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By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Organizers of the Miss Universe pageant say a contestant tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Israel. The country is pressing ahead with plans to host the pageant despite closing its borders in the face of a newly detected variant. It was unclear if the contestant, who

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate whose execution by lethal injection was halted nearly four years ago has died after a long fight with cancer. Doyle Hamm’s attorney, Bernard Harcourt, says complications from lymphoma contributed to Hamm’s death in prison on Sunday. He was 64. Hamm was scheduled to be put to death for

LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say four children and a woman have been found shot to death in a Southern California home and that a man believed to be the children’s father has been detained. The victims were found Sunday night in a home in the city of Lancaster in the high desert Antelope Valley

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has been sworn in in New York City to determine whether Ghislaine Maxwell was the late Jeffrey Epstein’s puppet or accomplice. Twelve jurors and six alternates will hear Maxwell’s case starting with opening statements expected later Monday. Maxwell is accused of recruiting and grooming young girls for the financier

Shares of Twitter are surging on a report that co-founder Jack Dorsey will step down as the company’s chief executive. Twitter’s stock, which has consistently underperformed the market,  jumped more than 10% at the opening bell Monday. CNBC first reported that Dorsey may step down soon, citing anonymous sources. Twitter did not immediately respond to

CAIRO (AP) — A court has found a leading Egyptian human rights activist guilty of insulting a judicial election commission in a tweet he posted last year following a national vote. His group says Monday the misdemeanor court in the capital of Cairo fined the director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal rights, 10,000 Egyptian

ISTANBUL (AP) — A powerful storm has pounded Istanbul and other parts of Turkey, killing at least four people and causing havoc in the city of 15 million people. The state-run Anadolu Agency reported that one of the victims was a woman who was killed after strong gusts tore off part of a roof which

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s most acclaimed Indigenous actor, David Gulpilil, has died of lung cancer, a government leader said on Monday. He was 68 years old. Gulpilil found his widest audiences with his roles in the 1986 hit film “Crocodile Dundee” and in director Baz Luhrmann’s 2008 epic “Australia”

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s navy has successfully test-fired a prospective hypersonic missile. The Russian Defense Ministry said Monday that the Admiral Gorshkov frigate in the White Sea launched the Zircon cruise missile. It hit a practice target 400 kilometers (215 nautical miles) away. The navy has conducted a series of test launches of Zircon and

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks are opening with broad gains on Wall Street Monday as markets regain their footing following a big stumble on Friday on worries about the spread of the new variant of the coronavirus. Signs of fear in the market also ebbed as traders regained their appetite for riskier

By ARNO PEDRAM Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A Black woman will, for the first time, join other luminaries interred in France’s Pantheon. That woman is entertainer Josephine Baker, and the honor will take place Tuesday. But critics in France say that by focusing on an American-born figure, France is continuing a long tradition of