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ROME (AP) — A pair of 17th-century marble angels that decorated a southern Italian church are back home on Italian soil. The winged “putti” were handed over at a ceremony Tuesday at the French Embassy. Italy’s art police say a British art collector had bought them unknowingly from a Naples area antiques store two decades

Associated Press VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two newly hired physical education teachers at a Florida elementary school were arrested after the shooting of a man whose apartment they entered thinking it belonged to someone else following a night of drinking. According to an arrest affidavit, one of the teachers mistakenly climbed into bed with

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s new prime minister has interrupted his first day of election campaigning and returned to Tokyo to deal with rising regional tensions following North Korea’s test-firing of a missile. Tuesday was the first official day of campaigning for nationwide legislative elections scheduled for Oct. 31. Fumio Kishida’s

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Whether you love cryptocurrencies or hate the very idea of them, they’re becoming more mainstream by the day. Cryptocurrencies have surged to nearly $2.5 trillion in total value, slightly more than the world’s most valuable company, with more than 200 million users. At that size,

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the UN’s atomic watchdog plans to visit Iran before the end of next month amid questions about whether Iran will return to negotiations aimed at reviving the languishing 2015 nuclear deal. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi says he intends to visit

SANDERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A witness tells jurors a man who died after being stopped by Georgia sheriff’s deputies hadn’t committed a crime and should have been allowed to keep walking. Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent John Durden testified Monday that deputies Henry Lee Copeland, Michael Howell and Rhett Scott were not justified in stopping

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge in South Carolina has denied bond for attorney Alex Murdaugh on the second set of charges he has faced since finding his wife and son dead in June. Circuit Judge Clifton Newman issued the decision Tuesday after hearing attorneys describe how Murdaugh used portions

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys have resumed questioning potential jurors in Georgia who may ultimately decide the fate of three white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man. Jury selection continued Tuesday with several pool members saying they know people close to the case. Two said they

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jamie Foxx has written a book about his own experiences parenting two daughters, Corinne who is 27, and Anelise, who is 13. In “Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me,” out Tuesday, Foxx shares times when he’s gotten being a

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) — Two women from Georgia and Alabama who contracted COVID-19 during their pregnancies are urging other pregnant women to get vaccinated. Kyndal Nipper lost her baby in the final weeks of pregnancy after a seemingly mild case of COVID-19. Amanda Harrison had to be put on