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By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Kentucky man pardoned by President Donald Trump after his conviction in a 2012 bribery plot has been charged again with campaign-related crimes, this time involving a 2016 illegal campaign contribution scheme. The man, 43-year-old Jesse Benton, was accused in an indictment unsealed Monday in federal court

By MANUEL RUEDA and ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia and Nicaragua have presented arguments before the International Court of Justice in a long running dispute over what the Nicaraguan government alleges are violations of its sovereignty in the western Caribbean. The case was initiated by Nicaragua in 2013, and reached its

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer A ransomware attack has forced a cooperative of Iowa corn and soy farmers to take their computer systems offline. But a person close to the New Cooperative says it has created workarounds to receive grain and distribute feed. The cooperative said in a statement that the attack was “successfully

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have ordered outlying parts of a coastal resort town near Athens evacuated after a large wildfire broke out in the area. Media reports say the fire that began Monday night damaged a few houses on the outskirts of Nea Makri, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) northeast of the Greek

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says the U.S. will take in 125,000 refugees and their families next year, fulfilling an earlier pledge to raise a cap that had been at a historic low under his predecessor. The White House announced the annual cap in a report to Congress, saying there was an unprecedented number

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Investigators allege that a Colorado man charged with killing his missing wife decided to “hunt and control” her like an animal after she insisted on leaving him and later changed his statements as evidence in the case developed. That’s according to a court document released Monday laying

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press Two major California water agencies have settled a dispute that once threatened to derail a multi-state agreement to protect the Colorado River. The Imperial Irrigation District is the largest, single recipient of Colorado River water. It sued the Metropolitan Water District twice in the past two years over water contributions

By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas gamer whose online dispute with another player sparked a deadly hoax call will have to face a jury after violating the terms of a diversion deal he made with prosecutors. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren granted on Monday the government’s motion to resume

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s president has apparently changed his Twitter profile description to “dictator,” in what may be an ironic comment on last week’s protests against him. The office of President Nayib Bukele did not respond to requests for comment on Monday’s change, but there was no sign the president’s account

EATONTON, Ga. (AP) — A prosecutor says a Georgia inmate was the mastermind who plotted an escape that left two prison guards dead in 2017. But the inmate’s defense attorney says it was another prisoner, not his client, who fired the killing gunshots. A jury in Putnam County heard opening statements Monday in the death