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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida activist who led a movement to allow most former felons to vote now has had more civil rights restored under a new state process. Desmond Meade is the head of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition. He announced in a Twitter video Saturday that he can now run for office,

JERUSALEM (AP) — German Chancellor has landed  in Israel for a final visit before she leaves office. Angela Merkel arrived Sunday evening at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport and German’s ambassador to Israel tweeted that the visit aims to “strengthen our unique” relationship. In power since 2005, Merkel boosted cooperation with Israel that Germany became Israel’s

By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of Raymond T. Odierno, a retired Army general who commanded American and coalition forces in Iraq at the height of the war, says he has died of cancer. He was 67. Odierno capped a 39-year career by serving as the Army’s chief of

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas abortion clinics are canceling appointments they had booked during a 48-hour reprieve from the nation’s most restrictive abortion law. The White House on Saturday had no immediate comment after a federal appeals court reinstated the Texas law known as Senate Bill 8. The law

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Defenders of Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe wine-producing valley are protesting unfettered development they say threatens the area’s environment and agriculture. On Saturday, federal authorities announced they shut down a land-clearing project that had bulldozed native semi-desert vegetation on a hillside to create a concert venue. Protesters gathered under the slogan “More

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia police say they have seized counterfeit banknotes with a purported value of nearly 1 million euros during a routine check-up of the luggage of two Cameroon citizens at the country’s main international airport. Both men were arrested. The men, aged 40 and 36,

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The new U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, said the United States has asked the Mexican government to allow agents, including those from the Drug Enforcement Administration, to work in Mexico. Last year Mexico pulled foreign agents’ immunity from prosecution and imposed strict limits on their contacts with their Mexican counterparts.

DUNKIRK, France (AP) — France’s interior minister has urged Britain to fulfill its promises to provide tens of millions of pounds (dollars) to help France stop migrants from trying to cross the English Channel. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin noted that “migratory pressure is picking up after COVID,” and said France has sharply increased efforts to

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida veterinarian has been sentenced to more than 21 years in prison for sexually abusing dogs, posting bestiality videos online and collecting child pornography. Court documents show Prentiss K. Madden, whose practice was in Aventura, Florida, was sent to prison Friday by U.S. District Judge Jose Martinez in Miami. Prosecutors say

BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Indian police say they have arrested the son of a junior minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government as a suspect days after nine people were killed in a deadly escalation of yearlong demonstrations. Tens of thousands of farmers have been protesting against contentious agriculture laws in