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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II has canceled her planned engagement at the U.N. climate conference, accepting doctors’ advice to rest. The palace says in a statement Tuesday that the 95-year-old monarch has “regretfully decided that she will no longer travel to Glasgow to attend the reception

By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA and NANCY BENAC Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A religious organization whose 17 missionaries were kidnapped in Haiti almost a week ago is defending its work in dangerous places. Tuesday’s statement from Christian Aid Ministries comes as U.S. and Haitian authorities keep working to secure the release of the 12 adults

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer “Dune” isn’t done. Legendary Entertainment announced Tuesday that Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune,” which adapts the first half of Frank Herbert’s 1965 science-fiction epic, will get a sequel. Whether that would be the case had been an unanswered question throughout the film’s release, which was delayed a year by the pandemic

By COLLEEN LONG, RACHEL LA CORTE and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican secretary of state who challenged former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud in 2020 will lead the Biden administration’s effort to protect future elections. Kim Wyman has led elections in Washington state for years, and she was

PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer was shot to death by a man at a gas station in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis. Trooper Jayme Bufford with Illinois State Police said Pontoon Beach Officer Tyler Timmins succumbed to his injuries at a hospital. The officer was shot at around 8

PARIS (AP) — Two men went on trial in Paris on Tuesday accused of killing an 85-year-old French Holocaust survivor. Mireille Knoll was stabbed to death in 2018 in her Paris apartment in what prosecutors call an anti-Semitic attack. Her brutal death shocked France, and served as a reminder of both historic anti-Semitism and its

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel took a step closer to political retirement Tuesday after receiving her formal dismissal certificate from the post of chancellor after 16 years in office. She will lead a caretaker government until her successor is sworn in. Earlier, she attended the opening session

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for a Guantanamo Bay detainee says the Supreme Court should wait to decide a case involving his client until it’s clear what the Biden administration will let the man say about his torture abroad by the CIA. The lawyer for Abu Zubaydah told the Supreme

MAGNOLIA, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Texas school district’s enforcement of a grooming policy that prohibits boys — and not girls — from having long hair. Chief U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal’s ruling Monday comes days after seven students sued the Magnolia Independent School District alleging gender discrimination. The lawsuit

By MARCY GORDON and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators have put executives of YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on the defensive. The executives were asked what they’re doing to ensure young users’ safety amid concern over the platforms’ potential harm to children. The senators also they reached out to the tech executives

NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Diocese has fired a Catholic music school teacher in Queens after he married a man. It says he violated a contractual stipulation to the Catholic Church. The Daily News reported Monday that Matthew LaBanca of St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy in Astoria and Corpus Christi Church was fired Oct. 13.