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By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has named a career CIA official to coordinate the intelligence community’s response to election threats from Russia, China and other adversaries. Jeffrey Wichman was named election threats executive by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines. According to Haines’ spokeswoman, Nicole de Haay, Wichman has

By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Credit ratings company Fitch has revised Greece’s outlook to positive from stable, although it kept the country’s rating at BB, two notches below investment grade. Fitch says the economy grew faster than forecast in 2021 and growth will continue to be strong in 2022 and 2023.

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (AP) — Actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish has been charged with driving under the influence in Georgia. Peachtree City Police responded to a 911 call about 2:30 a.m. Friday regarding a driver asleep at the wheel on a highway. Assistant Police Chief Matt Myers says in a news release that an officer

CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of students have staged a walkout at Chicago Public Schools over COVID-19 safety measures they say are insufficient, despite an agreement between the teachers union and district to return to classrooms. The walkout staged at schools across the city Friday culminated outside district offices downtown Chicago. Students waved signs, chanted and

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A review of potential voter fraud cases in the 2020 general election in Arizona’s second-largest county ended Friday with an announcement by county prosecutors that none of the 151 cases they reviewed merited criminal charges. The findings in Pima County provide yet another official rebuttal of former

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has selected lawyer and television personality Star Jones Lugo to lead a U.S. government agency that identifies and protects sites of historic significance to the U.S. in Eastern Europe. The White House announced Friday that Jones will be the chair of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s

By JOHN PYE and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s effort to play in the Australian Open despite being unvaccinated for COVID-19 moved to a higher court as the No. 1-ranked tennis player appealed the second cancellation of his visa. A judge ruled Saturday that lawyers representing Djokovic and the government

By ACACIA CORONADO, PAUL WEBER and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The impact of a sweeping new voting law that Republicans pushed through last year over Democrats’ protests is drawing fire again. Thousands of Texans, including some U.S. citizens, have received letters saying they have been flagged as potential non-citizens who could

By JOHN PYE and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s effort to play in the Australian Open despite being unvaccinated for COVID-19 moved to a higher court Saturday as the No. 1-ranked tennis player appealed the second cancellation of his visa. A virtual hearing is being held Saturday for Djokovic’s appeal

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is already seeing black-market or fake versions of molnupiravir circulating for sale, just one week after authorities approved the drug to treat those at risk of severe COVID-19. The real medication is produced by U.S. pharmaceutical company Merck. But Mexico’s health regulatory agency found versions labelled molnupiravir for sale from

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A former Mexican state prosecutor was so corrupt that even the crooks who paid him off couldn’t trust him. A report released this week by the Mexican government’s Interior Department says Edgar Veytia initially took bribes to favor a gang allied with the Beltran Leyva cartel from 2013 to 2016.  But

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge has revoked the bond of a local white businessman accused of killing a Black man who worked for him. Judge Susan Worthington revoked the bond of 67-year-old Daniel Triplett on Friday after prosecutors say he visited a bank drive-thru and a local Waffle

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday said it test launched ballistic missiles from a train in what was seen as an apparent retaliation against fresh sanctions imposed by the Biden administration. The report by the North state media came a day after South Korea’s military said it