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SHIYAN, China (AP) — China’s manufacturing and consumer spending are weakening after a strong start to 2023 after anti-virus controls ended. Automakers and other companies are struggling to rebuild sales and sending salespeople abroad to revive their export businesses following a three-year gap. Economic growth accelerated to 4.5% over a year earlier in the three

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Award history was made Sunday when Alex Newell became the first nonbinary person to win a Tony for acting as the Broadway community seized the moment amid a Hollywood writers’ strike that left theater’s biggest night without a script. “Thank you for seeing me,

By JIM GOMEZ AND AARON FAVILA Associated Press LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ most active volcano was gently spewing lava down its slopes Monday, alerting tens of thousands of people they may have to quickly flee a violent and life-threatening explosion. More than 12,600 people have left the mostly poor farming communities within a

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s governing Morena party has decided that a series of five polls over the summer will decide the party’s nomination for the June 2024 presidential election. All of the four contenders will have to resign their government posts by Friday, including Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum,

By ROD McGUIRK and NICK PERRY Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A bus carrying wedding guests rolled over on a foggy night in Australia’s wine country, killing 10 people and injuring 25, police said Monday. The 58-year-old driver was arrested and being held at a Cessnock police station and will be charged, Police Assistant

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An nervy Tony Awards kicked off Sunday with a pre-show heavy on unpredictability after the Hollywood writers’ strike left Broadway’s biggest night without a script. Entropy has been inserted into what is usually an upbeat, safe and chummy night. The strike by the Writers Guild

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Officials have dedicated a California skate park in honor of Tyre Nichols, a Black man prosecutors say was beaten to death last Janaury by police officers in Memphis, Tennessee. An avid skateboarder, Nichols spent a lot of time as a youth at a skate park on the outskirts of Sacramento. City

By MARKO ÁLVAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The four Indigenous children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed have shared limited but harrowing details of their ordeal with their family, including that their mother survived the crash for days before she died. The siblings, aged 13, 9, 4

By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA Associated Press DARAGA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ most active volcano has begun spewing lava in a gentle eruption, putting thousands of people on heightened alert for the possibility of a violent explosion that would force them to suddenly evacuate from their homes, authorities said Monday. More than 12,000

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Police say at least 13 people have been injured after an apparent street party that drew hundreds of people turned violent in Syracuse, New York. Police Lt. Matthew Malinowski told reporters at least four people suffered gunshot wounds in the violence early Sunday. He said others were stabbed or struck by

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi civil rights lawyer was arrested Saturday after filming a traffic stop conducted by officers from a police department she is suing in federal court, her attorney says. Jill Collen Jefferson is the president of JULIAN, the civil rights organization that filed a