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By FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press AROCUTIN, Mexico (AP) — Visitors are once again thronging the famed Day of the Dead ceremonies around Mexico’s Lake Patzcuaro. That means economic relief for a region that suffered from last year’s pandemic shutdown of the observance. In the city of Patzcuaro itself, tourists were treated to a parade, theater

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is telling a lower court to take another look at a case in which the lower court upheld a New York regulation requiring health insurance plans to cover abortions. The regulation exempts certain religious organizations. In a brief order Monday the high court vacated the lower court’s ruling and

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — American whiskey producers have toasted a trans-Atlantic agreement to end retaliatory tariffs that sank their European sales. Now comes the challenge of rebuilding brands that were stymied in Europe during the trade dispute. Distillers will have to ramp up distribution networks. They’ll also have to overcome

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A groundbreaking psychotherapist known as the father of cognitive therapy has died at age 100. The Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy confirms that Dr. Aaron Beck died peacefully in his sleep at his Philadelphia home on Monday. Cognitive therapy helps patients to identify and dismiss irrational negative thoughts about themselves. Beck

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says the country’s foreign minister is at home in quarantine after testing positive for the coronavirus. The official IRNA news agency said the minister’s general condition is good. The report quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying Iran’s top diplomat is able to perform his work-related duties remotely.

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa panel responsible for resolving lawsuits against the state has agreed to pay nearly $400,000 in attorney and expert witness fees as part of a settlement in a lawsuit in which University of Iowa officials reversed a decision to eliminate the women’s swimming program.

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A televised remark by a game show host-turned Cabinet minister in Lebanon about the war in Yemen has taken Lebanon’s crisis with Saudi Arabia to new depths. The feud over the minister’s comments has triggered moves by Gulf Arab countries that further isolate Lebanon and threaten

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish protesters have paid tribute to a woman who died in the 22nd week of pregnancy. Reproductive rights activists say the woman is the first person to die as a result of a recent restriction of Poland’s abortion law. People lit candles on the All Saint’s Day holiday on Monday, when

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out California’s new 30-foot buffer zone designed to restrict protests at coronavirus vaccination sites. But U.S. District Judge Dale Drozd’s ruling Saturday left in place other parts of a new state law despite arguments that it infringes on free speech. The

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department says it plans to borrow $1.02 trillion during the current quarter. That’s the largest amount since the government began passing trillion-dollar rescue packages for the economy in the spring of 2020. The department announced Monday that the $1.02 trillion borrowing estimate for the