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By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Nearly five years after Joe Arpaio was voted out as sheriff of Arizona’s most populous county, taxpayers have covered one of the last major bills from the thousands of lawsuits the lawman’s headline-grabbing tactics inspired. The overall legal tab for Arpaio’s six terms hit $100 million after

By ADAM BEAM and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has suddenly canceled his trip to the United Nations Climate Change Conference. In a brief statement Friday, Newsom’s office cited unspecified family obligations. Newsom had planned to highlight his administration’s climate change actions at next week’s conference in Glasgow,

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies say they likely won’t ever be able to conclude whether COVID-19 spread by animal-to-human transmission or leaked from a lab. The Director of National Intelligence issued a paper Friday that elaborates on findings released in August of a 90-day review ordered by President Joe

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press CLARKSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A New York sheriff is defending his decision to file a complaint against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo that accuses the Democrat of a misdemeanor sex crime. The filing took prosecutors and the accuser’s attorney by surprise when Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II has been advised to rest for at least the next two weeks. The palace says in statement Friday that the 95-year-old monarch can continue to undertake light, desk-based duties during this time — including some virtual audiences. But she will be

By AARON MORRISON Associated Press Kyle Rittenhouse, the aspiring police officer who gunned down three people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a protest in the summer of 2020 against racism and police brutality, is white. So were those he shot. But for many, his murder trial next week will be watched closely as the latest referendum

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration says petroleum industry regulators for the first time will analyze greenhouse gas emissions from federal oil and gas lease sales on a national scale. The announcement came as officials released a report saying fossil fuel extraction from federal lands produced more than 1

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have approved the speedy construction of a $402 million barrier on the European Union member’s border with Belarus to stop the increasing flow of migrants. Lawmakers voted on the measure Friday and now it only needs the approval from the nation’s president, a government ally. Poland is accusing the

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s police say an explosion at a fuel station in the southern port city of Karachi has killed at least four people. Senior police official Nasir Aftab said six people were injured in Friday’s incident, caused by short-circuiting inside a room at the station. He said it was not an act

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to calm stormy waters over fishing with France on Friday as he flew to Rome for a G-20 summit, where he is due to meet French President Emmanuel Macron. France has threatened  to block British boats and tighten checks

BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi state media says the kingdom has ordered the Lebanese ambassador to leave the country within 48 hours. The report said Friday that Saudi Arabia also has stopped all imports from Lebanon. The media said the moves are a response to comments by a Lebanese minister who described the war in Yemen

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James has formally announced that she is running for governor. Friday’s move had been widely anticipated. James’ office investigated allegations that former Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed numerous women. Her bombshell report prompted Cuomo’s resignation. The

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks edged higher in choppy trading on Wall Street Friday, on pace to close out a milestone-setting week with modest gains as investors review the latest round of corporate earnings. Health care, technology and communication services companies helped lift the market after a wobbly start.