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By PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Residents of an Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment packed a gymnasium demanding reassurances after toxic chemicals spilled and burned in a huge plume over their homes and businesses. “I have three grandbabies,” said Kathy Dyke, who came with hundreds of her neighbors

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s largest school district repeatedly and inappropriately secluded and restrained students with disabilities. That’s according to a U.S. Department of Justice announcement following an investigation into alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. According to an agreement reached between the Justice Department and Anchorage schools,

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Leading climate figures are urging the Biden administration to use the early departure of the Trump-appointed head of the World Bank as an opening to overhaul the powerful financial institution. David Malpass announced Wednesday he would step down this summer. That’s about one year short of completing

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — An elected Florida prosecutor who says he was suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis for political gain and because he is a Democrat is asking the state Supreme Court to reinstate him. Andrew Warren cited a federal judge’s ruling that DeSantis violated state law and his

LONDON (AP) — The chair of the British Museum said Thursday that the U.K. and Greece are working on a deal that would see his institution’s Parthenon Marbles displayed in both London and Athens. George Osborne said talks with the Greek government had been “constructive.” “I think there is a way forward where these sculptures

By ALEJANDRA MOLINA, Religion News Service LOS ANGELES (RNS) — There’s nothing that Oscar Rodriguez Zapata enjoys more than going out for a drive to explore Los Angeles’ vast neighborhoods in search of the Virgin of Guadalupe. He packs his Nikon Z6 II and a Fujifilm X100V and photographs murals, landscapes, storefronts and people across

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A special grand jury investigating efforts by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia says it believes “one or more witnesses” committed perjury and urged local prosecutors to bring charges. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should “seek appropriate indictments

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United States has launched an initiative promoting international cooperation on the responsible use of artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons by militaries. The move seeks to impose order on an emerging technology that has the potential to change the way war is waged. The U.S.

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Seacrest has revealed he’s leaving “Live with Kelly and Ryan” this spring, saying he never expected to stay so long and thanking his co-host Kelly Ripa, who he jokingly called his “work wife.” Seacrest ends a six-year run alongside Ripa. His replacement will be Ripa’s real-life

By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Police in Senegal have smashed the windows of a top opposition leader’s car and forced him from the vehicle after he appeared in court. Ousmane Sonko is being sued for defamation and public insults, charges stemming from accusations he made against Senegal’s tourism minister at a

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it the Goldilocks consumer. Defying high inflation and sharp interest rate hikes, Americans keep spending — a trend that, if sustained, could keep the economy humming just enough to help avoid a much-predicted recession. Surveys show that consumers on average don’t expect

By STEPHEN McGRATH and CRISTIAN JARDAN Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s new government led by pro-Western economist Dorin Recean has been sworn in after winning Parliament’s approval, as the small former Soviet republic signaled a shift to security concerns amid Russia’s war in neighboring Ukraine. Recean, a 48-year-old economist who served for a