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By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says an agreement has been reached with Republicans to extend the government’s borrowing authority into December. That temporarily averts a debt crisis. Schumer made the announcement as he opened the Senate on Thursday. He said he hoped

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a ticket broker of allegedly bilking the Chicago White Sox out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by fraudulently selling tickets to the team’s games with the help of two White Sox ticket sellers. The Chicago jury convicted 35-year-old Bruce Lee of 11 counts of wire fraud

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Spanish-language countdown will be included for the first time in the “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” show this year. Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi announced Thursday that the segment will be broadcast from the U.S. territory, where thousands are expected to gather at the

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The family of a slain college student says a deputy dismissed clues that should have kept the man now suspected of killing her from driving away, days before he was found dead of an apparent suicide. Orange County Sheriff John Mina defended his agency’s investigation into the disappearance of 19-year-old Miya

By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand say they are seeking four suspects in connection with the shooting of a policeman in the head during a violent street protest in Bangkok. The Wednesday night incident, in which the policeman was badly injured, was a major escalation in a series of wild

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks rose broadly on Wall Street as investors welcomed the end of a standoff in Congress over extending the federal debt ceiling. The extension is temporary and will give lawmakers more time to reach a permanent resolution. The S&P 500 rose 1.4% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.6%.

By KHADIJA KOTHIA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has presided over the launch of the baton relay for next year’s Commonwealth Games in the central England city of Birmingham. It was the 95-year-old queen’s first major engagement at Buckingham Palace since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. British Paralympic gold medalist Kadeena

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Virunga National Park in Congo says that Ndakasi, the mountain gorilla who famously posed for a selfie with a ranger, has died at age 14. The park said she died on Sept. 26 following a prolonged illness. A statement from the park

By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Even before the pandemic bared the truth of a profit-driven nursing home industry with too few caring for society’s most vulnerable, thin staffing was a hallmark of facilities around the country. Now, an Associated Press analysis of federal data finds that staffing is even thinner,

CHICAGO (AP) — It was 150 years ago that the Great Chicago Fire ignited, eventually killing about 300 people and consuming a major portion of the city over three days. The Associated Press, just 25 years old then, sent dispatches first from its office in the Chicago Tribune building before staff fled to a Western