

By JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kids across the U.S. are posting TikTok videos of themselves smashing bathroom mirrors or stealing soap dispensers and even turf off football fields. The “devious licks” social media challenge went viral this week and is bedeviling principals and school district administrators. Some schools

By REBECCA BOONE, IRIS SAMUELS AND LINDSEY TANNER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As the spread of the delta variant continues unabated in much of the U.S., public health leaders have approved health care rationing in Idaho and parts of Alaska and Montana. Several more states are veering dangerously close to reaching “crisis standards

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A grand jury in California has indicted two police officers on felony assault charges in the alleged beating of an unresisting Black teenager last year. The San Joaquin County district attorney announced the indictments against the two former Stockton police officers Friday. Photos released by the

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A gathering of leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean this weekend is the latest sign of Mexico flexing its diplomatic muscle as it looks to assert itself as the new mediator between the region and the United States. Whether or not Saturday’s meeting of the

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Board members overseeing Arizona’s most populous county have reached a deal with the Republican-controlled state Senate that will end a standoff over its demand that they hand over computer routers for use in an unprecedented partisan election review. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors announced the deal

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Odette is slogging off the mid-Atlantic coast and is expected to weaken Saturday night as it approaches eastern Canada. Odette was traveling to the northeast late Friday night at 10 mph and was about 265 miles southeast of Cape May, New Jersey. It had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph.

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Bank has dropped a popular report that ranked countries by how welcoming they are to businesses after allegations that it bowed to pressure from China and other governments. The report is important to many companies and investors around the world: They use the World

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A statue of Christopher Columbus that was taken down from Mexico City’s central boulevard won’t be going back up for months. Restorers say that years of protest graffiti and weather have taken their toll on the 1877 statuary, and it will not be ready for