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JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says Palestinian militants have launched a rocket into Israel from the Gaza Strip. The military says it intercepted the rocket and there were no casualties. The launch came at a time of heightened tensions following an escape by six Palestinian militants from an Israeli prison last week and lingering

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say one person has died and five others including a teenage girl were wounded in a shooting on the city’s South Side. A group of people was walking toward their vehicles around 9:40 p.m. Saturday when someone inside another vehicle “fired multiple rounds, striking the victims.” A 42-year-old woman who

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A six-year-old boy who was the sole survivor of a cable car crash this year in Italy is the object of a bitter custody battle between paternal relatives in Italy and maternal grandparents in Israel. Fourteen people, including Eitan Biran’s parents and younger sibling, died when the

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline went up 2 cents over the past two weeks, to $3.25 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday the increase resumes the climb in gas prices over the past 10 months, following a two-week break where the average price

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” stayed on top at the box office, collecting $35.8 million in ticket sales in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. That total was good enough for the best second-weekend gross of any film during the

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The frontrunner to replace Angela Merkel as German chancellor has faced tough questions over whether his ministry had a role in obstructing money-laundering probes. Olaf Scholz of the center-left Social Democrats denied in a pre-election debate Sunday that his finance ministry was being directly investigated by prosecutors

By The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — The Middle Eastern State of Qatar, which has played an outsized role in Afghanistan since the Taliban’s sweep to power on Aug. 15, has sent a delegation to Kabul. It is the highest diplomatic level delegation to visit the Afghan capital since the Taliban announced their interim Cabinet.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani official says three climbers became stranded on Pakistan’s Rakaposhi mountain during their descent and efforts are being made to rescue them by helicopter. Czech climbers Jakub Vicek and Peter Macek and Pakistani Wajidullah Nagri were stranded in Camp 3 on Rakaposhi at a height of 6,900 meters (22,640 feet). A

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has canceled the trial for rock icon Rod Stewart and his adult son and scheduled a hearing next month to discuss a plea deal to resolve misdemeanor charges. The singer of 70s hits such as “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” and “Maggie May” and his son

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera returned to its home after an 18-month absence caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Before a masked crowd of 3,600, music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin led a performance of the Verdi Requiem in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The Met had

VIENNA (AP) — Ethiopia’s Derara Hurisa has been disqualified for wearing the wrong shoes after winning the Vienna Marathon. The 24-year-old Hurisa crossed the line first by three seconds but was later told he had been disqualified. That was because the soles of his shoes were 1 centimeter (0.4 inches) thicker than the maximum 4

By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DARAA, Syria (AP) — The badly damaged old section of the southern Syrian city of Daraa, which until recently was held by opposition gunmen, appears to have slowly returned to some sense of normalcy. The capture of Daraa al-Balad marked another victory for President Bashar Assad, whose forces now control

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Northern Idaho has a long and deep streak of antigovernment activism that is confounding attempts to battle a COVID-19 outbreak. The surge has overwhelmed hospitals in the deeply conservative region. A deadly 1992 standoff with federal agents near the Canadian border helped spark an

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister says his country is working with the U.N.’s refugee agency to repatriate Syrians to their home country. The comments are at odds, however, with the U.N. agency’s overall policy towards returning migrants to Syria, which it still considers too dangerous. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Sunday that “we

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas is expected to strengthen as it heads for the Gulf Coast. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say coastal areas of Texas, Mexico and Louisiana could see heavy rain and floods. Tropical storm warnings have been issued for coastal Texas. Nicholas is expected to produce storm total

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is again choosing whether to recall a governor. But the electorate deciding Gov. Gavin Newsom’s fate looks very different from that one that ousted fellow Democrat Gray Davis in 2003. The state today has 7 million more voters but fewer registered Republicans. And the electorate

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Officials in some urban areas are raising concerns about a federal rule limiting how federal coronavirus relief money can be spent on high-speed internet. The American Rescue Plan signed by President Joe Biden lists broadband infrastructure as one of the uses for $350 billion of flexible aid to states,

By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When an enormous statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee was hoisted off a pedestal in the former capital of the Confederacy and carted off to storage, many civil rights activists saw it as a step toward a more inclusive Virginia, if only a

By BERNAT ARMANGUE Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A small flag shop, tucked away in the courtyard of a Kabul market, has documented Afghanistan’s turbulent history over the decades with its ever-changing merchandise. The owner says that until the Taliban takeover last month, he used to produce flags from all nations that had diplomatic

ROME (AP) — Italian police are investigating a Somali man for attempted murder after he allegedly slashed two bus ticket controllers in the beach resort town of Rimini, then wounded three pedestrians as he fled. State radio said investigators have ruled out terrorism and think the 26-year-old asylum-seeker was under the influence of drugs during