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By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Two key Vatican investigators have begun an audit in Peru’s capital of a secretive Roman Catholic society with chapters across South America and in the U.S. following allegations that its founder sexually molested young recruits. Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna and Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu questioned the society’s

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday vacated the military conviction of Bowe Bergdahl, a former U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty to desertion after he left his post and was captured in Afghanistan and tortured by the Taliban. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Presss COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters will decide this fall whether the right to an abortion should be added to the state constitution, after officials said Tuesday that enough signatures were gathered to get the proposal on the ballot. However, it’s an open question how much support the amendment

Associated Press An unexplained outage at Chase Bank has led to interruptions for users of the Zelle payment network, who took to social media to complain. Zelle said on Twitter that its network is functioning normally and pointed a finger at Chase, saying the bank was experiencing trouble with payment processing. Chase issued a statement

WASHINGTON (AP) — Observant visitors to the area around the U.S. Capitol building on Tuesday afternoon were treated to a unusual sight: an unmistakable funnel cloud extending diagonally from the sky and seemingly almost reaching the tip of the Capitol dome itself. The funnel cloud never touched down on the ground and therefore can’t be

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street strengthened Tuesday after more companies reported fatter profits for the spring than expected. The S&P 500 rose 12.82, or 0.3%, to 4,567.46 and its highest close since early April 2022. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 26.83, or 0.1%, to 35,438.07, and the

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife workers on are halting their efforts to capture a grizzly bear that killed a woman over the weekend near Yellowstone National Park. Traps baited with meat had been placed near the attack site for three nights. They were removed Tuesday with no success. Officials say

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Lawyers for the gunman who killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue have requested a court order to exhume the body of his long-dead father. Robert Bowers’ lawyers said Tuesday that they want the body exhumed for a DNA test after federal prosecutors raised questions about paternity. Bowers has already been convicted

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s new Republican attorney general says he’s stepping into an ongoing legal dispute over tribal gambling agreements signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt several years ago. Attorney General Gentner Drummond notified Stitt on Tuesday that he’s joining the lawsuit to represent the state’s interest at the request

By JULIA FRANKEL, ISABEL DEBRE and ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press The Israeli government has passed the first major piece of legislation in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s legal system — part of a broader plan that has triggered nationwide protests, divided the country and rattled the powerful military and influential

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — SAG-AFTRA held its largest and most star-studded rally yet on Tuesday in Times Square. Their picket sign-waving show of solidary hit 12 days into the actors strike and a day after a Variety reporter questioned the lack of A-listers. Jessica Chastain and Brendan Fraser were

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press A former Memphis police officer of the year is suing the Nashville Police Department for rescinding a job offer after the department learned he has HIV. The suit was filed in federal court in Nashville on Friday. It claims the Nashville policy is discriminatory and violates federal law. It says

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Presss COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters will have the opportunity this fall to decide whether to guarantee access to abortion in the state, setting up a volatile fight rife with emotional messaging and competing factual claims. State officials said Tuesday that a ballot measure to change the state constitution

By PATRICK ORSAGOS and BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police officer has been put on leave while he’s investigated for releasing his police dog on a surrendering truck driver, even after state troopers told the officer to hold the dog back. The Circleville police chief said Officer Ryan Speakman was

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso is once again making use of the executive’s power to suspend people’s rights of assembly in some areas and mobilize the military in an attempt to quell the most recent spike in violence in the South American country. Lasso on Tuesday declared a state of emergency covering

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma can start its transformation under a bankruptcy agreement that allows the members of the wealthy Sackler family who own the company to avoid civil lawsuits over the opioid crisis, a court has ruled. The state and local governments that were suing Purdue for its role in

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The older brother of late New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is behind bars after a woman close to him told police she was worried he was planning a school shooting. Dennis Hernandez, a former football player at UConn, was shocked with a stun

By ISABEL DEBRE and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israeli doctors walked off their jobs, labor leaders threatened a general strike and senior justices rushed home from a trip abroad on Tuesday, a day after the government’s approval of a law that weakens the country’s Supreme court. Critics say the legislation

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A New Jersey man has been sentenced to a year-and-a-half in federal prison for trying to smuggle people from Mexico across the U.S.-Canada border into North Dakota. Jose Gonzalez-Resendiz was sentenced Monday, becoming the third man sentenced in the scheme. All three men pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to transport