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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian court has convicted 12 people, most of them in absentia, and sentenced them to prison terms of up to 25 years for an attack on an airfield that damaged a Russian military radar plane. The Beriev A-50 plane was hit by a drone attack at the Machulishchy airfield near

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the north-central Mexican state of Guanajuato say that 12 people are dead following coordinated and near-simultaneous attacks in the city of Salamanca on Thursday. The victims were found at multiple points across the refinery city of over 200,000. The massacre is the latest episode in a wave of violence

AP Technology Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shares of Ubisoft surged more than 30% Friday, following reports that Tencent and the Guillemot family are considering a buyout of the video game maker. Bloomberg news reported that Tencent and Guillemot family — minority stakeholders in Ubisoft — have been discussing ways to stabilize the company and

AP Pro Football Writer The NFL saw its fewest number of concussions in the preseason since tracking started in 2015. There were 44 concussions in practices and games, a decrease of about 24% from last year. The league’s revamped kickoff rule led to fewer injuries overall but there were some concussions on the play. Nearly

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden had terse words for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, and said he didn’t know whether the Israeli leader was holding up a Mideast peace deal in order to influence the outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. “No administration has helped Israel more than I have.

AP Health Writer North Carolina health workers are distributing Benadryl and epinephrine injections to communities after hurricane flooding has caused bees and yellow jackets to swarm from their underground nests. Hospitals, emergency responders and doctors have been requesting allergy medications as more people run into the insects in Helene’s wake. Anaphylaxis is a rare but

SEATTLE (AP) — Officials are investigating how a man convicted of assaulting a woman was able to cut off his GPS monitor and escape from a restrictive housing complex in Washington state. The escape prompted a multistate search. The Seattle Times reports that 33-year-old Damion Blevins was arrested outside a Portland, Oregon convenience store after

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut nursing home official says a man fatally shot his 81-year-old wife for reasons that aren’t clear and then took his own life. The shooting happened Friday at the Apple Rehab in Cromwell, south of Hartford. Company vice president Michael Landi says the woman was alone in her room when

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A suburban New York school district has barred patients of a former nurse practitioner who pleaded guilty to running a fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination card scheme. The move by school officials in the Long Island hamlet of Plainedge comes nearly three years after Long Island nurse practitioner Julie DeVuono was

Associated Press A Pennsylvania school district has reversed course and boarded up window openings it recently installed that allowed people in a middle school hallway to peer into two gender-neutral-designated bathrooms. South Western School District Superintendent Jay Burkhart said Friday that the two windows were installed in recent weeks following an August vote by the