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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York woman who admitted her role in an ex-convict’s decade-long plot to extort and sexually manipulate schoolmates of his daughter at Sarah Lawrence College has been sentenced to over four years in prison. Federal Judge Lewis J. Liman sentenced Isabella Pollok on Wednesday to

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Early estimates suggest the flu vaccine performed well in a U.S. winter flu season that has already dissipated. Flu vaccines were more than 40% effective in preventing adults from getting sick enough from the flu that they would have to go to a doctor’s office,

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals panel has ruled that West Virginia transgender athletes can compete in female school sports while an appeal is heard on a state law banning their participation. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling Wednesday. It reinstates a preliminary injunction sought

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he hopes that former security chief Genaro García Luna will turn state’s evidence in the U.S. and perhaps implicate former Mexican presidents. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Wednesday he hoped Garcia Luna will make a deal with prosecutors to reduce his sentence, in exchange for testifying about

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday sentenced the man convicted of gunning down Nipsey Hussle to 60 years to life in prison after hearing testaments to the immense cost of the killing of the hip-hop star and neighborhood leader, and of the lifetime of mental

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a man with killing a Catholic bishop in a crime that stunned Los Angeles religious and immigrant communities. Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell, 69, was fatally shot Saturday in the bedroom of his home in Hacienda Heights, an unincorporated community about 20 miles east

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — NATO’s chief says the military alliance has seen “some signs” that China may be planning to support Russia in its war in Ukraine, and strongly urged Beijing to desist from what would be a violation of international law. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also told The

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are mixed on Wednesday, a day after falling to their worst loss since December, as Wall Street prepares for interest rates to stay higher for longer. The S&P 500 dipped 0.2% after drifting between small gains and losses through the day. The Dow Jones

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho could bring back firing squads as a method of execution under legislation introduced by a panel of lawmakers Wednesday. The state eliminated its never-used firing squad option in 2009, but has been unable to secure the drugs needed for lethal injection executions. Only Mississippi, Utah,