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Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — One of two rural Arizona county supervisors who faced criminal charges for refusing to certify the 2022 midterm results by a state deadline has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor of failing to perform her duty as an election officer. Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd entered the plea Monday under an

Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The 10 shots Brett Hankison fired into Breonna Taylor ‘s apartment the night she was killed in a police raid put Taylor, her neighbors and even one of Hankison’s fellow Louisville police officers in danger, federal prosecutors argued Monday. Lawyers made opening statements in Hankison’s second federal trial in

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has returned to his home country after weeks abroad amid rumors that his health is failing. That’s according to a state-run television station report on Monday. The 91-year-old president of the West African country appeared on television at the airport in the capital Yaounde, shaking hands with

AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA players union has decided to opt out of the current collective bargaining agreement, two years before its expiration. The league and players union had the option to do so before Nov. 1. The early opt-out marks a crucial juncture for the league. The WNBA signed a

AP Business Writer McDonald’s Corp. agreed to host former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania store over the weekend but said it isn’t endorsing a candidate in the U.S. presidential race. Trump staffed the fry station at a McDonald’s in suburban Philadelphia on Sunday before answering questions through the drive-thru window. The restaurant was closed

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A building-sized sculpture popular with tourists in Manhattan is open again with new safety features meant to prevent people from jumping off its viewpoints. Security guards and floor-to-ceiling mesh barriers now prevent people from doing so. The hollow, basket-shaped structure had been closed since 2021. The 150-foot sculpture opened

Associated Press The Navy has identified the two crew members killed when their jet fighter crashed near Mount Rainier last week as two 31-year-old aviators from California. Lt. Commander Lyndsay Evans, a Naval Flight Officer, and Lt. Serena Wileman, a Naval Aviator, died when their EA-18G Growler jet from the Electronic Attack Squadron crashed last

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A county attorney on Monday cleared three Iowa police officers in a September early morning fatal shooting of a man who shot two officers after a traffic stop. Polk County Attorney Kimberly Graham said her review of the Sept. 16 shooting in Des Moines found the officers were justified in

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military has carried out a wave of airstrikes targeting branches of a financial institution affiliated with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, saying the quasi-banking system is being used to fund the militant group’s military wing. The strikes destroyed more than a dozen branches of al-Qard al-Hasan across Lebanon Sunday night, and

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Russia says it is investigating the claimed shoot-down of a cargo jet by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Darfur. The message Monday from Russia’s Embassy in Khartoum comes after videos circulated online suggesting a cargo jet had been downed in Sudan’s Malha region near the border

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say schools have six months to implement a government-sponsored ban on junk food or face heavy fines. Authorities are confronting what they call the worst childhood obesity problem in the world. The rules were published on Sept. 30 and target products including sugary fruit drinks, chips and artificial pork

Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — The family of the prolific Finnish conductor and composer Leif Segerstam says he will be remembered in a tribute event at the Finnish National Opera following his funeral next month. Segarstam was one of the most colorful personalities in the Nordic country’s classical music scene. He died in Helsinki on

AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson won’t finish the season as Cleveland’s starting quarterback for the second straight year. Watson ruptured his right Achilles tendon in the first half of Sunday’s loss to Cincinnati. His collapse triggered some Browns fans to cheer as he laid on the ground. The team says an MRI

Associated Press The family of Jayland Walker, a Black man killed when eight police officers fired 94 bullets at him after he shot at least one round out his car window, will receive a $4.8 million settlement from the city of Akron, the mayor’s office said Monday. A grand jury declined to indict the officers