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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Republican-controlled Oklahoma Senate has overridden Gov. Kevin Stitt’s vetoes of two bills that would extend existing agreements with Native American tribes for another year. The overrides Monday were the latest development in an ongoing dispute between Stitt and several Oklahoma-based tribes. The Republican governor wants to renegotiate tribal compacts on

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missile into its eastern sea, adding to a recent streak in weapons testing. It’s apparently in protest of the United States sending major naval assets to South Korea in a show of force. South

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A trial to determine if a new Florida law targeting drag shows is constitutional won’t start until next spring. A filing posted in federal court in Tallahassee late last week shows that the trial won’t start until the beginning of June 2024. It is scheduled to last two days and will

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s national police chief has said that law enforcement officers under investigation shouldn’t be jailed like ordinary citizens amid a walkout by numerous Marseille police over the detention of a colleague for his actions during nationwide riots. The apparently unprecedented remarks by Frederic Veaux in a weekend

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s current medical crisis reveals that he has suffered from an irregular heartbeat for years. It’s news to Israelis that their longest-serving prime minister has been dealing with a chronic health problem. The revelations come as mass protests roil Israel over the Netanyahu

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Montana (AP) — Authorities searched Monday for a grizzly bear that attacked and killed a woman on a trail west of Yellowstone National Park along the Montana-Idaho border. The attack happened Saturday morning only a few hundred yards (meters) from a trailhead and private campground. There was no sign that the bear, which

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — A year before the Paris Olympics, and nearly a year-and-a-half since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, officials governing many of the sports on the 2024 program are still split on how to treat Russian athletes. Increasingly, various governing bodies are allowing them back into Olympic qualifying

By ANDREW SELIGMAN, MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and LARRY LAGE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The hazing scandal at Northwestern University has widened to include a volleyball player who on Monday became the first female athlete to sue the university over allegations she was retaliated against by the coach for reporting her mistreatment. The private school in

By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s longtime ruling party is lauding its landslide victory in weekend elections as a clear mandate for the next five years. But the United States says the party’s stifling of the opposition means the vote couldn’t be considered free or fair and

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is ticking higher Monday to start a week full of updates on where interest rates and profits for some of the stock market’s most influential companies are heading. The S&P 500 was 0.3% higher in morning trading, coming off its eighth winning week

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Stephanie Pullman died on a sweltering Arizona day after her electricity was cut off because of a $51 debt. Five years later, the 72-year-old’s story remains at the heart of efforts to prevent others in Arizona from having their power cut off, leaving them without life-saving air