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By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois attorney general’s office has launched a civil investigation of possible practices of unconstitutional or unlawful policing in a suburban Chicago police force. The civil investigation was requested in June 2020 by Joliet’s mayor and city council members about five months after the death of Eric

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy says the sailor killed in the suicide bomber attack during the evacuation mission in Afghanistan late last month has been posthumously promoted. And he and the other 12 service members who died during the attack have been awarded Purple Hearts. The 13 troops were

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Republican officeholders and election experts say that the GOP-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin lacks credibility, transparency and raises security risks and legal concerns. Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and fellow Republican Trey Grayson, who is Kentucky’s former secretary of

By ARNO PEDRAM and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The November 2015 Paris attacks trial is taking place in the Palais de Justice, a national monument whose walls date back to the 13th century and King Louis IX. In the heart of Paris, on the same island that holds Notre Dame Cathedral and

By JAMES LAPORTA Associated Press A U.S. Marine, a curious Afghan boy, an unfathomable moment

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado city has apologized and agreed to pay $3 million to a 73-year-old woman with dementia who was roughly arrested by police last year. An officer arrested Karen Garner in Loveland after she left a store without paying for about $14 worth of items. Police body

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The film business is inherently full of starts and stops, but few have experienced the phrase “hurry up and wait” quite like “No Time to Die” director Cary Fukunaga. The 44-year-old filmmaker of “Beasts of No Nation” and the first season of “True Detective” took

NEW YORK (AP) — The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will return to New York City’s streets this year with COVID-19 protocols including a vaccination requirement for parade volunteers. Macy’s says the Nov. 25 parade will be broadcast on NBC and will feature the traditional giant balloons, celebrity performers, clowns and marching bands. Macy’s presented a

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — That sound of a revving motor you hear is the sound of The Band Camino. The pop-rock trio named after a muscle car are on the cusp of stardom, with a self-titled debut album dropping Friday and a fall touring gig opening for Dan +

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s education secretary says he had made a “genuine mistake” for mixing up two Black sportsmen who back giving more help to the nation’s poor children. Gavin Williamson, who has faced widespread criticism for his performance during the coronavirus pandemic over the past 18 months, had told

By LAURIE KELLMAN and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Pressure is building around Israel’s prison system after fires broke out at several facilities and the government searched for six Palestinian escapees who have been on the run since they tunneled out two days earlier. Fires were reported at several prisons Wednesday

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet says it will launch a new task force that incorporates airborne, sailing and underwater drones after years of maritime attacks linked to ongoing tensions with Iran. Navy officials declined Wednesday to identify which systems they would introduce from

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Olaf has formed off Mexico’s Pacific coast and forecasters say it could bring rains to the Los Cabos resort area, though it’s unlikely to make a direct hit. The storm was centered about 315 miles south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas Wednesday with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. The

By MATTHEW PERRONE and DEE-ANN DURBIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The summer that was supposed to mark America’s independence from COVID-19 is instead drawing to a close with the U.S. more firmly under the tyranny of the virus, with deaths per day back up to where they were in March. The delta variant is

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s government has apologized for World War II legislation that stripped the country’s Jews of their human and civil rights. Marking the 80th anniversary of the “Jewish Code” adopted on Sept 9, 1941, the government said Wednesday it “feels a moral obligation today to publicly express sorrow over the crimes committed

By BOUBACAR DIALLO and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea’s new military rulers have released dozens of political prisoners jailed by the previous civilian government. The move is likely to win them favor with the opposition that had protested against now-deposed President Alpha Conde. The 79 prisoners freed late Tuesday had been

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s move to crisis standards of care this week is allowing some hospitals to ration health care amid an onslaught of coronavirus patients and officials are warning the the rationing could spread to hospitals statewide. The main hospital currently affected by the designation is Kootenai Health