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By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is criticizing an upcoming stopover in the United States by Taiwan’s vice president and presidential front-runner William Lai as a challenge to its territorial integrity, while Taiwan says it’s merely a transit stop. China regards Taiwan as a breakaway province and prohibits its diplomatic partners

LONDON (AP) — A red sweater adorned with a flock of sheep worn by the young Princess Diana is expected to sell for more than $50,000 at auction. The playfully patterned wool jumper featuring a single black sheep amid a pattern of white ones headlines Sotheby’s online Fashion Icons sale in September. The 19-year-old Lady

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say an emergency evacuation slide fell from an airliner and landed in the backyard of a home near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Monday. There were no reports of injuries. The Federal Aviation Administration said the United Airlines Boeing 767 with 155 passengers and 10 crew members had landed safely at

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — Men will compete in artistic swimming at next year’s Paris Olympics. Men have competed at the lower levels in a sport formerly known as synchronized swimming. But next year for the first time they will have the Olympic stage. American artistic swimmer Bill May says

By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Attorneys for the city of Atlanta say an ongoing petition drive to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training center is “futile” and “invalid.” In a court filing Monday, city attorneys sought to prevent the proposed referendum from appearing on November’s ballot. For the past

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville music executive Jerry Bradley, who signed Alabama and Ronnie Milsap and helped brand the outlaws style of country music during a 40-year career, has died. According to an obituary released by his family, Bradley died peacefully in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, on Monday. He was 83.

OWATONNA, Minn. (AP) — Members of an LGBTQ+ advocacy group are calling on the mayor of a southern Minnesota city to either meet their demands or resign. That comes after Mayor Tom Kuntz, of Owatonna, asked pastors at a church that held a Pride event on July 8 if there would be stripper poles in

MIAMI (AP) — A Florida family accused of selling a toxic industrial bleach as a fake COVID-19 cure through their online church is on trial this week in Miami. Court records show that Mark Grenon and his three adult sons are all charged with conspiring to defraud the United States and deliver misbranded drugs. The

By ANDREW SELSKY and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Authorities in Oregon say the deaths of four women whose bodies were found over three months are linked and that at least one person of interest has been identified. Police initially had said the cases appeared to be unconnected. In Portland, the Multnomah

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say that a Russian fighter jet flew very close to a U.S. surveillance aircraft over Syria, forcing it to go through the turbulent wake and putting the lives of the four American crew members in danger. The officials say the incident,

By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says that as he weighs whether to restore the civil rights of convicted felons who have served their time, he is considering at least some of the circumstances of their crimes. Some of the factors were outlined in

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Solidarity and stamina were picket-line themes Monday as striking screenwriters and actors in New York and Los Angeles braced for a long, hot summer standoff with studios. Picketers emphasized unity between writers, who have been on the lines for more than two months, and performers,