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Associated Press KOCHO, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s Yazidi community leaders have announced plans for an internationally funded project to build an entire new village to house displaced survivors of one of the bloodiest massacres committed by Islamic State militants against their religious minority. Thursday’s announcement came as Yazidis gathered in the village of Kocho in

Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two Alaska State Troopers accused of pepper-spraying, beating, stunning and using a police dog on a man in a case of mistaken identity have been charged with misdemeanor assault. Charging documents said the troopers — canine handler Jason Woodruff and Sgt. Joseph Miller — thought they were dealing with

AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is zeroing in on high food and housing prices as her campaign previews an economic policy speech Friday in North Carolina, promising to push for a federal ban on price gouging on groceries and laying out plans to cut other costs as she looks

Protests against the war in Gaza have put intense pressure on U.S. college leaders, who are charged with bridging bitter campus divides while balancing free speech rights with concern for safety on campus. On Tuesday, the president of Columbia University, Minouche Shafik, became the latest to resign under pressure for the handling of protests. Like

ATLANTA (AP) — Jewish advocacy groups filed a federal discrimination complaint against the Fulton County school district over antisemitic bullying. The complaint said that students were subject to verbal harassment after the Israel-Hamas war broke out. But the school district ignored repeated complaints of harassment and failed to discipline those engaged in antisemitic behavior, the

Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Sen. JD Vance is preparing to dissolve the vestiges of a charitable effort he launched in Ohio after publication of his best-selling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” the Trump-Vance campaign said. Vance formed two like-named nonprofits starting in 2016 to address problems in Ohio and other

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum, the woman who won Mexico’s June 2 presidential vote, has finally been formally declared Mexico’s President-elect, the first woman to hold the office in Mexico. At a ceremony Thursday, the former Mexico City mayor was handed the legal ruling declaring her the country’s next president. The ruling had been

Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The family of a South Carolina woman struck and killed by a rotting 70-year-old utility pole will get $30 million in a wrongful death settlement. Electric company Dominion Energy and communications company Comporium reached the settlement Thursday to resolve a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Jeunelle

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A rarely seen deep sea fish resembling a serpent was found floating dead on the ocean surface off the San Diego coast and was brought ashore for study, marine experts said. The silvery, 12-foot-long (3.6-meter) oarfish was found last weekend by a group of snorkelers and kayakers in La Jolla Cove,

Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife Meghan arrived in Colombia on Thursday in their first visit to the South American country, where they will take part in several events promoting mental health for young people and how to combat cyberbullying, the office of Colombia’s vice president said. Harry and Meghan

AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pop powerhouses, American classics, British artists and estates of deceased legends — many musicians have objected to former president Donald Trump using their songs at campaign events. On Saturday, Celine Dion’s social media platforms posted a statement rebuking the use of her music at a Trump rally. She

CANTON, Miss. (AP) — Fossil hunter Eddie Templeton was out exploring in Mississippi when he came across a remarkable find in a steep embankment. It appeared to be part of an ice-age elephant tusk. The fossil was intact, making it an “extremely rare find for Mississippi,” the state’s Department of Environmental Quality announced on its

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Stumpy lives on! The stunted and gnarled cherry tree that became an unlikely social media celebrity was cut down after the 2024 National Cherry Blossom Festival, along with more than 100 other trees, to make way for a massive repair project on the crumbling seawall protecting the Tidal Basin. But

Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy will name his former chief of staff George Helmy to serve as interim senator when Bob Menendez resigns later this month after his conviction on federal bribery charges. A person familiar with the decision spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision was

Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Wednesday’s decision by Thailand’s Constitutional Court to oust Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin after just under a year in office was jarring. But it was not entirely a surprise under what critics say is the expanding overreach of unelected bodies. Thais have long been accustomed to sudden changes of government due

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Police in Barcelona have detained a fourth man accused of participating in the stabbing of the father of 17-year-old Spain soccer star Lamine Yamal. Police thanked citizens for helping them detain those accused of the stabbing of Mounir Nasraoui on Wednesday. Three people had been detained on Wednesday. Nasraoui remained hospitalized