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By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman facing federal conspiracy charges in the 2014 killing of her mother during a luxury vacation in Bali plans to plead guilty, her attorney said Thursday. The details of any plea agreement or potential penalties under discussion by Heather Mack and U.S. prosecutors remain unclear.

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Customers of Venmo, PayPal and CashApp should not store their money for the long term with these apps since their funds may not be covered by deposit insurance, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned on Thursday. The alert comes several weeks after the failure of

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER Associated Press COUNSELOR, N.M. (AP) — One of the top oil producing states in the U.S. is imposing a moratorium on new drilling on state trust land within a mile of schools. New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard announced the pause Thursday after hearing from environmental

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped murder charges against a man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for the slayings of two Michigan hunters. Jeff Titus was released from prison in February when authorities acknowledged that critical information about another prime suspect — an Ohio serial killer — was

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — President Joe Biden has delivered a commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, thanking graduates for choosing “service over self.” But Biden said they now have the great privilege of leading in a world that will only get more confusing. The president

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s police have arrested a top official in former premier Imran Khan’s political party as authorities move to rein in the outspoken politician’s supporters and allies. Pervez Elahi, who is the president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, was arrested in a raid in the eastern city of Lahore.

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A store owner in South Carolina charged with murder this week after shooting a teen he wrongly thought stole water has shot at suspected shoplifters two other times in the past eight years and not faced charges, authorities said. In 2018, Rick Chow confronted a shoplifter

By BECKY BOHRER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities have recovered the bodies of two sisters onboard a fishing charter boat that was found partially submerged off southeast Alaska amid rough seas. Two others remain missing from the charter, which was taken by two vacationing couples. Alaska State Troopers said they

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A store owner in South Carolina charged with murder this week after shooting a teen he wrongly thought stole water has shot at suspected shoplifters two other times in the past eight years and not faced charges, authorities said. In 2018, Rick Chow confronted a shoplifter

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s crown prince married the scion of a prominent Saudi family on Thursday in a palace ceremony attended by royals and other VIPs from around the world, as massive crowds gathered across the kingdom to celebrate the region’s newest power couple. The marriage of Crown Prince

BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Two Mississippi police officers were shot and one died Thursday during a standoff that started as a hostage situation in a home, the state Department of Public Safety said. The suspect also was shot and killed, at the home in the Jackson suburb of Brandon, state police spokesperson Bailey Martin said

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota regulators have concluded that state rules governing where copper-nickel mines can be built are insufficient to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from noise and light pollution. The decision Wednesday creates another potential obstacle to the proposed Twin Metals mine. To address the potential noise and light impacts

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rose Thursday with hopes that the Federal Reserve may soon take it easier on its hikes to interest rates. The S&P 500 rallied 1% after a suite of reports painted a picture of a split U.S. economy. The job market remains solid, but

By JACK JEFFERY and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it’ll levy sanctions against key defense companies and people “perpetuating the violence” in Sudan as warring sides fail to abide by a cease-fire agreement. The U.S. is imposing visa restrictions on specific people in Sudan, including officials from the warring