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By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer Benjamin Millepied’s “Carmen” has little to do with the familiar story from the 1875 Bizet opera about a mysterious woman who is ultimately killed by a jealous lover. Millepied, one of the dance world’s best-known choreographers, explains that he has not adapted nor updated “Carmen,” his directorial debut, so

By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge refused Friday to recuse himself from the New Orleans Roman Catholic bankruptcy after an Associated Press report that he donated tens of thousands of dollars to archdiocese charities and consistently ruled in favor of the church in the contentious case involving nearly 500

BAY MINETTE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama law enforcement officials said Friday they’ve arrested a man accused of murder, eight years after the victim was reported missing from a Florida city. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama said Decody Herring, 32, was charged with the murder of Devin Kennedy of Pensacola, Florida. Kennedy was 22

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado is promising not to enforce its new ban on unproven treatments to reverse medication abortions until state regulators go through a process to determine if they should be allowed. The move came in response to a lawsuit by a Catholic clinic challenging the ban when it

By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press A 74-year-old Connecticut woman suffered bites to her arms and legs when she was attacked by a black bear while out walking her dog on a leash in a Hartford suburb.  The woman was taken to a nearby hospital Friday with injuries that were not life-threatening. The 12-year-old female bear

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s Republican governor signed a bill on Friday to expand the territory of a state-run police department inside the majority-Black capital city of Jackson, and the new law is expected to face a court challenge from the NAACP. The legislation was passed by a majority-white

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas judge has stopped next week’s scheduled execution of a death row inmate who has long said he’s innocent so there can be more time to review his claims that he was convicted more than 20 years ago with false testimony and questionable evidence. Ivan

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are closing with very slight gains on Wall Street as investors close out a quiet week highlighted by a batch of mostly mixed corporate earnings reports. The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq all gained 0.1% Friday. Among the companies that reported

By JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a massive Volkswagen electric battery plant being built in Ontario will create 3,000 jobs and represent a “generational investment” for Canada The German automaker last month announced plans for the plant in the town of St. Thomas, and Trudeau

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that the “gratuitous” public display of the country’s old apartheid-era flag amounts to hate speech and racial discrimination and can be prosecuted. The Supreme Court didn’t, however, give a ruling Friday on whether displaying

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Election Commission has imposed a $53,100 fine on three committees associated with former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s failed bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. The commission said the De Blasio 2020 campaign committee accepted improper contributions from two political action committees de Blasio and others