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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The White House is stepping up its work to figure out what to do about a rapidly thawing Arctic. The Biden administration is reactivating a key government committee that works on Arctic policy and regulation. It’s also appointing new members to an Arctic research commission, including two Indigenous Alaskans.

REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of people are under evacuation orders as a wildfire suspected of being started by arson rages in Northern California. The fire north of the city of Redding covers more than 9 square miles and is 10% contained Friday. The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday night that approximately 4,000 residents

By JONATHAN LEMIRE, LYNN ELBER and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A live televised interview with Vice President Kamala Harris was delayed on Friday after two hosts of the “The View” learned they tested positive for COVID-19 moments before she was to join them on the set. Cohost Sunny Hostin and guest

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli troops shot and killed a protester during clashes in the occupied West Bank. The 28-year-old man died on Friday at a hospital shortly after being wounded in the head by live gunfire. The clashes erupted in the northern town of Beita, where residents hold weekly demonstrations

By TRAVIS LOLLER, JONATHAN MATTISE and MARK HUMPHREY Associated Press COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Residents have gathered in a Tennessee town to pray for healing as details emerged about a gunman who went on a rampage Thursday at the grocery store where he worked. Hollie Skaggs and Sara Wiles were strangers who happened to be

SLIDELL, La. (AP) — The remains found in an alligator’s stomach have been positively identified as those of a man who was attacked and killed in Hurricane Ida floodwaters. St. Tammany Parish Coroner Dr. Charles Preston said Thursday the remains are those of 71-year-old Timothy Satterlee Sr., who had been missing since the Aug. 30

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press An upstate New York police officer seen on video pinning down a Black man who later died could face departmental discipline. The Rochester Police Department says Officer Mark Vaughn is the only officer to be served with “departmental charges” following an internal investigation of the police response to Daniel Prude.

By ANGELA CHARLTON and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macro has met with Lebanon’s new prime minister, wishing him success and promising France would continue to support the crisis-struck country. Macron received Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Friday. The premier is on his first foreign trip, days after

By LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says talks over his $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan have hit a “stalemate” in Congress. Biden delivered off-cuff remarks Friday at the White House as Democrats in the House and Senate are laboring to finish drafts and overcome party differences, The president’s

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly’s fate is now in a jury’s hands after weeks of lurid testimony in a sexual misconduct trial. The panel of seven men and five women began deliberating racketeering and sex trafficking charges against the R&B superstar Friday. They ended the day without reaching a