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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona mother who pleaded guilty to murder and child abuse faces up to life in prison for the 2020 starvation death of her 6-year-old son who had been locked in a closet and denied food at their Flagstaff apartment. Elizabeth Archibeque is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday by Coconino Superior

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Sinéad O’Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s and was known as much for her private struggles and provocative actions as for her fierce and expressive music, has died at 56. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of

By The Associated Press Sometime this summer, if President Vladimir Putin can be believed, Russia moved some of its short-range nuclear weapons into Belarus, closer to Ukraine and onto NATO’s doorstep. The declared deployment of the Russian weapons on the territory of its neighbor and loyal ally marks a new stage in the Kremlin’s nuclear

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk may want to send “tweet” back to the birds, but the ubiquitous term for posting on the site he now calls X is here to stay — at least for now. For one, the word is still plastered all over the site formerly

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Two of Taiwan’s largest cities have shut down schools and offices Thursday as Typhoon Doksuri brought heavy rains and winds to the island’s eastern and southern coast. Doksuri weakened further on Thursday, with sustained winds of 96 mph and gusts of up to 118 mph, according

By HUIZHONG WU, TIAN MACLEOD JI and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — When Gao Peng landed in Thailand on July 3, he was not expecting to be accused of making bomb threats, to be put on an EU travel blacklist, or to see his mother and 16-year-old sister detained and threatened with deportation

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The day after Jan. 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump denounced the rioters who violently stormed the Capitol building, breaking through barricades, battling law enforcement and sending members of Congress — who were set to formally certify his reelection loss — running for their lives. “Like all

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The most aggressive streak of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes in 40 years has slowed the U.S. economy. But it hasn’t derailed it. The economy’s resilience has been on display for months, and on Thursday the government could provide another encouraging snapshot: Its first estimate of

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has contacted all sides of the strikes that have hobbled Hollywood, his office said Wednesday, offering to help broker a deal to restart an industry that is crucial to keeping the state’s economy humming amid signs of weakness. So far, neither studio

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Survivors of a pod of almost 100 whales that beached on the southwest Australian coast have been euthanized after a second day of frantic, but unsucessfulv efforts to rescue them. The pod of long-finned pilot whales stranded themselves Tuesday on Cheynes Beach in Western Australia state, south of the capital Perth.

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell briefly left his own press conference Wednesday after stopping his remarks midsentence and staring off into space for several seconds. McConnell approached the podium for his weekly press conference and began speaking about the annual defense bill on the floor, which

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled two foldable smartphones as it continues to bet on devices with bending screens, a budding market that has yet to fully take off because of high prices. The clamshell-designed Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5, a larger

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state board of education has delayed action on a proposal that would bar transgender girls from participating on high school girls’ athletic teams in Alaska. Several board members said they wanted more time to consider the issue. Opponents of the proposal called it discriminatory and

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Mutinous soldiers claimed to have overthrown Niger’s democratically elected president, announcing on state television late Wednesday that they have put an end to the government over the African country’s deteriorating security. The soldiers said all institutions had been suspended and security forces were managing the situation.

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean state media say leader Kim Jong Un has met with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu for discussions on military issues and the regional security environment. The report came Thursday as the country celebrated the 70th anniversary of an armistice that halted fighting in

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Lawmakers on the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget are turning to Louisiana for its hard-earned expertise in the fiscal impacts of climate change. The committee met Wednesday, with Gov. John Bel Edwards providing testimony on the struggles the often hurricane-riddled Deep South state has

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A prominent journalist in Belarus has been sentenced to six years in prison, the latest step in a years-long crackdown on opposition figures, independent journalists and human rights activists. On trial in the city of Grodno in western Belarus, Pavel Mazheika, 45, was found guilty Wednesday

By MARCOS ALEMÁN ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN SALVADOR (AP) — New rules passed by El Salvador’s congress will allow courts to try accused gang members in group trials, in an effort to expedite tens of thousands of criminal cases for those detained under the country’s crackdown on street gangs. The rules adopted Wednesday allow trials for

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A jury in Wisconsin has found a Green Bay woman guilty of killing and dismembering a former boyfriend and scattering his body parts at various locations. The Brown County jury deliberated less than an hour Wednesday before convicting 25-year-old Taylor Schabusiness of homicide, third-degree sexual abuse and mutilating a corpse

BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer A system of ocean currents that transports heat northward across the North Atlantic could collapse by mid-century, according to a new study, and scientists have said before that such a collapse could cause catastrophic sea-level rise and extreme weather across the globe. In recent decades, researchers have both raised