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By SYLVIE CORBET and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden has told French President Emmanuel Macron that America was “clumsy” in its orchestration of a secret U.S.-British submarine deal with Australia. The contract left France in the lurch because France believed it had a similar deal with Australia. Biden and Macron

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) —  A former Republican congressman from Staten Island is making a bid to return to elected office more than a decade after a personal scandal derailed his political career. Former U.S. Rep. Vito Fossella left Congress in 2009 amid allegations he had a second, secret family.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Merriam-Webster has added 455 new words to its venerable dictionary. The list includes a number of abbreviations and slang terms that have become ubiquitous on social media. Among them are dad bod, amirite, TBH and FTW. The coronavirus pandemic also contributed new terms to the lexicon, such as super-spreader, long COVID

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Canada and the Netherlands are counting on the weekend Group of 20 summit in Rome to make significant progress toward clinching an acceptable deal at the United Nations climate meeting starting immediately afterward. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that the timing of the G-20 summit in Rome could

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors have asked a judge to order California lawyer Michael Avenatti to begin serving a 2 1/2-year prison term. The request comes a year after Avenatti was convicted of trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike. Avenatti gained a measure of fame

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A state appeals court says Louisiana’s largest health system can’t fire or otherwise discipline employees who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 until the mandate’s legality is decided. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal ruled just a day before Ochsner Health’s Friday deadline. A state district

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wages and salaries jumped in the three months ending in September by the most on records that date back 20 years as companies are forced to offer higher pay to fill a near-record number of available jobs. The Labor Department said Friday that pay increased 1.5%

By KHADIJA KOTHIA and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Protesters took to the streets of London’s historic financial district to lobby against the use of fossil fuels ahead of the U.N. climate summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow. The protests are part of a worldwide day of action before leaders on Sunday

ATLANTA (AP) — Longtime Atlanta news anchor Jovita Moore has died after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. She was 53. WSB-TV, where Moore had worked since 1998, announced Friday that Moore died Thursday night from glioblastoma. “After a nearly 7-month battle with an extremely aggressive form of brain cancer, our colleague

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A state appeals court says Louisiana’s largest health system can’t fire or otherwise discipline employees who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 until the mandate’s legality is decided. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal ruled just a day before Ochsner Health’s Friday deadline. A state district

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks edged lower in midday trading on Wall Street Friday, pulling major indexes back from record highs as investors review the latest round of corporate earnings. Big Tech stocks were the biggest drag on the broader market. The S&P 500 was down 0.1%, while the