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ATLANTA (AP) — The Muscogee (Creek) Nation has asked a federal appellate court in Atlanta to reinstate its case against the Poarch Creek Band of Indians and Auburn University for improperly removing graves from a sacred site in Alabama to build a casino. Al.com reports that the Oklahoma-based tribal nation alleges that the construction of

BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka is considering the possibility of allowing the use of the Indian rupee to be used in local transactions, as the island nation struggles to build its depleted foreign reserves and to emerge from last year’s unprecedented economic crisis. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Latin America is taking Barbie mania to an extreme, with everything from pink-colored tacos and pastries, commercial planes bearing the Barbie logo, political ads and even Barbie-themed protests. But it’s not all high heels and pom-poms: Barbie mania in the region has taken on a darker,

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A judge has dismissed hate crime and other charges against a white woman who spat on a Black woman during competing protests at the Connecticut state Capitol in 2021. The victim, Keren Prescott, says the outcome Friday is like being spit on once again. The defendant, Yuliya Gilshteyn, was allowed to

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping and killing her 2-year-old daughter has been charged with murder by Michigan’s attorney general. Attorney General Dana Nessel charged Rashad Trice, 26, on Friday with 20 counts, including one count each of first-degree premeditated murder and felony murder in Wynter Cole Smith’s

By KEN MILLER Associated Press Academy Award winning actor, singer and comedian Jamie Foxx said in an Instagram video that he is recovering from an undisclosed medical condition. “I went to hell and back, and my road to recovery has some potholes as well, but I’m coming back,” Foxx, appearing thin and wearing a dark

By JACK DURA Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A police officer in Fargo, North Dakota, who was ambushed and fatally shot by a heavily armed man will be laid to rest on Saturday. Twenty-three-year-old Jake Wallin was killed July 14 when a man armed with 1,800 rounds of ammunition, multiple guns and explosives began

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government Saturday cut short a music festival after the lead singer of British band The 1975 slammed the country’s anti-gay laws and kissed a male bandmate during their performance. Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil slammed Matty Healy’s conduct late Friday at the start of the Good Vibes Festival

CAIRO (AP) — Yemeni police say they have arrested two suspects in the killing of a senior World Food Program official the previous day. They said that 10 others were also detained on Saturday for their alleged involvement in the killing of Moayad Hameidi, who had recently arrived in the country to take the post

By ASHOK SHARMA and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of people including mostly women have held a massive sit-in in India’s violence-wracked northeastern state of Manipur demanding the immediate arrest of those involved in the harrowing mob assaults on two women who were paraded naked. Religious and women organization leaders addressed

By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone hit an ammunition depot in central Crimea on Saturday, sparking an explosion, less than a week after a predawn strike on a key bridge linking the peninsula to Russia prompted Moscow to exit a landmark grain export deal and pound Ukraine’s seaports with

NEW YORK (AP) — In a story published July 22, 2023, about an alleged serial killer, The Associated Press erroneously reported the vehicle that he was driving. It was a Chevrolet Avalanche, not a Chrysler Avalanche.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Local media in Serbia say 3 people have died during another deadly storm that ripped through the Balkans this week. The storm on Friday first swept through Slovenia, moving on to Croatia and then Serbia and Bosnia, blowing gusts of wind and heavy rain. Authorities on Saturday reported power distribution issues

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Local media in Serbia say that a 12-year-old boy and a woman have died during another deadly storm that ripped through the Balkans this week. The storm on Friday first swept through Slovenia, moving on to Croatia and then Serbia and Bosnia, blowing gusts of wind and heavy rain. Authorities on